Definition: psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes (thoughts‚ emotions‚ actions) Behavior: Overt; i.e.‚ can be directly observed (crying‚ reading‚ snowboarding) Mental Processes: Covert; i.e.‚ cannot be directly observed (remembering‚ thinking) – private and internal Pseudo-Psychologies Pseudo means “false”; Any unfounded “system” that resembles psychology and is NOT based on scientific testing Experiments – formal trial undertaken to confirm or disconfirm a hypothesis
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Conduct Disorder Johnny‚ age 10‚ is admitted to the psychiatric unit for evaluation. Following is Johnny’s case history. Erin gave birth to Johnny. She is an unmarried 16-year-old girl who chose to keep Johnny with her and tried to raise him herself. In beginning she lived with her parents and continued her high school after Johnny’s birth. She was very irresponsible‚ had no source of income‚ contributed little to her needs‚ and used to smoke marijuana with her friends. Erin’s parents took Johnny’s
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Case Scenario: In the history provided by a patient whose chief complaint is of dizziness and imbalance‚ the patient reports having gone to the Emergency Department 3 months ago due to a sudden onset of severe vertigo that lasted 1 to 2 days‚ and was followed by a gradual easing of symptoms over a period of several days. This pattern of symptoms suggests the possibility of: BPPV Ménière’s Disease Lateral Medullary infarct Vestibular neuritis The sudden onset of
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There are many psychological disorders that we have studied through the years. The categories for most of them are anxiety‚ personality‚ and dissociative disorders. The one that has helped identify the majority of criminals is antisocial personality disorder. This disorder is one that develops early in people‚ as early as the age of three‚ and as stated before can lead the person to become a criminal. However‚ if the person who has this disorder is raised well he could end up being a hero of
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1990) A phonological disorder is a certain type of speech sound disorder and it can be referred to as an articulation disorder. Clients with a phonological disorder are unable to use a few or all of the speech sounds that correspond to their age group. This can result in their speech having poor intelligibility. Metaphon therapy is an approach used for the treatment on phonological disorders. On the basis of the evidence currently available with regards to phonological disorders it is suggested that
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Classic Study in Social Psychology Erica Mariscal Vigil PSYCH/620 Diana Wheatley 04/14/14 Classic Study in Social Psychology The bystander effect is associated with the phenomenon‚ which states that when a larger amount of people are present‚ the less likely people are to help a person in need of assistance. When an emergency occurs‚ people are more likely to help when there are little or no other people. A summary about this study as well as an explanation of the results and
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Case Study Example | Max - From the book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak used by permission of the author‚ Maire Kennedy | Abstract This paper explores a psychological case study on the character of Max from the film Where the Wild Things Are. By using various sources‚ it is asserted that Max may have suffered from a Brief Psychotic Break. This paper examines common diagnoses for children (ADHD‚ early acute schizophrenia)‚ as well as treatment options. It will discuss
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Retrieved July 18‚ 2003 from AgeNet.Com: <http://www.AgeNet.Com>. American Psychiatric Association. Phobias . http:www.psych.org/public_info/eating.cfm American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.‚ Text Revision) Center For Mental Health Services‚ U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (1996). Retrieved July 7‚ 2003 from the National Mental Health Association Web Site: <http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/index.cfm#children>
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Arria Abnormal Psychology In watching the film “Dying to be thin” my understanding of anorexia was changed in a couple of ways. One way was that to be a dancer you are expected to be 15% below average body weight. This shocks me because the diagnostic criteria for being anorexic is being 15% below average body weight. Another aspect of anorexia that I did not know about is that the onset generally happens around the time of puberty. Treating eating disorders with a group of people with different
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Major Perspectives: Biological: Neuroscience- How body & brain enable emotions‚ memories‚ & sensory experiences Evolutionary- how natural selection of traits has promoted survival of genes Behavioral Genetics- How our genes & environment influence our individual differences Psychodynamic: How behavior springs from unconscious drives & conflicts Behavioral: How we learn observable responses Cognitive: How we encode‚ process‚ store‚ & retrieve info Social-Cultural: How behavior & thinking vary
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