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What are some direct and indirect physical effects of stress?
direct- muscle aches, head aches, effects heart and lungs, alteration of body function; indirect- unhealthy eating habits, disruption of sleep cycles
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What are some personality characteristics of Type A people?
impatient, competitive, hostile, time urgency
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What is humanistic psychology and who founded it?
humanistic psychology- therapy to help merge the gap between who you are and who you want to be; Carl Rogers
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What are tricyclic antidepressants used to treat?
depression, pain, ADHD, bedwetting
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What id developmental psychology?
the study of how people change physically, mentally, and socially throughout the lifespan
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What are a few ways to cope with stress?
exercise, eating right, learning to relax
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Name a few different types of mental health professionals and give a job description.
clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, counselor, social worker, marriage and family therapist
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What is behavior therapy?
classical conditioning therapy; systematic desensitization, implosion therapy/flooding, bell and pad treatment, aversion conditioning OR operant conditioning therapy; positive and negative reinforcement, shaping, baseline rate, token economy
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What do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors do? What are they used to "cure"?
inhibits reuptake of serotonin; anxiety disorders, OCD
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What are teratogens?
harmful agents causing abnormal development
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What is the definition of coping? What are the two types of coping?
coping- act of dealing with stress or emotions; problem focused coping (confront problems directly) and emotion focused coping (managing emotions)
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What is the difference between psychotherapy and biomedical therapy?
psychotherapy- psychological techniques used to treat emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems; biomedical therapy- medication and/or other medical treatments used to treat symptoms associated with psychological disorders.
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What is rational emotive therapy and who created this?
Psychological problems explained by ABC; A – activating, event, B – beliefs about the event, C – consequences of those beliefs; Albert Ellis
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What are beta-blockers and benzodiazepines used to treat?
anxiety
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What is the sequence of baby "movements" in order?
roll over, sit up, crawl, walk
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What are three factors influencing reactions to stress?
prior experience with stress, predictability and control, explanatory style (optimistic and pessimistic)
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What are some types of psychotherapy?
psychoanalytic therapy, client-centered therapy, behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, group and family therapy
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What is family therapy? What is considered a healthy family dynamic?
group composed of family members; parents are a team and siblings are a team
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What are some medical therapies and what are they?
trephining, prefrontal lobotomy, ECT, transcranial therapy
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What is imprinting?
inborn tendency or instinct; *ducks*
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What happens with General Adaptation Syndrome (what are the stages)?
alarm reaction, resistance stage, exhaustion stage
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What is psychoanalysis/ psychodynamics? Who founded this idea and what are a few techniques used?
root of all problems is in unconscious conflicts and conscious insight can resolve conflicts; Freud; dream interpretation, free association, symbols, interpretation of resistance
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What is group therapy? Why are support groups a different form of group therapy?
group therapy- clear treatment focus that is carried out in groups; support groups have no treatment goal
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What are some drawbacks to biomedical therapy?
don’t actually cure, unwanted side effects, globally altered brain levels of neurotransmitters, effects take time to develop
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What comes first, the embryonic period or the fetal period?
embyronic