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Tarasoff Principle - ✔1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm from client
Deontological Theory - ✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the act itself regardless of the consequences
Teleological Theory - ✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the consequence or outcome
Virtue ethics - ✔ethical theory that states actions are chosen based on the moral virtues
(eg. honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom, gratitude, self-respect) or the character of
the person making the decision
Erikson's developmental stage infancy age range - ✔birth-1 year
Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - ✔trust vs. mistrust
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - ✔Ability
to form meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in others
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - ✔poor
relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - ✔1-3 yo
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - ✔autonomy vs.
shame and doubt
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery -
✔self-control, self-esteem, willpower
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure - ✔
poor self-control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - ✔3-6yo
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - ✔initiative vs guilt
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery - ✔
self-directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure - ✔
lack of self-initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation
Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - ✔6-12yo
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Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - ✔industry vs. inferiority
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental mastery - ✔
ability to work; sense of competency and achievement
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental failure - ✔
sense of inferiority, difficulty with working, learning
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence ages - ✔12-20yo
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence developmental task - ✔identity vs role
confusion
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental mastery - ✔
personal sense of identity
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure - ✔
identity confusion, poor self-identification in group settings
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - ✔20-35 years
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - ✔intimacy vs
isolation
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
✔committed relationships, capacity to love
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure - ✔
emotional isolation, egocentrism
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - ✔35-65 yo
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood developmental task - ✔generativity vs.
self-absorption or stagnation
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
✔ability to give time and talents to others, ability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental failure -
✔self-absorption, inability to row and change as a person, inability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - ✔>65yo
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Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood developmental task - ✔integrity vs
despair
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental mastery - ✔
fulfilment and comfort with life, willingness to face death, insight and balanced
perspective on life's events
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental failure - ✔
bitterness, sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over impending death
Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - ✔-Sigmund Freud
-all bx is purposeful and meaningful
-principle of psychic determinism
-most mental activity is unconscious
-conscious behaviors and choices are affected by unconscious mental content
-childhood experiences shape adult personality
-instincts, urges, or fantasies function as drives that motivate thoughts, feelings, and bx
-Id, Ego, Superego
-conflict is experienced consciously as anxiety
Principle of psychic determinism - ✔Even apparently meaningless, random, or
accidental behavior is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental content
Intellectual disability typical age onset - ✔infancy- usually evident at birth
ADHD typical age onset - ✔early childhood (per DSM by age 12)
Schizophrenia typical age onset - ✔18-25 for men
25-35 for women
Major Depression typical age onset - ✔late adolescence to young adulthood
dementia typical age onset - ✔most common after age 85
Freud's Id - ✔-contains primary drives or instincts
-drives are largely unconscious
-operates on the pleasure principle
-"I want"
pleasure principle - ✔the id seeks immediate satisfaction
freud's ego - ✔-rational mind, logical and abstract thinking
-"I think, I evaluate"
Freud's superego - ✔-sense of conscience or right vs wrong
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-develops around age 6
-"I should or ought"
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage age - ✔0-18 months
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - ✔sucking, chewing, feeding, crying
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage psych disorder linked to failure
of stage - ✔schizophrenia, substance abuse, paranoia
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage age - ✔18 months-3 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - ✔sphincter control, activities of expulsion and
retention
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage psych disorder linked to failure
of stage - ✔depressive disorder
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage age - ✔3-6 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - ✔exhibitionism, masturbation with focus on Oedipal
conflict, castration anxiety, and female fear of lost maternal love
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage psychiatric disorder linked to
failure of stage - ✔sexual identity disorders
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage age - ✔6years-puberty
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage primary means of
discharging drives and achieving gratification - ✔peer relationships, learning, motor-
skills development, socialization
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage psych disorder linked to
failure of stage - ✔inability to form social relationships
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage age - ✔puberty forward
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - ✔integration and synthesis of behaviors from early
stages, primary genital-based sexuality
Tarasoff Principle - ✔1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm from client
Deontological Theory - ✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the act itself regardless of the consequences
Teleological Theory - ✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the consequence or outcome
Virtue ethics - ✔ethical theory that states actions are chosen based on the moral virtues
(eg. honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom, gratitude, self-respect) or the character of
the person making the decision
Erikson's developmental stage infancy age range - ✔birth-1 year
Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - ✔trust vs. mistrust
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - ✔Ability
to form meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in others
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - ✔poor
relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - ✔1-3 yo
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - ✔autonomy vs.
shame and doubt
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery -
✔self-control, self-esteem, willpower
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure - ✔
poor self-control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - ✔3-6yo
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - ✔initiative vs guilt
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery - ✔
self-directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure - ✔
lack of self-initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation
Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - ✔6-12yo
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Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - ✔industry vs. inferiority
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental mastery - ✔
ability to work; sense of competency and achievement
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental failure - ✔
sense of inferiority, difficulty with working, learning
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence ages - ✔12-20yo
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence developmental task - ✔identity vs role
confusion
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental mastery - ✔
personal sense of identity
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure - ✔
identity confusion, poor self-identification in group settings
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - ✔20-35 years
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - ✔intimacy vs
isolation
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
✔committed relationships, capacity to love
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure - ✔
emotional isolation, egocentrism
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - ✔35-65 yo
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood developmental task - ✔generativity vs.
self-absorption or stagnation
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
✔ability to give time and talents to others, ability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental failure -
✔self-absorption, inability to row and change as a person, inability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - ✔>65yo
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Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood developmental task - ✔integrity vs
despair
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental mastery - ✔
fulfilment and comfort with life, willingness to face death, insight and balanced
perspective on life's events
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental failure - ✔
bitterness, sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over impending death
Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - ✔-Sigmund Freud
-all bx is purposeful and meaningful
-principle of psychic determinism
-most mental activity is unconscious
-conscious behaviors and choices are affected by unconscious mental content
-childhood experiences shape adult personality
-instincts, urges, or fantasies function as drives that motivate thoughts, feelings, and bx
-Id, Ego, Superego
-conflict is experienced consciously as anxiety
Principle of psychic determinism - ✔Even apparently meaningless, random, or
accidental behavior is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental content
Intellectual disability typical age onset - ✔infancy- usually evident at birth
ADHD typical age onset - ✔early childhood (per DSM by age 12)
Schizophrenia typical age onset - ✔18-25 for men
25-35 for women
Major Depression typical age onset - ✔late adolescence to young adulthood
dementia typical age onset - ✔most common after age 85
Freud's Id - ✔-contains primary drives or instincts
-drives are largely unconscious
-operates on the pleasure principle
-"I want"
pleasure principle - ✔the id seeks immediate satisfaction
freud's ego - ✔-rational mind, logical and abstract thinking
-"I think, I evaluate"
Freud's superego - ✔-sense of conscience or right vs wrong
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-develops around age 6
-"I should or ought"
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage age - ✔0-18 months
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - ✔sucking, chewing, feeding, crying
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage psych disorder linked to failure
of stage - ✔schizophrenia, substance abuse, paranoia
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage age - ✔18 months-3 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - ✔sphincter control, activities of expulsion and
retention
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage psych disorder linked to failure
of stage - ✔depressive disorder
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage age - ✔3-6 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - ✔exhibitionism, masturbation with focus on Oedipal
conflict, castration anxiety, and female fear of lost maternal love
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage psychiatric disorder linked to
failure of stage - ✔sexual identity disorders
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage age - ✔6years-puberty
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage primary means of
discharging drives and achieving gratification - ✔peer relationships, learning, motor-
skills development, socialization
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage psych disorder linked to
failure of stage - ✔inability to form social relationships
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage age - ✔puberty forward
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - ✔integration and synthesis of behaviors from early
stages, primary genital-based sexuality
