History of Psych
What is the definition of Psychology?
The scientific study of mind and behavior.
What are the 7 different disorders?
1. Mood 2. Anxiety 3. Schizophrenia 4. Somotaform 5. D.I.D 6. Personality 7. Eating
Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for controlling voluntary movement?
Motor cortex
What are the 3 states of consciousness?
1. Sleep & Dreams
2. Hipnosis
3. Drugs & Consciousness
what is the meaning of social psychology?
where spinal: Scientifically studies how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
What are the 3 behaviors of a Psych disorder? (3 D's)
Devient, Distressful, & Dysfunctional
Which disorder primarily strikes people between the ages of 15-35?
Schizophrenia
What is the brain stem?
Where spinal cord swells as it enters the skull.
When you are sleeping but you can still hear a phone ring or someone talking to you, what are you experiencing?
partial awareness or light sleep.
Light Sleep (Stage 1 & 2): You're easily awakened, and your brainwaves slow down. You might experience brief periods of muscle twitching.
What does LTM stand for ?
Long-Term memory
What are some ancient treatments of psych disorders?
Trephination, exorcism, being caged like animals, being beaten, burned, castrated, mutilated, or transfused with animals blood, Blood letting, lobotomy, Insulin shock therapy, cannibal cures, Insulin, Hydrotherapy, Malaria injections.
A patient continually switches from one personality to another. What is the psychological term for this illness?
D.I.D- Multiple Personality Disorder
Brainstorm is the largest part, True or False
False
What are the 3 ways a person can suffer from insomnia?
what are the three key processes involved in memory?
Encoding, storage, and retrieval
One ancient treatment for mental illness was trephination (drilling holes in the skull). Why did this barbaric treatment seem to work?
people believed it could release evil spirits causing mental illness, and in some cases, it may have actually provided relief by alleviating pressure from head injuries
What are the 2 major positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Delusions- Thinking something happened but it really didn't.
Hallucinations- Seeing things that are not there.
Which lobe of the brain is associated with processing visual information?
occipital lobe
When you are asleep and have an extreme dream that wakes you up in fright?
Sleep Terror
what is the difference between explicit and implicit memory?
Explicit memory is conscious recollection of facts and events, while implicit memory is unconscious memory for skills and habits
One day someone suddenly disappears and is gone for several months. They are miraculously found in LA wandering the streets. What is the most likely diagnosis for him?
Dissociative fugue is the most likely diagnosis. This rare disorder involves sudden travel away from home with amnesia for personal identity and past events.
What is the term for the state of being highly alert and aware of your surroundings?
consciousness
List & explain 2 theories as to why people dream.
Learning while you sleep: Some think dreams help us remember things we learned during the day, like the brain reviewing its lessons.
Practice for danger: Another idea is that dreams show us scary things to help us get ready for real-life problems. It's like practicing how to deal with danger in our sleep.
What is the main role of the hippocampus in memory?
is a brain region crucial for forming new long-term memories