2 Classes of Behavior
3 Stages of Addiction Treatment
4 Learning Theories
5 Basic Social Institutions
5 Stages of Group Development
Q
A client sees a woman get brutally beaten and killed during an incident of domestic violence. Shortly after the incident, the client reports the inability to see. This client is MOST likely experiencing the defense mechanism of:
Conversion
Conversion is when mental conflict or disturbance is transferred into a physical symptom to relieve anxiety. The loss of eyesight after witnessing the incident may have resulted from this trauma.
An event will most likely lead to emotional/psychological trauma if:
*Happened in childhood
*Happens repeatedly
*Happened unexpectedly
*someone was intentionally cruel
*No preparation for it
*Feeling powerless to prevent it
Aversion Therapy
treatment aimed at reducing an undesirable behavior
by repeatedly pairing that behavior with something negative
EX - Person trying to quit smoking - gets shocked every time they see a picture of a cigarette
4 Best Applications of Behavior Modification
Biofeedback
Behavior training program
teachers person how to control certain functions
-Heartrate
-Blood Pressure
-Temperature
-Muscle tension
*Used for ADHD & Anxiety
Cognitive Development Theory
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operations
Formal Operations
Piaget
Communication Concept - Double Bind
Offering two contradictory messages
EX - mother telling her child that she loves them, while at the same time inflicting corporal punishment as discipline
the words are socially acceptable; the body language is in conflict with it.
Communication Concept - Echolalia
*Repeating noises/phrases
-Catatonia/Autism/Schizophrenia
Communication Concept - Cognitive Dissonance
EX - A client is very worried about her financial situation. She buys a new car and tells the social worker that she made the purchase “because the car is much less likely to break down and will save money in the long run.”
Communication Content - Manifest & Latent
*Manifest - Concrete words
*Latent - not visible - underlying meaning - theme
Community Development
*Long term commitment
*Addresses imbalance of power
*Getting community members working together
Conflict Theory
*Focus = Social Control
*Social control is maintained by those with the greatest resources
*Groups/Individuals defend their own interests
Couples Development Theory - Stages
Romance
Focus = Attachment
Power Struggle
*Focus on differences rather than similarities
*Differentiation - seeing oneself as distinct within a relationship
Stability
*time/activities away from partner - towards self
*Live independently while still identifying as a couple
Commitment
*Marirage
Co-Creation
*Mutual growth
*Generativity v. Stagnation
Crisis Intervention Theory - 7 Stages
Defense Mechanism - Acting Out
Emotional conflict is dealt with through actions rather than feelings
EX - instead of talking about feeling neglected - person will get into trouble to get attention
Defense Mechanism - Compensation
*Allows one to make-up for (real or imagined) deficiencies
EX - Lord Farquaad in Shrek - little man with BIG castle
Person who stutters - expressive writer
Defense Mechanism - Conversion
Repressed urge - converted to disturbance in the body
EX - tics, pain, convulsions, paralysis
EX - THE OA - child sees school bus crash into river
Shortly after the incident, the child is blind
Defense Mechanism - Decompensation
Decline of defenses
EX - Prison Bae breaks up with Kim
Kim’s defenses (Dance, Art, Being Creative) don’t keep her a float like they used to
Defense Mechanism - Denial
*Unable to acknowledge thoughts, feelings, behaviors that are painful/unbearable
EX - Resident on Hospice - Family can’t accept their loved one is dying