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Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2011

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Psychoanalysis
Definition
Patients memory would release repressed feelings allowing patient to gain self-insight. (Unconscious)
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Humanistic Therapy
Definition
Maslow and Rogers. Help people grow by self-awareness and self-acceptance. Optimistic view of human nature.
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Behavior Therapies
Definition
Learn principles of problem, then you can fix them.
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Cognitive Therapies
Definition
Teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking. Irrational thinking= negative, self-defeating thinking.
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Group and Family Therapy
Definition
Help one see how others have adapted to life after they have gone through the same trials as you; client operates within a family system. 12 step programs.
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Drug Therapies
Definition
Anti-Depressants: lift people up, treats OCD
Anti-Psychotic: treats schizophrenia
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Electroconvulsive Therapy
Definition
Dramatic treatment for severe depression. Sends electricity to brain of anesthetized patient.
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Social Psychology
Definition
Think about, relate to, and interact with others.
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Obedience to Authority
Definition
People would do very hurtful things when asked to by authority. Stanley Milgram-shock generator.
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Groupthink
Definition
Everyone thinks the same thing. Like Challenger, O rings were frozen but everyone thought it would be okay. Don't want to be the odd one out.
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Prejudice
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Prejudgement. Negative attitude because of gender, age, ethnicity, etc.
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Stereotypes
Definition
Can be good or bad. Beliefs about people. Over-generalization. Example: redheads are short tempered, Italians are all in the mob.
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Altruism
Definition
SelfLESSness. Kitty Genovese- 38 people watched for 30 minutes while she was raped and killed. Not one person helped- not altruistic?
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Cooperation
Definition
Working together towards a goal. Subordinate goals. Example: boy scouts thought their survival depended on their friendship so they worked together.
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Systematic Desensitization
Definition
Treatment for phobias, relaxation training, expose client to fear object.
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Psychosurgery
Definition
Prefrontal lobotomy. Operate on brain to remove aggression but damages personality. Dr. Moniz- Nobel Prize for medicine.
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Conformity
Definition
Solomon Asch. We are often influenced by other people. 3 lines test.
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