Personality
•The characteristic thoughts, emotional responses, and behaviors that are relatively stable in an individual over time and across circumstances
What is Personality?
Sickness or disorder of the mind
What is Psychopathology?
Frenchman who developed the idea of humane treatment of the mentally ill.
Who is Phillipe Pineal?
cultures emphasize rights and freedoms, self-expression, and diversity
What is the Individualistic Culture?
Freudian theory stating that unconscious forces determine behavior
What is Psychodynamic Theory?
The affective aspect of the self
What is Self-Esteem?
Three D's of a disorder
What are: Deviance, Dysfunction and Distress?
a therapist works with clients to help them understand their problems and work toward solutions
What is Psychotherapy?
clients would journal their dreams and the contents of the dream is analyzed to understand unconscious conflicts.
What is Dream Analysis?
Operates on the Pleasure Principal
What is the ID?
Many theories propose that self-esteem is based on how we believe others perceive us
What is Reflected Appraisal?
Fear of a specific object or situation that is out of proportion with an actual threat
What is a Phobia?
say what first comes to mind without filtering the thoughts.
What is Free Association?
Treatment for psychological disorders in which a therapist works with clients to help them change distorted thought patterns that produce maladaptive behaviors and emotions
What is Cognitive Therapy?
Holds the defense mechanisms or coping skills
What is the Ego?
Comparing oneself to another person who is less competent or in a worse situation
What is Downward Comparison?
•An anxiety disorder that consists of sudden, overwhelming attacks of terror
What is Panic Disorder?
Treatment for psychological disorders in which a therapist works with clients to help them unlearn behaviors that negatively affect their functioning
What is Behavior Therapy?
From lecture, Karen's favorite type of therapy
What is Family Therapy?
Unconscious mental strategies that the mind uses to protect itself from distress
What are Defense Mechanisms?
The tendency for people to take personal credit for success but blame failure on external factors
What is Self-Serving Bias?
Thought producing anxiety and a repetitive behavior to reduce anxiety
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
1 therapist and no more than 8 patients in a group.
What is Group Therapy?
Rosemary Kennedy
Who was John F Kennedy's sister with Schizophrenia?
This stage of psychosexual development is where you find the Oedipal and Electra Complexes
What is the Phallic Stage?