PSY 212 - Chapters 12 & 13 Questions Part 1. Chapter 12 – Views of Abnormal Behavior Definition of Perspective | View of Abnormal Behavior | Biologicalviews abnormal behavior as arising from a physical cause. | Causes:Physical cause such as geneticsTreatments:therapy | Biopsychosocialcauses are of central importance but also recognizes the influence of psychological and social factors in the study‚ identification‚ | Causes:Social factorsTreatments treatment of psychological disorders |
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guard relationship. The Lord’s Resistance Army also thinks very poorly of their victims‚ but they still associate with them by taking them into their army‚ and making sex slaves of the women. Children who are abducted by the LRA go through a systematic desensitization process in order to train them to be numb to violence‚ and kill. The young girls abducted by the LRA also have more sexual contact with them. The girls are forced to be sex slaves to them‚ and often find themselves left with children by
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Theories‚ models and perspectives - Cheat sheet for field instructors Major Theories – Used in Social Work Practice Systems Theory Psychodynamic Social Learning Conflict Developmental Theories Theories of moral reasoning (Kohlberg‚ Gilligan) Theories of cognition (Piaget) Transpersonal theories of human development (Transpersonal – means beyond or through the persona or mask. Going beyond identity rooted in the individual body or ego to include spiritual experience or higher levels
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B.F. Skinner Psychologist‚ born in Susquhanna‚ Pa. He studied at Harvard‚ teaching there (1931-6‚ 1947-74). A leading behaviorist‚ he is a proponent of operant conditioning‚ and the inventor of the Skinner box for facilitating experimental observations. B. F. Skinner’s entire system is based on operant conditioning. The organism is in the process of "operating" on the environment‚ which in ordinary terms means it is bouncing around the world‚ doing what it does. During this "operating‚" the organism
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Explaining Phobias Within this paper Sally a 23 year old woman with a dog phobia will be discussed. Also‚ how operant and classical conditioning as well as observational learning are a factor in developing Sally’s phobia will be covered. Additionally‚ how extinction and tenets of cognitive theory can help Sally overcome her dog phobia will be explained. A phobia is an abnormal‚ vigorous‚ unreasonable persistent dread or terror that causes anxiety. “Approximately 40 million American adults ages
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Nigeria (2004). National Policy on Education. (Revised Edition). Lagos: Federal Ministry of Education. Morakinyo‚ A. (2003). Relative efficacy of systematic desensitization‚ self statement monitoring and flooding on subjects test anxiety. Unpublished Phd. Thesis. University of Ibadan. Morakinyo‚ A. (2003). Relative efficacy of systematic desensitization‚ self statement monitoring and flooding on students test anxiety. Unpublished PhD. Thesis. University of Ibadan. Yildirim‚ O Acar‚ A. C. Bull‚ S
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Exam 2 study guide Type A personality A personality pattern characterized by hostility‚ cynicism‚ drivenness‚ impatience‚ competitiveness‚ and ambition. Produces continual stress and often leads to coronary heart disease. Know the difference between the anxiety and stress disorders and symptoms GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)- A disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities Symptoms- Excessive or ongoing anxiety and worry
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Comparing Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Albert Ellis played a distinctive role in developing cognitive therapy for his clients. His original 5 training was in traditional psychoanalysis but when he found that better overall progress was made when helping clients to change their thinking‚ his focus shifted. He developed a theory that turned into rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) based on the idea that "people contribute to their own psychological problems‚ as well as to specific symptoms
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Phobias According to the Special Education Department ’s "Glossary of Psychiatric Disorders" catalogue‚ a "phobia is a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that results in a compelling desire to avoid it". A phobia is not an illness or a mental disorder. Nor is it a lack of will-power‚ or ’moral fibre ’‚ or determination. A phobia is a syndrome that can both develop independently within the limits of neurosis (after a caused fright or a serious psychical shock)
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misunderstood gamers‚ and the others do not explain much about their relational skills. Carnagey‚ Nicholas L. et al (2006). The effect of video game violence on physiological desensitization to real-life violence. Retrieved October 4‚ 2010 from http://pdfcast.org/pdf/the-effect-of-video-game-violence-on-physiological-desensitization-to-real-life-violence Dr Nicholas Carnagey is an Iowa State University professor of psychology and a research assistant. The paper discusses how violent video games affect
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