PY 358 Exam 1 Study Guide

PY 358 Exam 1 Study Guide
  Abnormal Psychologyapplication of psychological science to the study of
mental disorders

  Psychopathology“disease of the mind”

  4 DsDistress, Dysfunction, Deviant, Dangerous

(characteristics of psychological disorders)

Models:

Prevention/Treatm
Model Causes Assessment Feedback
en t


Psychiatric
medications that
Diagnostic affect
interviews neurotransmitter
Not a full
Problems arise systems
explanation
from brain Magnetic
functions and Resonance Antipsychotic
Ignores
Biological other physical Imaging meds decrease
environment
Model problems (MRI) to dopamine to treat
a l factors
(neurochemistry, check for disorders like
like culture,
genetics, brain physical schizophrenia
family, and
changes) anomalies
stress
like tumors Antidepressants
or blood clots increase serotonin
to treat disorders
like depression


Psychodyna Problems arise Explore past Psychodynamic Not based
mic Model from motives experiences therapy focusing on research
and conflicts & on unconscious
within a person unconscious processes Little
(based on desires empirical
Freudian theory) support
Project

, unconscious
needs &
conflicts onto
Abstract;
ambiguous
hard to
stimuli
study
Dream
analysis and




Rorschach
& Thematic
Apperceptio
n Test


Difficult to
Problems arise
research
when people are
Humanistic thwarted in their Client-centered
Doesn’t
Model goal to be therapy
address
creative/meaningfu
severe mental
l
illness


Cognitive- Problems arise Techniques Large
Behavioral when different aimed at empirical
Model experiences in changing support
learning principles patterns of
& cognitions that thinking and Most effective
negatively affect behavior that form of
behavior lead to issues therapy

Exposure Variety of
treatment treatments for
many
disorders

Reduced to
problematic
schemas or