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Psych Exam

Intro to Psychology

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What is the DSM V? Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
How can you informally assess whether a behavior is normal or abnormal? - Subjective Discomfort, -Maladaptive, -Situational Context, -Cultural Relativity, -Statistical Definition
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Symptoms Full of themselves, do not care about anyone, do not bond
Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptoms Aggression against society, no remorse, impulsive, cannot bond
Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms Self mutilation, suicide attempts, ability to bond, can get better
Histrionic Personality Disorder Symptoms like to be center of attention, over the top dramatic
What is MPD/DID? Multiple Personalities Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder
How does MPD differ from schizophrenia? Schizophrenics only have one personality, it is a "thought disorder"
What do 95% of all those diagnosed with MPD have in common? History of childhood abuse
What is a "nervous breakdown"? It is NOT a disorder, it's when the "breaking point" of a person is reached caused by stress
What are the signs/symptoms of Panic Disorder? Anxiety suddenly comes upon a person
A minor, irrational fear is called phobia
Acrophobia heights
Astraphobia storms
Arachnophobia spiders
Aviophobia Airplanes
Claustrophobia closed spaces
Hematophobia blood
Microphobia germs
Nictophobia Night/Dark
Pathophobia disease
Pyrophobia fire
Xenophobia strangers
Zoophobia animals
What are obsessions? Continued thoughts that preoccupy a person's mind
What are compulsions? irresistible urges
Symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder rituals, cleaning, checking
Psychotic Disorders differ from Neurtotic Disorders because... Psychotic disorders are people "out of touch with reality"
Symptoms in Psychotic disorders -Delusions (false beliefs), -Hallucinations (false perception), -Disoriented (3 spheres, people, place, or time),- Emotional disturbance, -Verbal disturbance, -Motor disturbance
Symptoms of onset and chronic schizophrenia - voices in head, delusions, lack of interest, speech problems
Wilhelm Wundt created first psych lab
little albert experiment by James B. Watson, classical conditioning can be used on human emotions
Cognitive Therapy challenges negative thoughts to treat mood disorders
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