Assignment 11 - Test

Asch's conformity experiment

Showed that people can be influenced rather easily

Milgram Experiment

Showed that people will obey authority even when the results will harm someone

Benefit of being diagnosed correctly

A person can get the right type of treatment or medication he/she needs

Altruistic view of compliments

Accepting a compliment at face value

Confederate

An accomplice

Two most common disorders in the United States

Anxiety and depression

Traits of leaders

Aptitude, responsibility, competency

Altruism

Being completely selfless and yet wanting nothing in return

How therapy was different in the early 1900s

Categories for diagnosing disorders were less clear and only the rich could afford to pay for therapy

Axis I of the DSM

Clinical and mental disorders

Cynical

Distrusting or pessimistic

What changing views on epilepsy and abnormal behavior shows

Epileptics are more accepted today than they were in the past. Epileptics have problems related to neurology and not their minds. People view epileptics as normal and not demonically possessed.

Freud's method of therapy

Explores the unconscious, free association, cathartic experiences

What can be learned from the Bay of Pigs incident

If you don't speak your opinion against bad ideas, sometimes awful results can happen. Don't be afraid to voice an opinion that may be different from the leader. It's normal for people to feel uncomfortable about disagreeing with a leader.

Five axes of the DSM

Major categories that a mental health professional will use to assess a person

Axis III of the DSM

Medical conditions and physical disorders

Disorder

Mental health disturbance

Conformity

People change their behavior because of social influence

What the 1992 Los Angeles riots were an example of

People's behavior being influenced by others

Who can appropriately use the DSM

Psychiatrists and mental health professionals

Idiosyncrasies

Specific behaviors or mannerisms that are peculiar to just one person

Diffusion of responsibility

When lots of people are present and volunteer help is needed, and no one is quick to offer their assistance

When people are most likely to be obedient to rules

When the rules are set up by people in authority

Obedience

When you follow laws and other rules that authorities make