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Flashcards: Abnormal Psychology
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Flashcards: Abnormal Psychology (7th Edition CH. Psychological Disorder Abnormal Behavior A psychological dysfunction within an individual associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. Phobia A psychological disorder characterized marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. Psychopathology The scientific study of psychological disorders Mental health professionals who are expected to apply scientific methods to their work. They must keep current in the latest research on diagnosis and treatment, they must evaluate their own methods for effectiveness, and they may generate their own research to discover new knowledge of disorders and their treatment. Presenting problem Original complaint reported the client to the therapist Prevalence Number of people displaying a disorder in the total population at any given time Incidence Number of new cases of a disorder appearing during a specific period Course Pattern of development and change of a disorder over time Prognosis Anticipated course of a disorder Etiology The study of origins Psychosocial treatment Cultural and social factors affect treatment, as well as psychological Moral therapy Psychosocial approach in 19th century that involved treating patients as normally as possible in normal environments Mental hygiene movement effort to improve care of the mentally disordered informing the public of their mistreatment Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytic assessment and therapy, which emphasizes exploration of, and insight into, unconscious processes and conflicts, pioneered Sigmund Freud. Behaviorism Explanation of human behavior, including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and adaptation derived from experimental psychology Unconscious Part of the psychic makeup that is outside of the awareness of the person Catharsis Rapid or sudden release of emotional tension thought to be a factor in psychoanalytic therapy Psychoanalytic model Complex and comprehensive theory originally advanced sigmund freud that seeks to account for the development and structure of personality, as well as the origin of abnormal behavior, based primarily on inferred inner entities and forces Id In psychoanalysis, the unconscious psychical entity present at birth representing basic sexual and aggressive drives Ego In psychoanalysis, the psychical entity responsible for finding realistic and practical ways to satisfy id drives Superego In psychoanalysis, the psychical entity representing the internalized moral principles of parents and society Intrapsychic conflicts In psychoanalysis, the struggles among the id, ego, and superego Defense mechanisms Common patterns of behavior, often adaptive coping styles when they occur in moderation, observed in response to particular situations. In psychoanalysis, these are thought to be unconscious processes originating in the ego Psychodynamic psychotherapy Contemporary version of psychoanalysis that still emphasizes unconscious processes and conflicts but is briefer and more focused on specific problems Multidimensional Integrative Approach Approach to the study of psychopathology that holds psychological disorders as always being the products of multiple interacting causal factors Model Hypothesis that both an inherited tendency (a vulnerability) and specific stressful conditions are required to produce a disorder
Flashcards: Abnormal Psychology
Course: Psychology
University: Far Eastern University
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