PSYC 3082 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mental Health, Moral Treatment, Syphilis
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Psychological disorder- psychological dysfunction associated with distress or impairment in function that isn"t typical or culturally expected. Incidence - #of new cases occurring during a period of time. Course/prognosis pattern of the disorder in time. Hysterical blindness - patients were not faking their symptoms, & their symptoms didn"t have psychological roots. Unconscious distress was convert to physical symptoms (conversion disorders) subconscious conflict: id, ego, superego id- relects biological drives- sex, aggression, hunger; pleasure principle (immediate gratification) Unearth the hidden intrapsychic confliects ( real problems ); long-term therapy; uses free association, dream analysis. Abraham maslow- pyramid (physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self- actualization) Humanistic psychotherapy- carl rogers- person centered therapy- contrast to psychoanalytic- therapist and patient work together. Behavioral model- applying the scientific method to the study of psychopathology; Pavlov- classic conditioning; linking learned behaviors (conditioned) to unlearned ones (unconditioned) Skinner- operant conditioning; positive- adding something; negative- take something away; reinforcing- want behavior to incrase; punishment- want behavior to decrease.
