DSM 5 Disorders
Trick or treaters were more likely to take more candy when they were anonymous and in a group, than if they were known to the homeowner or alone. Example of deindividuation.
Drugs that treat disorders like schizophrenia. antipsychotic or neuroleptic meds that only reduce positive symptoms. Examples are Thorazine and Haldol.
What is Psychosis, Hallucinations, Delusions, Positive and Negative Symptoms?
Two groups of campers who exhibited in-group hostility, conflict and aggression in response to competition. A superordinate goal helped to reduce the conflict between the two groups.
Drugs that treat Anxiety, OCD, PTSD and depression. Anxiolytics include benzodiazepines, Valium and Xanax.
A milder, chronic form of bipolar. Patient is extremely moody, unpredictable and inconsistent for at least two years.
Twenty-four male students were selected and randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison. The guards enforced authoritarian measures and many of the prisoners passively accepted psychological abuse. Shows the impact of role playing on behavior.
What is the Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment?
Excessive emotionality and preoccupation with being the center of attention. Includes emotional shallowness and overly dramatic behavior.
What is Histrionic personality disorder?
Experiment that measured the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to administer electrical shocks to a stranger.
What is Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiment?
A possible neurotoxic side effect of long-term use of antipsychotic drugs. Cause involuntary movements of the facial muscles, tongue, and limbs.
An existentialist approach to therapeutic treatment with the goal of helping the client become aware of his or her thoughts, behaviors, experiences, and feelings to take responsibility for them. Usually seen as harsh.
Depressed mood that occurs most of the day and last at least two years. Does not meet criteria for major depressive.
What is Persistent Depressive Disorder?
Teachers were given the idea that certain students were going to succeed more than others. Teachers unconsciously gave more attention to those students and their scores rose over the course of the year. Example of self fulfilling prophecy.
Drugs that normally excite neural activity and speed up body functions but increase focus and decrease distractibility. Help manage ADD and ADHD. Examples are Adderall and Ritalin.
A study in which healthy people were admitted into separate mental hospitals after reporting they heard voices. After admittance, they acted normal, but were still treated because they were in a hospital. This showed the stigma around mental hospitals.