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Chapter 12 Abnormal Psychology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ADHD stands for | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| ADHD | a psychological disorder marked by one or more of three symptoms including: extreme inattention, hyperactivity & impulsitivity |
| ADHD is marked by age | 7 |
| Antisocial personality disorder is a | personality disorder |
| Antisocial personality disorder | person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong-doing, even toward friends & family- may be aggressive or ruthless or act like a clever con artist. |
| Antisocial personality disorder is most common in | men |
| Anxiety Disorders are | psychological disorders |
| Anxiety disorders are characterized by | distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety |
| Bipolar disorder is a | mood disorder |
| bipolar disorder | person alternates between the hoplessness & lethargy of depression & overexcited state of mania. |
| bipolar disorder used to be called | manic-depressive disorder |
| Conversion disorder is a | rare somatoform disorder |
| conversion disorder | person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found |
| Delusions | false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders |
| DID stands for | dissociatative identity disorder |
| DID | a person exhibits two or more distinct & alternative personalities |
| DID was formerly called | multiple personality disorder |
| Disscoiative disorders | in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thought & feelings. |
| DSM stands for | American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic of Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| DSM | a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder | an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal |
| Hypochondriasis is a | somatoform disorder |
| hypochondriasis | in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of disease |
| mania is a | mood disorder |
| mania | marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state |
| medical model | the concept that psychological disorders have physicals causes that can be diagnose,ed , treated and cured often through treatment in a hopsital |
| mood disorders are | psychological disorders |
| mood disorder are characterized by | emotional extremes |
| OCD stands for | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| OCD is a(n) | anxiety disorder |
| OCD is characterized | unwanted repetitive thoughts & or actions |
| actions | compulsions |
| thoughts | obsessions |
| Panic disorder is a(n) | anxiety disorder |
| Panic disorder is marked by | unpredictable minute-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror & accompanying chest pain, choking or other frightening sensations |
| Personality disorders are | psychological disorders |
| Personality disorders are characterized by | inflexible enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning |
| Phobias are | anxiety disorders |
| phobia is marked by | a persistent, irrational fear & avoidance of a specific object, activity or situation |
| Psychological Disorder | deviant, distressful, & dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feeling or behaviors |
| PTSD stands for | Post-traumatic stress disorder |
| PTSD is a | anxiety disorder |
| PTSD is characterized by | haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety and/or anxiety that lings for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience |
| Schizophrenia | a group of sever disorders characterized by disorganized & delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions & inappropriate emotions/actions |
| Somatoform disorder is a | psychological disorder |
| somatoform disorder | in which symptoms take a somatic form without apparent physical cause |
| bodily | somatic |
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