What is the key element in understanding pathology?
Affect which includes body sensations, emotions and feeling states.
Affect refers to the experience of feeling or emotion that is central to the psychological state being analyzed.
What does activating the traumatic memory bring into awareness?
Dysfunctionally stored affect
This refers to emotions that are improperly processed and stored due to trauma.
What is the focus when identifying common affect underlying all memories?
Identifying common affect
This involves recognizing the emotional responses that are recurrent across different traumatic memories.
What is the foundation of every defense or survival mechanism?
Fear
Fear can manifest in various forms, influencing behavior and emotional responses.
What are some fears that form the basis of defense mechanisms?
- Being alone
- Powerless
- Abandonment
- Unsafe
- Rejected
These fears can drive individuals to develop certain coping strategies or defenses.
Fill in the blank: Negative cognition is _______.
[neural compressions of distressing affect]
This term describes the mental processes that distort reality and create negative emotional states.
What is the goal when looking for an entry point into dysfunctional behavior?
To identify the dysfunction
Finding an entry point helps in addressing and healing the underlying issues causing the dysfunction.
What are the scales to measure Affect
SUDs - O to 10
Displeasure to Pleasure and Level of activation.
What is a Likert scale?
A Likert scale is a psychometric scale commonly used in questionnaires to measure attitudes or opinions.
True or False: A Likert scale typically consists of a set of statements with response options ranging from ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’.
True
Fill in the blank: The Likert scale usually offers _____ to _____ response options.
5 to 7
What are the common response options on a 5-point Likert scale?
Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly disagree
Which type of data does a Likert scale primarily produce?
Ordinal data
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is NOT a typical use of a Likert scale?
Measuring temperature
What is the main purpose of using a Likert scale in surveys?
To quantify subjective opinions or attitudes.
True or False: A 7-point Likert scale provides more granularity than a 5-point Likert scale.
True
What is the midpoint option in a 5-point Likert scale?
Neutral
Fill in the blank: Likert scales are often used in _____ research.
Social science
What kind of analysis can be performed on Likert scale data?
Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is a limitation of the Likert scale?
Acquiescence bias
True or False: Likert scales can only have 5 response options.
False
What is one advantage of using a Likert scale?
It simplifies data collection and analysis.
Fill in the blank: Responses on a Likert scale are often analyzed using _____ statistics.
Descriptive
