Psychiatry - 2011

Biomedical 1 with Tran at University of California - Riverside

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By: Tung Tran
Created: 2011-01-03
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What is the equation for the Standard Binet IQ Test?

Mental Age/Chronological Age x 100

Ranges of IQ

Mean = 100 with SD of 15
<70 us diagnosis of Mental Retardation
<40 is severe MR
<20 is profound MR

What is habituation?

Repeated stimulation resulting in decrease response

What is sensitization?

Repeated stimulation result in increase response

Classical Conditioning

Definition: Learning in which a natural response is elicited by a conditioned, or learned, stimulus that previously was presented in conjunction with an unconditioned stimulus

What is operant conditioning?

Definition: Learning in which a particular action is elicited because it produces a reward

What is positive reinforcement?

Desired reward produces action

What is negative reinforcement?

Negative reinforcement: removal of unfavorable stimuli elicit the specific behavior

What is punishment?

Punishment: Application of unfavorable stimuli to extinguish a specific behavior

What is extinction?

Definition: Extinction: discontinuation of reinforcement eliminates behavior

T/F Pattern of reinforcement determines how quickly a behavior is learned or extinguished

True

Types of Reinforcement schedules

Continuous: Rewards are received after every response (Vending machine). Rapidly extinguished
Variable ratio: Reward received after random number of responses (slot machine). Slowly extinguished

What is transference?

Definition: Patient projects feeling about formative or other important persons onto physician

What is countertransference?

Definition: When doctor projects feelings about formative or other important persons onto patient

What is the goal of Freud psychoanalysis?

To make individual aware of what is hidden in his/her unconscious

Freud's Structural theory of the mind

The mind is divided into three components:

Id: primary urges, food, sex, and aggresssion. The id drives instinct. Entirely subconscious
Ego: Mediator between primal urges and behavior accepted in reality
Superego: Moral values, conscience; can lead to self-blame and attacks on ego

What is shaping?

Definition: behavior achieved following reward of closer and closer approximations of desired behavior

What is modeling?

Definition: Behavior acquired by watching others and assimilating actions into one's own repertoire

What is ego defense?

Definition: Unconscious mental processes of the ego uses to resolve conflict and prevent feelings of anxiety and depression
Two types:

Immature: acting out, dissociation, denial, displacement, fixation, identification, isolation of affect, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression, splitting
Mature: altruism, humor, sublimation, suppression

What is acting out?

Definition: unacceptable feelings and thoughts are expressed through actions
Ex: Tantrums

What is dissociation?

Definition: Temporary, drastic change in personality, memory, consciousness, or motor behavior to avoid emotional stress
Extreme form can result in dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder)

What is denial?

Definition: Avoidance of awareness of some painful reality
Seen commonly in newly diagnosed patients with AIDs and cancer patient

What is displacement?

Definition: Process whereby avoided ideas and feelings are transferred to some neutral person or object
Ex: A mother places blame on a child because she is mad at her husband

What is fixation?

Definition: Partially remaining at a more childish level of development

What is identification?

Definition: Modeling behavior after another person who is more powerful (though not necessarily admired)
Abused child identifies him/herself as an abuser

What is isolation of affect?

Definition: Separation of feelings from ideas and event
Ex: Describing murder in graphic detail with no emotional response

What is projection?

Definition: An unacceptable internal impulse is attributed to an external source
Ex: A man who wants another woman thinks his wife is cheating on him

What is rationalization?

Definition: proclaiming logical reasons for actions actually performed for other reasons, usually to avoid self-blame
Ex: after getting fired, claiming that the job was not important anyways

What is reaction formation?

Definition: Process whereby a warded off idea or feeling is replaced by an emphasis on its opposite
A patient with libidinous thoughts enters a monastery

What is regression?

Definition: Turning back the maturational clock and going back to earlier modes of dealing with the world
Ex: seen in children under stress and in patients on dialysis

What is repression?

Definition: Involuntary witholding of an idea or feeling from conscious awareness
Ex: Not remembering a conflictual or traumatic experience

What is splitting?

Definition: Belief that people are either all good or all bad at different times due to intolerance of ambiguity
Seen in borderline personality disorder
Ex: A patient says that all the nurses are cold and insensitive but that the doctors are warm and friendly

About this deck

By: Tung Tran
Created: 2011-01-03
Size: 32 flashcards
Views: 28

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