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Humanistic theory: Self Concept
the believe we have of ourselves about our own nature, qualities, and behavior
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Congruence
life is balanced with your ideal self and reality self
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incongruent
life is not balanced with ideal self and reality self
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Unconditional positive regard (UPR)
- positive behavior toward a person with no contingencies attached.
- - unconditional love
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Social Cognitive theory: Self-efficacy
how one believes they can master a skill or achieve a goal.
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Reciprical determinism
- S.C
-Bandura's belief that cognitions, behaviors, and the environment interact to produce personality
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External locus of control
means one lets external factors take control over them
-they feel as if they are the victims
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Internal locus of control
means one can control their emotions internally without letting external factors take control of them.
-they arent victims
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Psychiatry
study of psychological disorder
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Psychological disorder
pathology and or sickness in how we think, feel, or behave.
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DSM-IV-TR
book developed by APA used to describe abnormal behaviors.
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4 things DSM-IV-TR does...
- -organizes
- -categorizes all mental disorders
- -diagnose
- -codes for all mental disorders
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Insanity
a complicated legal term
-at the time of the crime, they did not know difference from right or wrong.
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Anti-social
- -feels no remorse
- -sociopaths and psychopaths
- - rapists, serial killers, ponzi-schemers
- - exploit weaknesses and do not feel remorse
- - only 18 and up can be diagnose
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Conduct disorder
- -17 and younger needs help
- -leads to anti-social
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4 criteria to determine abnormal criteria
1. Statistical infrequency
2. Disability or dysfunction
3. Personal distress
4.Violation of norms
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(criteria for abnormal behavior) Statistical Infrequencies
- - is the problem frequent or infrequent
- is it common in the population or rare...
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(criteria for abnormal behavior) Disability or dysfunction
- are they able to life a regular normal life, without the behavior preventing them?
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(criteria for abnormal behavior) Personal Distress
- does it affect greatly a person's functionabilty
- issue with this is that some disorders do not make them uncomfortable so it can only be used as a flag
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(criteria for abnormal behavior) Violation of norms
-does it violate culture rules in a particular situation?
-this isnt reliable either, there are a distinct number of cultures that operate differently than ours
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