All Educational Materials for Psychology at Western University

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find more resources at oneclass.com Chapter 3 Police Interrogations - Police Interrogation: A process whereby the police interview a suspect for the purpose of gathering evidence and obtaining a confess...

find more resources at oneclass.com Psychology of Crime & Corrections The University of Western Ontario: PSYCHOL 2032B Monday, January 7...

find more resources at oneclass.com Chapter 1: Introduction Forensic Psychology: A field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behaviour as it relates to law or lega...

TreatmentoftheOCandRelatedDisorders Medications: o Antidepressants most commonlyused o ClomipramineusedforOCD(50reductioninsymptoms)*youthand adults o AntidepressantsmorehelpfulthanplacebosforBDD*using clomipramineandfluox...

The Experiment Experiment=involvesrandomassignmen otfparticipantstoconditions,the manipulationofanIVand the measurement of a DV o Provides infoabout a causal relationship o Can evaluate treatmenteffectiveness o Experimenta...

SomaticSymptomandRelatedDisorders(previouslyknownassomatoformdisorders) 1)Somatic symptom disord :excessive thought, distrasn,dbehaviour relatedtosomaticsymptoms 2)Illnessanxietydisorde :unwarrantedfearsaboutaseriousillnei...

The Rise ofBehaviourism: o DissatisfactioninFreudstheoriesbright toaheadbyJohnWatson o Behaviourism =focusesonobservablebehaviourrathertha on consciousnessormentalfunctioning o Focus shifted from thinking to learning o 1) ...

Treatment Stimulant Medications Examples:methylphenidate,Rital inprescribedsince1960s,others:Adderall, Concerta,Strattera 80ofADHDpatientstakestimulants,includes10ofalladolescentboys Drugsreducedisruptivebehavioursandimpul...

Treatment of Eating Disorders HospitalizationisfrequentlyrequiredforANtoincreasefoodingestionand carefullymonitor IVfeedingmightbe necessarytosavelife Medications BNcomorbidwithdepression,treatedwithvariousantideprests s,n...

find more resources at oneclass.com PsychologicalTreatments Psychosocial treatments are recommended alonm gsedcation (Patient Outcome Research Team PORT recommendation) o Skillstraining,...

find more resources at oneclass.com Psychological Assessment Usingmultipletechniquesandmultiplesourco einfowillprovidethe bestassessmentClinical Interviews Bothformal/structured and less structured clinic...

find more resources at oneclass.com SchizoidPD Presenceof4+ofthefollowingsigns ofaloofnessandflataffectfromearly adulthoodacrossmany contexts: o 1)Lack of desire fororenjoyment of close rela...

Personality Disorders (PD) Definedbyenduring problems withforming a stablypositiveidena ttdwith sustaining close anconstructive relationships Extremeandinflexibletraits,10differentdisorders,highlyheterogeneous o Paranoid c...

Medications That ReduceAnxiety Anxiolytics = drugs that reduce anxiety Benzodiazepine e.g. Valium, Xanaxatidepressane t.g. SSRIs,erotonin- norepinephrinereuptake inhibitors(SNRIs) Benzodiazepines referredtoas mildtranquili...