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| Frage | Antworten |
| what are specific phobias? | unwarranted fears caused by the presence of anticipation of a specific object or situation. |
| causes of specific phobias | continuous pairings of CS+UCS (e.g. the little albert experiment) |
| what is abnormal? | best defined with characteristics of distress, violation of norms, statistical infrequency and dysfunction. |
| what is distress? | "personal suffering" |
| what is 'violation of norms'? | when an individuals behavior violates social norms, threatens or makes those around them anxious. |
| what is statistical infrequency? | episodes of depression and mania- used to diagnose mental retardation. |
| what is dysfunction? | impairment in an important area in life (e.g. work or personal relationships) |
| Early Demonology | belief that an evil being dwells within a person and controls their mind and body. |
| how was early demonology treated? | through exorcism, the casting out of evil spirits by chanting or torture. |
| what is somatogenesis? | belief that something is wrong with the physical body. |
| what are the three categories Hippocrates classified mental disorders? | Mania, melanchonia and phrenitis(brain fever) |
| how was somatogenesis treated? | all natural treatments and was believed for normal brain functioning there needed to be a balance in the four humors- black and yellow bile, blood and phlegm. |
| darks ages of demonology | contained an increasing influence from the church. |
| treatments used in the dark ages of demonology | praying over the sick and potions were made for them to drink. |
| what is psychogenesis? | abnormal behavior caused mentally, hysterical paralysis with no apparent physical cause. |
| Breur's Catharsis method | healed his patient Anne O who had paralysis on one side of her body with no apparent physical problems that could have caused it. a case of psychogenesis where he healed her through hypnotism. |
| List the Modern Approaches to abnormal behavior. | psychoanalysis-Freud, Jung, neo-Freudians. Behaviorism- Watson, Thorndike's law of effect. Humanism- Rogers, Maslow's hierarchy or needs. Cognitive- Neusser's internal processed. Biological- Darwin, Phineas Gage, syphilis and general paresis. |
| what does DSM-IV-TR stand for? | Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. |
| list the axes of the DSM-IV-TR | I-clinical disorders II-personality and mental retardation III-General medical conditions IV-Psychosocial and environmental problems. V-Global assessment of functioning |
| what is GAD stand for? | Generalized anxiety disorder |
| what is GAD? | when an individual is persistently anxious, often about minor items. |
| what causes GAD? | Psychoanalytic view- unconscious conflict between the ego and id impulses. Cognitive-behavioral view- results from distorted cognitive processes(e.g. misperceiving events) biological view- may have a genetic component or due to a receptor in the brain known as GABA. |
| treatments for GAD | psychoanalytic- work with patient to confront the true source of their conflicts. Behavioral- relaxation training. Cognitive- assertiveness training. Biological- drugs such as benzodiazepines |
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