Intro to Psych
Studied the behavior of dogs using food and a bell
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
A loss of contact with reality
What is psychosis?
Our sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles
What is an identity?
A group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way to share a common culture and feeling of unity
What is a society?
Drugs that affect our feelings/emotions, thoughts, perceptions and behaviors
What are psychoactive drugs?
Although initially it was highly criticized; this therapy method has become the standard for mental health professionals
What is Psychoanalysis?
Armond does not feel much emotion and does not really want to do anything. He has also completely withdrawn from his friends and family. The presence of these behaviors illustrates ______ symptoms of schizophrenia
Negative Symptoms
Father of Adolescent Psychology
Who is G Stanley Hall?
Consists of all shared products of human groups.
What is culture?
User takes the drug only to get high or achieve some pleasurable effect
What is recreational use?
A type of learning in which behavior is strengthen if followed by reinforcement or diminished if followed by punishment
What is Operant Conditioning?
Delusions, disorganized thinking and speech, heightened perceptions and hallucinations, and inappropriate affect
What are positive symptoms?
3 types - Authoritarian, authoritative, permissive
What are the parenting styles?
Shines light on social trends, issues, and other problems overlooked by the male perspective
What is the Feminist Perspective?
Refers to cases in which a prescription or over-the-counter drug is used inappropriately
What is drug misuse?
Uses the interpretation of inkblots to assess personality
What are Rorschach tests?
Surveys show it is a common experience for close to half of all children in the United States
What is anxiety?
Powerlessness, meaninglessness, self-estrangement, cultural estrangement, normlessness, and social isolation
What is alienation?
Any significant alteration over time in behavior patterns, cultural values, and norms
What is social change?
Capacity of a drug to have gradually diminished effect over repeated administrations... a greater dose has to be taken to maintain the original effect of the drug
What is tolerance?
A group of psychological disorders that is characterized by emotional extremes
What are mood disorders?
A child does almost everything with her mother and seems extremely anxious at school, getting frequent stomachaches and wanting to go home. If the child has an anxiety disorder, it is MOST likely: _______
Separation anxiety disorder
Parental supplement pattern, supportive primary parenting model, parental replacement, and parental apprentice
What are the grandparent helping arrangements?
Interactive process, develop images our selves
What is the looking-glass self?
Drugs that produce distortions of perception and one's sense of reality
What are hallucinogens?