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What are emotions?
The body’s adaptive response, which is a mix of physiological activation, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.
What is the James-Lange Theory?
An idea proposed is that arousal (such as a beating heart) activates before the emotion (such as fear).
What is the Cannon-Bard Theory?
An idea proposed is that arousal (such as a beating heart) activates with the emotion (such as fear).
What is the Two-Factor Theory?
An idea proposed by Schachter and Singer that suggests that arousal (such as a beating heart) and cognitive view, (“I am afraid”) activates the emotion.
What is the “Feel-Good, Do-Good” Phenomenon?
When we feel happy we are more willing to help others.
Does Money Buy Happiness?
Similar to health, a lower amount of this can also lead to misery.
What is the connection to Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System?
It will mobilize energy to the body to arouse it to an emotional experience.
What is Cognition?
The way an individual thinks.
What is the connection to Deviant Behavior and Culture?
Going naked in one culture may be considered normal, while in others it may be looked down upon.
What are some ancient treatments of psychological disorders?
Trephination, exorcism, being caged, beaten, burned, castrated, mutilated, or transfused with animal’s blood
What is the medical model of psychological illness?
Etiology
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prognosis
What are some examples of anxiety disorders.
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Phobias
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
When signs of depression last two or more weeks and are not caused by drugs or medical conditions.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
An alternation between depression and maniac episodes.
What are the two symptom categories that Schizophrenia falls under?
Positive symptoms: Presence of inappropriate behaviors such as hallucinations, disorganized or delusional talking.
Negative symptoms: The absence of appropriate behaviors, such as expressionless faces, and rigid bodies.
What is Psychotherapy?
A emotionally charged, conditions interaction between a therapist and a mental patient.
What is Biomedical therapy?
The usage of drugs or other procedures that affects the patient’s nervous system to treat their mental illness.
What is Eclectic therapy?
Both the usage of emotional reactions and drug usage for the patient in order to try to heal their mental illness.
What is Psychoanalysis?
A method of psychotherapy developed by Sigmund Freud. The patient will lie down on a couch and speak about what’s on their mind to freely express their feelings to the therapist.
What is Humanistic Therapy?
A aim to boost self-fulfillment by helping the patient grow in self-awareness and self-acceptance. The therapist engages in active listening and acknowledges the patient’s feelings.
What is Client-Centered Therapy?
A form of Humanistic Therapy where the therapist listens to the needs of the patient in an accepting way and addresses the patient’s problems to build their self-esteem.
What is behavior Therapy?
Therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors.
What are Classical Conditioning Techniques?
A procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors.
What is Exposure Therapy?
Exposing patients to things they fear and avoid, and through repeated exposures their anxiety levels decrease.
What is Systematic Desensitization?
A type of exposure therapy that associated a relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli commonly used to treat phobias.
What is Cognitive Therapy?
Teaches people adaptive ways of thinking and acting based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions.
What is Cognitive-Behavior Therapy?
A form of therapy that aims to alter the way people act and alter the way that they think.
What is Group/Family Therapy?
A form of therapy with a group of patients that all have similar problems, usually costs less.
What are Clinical psychologists?
Experts in research, assessment, and therapy. All of which is verified through a supervised internship.
What are Clinical/Psychiatric Social Workers?
Mostly offers psychotherapy to help people with everyday personal and family problems.
What are Counselors?
Those who work with problems arising from family relations and substance abusers.
What are Psychiatrists?
Physicians who specialize in the treatment of mental illness.
What are Antipsychotic Drugs?
Drugs that either remove positive or negative symptoms in order to attempt to remove mental illness.
What are Mood-Stabilizing Medications?
Drugs used to stabilize episodes in certain disorders in order to moderate levels of certain chemicals in the body.
What is Brain Stimulation?
Therapy used for patients that do not respond to medication that will give them a shock to relieve them of their mental illness.
What is Psychosurgery?
A last resort to relieve psychological disturbances, an irreversible procedure that removes some of the brain tissue.
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