Definitions
Theories
Disorders
Psychotherapy
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What is the Definition of Personality?
The unique way an individual thinks, feels, and behaves (acts).
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What are the 5 traits in the Trait Personality Theory?
openness agreeableness conscientiousness extraversion neuroticism
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what is a Panic Disorder?
A disorder in which panic attacks occur frequently enough to cause the person difficulty in adjusting to daily life
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Psychotherapy is designed to help people deal with what?
We are looking to help people resolve emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems and improve the quality of their lives.
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What is projection?
A psychological defense mechanism in which unacceptable or threatening impulses or feelings are seen as originating with someone else, usually the target of the impulses or feelings.
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What do Biological theorist believe are the causes in formation of personality and any abnormalities in behavior?
Genetics and hormones
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What do I mean when I say positive and negative symptoms of Schizophrenia?
positive=adding-->hallucinations, delusions, distorted thinking negative=absence-->poor attention, flat affect, poor speech production
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Group therapy is useful because?
it is less costly time saving helpful to a wide range of individuals safe environment to practice new skills with people that have similar struggles
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What is Freud's id, ego, and superego?
id- part of personality present at birth and completely unconscious--where we just act on our impulses ego-part that developes out of a need to deal with reality-executitive director superego-moral center-keeps everyone in check
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Cognitive theorist believe what are the cause of abnormaility?
irrational beliefs
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What disorder is present when someone is in an extremely sad mood? and severe mood swings?
1-Major Depression 2-Bipolar disorder
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what are the premises behind Cognitive, Behavioral, and Psychodynamic Psychotherapies--think what I always say to you all!
Cognitive-work to resolve irrational beliefs-make them rational Behavioral-behavior is learned so how can we reteach through rewards/punishments Psychodynamic/psychoanalytic- not dealing with repressed feelings pushed into the unconscious.
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What is Reaction Formation?
A person forms an oppositie emotional reaction or behavior to the way they really feel --smiling/laughing when nervous or anxious.
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Rogers believes these two things have to be in match so that there is harmony. That way we are not feeling anxiety.
Real self and Ideal self (where we want to be vs where we truly are)
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what are the different types of Schizophrenia
Disorganized-bizarre behavior and thinking Catatonic-immoble with bursts of energy Paranoid-delusions, jealousy, hallucinations
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What type of therapy that uses steps or flooding and what is the principal it is based on?
Exposure therapy-Systematic Desensitizaton-->reciprocal inhibition: We cannot be anxious and relaxed at the same time.
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What is self actualization?
The striving to fulfill one's innate capacities and capabilities--from Rogers
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Cognitive theorist believe the causes of anxiety disorders could be any of 4 ways of thinking. What are they?
Magnification, all-or-nothing thinking, overgeneralization, minimization.
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When discussing Obsessive compulsive disorder what is the obsession and what is the compulsion?
obsession-thought compulsion-behavior/action
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In Humanistic Therapies the therapist believes we all are what?--think person centered therapy
basically good. They show unconditional positive regard-->they want their client to get back to their good self.