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Personality-Mental Disorders-Therapy
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/02/2014

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Sigmund Freud
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path to developing Psychoanalysis/ Psychoanalytic
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free association
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client says whatever comes to mind, interpretation of hesitations, tongue slips, dreams
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Psychodynamic Theory
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bringing out the unconscious part of your personality/ Jung, Adler, Horney
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id
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pleasure principle
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ego
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reality principle
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superego
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morality principle
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regression
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reverting to younger behavior
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reaction formation
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giving anti-gay speech then turning out to be gay
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projection
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thief calling everyone else a thief
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rationalization
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alcoholic says only drinks to be sociable
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displacement
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kicking dog when mom makes you mad
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denial
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partner denies evidence of love affair
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projective tests
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reveal inner dynamics/Rorschach/ink blot/TAT
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Freud's Flaws
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unfalsifiable/hindsight bias
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Humanistic theory
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focused on healthy people/Rogers, Maslow
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Carl Rogers Person-centered perspective
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genuineness/acceptance/empathy
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trait
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enduring quality that makes a person act a certain way
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trait theory of personality
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collection of traits identified an measured/different/ Allport, Eysenck, McCrae, Costa
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MMPIs
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most commonly used personality inventory
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Big 5 personality factors
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CANOE or OCEAN
Conscientiousness/ Agreeableness/ Neuroticism/ Openness/ Extraversion
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person-situation controversy
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traits are linked to roles we use in different cultures
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social-cognitive theory
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traits and social interaction create behaviors/ Bandura
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The Spotlight Effect
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assuming attention is on you when it is not
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self-serving bias
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thinking we are above average/protect self-esteem
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psychological disorder
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significant dysfunction in individuals cognitions, emotions, behaviors
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DSM-5
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main book for diagnosing psych disorders
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
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worrying/agitation/sleep disruption
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Panic Disorder
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chest pains/loss of memory/numbness/need to escape
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Phobia
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uncontrollable/ irrational need to avoid
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agoraphobia
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won't leave house because of panic attacks
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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frustrated/ carrying out actions that do not make sense even to them
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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insomnia/ hyper anxiety/ social withdrawal/ nightmares/ intrusive thoughts
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
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depressed most of day
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Bipolar Disorder
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Mania/ Depressed moods
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biology of depression
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smaller frontal lobes in depression/ neurotransmitters messed up
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schizophrenia
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mind is split from reality/positive and negative symptoms
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positive symptoms
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presence of problematic behaviors
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negative symptoms
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absence of healthy behaviors
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risk factors of schizophrenia
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low birth weight/maternal diabetes/ old paternal age/ famine/ flu in pregnancy/ oxygen deprivation
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dissociative identity disorder
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having separate identities not aware of/ multiple personality disorder
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Anorexia
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not eating
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Bulimia
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eat a lot them vomit or use laxatives
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binge-eating disorder
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very large amount of food- very little time
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antisocial personality disorder
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acting without conscience guilt (Dandy)
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Psychotherapy
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talk therapy
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Psychoanalysis therapies (psychodynamic)
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free association/ interpretation/ face to face/ Freud
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humanistic therapies
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self actualization/ person fulfillment/ Carl Rogers
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client-centered therapy
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humanistic/ genuine/ non-directive/ unconditional pos. regard/ Carl Rogers
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behavior therapy
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principles of learning to help reduce unwanted responses
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aversive conditioning
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alcohol/drug with added vomit inducing drug may make you be conditioned negatively to alcohol/drug
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cognitive therapy
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helps people alter thinking that worsens depression and anxiety
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catastrophizing
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interpreting current events as signs of worst possible outcome/Aaron Beek
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biomedical therapy
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altering chemistry of brain temporarily with drugs
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Antipsychotics
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blocks dopamine receptors/ schizophrenia/ obesity
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Antianxiety
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OCD/ PTSD/ depress CNS/ control anxiety
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Antidepressants
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SSRIs/ increase levels of serotonin/ depression
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mood stabilizers
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reduce highs and lows/ lithium/ bipolar disorder
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