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Psych Exam2 Ch.12
Boom Dizzle Chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abnormality as ... A deviation from the average | Statistically Based Approach |
| Abnormality as... A deviation from the ideal. | Majority Standard |
| Abnormality as...the inability to function effectively | Unable to adjust to societal demands |
| Abnormality - Medical Perspective | Symptoms rooted in physiological causes |
| Abnormality - Psychoanalytic Perspective | Stems from childhood conflicts over opposing wishes regarding sex and aggression. |
| Abnormality - Behavioral Perspective | Viewed as Learned response. |
| Abnormality - Cognitive perspective | Cognitive perspective |
| Abnormality - Humanistic Perspective | Emphasizes responsibility that people have over their own behavior even if the behavior is seen as abnormal. |
| Abnormality - Sociocultural Perspective | Shaped by family, group, society, and culture. |
| Classifying Abnormal Behavior | The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM – IV) is the standard system used in the United States to diagnose and classify abnormal behavior devised by the American Psychiatric Association. |
| 5 Axis to describe condition of abnormal behavior | o Axis I – Clinical Disorders o Axis II – Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation o Axis III – General Medical Conditions o Axis IV – Psychological and Environmental Problems o Axis V – Global Assesment of Functioning |
| Anxiety Disorders | Anxiety occurs without external justification and begins to affect a person’s daily functioning. |
| Phobic Disorder | Intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations. |
| Panic Disorder | Anxiety that is not triggered by any identifiable stimulus and last from a few seconds to several hours. |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | Experienced long term persistent anxiety. |
| Obsession | Persistent, unwanted thought or idea that keeps recurring. |
| Somatoform Disorders | Psychological difficulties characterized by physical (somatic) forms, but for which there is no medical cause |
| Hypochondrias | (Somatoform Disorders)Constant fear of illness and preoccupation with their health. |
| Conversion disorder | Involves an actual physical disturbance, (Somatoform Disorders)such as the inability to see or hear, or to move an arm or leg whose cause is purely psychological. |
| Mood Disorders | Disturbance in emotion strong enough to intrude on everyday life. |
| Major Depression (Definition and Symptoms) | a severe form of depression that interferes with concentration, decision making, and sociability. o Worthless feelings o Loneliness o Crying o Sleep disturbance o Suicide |
| Bipolar Disorder | A disorder in which a person alternates between periods of euphoric feelings of mania and periods of depression. |
| Schizophrenia (Definition and symptoms) | Class of disorders in which severe distortion of reality occurs. o Decline from a previous level of functioning o Disturbance of thought and language o Delusions o Hallucinations o Emotional disturbances o Withdrawal |
| Personality Disorders | Disorders characterized by inflexible, maladaptive personality traits that do not permit the person to function appropriately as members of society. |
| Narcissistic personality disorder (what kind of disorder? and definition) | (Type of personality Disorder) Exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| Antisocial personality disorder (sociopath)(What kind of disorder? and definition) | (Type of personality disorder) Characterized by no regard for the moral and ethical rules of society or the rights of others. |
| Borderline personality disorder | Characterized by their difficulty in developing a secure sense of who they are. |
| Attention – deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)(What kind of disorder? and definition) | Marked by inattention, impulsiveness, low tolerance for frustration, and generally a great deal of inappropriate activity. |
| Autism (What kind of disorder? and definition) | Severe development disability that impairs children’s ability to communicate and relate to others. |
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