Anxiety Disorder
How psychologists determine whether or not someone has a psychological disorder?
“use a book called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)”
Perspective of psychoanalytic theorists
Unconscious conflicts
“a person experiences a physical problem in the absence of any identifiable physical cause.”
somatic symptom disorder
A person has several personalities rather than one integrated personality. The different personalities can represent many different ages and both sexes.
Dissociative identity disorder
two kinds of delusions
Delusions of persecution & Delusions of grandeur
“A person who suffers from it, experiences constant, low-level anxiety. ”
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Perspective of humanistic theorists
“severe physical problem such as paralysis or blindness, and they will, in fact, be unable to move their arms or see in the absence of any identifiable physical cause”
conversion disorder
Classify dissociative disorder!
Dissociative amnesia & dissociative identity disorder
“perceptions in the absence of any sensory stimulation”
hallucinations
“Fear of enclosed spaces”
Claustrophobia
Perspective of behavioral theorists
reinforcement history, the environment
“complaining frequently about physical problems for which doctors are unable to find a cause”
hypochondriasis
What is the cause of dissociative disorders from psychoanalytic theorists?
traumatic event that has been repressed
negative symptoms of schizophrenic disorders
catatonia & flat affect
Fear of Spiders
arachno phobia
Perspective of cognitive theorists
dysfunctional thoughts
what is the cause of the disorder by psychodynamic theorists?
unresolved unconscious conflicts
what method can we treat SAD patients with?
light therapy
the cause of schizophrenic disorders
high dopamine
Fear of open and public spaces
agoraphobia
Perspective of sociocultural theorists
dysfunctional society
As a cognitive theorist, he believed that depression from unreasonably negative ideas such as the cognitive triad.
Aaron Beck
Who found the cause of depressive disorders by the idea of learned helplessness?
Martin Seligman
“Some people believe that certain kinds of environments may cause or increase the likelihood of developing schizophrenia. for example,
“If when growing up, Sally is continually cautioned by her parents against acting promiscuously while they give her revealing, provocative outfits as gifts,”
double binds