PSY 1007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John A. Volpe, Abraham Maslow, Broad Brush

• School: St. John's University
• Department: PSY - PSYCHOLOGY
• Course: PSY 1007
• Professor: Scott

Document Summary

This course covers: mental illness and behavior disorders: mental illness: illness within the brain, behavior disorders: the things that we do, a scientific study of that cause an inefficiency in life functions. All these are data collection, making a broad brush of the person who are having abnormal behaviors. These are things we can see (visually observe) All behavior is a product of learning, taking in environment, reacting to stimuli (internal & external). Allows us to have a sense of efficacy; produce things with effort, efficiency & effectiveness: you are given acceptance, recognition, approval etc. (positive aspects, efficacy effectancy drive (motivation) Behaviorists/theorists: albert ellis: we have self-defeating thoughts, that are dangerous and have no meaning, irrational thoughts, developed a therapeutic method called rational. Minimization of positive things, don"t give things the worth. Maximization of negative things: making a mountain out of a mole-hill.