I need a therapist!
Mike calls his insurance company to find out if psychotherapy is covered. When the operator asks him what kind of therapy is he seeking, he says... "Listen, my condition is BAD - I need someone who can really help me cope with my severe mental health concerns, including being able to talk to them and prescribe me medications no matter where I am living".
What kind of psychology/therapy professional is Mike looking for?
A psychiatrist
Medical
Name the processing route used when an individual is highly motivated and engaged; resulting in lasting attitude changes.
Central
The persistent, unwanted thoughts (called obsessions) or feelings (compulsions) to carry out behaviors one feels compelled to do is what disorder?
Obessesive Compulsive Disorder
Julie admits she struggles with 'thinking errors'. She struggles to see herself in a positive light and it's having a negative effect on her life. She desperately wants to modify her behavior.
What treatment or therapy can Julie begin to help meet her needs?
What is psychotherapy
In abnormal psychology, the assumption that psychological conditions stem from childhood experiences is what perspective?
Psychoanalytic
I want to change your attitude, so I need to find a way to persuade you. To be most effective, I need to consider 3 components, including message source, message characteristics and this.
Characteristics of the target
Name the correct mental disorder category.
Disorder characterized by a set of inflexible, maladapative behavior patterns that keep a person from functioning appropriately in society.
Personality Disorders
During her therapy session, Margo shares that in a dream she lost all of her teeth. She asks her therapist what this could mean.
What term describes the meaning behind Margo losing her teeth?
Latent content
Billy's perspective of his workplace is that it is chaotic! He believes someone needs to come in here and fix things!
He shares his thoughts with his manager who tells him to find a professional to come in and evaluate the team.
What field of psychology professional should Billy consider bringing in to help him?
I/O psychology
Jojo believes the only way to be successful is to go to college, but she was raised by parents who are strongly against accumulating debt (and they refuse to help her pay for college as well).
What is the term used to describe the conflict Jojo is experiencing?
Cognitive dissonance
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Eric has been seeking a psychologist for months, and has been takin medication for his severe depression with no improvement.
His therapist suggests either ECT or TMS. Eric asks what the differences are between them.
Describe at least one difference between the two therapies.
ECT does not send shocks to one specific part of the brain like TMS.
ECT requires sedation, and TMS does not.
When a patient's perspective of their therapist changes and begins to align with feelings they had towards another person, through feelings of anger or love, is called what?
Transference
Social media influencers are now all promoting this "hip and cool new clothing style" and urge kids to change up their style in order to fit in with the cool kids!
What is the term used to describe this behavior?
Social influence
Michael is overcome with the sounds of voices telling him to do harmful things to himself.
What mental disorder category is he most likely suffering from?
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Millie's psychiatrist wants to prescribe her medication to help her manage her depression.
What are the 4 options from the lecture that Millie can be prescribed?
In abnormal psychology, when both normal and abnormal behaviors are shaped by a kind of family dynamic, society and one's culture, this is the ___ perspective.
Sociocultural
The intentional injury or harm to another person.
What is aggression.
This is defined in the text as “behavior that causes people to experience distress and prevents them from functioning in their daily lives.
Abnormal Psychology