MENTAL HEALTH MIDTERM |COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
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Recovery model Answer: shifts focus from illness to rehab and recovery, goal of
empowerment to maximize abilities, holistic interventions
Trauma-informed care Answer: integrates effects of trauma into clinical programming -
"what has happened to you?" instead of "what's wrong w/ you?"
Biopsychosocial model of disease Answer: factors include biology, social and
environmental, and psychological; one factor may weigh more heavily than another from
person to person
Psychosocial model Answer: abnormal behavior is the result of stressful life events, affect,
personality, gender, social and psychological influences
Freud's Psychodynamic Theory Answer: focuses on intrapsychic processes and
psychosexual development; three levels of awareness; personality structure "id, ego,
superego", emotional problems occur because of unresolved conflicts and basic interests;
defense mechanisms protect the ego
denial Answer: escaping unpleasant realities by ignoring their existence
displacement Answer: transfer of emotions from one thing to another
identification Answer: emulating something else
intellectualization Answer: analyzing a situation from an emotionally detached viewpoint
compensation Answer: something given to make up for something else
introjection Answer: putting features of others onto yourself
projection Answer: rejecting unacceptable personal features and putting them onto other
things
, rationalization Answer: justifying illogical things by developing acceptable, satisfying
explanations
reaction formation Answer: unacceptable feelings/behaviors kept out by developing
opposite feeling/behavior
regression Answer: going backwards in development
repression Answer: exclusion o unpleasant or unwanted experiences, emotions, ideas
sublimation Answer: channeling threatening devices into acceptable outlets
suppression Answer: conscious denial of disturbing situation or feeling
undoing Answer: compensated for act or communication (gift giving after arguing)
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory Answer: stage theory of psychosocial development, lifespan
consists of eight dilemmas that must be solved correctly in order to solve the next dilemma
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Answer: physical, safety, social, ego, self-actualization;
needs must be satisfied to move to next level
classical conditioning Answer: learning can occur when stimulus is paired w/
unconditional response
operant conditioning Answer: a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if
followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
paget's cognitive theory Answer: Intellectual development is a result of constant
interaction /w environment and genetically determined attributes on how we learn and
adapt
cognitive theory Answer: focuses on distorted or negative thought patterns that lead to
maladaptive or symptomatic feelings and behaviors
Family Systems Theory Answer: a theory that views the family as a system of interacting
parts whose interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated rules
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EVERY TEST | GUARANTEED EXCELLENCE.
Recovery model Answer: shifts focus from illness to rehab and recovery, goal of
empowerment to maximize abilities, holistic interventions
Trauma-informed care Answer: integrates effects of trauma into clinical programming -
"what has happened to you?" instead of "what's wrong w/ you?"
Biopsychosocial model of disease Answer: factors include biology, social and
environmental, and psychological; one factor may weigh more heavily than another from
person to person
Psychosocial model Answer: abnormal behavior is the result of stressful life events, affect,
personality, gender, social and psychological influences
Freud's Psychodynamic Theory Answer: focuses on intrapsychic processes and
psychosexual development; three levels of awareness; personality structure "id, ego,
superego", emotional problems occur because of unresolved conflicts and basic interests;
defense mechanisms protect the ego
denial Answer: escaping unpleasant realities by ignoring their existence
displacement Answer: transfer of emotions from one thing to another
identification Answer: emulating something else
intellectualization Answer: analyzing a situation from an emotionally detached viewpoint
compensation Answer: something given to make up for something else
introjection Answer: putting features of others onto yourself
projection Answer: rejecting unacceptable personal features and putting them onto other
things
, rationalization Answer: justifying illogical things by developing acceptable, satisfying
explanations
reaction formation Answer: unacceptable feelings/behaviors kept out by developing
opposite feeling/behavior
regression Answer: going backwards in development
repression Answer: exclusion o unpleasant or unwanted experiences, emotions, ideas
sublimation Answer: channeling threatening devices into acceptable outlets
suppression Answer: conscious denial of disturbing situation or feeling
undoing Answer: compensated for act or communication (gift giving after arguing)
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory Answer: stage theory of psychosocial development, lifespan
consists of eight dilemmas that must be solved correctly in order to solve the next dilemma
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Answer: physical, safety, social, ego, self-actualization;
needs must be satisfied to move to next level
classical conditioning Answer: learning can occur when stimulus is paired w/
unconditional response
operant conditioning Answer: a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if
followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
paget's cognitive theory Answer: Intellectual development is a result of constant
interaction /w environment and genetically determined attributes on how we learn and
adapt
cognitive theory Answer: focuses on distorted or negative thought patterns that lead to
maladaptive or symptomatic feelings and behaviors
Family Systems Theory Answer: a theory that views the family as a system of interacting
parts whose interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated rules
