eliminating or minimizing previous behaviors. Flooding is a method used in this particular type of therapy to present a fear or anxiety to the person and is often used to treat phobias. The treatment prevents the person from avoiding or escaping the situation. Therapies also associated with behavior therapy are Systematic desensitization and Aversion Therapy. Strengths of this therapy are reinforcing wanted behaviors and eliminating unwanted behavior by being action based. Psychoanalysis or Psychodynamic
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problems and replce them with more appropriate responses. ( Systematic desensitization -step-by-step procedure where people learn to react calmly to the stimulus causing the fear/anxiety 1. Establish fear hierarchy-list of feared objects /situations: lowest to highest 2. Develop relaxation techniques 3. Imagine/confront hierarchy items 4. Combine 2&3 5. Over time clients learn not to fear stimulus- phobias Other behavioural therapies involve using classical and operant
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influence (3 components) -conformity & groupthink – agreeing with a group to not be different -compliance- changing behavior because someone convinced you to do it -persuasion techniques: -obedience & milgrim experiment- shock keeps going up allowed shocks. -group behavior -social loafing- good when alone but lazy in group -social facilitation-positive influence on others performance -ABC model of attitudes- attitude- emotional‚ behavior- our opinions change our actions‚ cognitive-
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And some unfortunate people are particularly affected by the unpleasant process of getting injections‚ some even going so far as to avoid donating blood or getting scheduled immunizations. Sometimes‚ it blossoms into a full blown phobia of needles. This particular phobia is known as aichmophobia and is described as an irrational fear of needles and this goes well beyond simple discomfort. People afflicted with aichmophobia will go without badly needed medical treatments just to soothe their irrational
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dysfunctional anxiety-reducing behaviors. Know the symptoms of and be able to differentiate between the different anxiety disorders: GAD‚ Panic disorder‚ phobias‚ OCD‚ PTSD GAD – (Generalized anxiety disorder) A person is unexplainably and continually tense and uneasy. Panic Disorder – a person experiences sudden episodes of intense dread Phobias – a person feels irrationally and intensely afraid of a specific object or situation. OCD – (Obsessive compulsive disorder) a person is troubled by repetitive
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Born First‚ Born Smarter This study involves a person’s intellectual development in correlation to the order in which they were born in relation to their siblings. Two research psychologists‚ Robert B. Zajonc and Gregory B. Markus‚ developed a theory in an attempt to explain the relationship between birth order and intelligence. They conducted this study by gathering information from previous research and applied it to the data they collected themselves. A research project was conducted n the late
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Diagnosing Specific Phobia: 2a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist for specific phobia. Which of Tina’s symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) Her persisitent fear of bridges‚ the avoidance of driving because of this fear‚ the immediate anxiety she experiences when she approaches a bridge and the fact she recognizes her fear is unreasonable shows she meets all of the criteria for specific phobia. 2b. Does Tina have a specific phobia and if yes‚ what
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Week 7 Quiz 6 Return to Assessment List Part 1 of 1 -20.0/ 20.0 Points 2.0/ 2.0 Points A mental disorder is defined as ________________. A.The inability to distinguish right from wrong B.Behavior that violates cultural standards C.Behavior or emotional states that cause an individual distress‚ are self-destructive‚ or endanger D.Behavior that deviates strongly from the norm and prevents a person from functioning normally. Answer Key: C 2.0/ 2.0 Points Mary goes to the emergency room
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Therapy • Therapy - treatment methods aimed at making people feel better and function more effectively. • Psychotherapy - therapy for mental disorders in which a person with a problem talks with a psychological professional. • Insight therapies - psychotherapies in which the main goal is helping people to gain insight with respect to their behavior‚ thoughts‚ and feelings. • Action therapy - psychotherapy in which the main goal is to change disordered or inappropriate behavior directly. •
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hPsychological Disorders and Approaches to Treatment APSS 111 Teaching Team What is Abnormal Behavior? • Some leading definitions about what is considered abnormal: • Deviance »Deviate from normative behaviors in our society / culture • Maladaptive Behavior »Impair the person’s normal functioning • Personal Distress • A continuum perspective to understanding abnormality Classification of Psychological Disorders • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 4th Ed. (Text Revision) (DSM IV‐TR)
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