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Models: Abnorm.Behav
Ch. 2
Question | Answer |
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Definition of psychopathology | Abnormal behavior |
Mental disorders and biological make-up | Genetics, nerve cell activities, CNS and psychology, brain activity and structure |
Frontal lobe controls | Planning of movements, recent memory, some emotion |
Parietal lobe controls(top) | body sensations |
Occipital lobe controls (back of brain) | vision |
Temporal lobe (bottom) | hearing, advanced visual processing. |
The forebrain controls | controls higher mental functions. Most advanced |
Thalamus controls | relay station |
Hypothalamus controls (Four F's) | Drives fluid (thirst), food (hunger), feel (temperature), Fucking (sex) |
Hippocampus controls | memory |
Midbrain controls | Vision and hearing |
Hindbrain controls (Mike the headless chicken) | Heart rate, sleep, respiration. |
Chemical imbalances (lack/excess serotonin, dipomine, etc.) | underlie mental disorders |
Criticisms of biological models | Diathesis- Stress theory (nature vs. nurture), environmental, societal, cultural influences, helplessness. |
Freud believed | Psychodynamic models (Adult disorders stemmed from childhood experiences) psychoanalysis |
Id | Pleasure principle (child) |
Ego | Reality principle. Balance; mediator, psychosexual stage |
Superego | Society values; morals |
Stages and fixations (5 Stages) | Oral (0-1; alcoholism, ciggs), anal stage (2; control), Phallic stage (3-6), Latency (6-12), Genital (puberty +) |
Defence Mechanisms | Denial, projection, reaction formation, rationalization, regression, displacement, repression, sumblimination |
Projective tests include | Ambiguous stimuli, Rorschach, TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) |
Post-Freudian Perspectives include | Less emphasis on sex, freedom of choice and goals, social forces, treatment of seriously disturbed people |
Classical conditioning: UCS | Unconditioned stimuli |
Classical conditioning: UCR | Unconditioned response |
Classical conditioning: CR | Conditioned response |
Classical conditioning: CS | Conditioned stimulus |
Observational learning model | Behaviors acquired by watching someone perform those behaviors. |
Humanistic and existential approaches | Explore healty personalities, "reality" is subjective, free choice/personal responsibility, positive view of individual (Carl Rogers) |
Existential Approach | Quest for meaning of life, Individual in context of human condition, Responsibilities to others and oneself |
Difference between existential and humanistic approach | Less optimistic than humanistic |