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Tarasoff Principle - ANS✔✔-1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm from client
Deontological Theory - ANS✔✔-Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the act itself regardless of the consequences
Teleological Theory - ANS✔✔-Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the consequence or outcome
Virtue ethics - ANS✔✔-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 - ANS✔✔-birth-1 year
Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - ANS✔✔-trust vs. mistrust
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-Ability
to form meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in others
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-poor
relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - ANS✔✔-1-3 yo
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - ANS✔✔-autonomy vs.
shame and doubt
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
self-control, self-esteem, willpower
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
poor self-control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - ANS✔✔-3-6yo
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - ANS✔✔-initiative vs guilt
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
self-directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
lack of self-initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation
Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - ANS✔✔-6-12yo
Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - ANS✔✔-industry vs. inferiority
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
ability to work; sense of competency and achievement
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-sense
of inferiority, difficulty with working, learning
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence ages - ANS✔✔-12-20yo
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence developmental task - ANS✔✔-identity vs role
confusion
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
personal sense of identity
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
identity confusion, poor self-identification in group settings
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Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - ANS✔✔-20-35 years
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - ANS✔✔-intimacy vs
isolation
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
committed relationships, capacity to love
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
emotional isolation, egocentrism
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - ANS✔✔-35-65 yo
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood developmental task - ANS✔✔-generativity vs.
self-absorption or stagnation
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
ANS✔✔-ability to give time and talents to others, ability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
self-absorption, inability to row and change as a person, inability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - ANS✔✔->65yo
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood developmental task - ANS✔✔-integrity vs despair
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
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 - ANS✔✔-
bitterness, sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over impending death
Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - ANS✔✔--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 - ANS✔✔-Even apparently meaningless, random, or accidental
behavior is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental content
Intellectual disability typical age onset - ANS✔✔-infancy- usually evident at birth
ADHD typical age onset - ANS✔✔-early childhood (per DSM by age 12)
Schizophrenia typical age onset - ANS✔✔-18-25 for men
25-35 for women
Major Depression typical age onset - ANS✔✔-late adolescence to young adulthood
dementia typical age onset - ANS✔✔-most common after age 85
Freud's Id - ANS✔✔--contains primary drives or instincts
-drives are largely unconscious
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-operates on the pleasure principle
-"I want"
pleasure principle - ANS✔✔-the id seeks immediate satisfaction
freud's ego - ANS✔✔--rational mind, logical and abstract thinking
-"I think, I evaluate"
Freud's superego - ANS✔✔--sense of conscience or right vs wrong
-develops around age 6
-"I should or ought"
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage age - ANS✔✔-0-18 months
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage primary means of discharging drives and
achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-sucking, chewing, feeding, crying
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage psych disorder linked to failure of stage -
ANS✔✔-schizophrenia, substance abuse, paranoia
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage age - ANS✔✔-18 months-3 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage primary means of discharging drives and
achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-sphincter control, activities of expulsion and retention
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage psych disorder linked to failure of stage -
ANS✔✔-depressive disorder
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage age - ANS✔✔-3-6 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage primary means of discharging drives
and achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-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 - ANS✔✔-sexual identity disorders
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage age - ANS✔✔-6years-puberty
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage primary means of discharging drives
and achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-peer relationships, learning, motor-skills development,
socialization
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage psych disorder linked to failure of stage
- ANS✔✔-inability to form social relationships
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage age - ANS✔✔-puberty forward
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage primary means of discharging drives
and achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-integration and synthesis of behaviors from early stages,
primary genital-based sexuality
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage psych disorder linked to failure of sage
- ANS✔✔-sexual perversion disorders
Cognitive Theory - ANS✔✔--Piaget
- four stages of development
Piaget developmental stage sensorimotor age - ANS✔✔-birth-2 years
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Piaget developmental stage sensorimotor - ANS✔✔-the critical achievement of this stage is
object permanence
Piaget developmental stage preoperational age - ANS✔✔-2-7 years
Piaget developmental stage preoperational - ANS✔✔-more extensive use of language and
symbolism
magical thinking
Piaget developmental stage concrete operations age - ANS✔✔-7-12 years
Piaget developmental stage concrete operations - ANS✔✔-child begins to use logic
develops concepts of reversibility and conservation
Piaget developmental stage formal operations age - ANS✔✔-12 years-adult
Piaget developmental stage formal operations - ANS✔✔-ability to think abstractly
thinking operates in a formal, logical manner
interpersonal theory - ANS✔✔--Harry Stack Sullivan
-self-system
-when the person's need for satisfaction and security is interfered with by the self system, mental
illness occurs
-humans experience anxiety and bx is directed toward relieving the anxiety, which then results in
interpersonal security
self system - ANS✔✔-interpersonal theory
total components of personality traits
two drives for behavior in interpersonal theory - ANS✔✔--the drive for satisfaction
-the drive for security
Freud's defense mechanisms - ANS✔✔--denial
-projection
-regression
-repression
-reaction formation
-rationalization
-undoing
-intellectualization
-suppression
-sublimation
-altruism
Hierarchy of needs - ANS✔✔--Maslow
-survival
-safety and security needs
-love and belonging
-self-esteem
-self-actualizaiton
Sullivan's stage of interpersonal development infancy age - ANS✔✔-birth-18 months
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
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Tarasoff Principle - ANS✔✔-1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm from client
Deontological Theory - ANS✔✔-Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the act itself regardless of the consequences
Teleological Theory - ANS✔✔-Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the consequence or outcome
Virtue ethics - ANS✔✔-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 - ANS✔✔-birth-1 year
Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - ANS✔✔-trust vs. mistrust
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-Ability
to form meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in others
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-poor
relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - ANS✔✔-1-3 yo
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - ANS✔✔-autonomy vs.
shame and doubt
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
self-control, self-esteem, willpower
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
poor self-control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - ANS✔✔-3-6yo
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - ANS✔✔-initiative vs guilt
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
self-directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
lack of self-initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation
Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - ANS✔✔-6-12yo
Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - ANS✔✔-industry vs. inferiority
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
ability to work; sense of competency and achievement
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-sense
of inferiority, difficulty with working, learning
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence ages - ANS✔✔-12-20yo
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence developmental task - ANS✔✔-identity vs role
confusion
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
personal sense of identity
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
identity confusion, poor self-identification in group settings
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Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - ANS✔✔-20-35 years
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - ANS✔✔-intimacy vs
isolation
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
committed relationships, capacity to love
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
emotional isolation, egocentrism
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - ANS✔✔-35-65 yo
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood developmental task - ANS✔✔-generativity vs.
self-absorption or stagnation
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
ANS✔✔-ability to give time and talents to others, ability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental failure - ANS✔✔-
self-absorption, inability to row and change as a person, inability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - ANS✔✔->65yo
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood developmental task - ANS✔✔-integrity vs despair
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental mastery - ANS✔✔-
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 - ANS✔✔-
bitterness, sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over impending death
Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - ANS✔✔--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 - ANS✔✔-Even apparently meaningless, random, or accidental
behavior is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental content
Intellectual disability typical age onset - ANS✔✔-infancy- usually evident at birth
ADHD typical age onset - ANS✔✔-early childhood (per DSM by age 12)
Schizophrenia typical age onset - ANS✔✔-18-25 for men
25-35 for women
Major Depression typical age onset - ANS✔✔-late adolescence to young adulthood
dementia typical age onset - ANS✔✔-most common after age 85
Freud's Id - ANS✔✔--contains primary drives or instincts
-drives are largely unconscious
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-operates on the pleasure principle
-"I want"
pleasure principle - ANS✔✔-the id seeks immediate satisfaction
freud's ego - ANS✔✔--rational mind, logical and abstract thinking
-"I think, I evaluate"
Freud's superego - ANS✔✔--sense of conscience or right vs wrong
-develops around age 6
-"I should or ought"
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage age - ANS✔✔-0-18 months
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage primary means of discharging drives and
achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-sucking, chewing, feeding, crying
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage psych disorder linked to failure of stage -
ANS✔✔-schizophrenia, substance abuse, paranoia
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage age - ANS✔✔-18 months-3 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage primary means of discharging drives and
achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-sphincter control, activities of expulsion and retention
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage psych disorder linked to failure of stage -
ANS✔✔-depressive disorder
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage age - ANS✔✔-3-6 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage primary means of discharging drives
and achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-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 - ANS✔✔-sexual identity disorders
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage age - ANS✔✔-6years-puberty
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage primary means of discharging drives
and achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-peer relationships, learning, motor-skills development,
socialization
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage psych disorder linked to failure of stage
- ANS✔✔-inability to form social relationships
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage age - ANS✔✔-puberty forward
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage primary means of discharging drives
and achieving gratification - ANS✔✔-integration and synthesis of behaviors from early stages,
primary genital-based sexuality
Freud's psychosexual stage of development genital stage psych disorder linked to failure of sage
- ANS✔✔-sexual perversion disorders
Cognitive Theory - ANS✔✔--Piaget
- four stages of development
Piaget developmental stage sensorimotor age - ANS✔✔-birth-2 years
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Piaget developmental stage sensorimotor - ANS✔✔-the critical achievement of this stage is
object permanence
Piaget developmental stage preoperational age - ANS✔✔-2-7 years
Piaget developmental stage preoperational - ANS✔✔-more extensive use of language and
symbolism
magical thinking
Piaget developmental stage concrete operations age - ANS✔✔-7-12 years
Piaget developmental stage concrete operations - ANS✔✔-child begins to use logic
develops concepts of reversibility and conservation
Piaget developmental stage formal operations age - ANS✔✔-12 years-adult
Piaget developmental stage formal operations - ANS✔✔-ability to think abstractly
thinking operates in a formal, logical manner
interpersonal theory - ANS✔✔--Harry Stack Sullivan
-self-system
-when the person's need for satisfaction and security is interfered with by the self system, mental
illness occurs
-humans experience anxiety and bx is directed toward relieving the anxiety, which then results in
interpersonal security
self system - ANS✔✔-interpersonal theory
total components of personality traits
two drives for behavior in interpersonal theory - ANS✔✔--the drive for satisfaction
-the drive for security
Freud's defense mechanisms - ANS✔✔--denial
-projection
-regression
-repression
-reaction formation
-rationalization
-undoing
-intellectualization
-suppression
-sublimation
-altruism
Hierarchy of needs - ANS✔✔--Maslow
-survival
-safety and security needs
-love and belonging
-self-esteem
-self-actualizaiton
Sullivan's stage of interpersonal development infancy age - ANS✔✔-birth-18 months
