Term 1: Overview of Abnormal Psychology and Psychoanalytic Approaches, Quizzes of Abnormal Psychology

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TERM 1 Psychotherapist DEFINITION 1 is not a protected term (anyone can call themselves that who does problem assessment and intervention) TERM 2 4 parts in Defining Abnormal DEFINITION 2 1- Deviant (unusual/ non- normative)........................................................2- Irrational (does not make sense in [cultural] context)........................3- Harmful (dangerous to self or others;interfereswith self- care)........4- Painful/ Distressing (subjective sense of discomfort or distress) TERM 3 Perspective: spiritual/ supernatural (Give: cause; treatment; and professionals) DEFINITION 3 Cause: control by supernatural forces.........................................................Treatment: drive out evil forces and nurture good forces........................Professionals: priests, elders, sensitive persons TERM 4 Perspective: Somatongenic/ Medical/ Biological (Give: cause; treatment; and professionals) DEFINITION 4 Cause: somatic/ bodily processes gone wrong.......................................Treatment: correct body and/or physiological processes.......................Professionals: Physicians and other experts TERM 5 Perspective: Psychogenic (Give: cause; treatment; and professionals) DEFINITION 5 Cause: disturbed feelings, habits, attitudes..............................................Treatment: change behavior by talk; new experiences...........................Professionals: trained in social sciences and human behavior TERM 6 4 levels of Somatogenic/ "Medical" Model DEFINITION 6 1- Symptom.......................................................................................................2- Syndrome.....................................................................................................3- Disorder.......................................................................................................4- Disease TERM 7 Symptom DEFINITION 7 discrete, identifiable abnormal process that may signal a larger problem (example: sneezing or hallucinations) TERM 8 Syndrome DEFINITION 8 group of regularly-co-occurringsymptoms without reference to the origin (ex. sneezing & watery eyes orhallucinations& delusions TERM 9 Disorder DEFINITION 9 syndrome with a clear, coherent pattern reflecting a larger condition but without a known etiology (ex. a "cold" or schizophrenia) TERM 10 Disease DEFINITION 10 disorder with known etiology (ex. a specific cold virus or schizophrenia if cause was known) TERM 21 5 Major Contributions of the Psychoanalytic Approach DEFINITION 21 1- hard psychic determinism- abnormal behavior as not random, but the result of definite psychological antecedents.....................................2- First internally consistent, comprehensive theory of unconscious mental life (including societal conditions that shape it)..........................3- Abnormal and normal behavior are on continuum (everyone is warped, to some degree, by common early experiences/ biology).......4- Conflict as basis for abnormal behavior and anxiety as crucial symptom............................................................................................................5- First major talking treatment, with a clear guiding theoretical basis TERM 22 Theory Aspect- Structural (Give Theoretical Element and Implications for Treatment) DEFINITION 22 T.E.- drives are basic and unconscious; overt behavior (unconscious mental life); must gratify drive.......................................................................I.f.T- focus: unconscious; asses and access unconscious through "unguarded" routes andreoccurringbehavior TERM 23 Theory Aspect- Developmental (Give Theoretical Element and Implications for Treatment) DEFINITION 23 T.E.- conflict (society vs drives); early experiences -> fixations -> specific symptoms..........................................................................................I.f.T- focus: childhood; identify original trauma then liberate energy then reduce symptoms TERM 24 Goals for Psychoanalysis Treatment DEFINITION 24 1- recover information about: true, underlying unconscious causes of problems (through free association, projective tests, dream analysis, and hypnosis)...................................................................................................2- Nurture Insight (through observation and interpretation)....................3- work through the problems TERM 25 Transference Process DEFINITION 25 -Analyst presents NEUTRAL face to person being analyzed.................-Strong Feelings develop toward analyst during tx...................................-feelings therefore must represent unconscious life...............................- Psychoanalysis: analysis of transference TERM 26 Positive Vs Negative Transference DEFINITION 26 Positive: allows acceptance of (parent-like) support...............................Negative: hostility; resistance to interpretations TERM 27 Sublimation DEFINITION 27 take frustration and replace to socially acceptable place (ex. aggressive teen becomes a boxer) TERM 28 Reaction Formation DEFINITION 28 opposite reaction than true feelings (ex. woman who hates her dad acts overly solicitous and protective of him) TERM 29 Projection DEFINITION 29 thinks others are how you feel (ex. a man believes his neighbor dislikes him but in fact he is hostile toward his neighbor) TERM 30 Repression DEFINITION 30 forgetting event or feeling (ex. child who felt humiliated in a piano recital completely forgets that she ever took lessons) TERM 31 Displacement DEFINITION 31 redirecting feelings at one person to another thing (ex. a man, angry at his boss, kicks his dog) TERM 32 Denial DEFINITION 32 not admitting (ex. a deeply religious woman refuses to believe obvious evidence that her husband is having an affair) TERM 33 Dream Analysis DEFINITION 33 Dreams are "wish-fulfillment".............manifest and latent content.......Freud said dreams are "royal roads to the unconscious" TERM 34 Conducting Dream Analysis DEFINITION 34 -Describe dream and associated thoughts, feelings...............................-Use symbolism to interpret elements......................................................-Trace manifest content to uncover latent meaning..................................Ex: falling = anxiety..............Ex: velvet/moss = pubic hair TERM 35 Procedures of Classic Psychoanalysis DEFINITION 35 -Posture: lying down, not facing analyst.....................................................-Minimal talking by analyst............................................................................- Techniques to tap into (primitive) unconscious life................................-Focus: conflicts; esp: childhood sexual/aggressive roots