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abnormal psych chapter 1 vocab

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a psychological dysfunction within an individual associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected   psychological disorder  
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an irrational fear   phobia  
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behavior that is unexpected in its cultural context and associated with distress, impairment in functioning, or increased risk of suffering, death, pain, or impairment   abnormal behavior  
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scientific study of psychological disorders   psychopathology  
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mental health professionals who take a scientific approach to their clinical work   scientist-practitioner  
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indicates why the person has come to clinic/sought treatment, specific problem or set of problems   presenting problem  
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represents the unique combination of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that make up a disorder   clinical description  
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the number of people in the population that have the disorder   prevalence  
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number of new cases of a disorder in a given period   incidence  
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disease pattern (ex chronic, episodic, time-limited)   course  
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anticipated course of the disorder   prognosis  
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the study of origins, why the disorder begins, includes biological, psychological, and social dimensions   etiology  
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casting away of evil or supernatural spirits through religious ritual   exorcism  
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focuses on psychological, social, and cultural factors   psychosocial treatment  
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treating institutionalized patients as normally as possible in a setting that encouraged and reinforced normal social interaction   moral therapy  
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movement to improve standards of care and make sure that everyone who needed care received it   mental hygiene movement  
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elaborate theory of the structure of the mind and the role of the unconscious processes in determining behavior   psychoanalysis  
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explanation of human behavior, including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and adaptation derived from experimental psychology   behaviorism  
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part of psychic makeup that is outside of the awareness of the person   unconscious  
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rapid/sudden release of emotional tension though to be an important factor in psychoanalytic therapy   catharsis  
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comprehensive theory constructed on the development and structure of our personalities - idea that development goes wrong = psychological disorder   psychoanalytic model  
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unconscious physical entity present at birth representing basic drives   id  
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responsible for finding realistic and practical ways to satisfy the id's drives   ego  
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represents the internalized moral standards of parents and societ   superego  
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conflicts between id, ego, and superego   intrapsychic conflicts  
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unconscious protective processes that keep primitive emotions associated with conflicts in check so that the ego can continue functioning   defense mechanisms  
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stages in infancy and early childhood that have a profound and lasting impact   psychosexual stages of development  
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the fear in young boys that they will be mutilated genitally by their fathers because of their lust for their mothers   castration anxiety  
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disorders that result from underlying unconscious conflicts   neurosis  
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concentrates on the way in which the defensive reactions of the ego determine our behavior   ego psychology  
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formation of self-concept and the crucial attributes of the self that allow an individual to progress toward health, or to develop neurosis   self psychology  
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study of how children incorporate the images, memories, and values of a person who was important to them and to whom they are emotionally attached   object relations  
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wisdom accumulated by society and culture that is stored deep in individual memories and passed down from generation to generation   collective unconscious  
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patients are instructed to say whatever comes to mind without socially required censoring   free association  
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therapist interprets the context of dreams and relates the dreams to symbolic aspects of unconscious conflicts   dream analysis  
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therapist   psychoanalyst  
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when patients come to relate to the therapist much as they do to important figures in their childhood (such as parents)   transference  
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focus of affect and expression of patient's emotions, exploration of patient's attempts to avoid topics or engage in activities that hinder therapy, identification of patterns, focus on interpersonal experiences, focus on therapeutic relationship   psychodynamic psychotherapy  
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the idea that all of us can reach our highest potential if we had the freedom to grow   self-actualizing  
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individual develops the course of therapy   person-centered therapy  
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complete and unqualified acceptance of client's feelings and actions   unconditional positive regard  
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brought the systematic development of a more scientific approach to psychopathology; based on the idea that behaviors shape our thinking   behavioral model  
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type of learning in which a neutral stimulus is paired with a response until it elicits that response   classical conditioning  
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when the presentation of the conditioned stimulus no longer elicits the conditioned response   extinction  
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subjects report on their thoughts and feelings after experiencing certain stimuli   introspection  
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when individuals are gradually introduced to the objects or situations they feared so that their fear can extinguish   systematic desensitization  
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therapy methods based on the principles of behavioral and cognitive science, which considers specific behaviors rather than inferred conflicts as targets for change   behavior therapy  
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another word for reward, connotes the effect on the behavior   reinforcement  
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process of reinforcing successive approximations to a final behavior or set of behaviors   shaping  
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