Chapter 10
Joaquin is self-important, self-focused, and self-promoting. He has a high degree of self-love and self-absoprtion. We would say that Joaquin has this.
What is narcissism?
Selye's concept that the body's adaptive response occurs in three phases-alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
What is General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
Brianna was in a car accident that left her severely injured. Since the accident, she has experienced nightmares, social withdrawal, insomnia and intrusive thoughts about the accident. We would likely say Brianna has this disorder.
What is PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)?
This type of therapy believes that thoughts, feelings and behaviors are all connected.
What is cognitive behavior therapy?
Media often portrays mentally ill people to be violent; the reality is that only this percentage of people with a mental illness commit violent acts.
What is 3-5% or 2-5%? (Depending on the study)
These are a mix of bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience (including thoughts).
What are emotions?
Catastrophes, significant life changes, and daily hassles are three main types of this.
What is stress?
Often confused with Borderline Personality Disorder, people with this disorder are known to bounce from one emotional extreme to the other, having very high highs (mania), and very low lows (depression).
What is bipolar diosrder?
Therapy that treats the family system is known as ______________.
What is family therapy?
When determining what constitutes abnormality, you need to consider these, known as the four F's, as they will help create a line of distinction between behaviors hat are considered just a little off and having a full blown disorder.
What are Frequency, Function, Feeling Pain, and Fatal?
The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to an emotion arousing stimulus.
What is the James-Lange theory?
The name for the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events that we appraise as threatening or challenging.
What is stress?
****!!!DAILY DOUBLE!!!!*****
Serial killers and CEO's who exhibit a lack of conscience for wrongdoing (even toward friends and family members); they may be aggressive and ruthless or clever con artists. They lack remorse and are more likely to be diagnosed with this.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This type of therapy derives therapeutic benefits from group interactions.
What is group therapy?
What disorder(s) was the Mountain Lion analogy trying to illustrate? symptoms include hypervigilance and a heightened state of anxiety. Name one of two.
PTSD or DID.
The Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal is known as this.
What is the two-factor theory?
This is the subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine.
What is health psychology?
This specific disorder is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression.
What is schizophrenia?
The bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and client working together constructively to overcome the client's problem is known as this.
What is the therapeutic alliance?
These factors are associated with health and wellbeing. Name one.
having purpose and meaning
emotional positivity
support
positive activities
cognitions
meditation
faith
The tendency of behavior to influence our own and others' thoughts, feelings, and actions is known as this.
What is the behavior feedback effect?
The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health.
What is psychoneuroimmunology?
The term for a false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.
What is a delusion?
What advice did you get from me on finding a good fit for a therapist if you ever need one?
Make sure its a good match-that you feel comfortable with the person and
Also called "lack of insight," this is the term for a symptom of severe mental illness experienced by some that impairs a person's ability to understand and perceive his or her illness. It is the single largest reason why people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder refuse medications or do not seek treatment. Autumn was kind enough to demonstrate this in class.
What is anosognosia?