PSY240H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Developmental Coordination Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder
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Problems you have, you don"t realize them are subconscious. Type of therapy: free association say what comes to mind. Comes from idea that we think about things some may not be correct. Have faulty thoughts i"m stupid, unattractive. Challenges thoughts, beliefs, assumes you learned these beliefs incorrectly. Attempts to dispute illogical beliefs to increase feelings of self-worth. Tries to teach people not all individuals express their emotions in the same way. Tend not to want to know about your past, previous internal conflicts, or how you think. Interested in how you behave and react to things (stimuli) Comes from theories of conditioning - classical (stimulus-stimulus), operant (stimulus- consequence) Don"t spend time looking for origins of abnormal behaviour. Assess current conditions, range of stimuli, in terms of whether the behaviour needs to remain or be eliminated. Anxiety most common psychological problem behaviour therapy very successful. Over a period of time (process) desensitize you from the stimuli.
