Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Emotional Dysregulation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Therapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Transference: i am mad at my father and i am projecting this hunger against my therapist projection: i am hungry therefore i am thinking my therapist is hungry too. generalization: look the definition. Could mean a paradigm school or conceptual approach or an emphasis on a specific cause. Problems occur when ignoring data from other areas. Psychopathology is a multiply determined, thus one-dimensional accounts of psychopathology are incomplete. View abnormal behaviour as having many cause. Draw upon information from reciprocal relations between biological, psychological, System of influence that cause and maintain suffering social and experiential factors: It might be a huge reason to have the disorders. Gregor mendel"s work in the 19th century: phenotype (characteristics such as blue eyes) vs genotype (genes) Eric kandel: learning => activation of dormant genes (not all genes are active, learning connections make the genes actives: so learning change the brain, continued brain development (more we use it, more active is gonna be).