Traditions
Neurotransmitters & Hormones
Assements & Tests
Brain Systems
Models
100

________ thought disorders came from moral failure and the battle between good and evil.

What is The Supernatural Tradition

100

Which two are known as the “chemical brothers?"

Glutamate & GABA

100

Give me another word for both Reliability & Validity

What is Consistency & Accuracy 

100

Fear & Aggression (associated w/ anxiety & stress disorders)

What is the Amygdala

100

This model says that societal stress is what drives the increase in mental disorders

What is Social Causation Model

200

Blood, Black bile, Yellow bile, and Phlegm come from what Theory?

What is The Four Humors Theory

200

Too much, and you get psychotic symptoms. Too little, and you get depressive symptoms and attention difficulties. Which neurotransmitter am I?

What is Dopamine

200

The process of measuring a potential psychological disorder is?

What is Assessment

200

The “Emotional brain.” It regulates emotional processes.

What is the Limbic System

200

This model says environmental influences (e.g., stress, nutrition) affect the expression of certain genes both for the individual and descendants.

What is Epigenetics

300

Chinese tradition of blockage of cold/dark (yin) and warm/light (yang) wind comes from which culture?

What is Eastern Culture

300

Which neurotransmitter is excitatory and regulates behavior, mood, and thought processes?

What is Serotonin

300

What are the main purposes of the clinical interview?

What is to establish a therapeutic relationship and assess the presence of a potential disorder

300

This system controls aspects of body regulation- sleeping, breathing, skin temp, etc. It also contains the thalamus, medulla, & cerebellum.

What is the Brain Stem

300

This idea says that mental disorders cause you to be poor.

What is the Downward Drift Hypothesis

400

What tradition shifted from a focus on symptoms or sufficient causes defining a disease to universal, necessary causes?

What is The Biological Tradition

400

A neurotransmitter and hormone, part of the endocrine system, and it helps stimulate excitatory/alarm responses.

What is Norepinephrine

400

What are the systems of classification for disorders, and which one is the DSM?

What is:

  • Classical or Categorical Approach: strict, distinct categories (have it or don’t)

  • Dimensional Approach: classification along dimensions (varying amounts) 

  • Prototypical Approach: identifies essential features while allowing for nonessential variations (DSM IS THIS ONE)

400

The autonomic system has what two nervous systems?

What is the Sympathetic & Parasympathetic

400

This model says that genes also influence behavioral tendencies, which in turn influence the environment we select.

What is the Gene- Environment Correlation Model

500

Treating people with dignity is the treatment plan for what tradition?

What is The Psychological Tradition 

500

This hormone promotes aggression (if prone) and impulsivity.

What is Testosterone

500

What are the four different types of assessment we learned about?

What is Behavioral Assessment, Intelligence Tests, Projective Tests, and Neuropsychological

500

This is the “Thinking brain.” It uses higher-order thinking (Function, concentration, planning, judgment, creativity, inhibition)

What is the Cerebral Cortex (Prefrontal Cortex)

500

BONUS x2: Can you name all the theories and where they say psychological disorders come from?

  • “Psychological disorders come from unconscious conflicts” - Psychoanalytic Theory

  • “Psychological disorders come from unmet psychological needs” - Humanistic Theory

  • “Psychological disorders are failures in learning” - Behavioral Theory

  • “Psychological disorders are caused by maladaptive/disordered thinking” - Cognitive Theory

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