Psychologists
Austrian psychologist that used abreactions, the process by which a patient vividly relieves repressed memories linked to past events, to help patients with their pathologies
What is Sigmund Freud?
The name of the part of the brain in the frontal lobe (usually the left hemisphere) that is heavily involved in speech.
What is Broca's area?
Characterized by impaired language comprehension. Despite this impaired comprehension, speech may have a normal rate, rhythm, and grammar.
What is wernicke's aphasia?
Diagnosed when a person finds it difficult to control worry on more days than not for at least six months and has three or more symptoms. These symptoms include constant worry, restlessness, and trouble with concentration.
What is general anxiety disorder?
A short-term, goal-oriented therapy that focuses on the link between our thoughts (cognition) and our actions (behavior).
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
The late 19th and early 20th century Russian psychologist famously that proved that responses could be conditioned by association, such as a dog drooling at the sound of the bell that rang before it was fed.
What is Ivan Pavlov?
Ss located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
What is Cerebellum?
A developmental disability caused by differences in the brain. People with disability often have problems with social communication and interaction, and restricted or repetitive behaviors or interests.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
A serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. May result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.
What is schizophrenia?
A form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group.
What is group therapy?
Psychologist known as one of the major originators of client-centered therapy is noted for their person-centered approach.
What is Carl Rogers?
Serves as a relay station for almost all information that comes and goes to the cortex.
What is thalamus?
A brain disorder that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements, such as shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and coordination. Symptoms usually begin gradually and worsen over time. As the disease progresses, people may have difficulty walking and talking.
What is Parkinson's disease?
An eating disorder that causes people to obsess about weight and what they eat. Characterized by a distorted body image, with an unwarranted fear of being overweight. Symptoms include trying to maintain a below-normal weight through starvation or too much exercise.
What is anorexia nervosa?
Talk therapy in which the client does most of the talking. The therapist will not actively direct conversation.
What is person-centered therapy?
The psychologist and professor that organized the infamous Stanford Prison experiment, which demonstrated the corrupt and violent depths students would go to when given authority at a fake prison.
What is Philip Zimbardo?
Located in the mid part of the temporal lobe, this part of the brain is responsible for learning and memory, for converting short-term memory to long-term.
What is the hippocampus?
The most common type of dementia. It is a progressive disease beginning with mild memory loss and possibly leading to loss of the ability to carry on a conversation and respond to the environment.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).
What is bipolar disorder?
A set of theories and therapeutic techniques that deal in part with the unconscious mind, and which together form a method of treatment for mental disorders.
What is psychoanalysis?
19th and early 20th century German psychologist was the first person to separate psychology from biological medicine, and was the first person to refer to psychology as his profession.
What is Wilhelm Wundt?
Also known as the paleomammalian cortex, is a set of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus, immediately beneath the medial temporal lobe of the cerebrum primarily in the forebrain
What is the limbic system?
A group of disorders that affect a person's ability to move and maintain balance and posture. Is the most common motor disability in childhood
What is cerebral palsy?
John is a 56-year-old man who presents to you for treatment. His symptoms started slowly; he tells you that he was always described as an anxious person and remembers being worried about a lot of things throughout his life. For instance, he reported he was very afraid he’d contract HIV by touching doorknobs, even though he tells you he knew this was “irrational.” He tells you that about 10 years ago, following a few life stressors, his anxiety and intrusive thoughts worsened significantly. He tells you he began washing his hands excessively. He reports he developed an intense fear that someone would break into the house and it would be his fault because he left something unlocked. He states that this fear led him to repeatedly check doors and windows before sleep in a specific order, which was a source of contention with his wife. He says that his fear of making a mistake also leads him to be slow to turn in work for his job, checking many times to make sure there are no mistakes, for which he gets reprimanded on occasion. What disorder does he have?
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Evidence-based psychotherapy that began with efforts to treat personality disorders and interpersonal conflicts. Can be useful in treating mood disorders and suicidal ideation, as well as for changing behavioral patterns such as self-harm and substance use.
What is dialectical behavior therapy?