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Psych Exam
Intro to Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |