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AP Psych 12
Abnormal Psychology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| psychological disorders (3 d's) | deviant, distressful, dysfunctional |
| ADHD | by age 7, extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity |
| medical model | psychological disorders can be diagnosed, treated, and possibly cured |
| DSM-IV-TR | APA's manual of mental disorders used for classifying disorders |
| anxiety disorders | distressing and persistent anxiety |
| Generalized anxiety | an anxiety disorder where a person is tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic arousal with no cause |
| panic disorder | an anxiety disorder with unpredictable episodes or intense dread and terror with chest pain, choking, and frightening sensations |
| phobia | irrational fear and avoidance of something specific |
| OCD | an anxiety disorder with unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions) |
| PTSD | haunting memories, nightmares, social anxiety that lasts for 4+ weeks after a traumatic experience |
| post-traumatic growth | positive psychology changes as a result of struggling with something challenging |
| learning perspective of anxiety disorders | fear conditioning, observational |
| biological perspective of anxiety disorders | natural selection, genes, brain structure |
| somatoform disorder | symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without physical cause |
| conversion disorder | a somatoform disorder where a person experiences genuine physical symptoms with no physical cause (disease) |
| hypochondriasis | a somatoform disorder where a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease |
| dissociative disorder | conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories |
| fuegue state | losing of your sense of identity and wander from home |
| dissociative identity disorder (DID) | person exhibits 2+ distinct and alternating personalities |
| mood disorders | characterized by emotional extremes |
| major depressive disorder | a mood disorder with 2+ weeks of depression, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interests without drugs |
| bipolar disorder | a mood disorder that alternates between depression and mania |
| mania | hyperactive, optimistic state |
| dysthymic disorder | daily depression lasting 2+ years |
| biological perspective of mood disorders | genes, brain chemistry (-norepinephrine & +serotonin), brain activity |
| social-cognitive perspective of mood disorders | stress brings negative behaviors then depression |
| schizophrenia | group of disorders with delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions/actions |
| 2 parts of disorganized thinking | delusions and inattention |
| delusions | false beliefs of persecution or grandeur |
| 1 part of disturbed thinking | hallucinations (more hearing) |
| 1 part of inappropriate emotions | flat effect (emotionless) |
| chronic schizophrenia | occurs regularly |
| acute schizophrenia | occurs periodically |
| paranoia stage of schizophrenia | preocccupation with delusions |
| biological perspective of schizophrenia | brain chemistry (dopamine+), brain activity (frontal lobe), pre-natal (viruses), genetic |
| personality disorder | behavior patterns that impair social functioning |
| 3 clusters of personality disorders | anxiety, eccentric, dramatic/impulsive |
| antisocial personality disorder | lack of conscience for wrongdoing |
| most common disorder | anxiety |
| 2nd most common disorder | mood |
| Philippe Pinel | 1st used medical model for psychology |
| Peter Lewinsohn | behavioral theory of depression |
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