[PSYCH 270] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (34 pages long)
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4 mechanisms: neuron, neurotransmitter, autoimmune, neuroendocrine, brain structure and function. Serotonin and dopamine acts on depression, maniac, aggression, schizophrenia; Norenephrine acts on anxiety; acts on anxiety and alcohol-related disorders by adjusting neurotransmitter levels. Lobes: prefrontal cortex: executive function, attention, decisions, consciousness, nucleus acumens: reward center, limbic system: emotion, hippocampus: memory, anterior ambulate: emotions, hypothalamus: biological drive, stress, pituitary: hormones. Hpa: show, hpa axis in stress, hypothalamus releases crg, pituitary gland releases adrenocorticotropic hormone. Id: your wants; ego: your can dos; superego: your should dos: psychanalysis. Flaws: untestable, culturally bound, sexist, no empirical knowledge. Impacts on therapy: psychodynamic therapy, interpersonal, personality shaped by early childhood, blurry causes of therapy, importance of relationships in therapy: humanistic: humans are good, move toward +, unconditional support. Behaviorism: conditioning and slt: classical, slt: modelling and contribute to maladaptive behaviors; e. g. , observational learning, operant conditioning. Aaro(cid:374) be(cid:272)k"s (cid:272)og(cid:374)itive therapy changes maladaptive thoughts. Ellis"s ratio(cid:374)al e(cid:373)otive (cid:271)ehavior therapy: (cid:373)usts or should; co(cid:373)(cid:271)o of (cid:271)ehavioral a(cid:374)d cognitive approaches.
