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abnormal Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Abnormal Behavior? | -The definition depends on the point of view of the observer -The degrees of the behavior |
| What is insanity defined as? | -Legal term, not a psychological term -Typically applied to defendants who lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of their actions(know right from wrong) or to conform to requirements of the law (to control their behavior) |
| Checking the garage door multiple times a day is a possible example of... | potential anxiety / OCD |
| Staying by yourself at home and not leaving is a possible example of... | potential anxiety/ phobia |
| Suspecting that others are out to harm or kill you at all times is a possible example of... | Potential Psychosis |
| Balance of “humors” in the body was the belief about mental illness during what time period? | ancient Greeks, Romans, and Indians |
| If someone had a mental illness they were accused of being witches and demons during what time period? | the 18th century |
| The Biological, Psychoanalytic, and Cognitive- social models came from which time periods? | the 19th and 20th century |
| The biological model consists of... | Nero-imaging, behavioral genetics, and psycho pharmacology |
| The psychoanalytic model consists of... | -Behavior disorders are symbolic expressions of unconscious desires, usually expressed in childhood -Effective problem resolution must include awareness that the source of problems lies in childhood and infancy |
| The cognitive-social model consists of... | -Psychological disorders, like all behavior, result from learning -Cognitive- behavioral model led to innovations in treatment of psychological disorders -The focus shifts from understanding causes to changing behaviors |
| The system's theory is made up of... | the disthesis-stress model and biopsychosocial model |
| What is the diathesis- stress model? | -Diathesis is a biological disposition for developing a psychological disorder -Stress is a precipitation event that brings on the psychological disorder |
| What is the biopsychosocial model? | Consists of Biological risks, Psychological stresses, Social pressures and expectations , Combine to produce psychological disorders |
| What is the DSM-V ? | an extensive list of mental disorders that are descriptive, not prescriptive |
| Anxiety and depression are examples of what? | a mood disorder |
| Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as headaches,digestive disorders, and pain are signs of... | Major depression disorder |
| A less severe form of Major Depression Disorder is... | Persistent depressive disorder |
| A mood cycle that shift from severe highs(mania) or mild highs(hypomania) to severe lows(depression) is sign of... | Bipolar disorder |
| What is mania in regards to Bipolar disorder? | abnormal or excessive elation, irritability, a decreased need for sleep, grandiose notions, increased talking, racing thoughts, increased sexual desire, markedly increased energy, poor judgment, and inappropriate social behavior |
| Specific phobias,panic disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder are considered to be what.. | Anxiety disorders |
| Schizophrenic spectrum disorders are characterized by what? | marked by disorganized thoughts and communications,inappropriate emotions, and bizarre behavior such as hallucinations and delusions. |
| Depersonalization disorder, dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, and dissociatve identity disorder are examples of what? | a dissociative disorder |
| What is depersonalization disorder? | when a person suddenly feels changed or different in a strange way and it impacts their daily life |
| What is dissociative amnesia? | a disorder characterized by loss of memory for past events without an organic cause |
| What is dissociative fugue? | A disorder that involves flights from home and the assumption of a new identity with amnesia for past identity and events |
| What is dissociative identity disorder? | Also called multiple personality disorder ; Characterized by the separation of the personality into two or more distinct personalities |
| what is paraphillia? | use of unconventional sex objects or situations to obtain sexual arousal |
| fetishism, voyeurism,exhibitionism, frotteurism, transvestic fetishism, sexual sadism, and sexual masochism are examples of what? | a paraphilic disorder |
| what is fetishism? | a nonhuman object is the preferred or exclusive method of achieving sexual arousal |
| what is voyeurism? | the desire to watch others having sexual relations or to spy on nude people |
| what is exhibitionism? | the compulsion to expose one’s genitals in public to achieve sexual arousal |
| what is frotteurism? | the compulsion to achieve sexual arousal by touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person in public situations |
| what is transvestic fetishism? | wearing the clothes of the opposite sex to achieve sexual gratification |
| What is sexual sadism? | obtain sexual gratification from humiliating or physically harming a sex partner |
| what is sexual masochism? | the inability to enjoy sex without accompanying emotional or physical pain |
| Inflexible and maladaptive ways of thinking and behaving, Learned early in life , Causes distress to self or conflict with others are signs of what? | Personality disorder |
| Schizoid personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and anti-social personality disorder are examples of... | personality disorder types |
| what is schizoid personality disorder? | the person is withdrawn and lacks feelings for others |
| what is paranoid personality disorder? | the person is inappropriately suspicious and mistrust of others |
| what is a narcissistic personality disorder? | the person has an exaggerated sense of self0importnace and needs constant admiration |
| what is avoidant personality disorder? | the person fears of rejection by others lead to social isolation |
| What is borderline personality disorder? | characterized by marked instability in self-image, mood, and interpersonal relationships |
| what is antisocial personality disorder? | involves a pattern of violent, criminal, or unethical and explosive behavior and an inability to feel affection for others. |
| What are some of the causes of antisocial personality disorder? | -Combination of Biological Predisposition -Difficult life experiences -An unhealthy social environment |
| What is a psychosomatic disorder? | There is a real physical illness that is largely caused by psychological factors such as stress and anxiety |
| what is a somatoform disorder? | There is an apparent physical illness for which there is no organic basis |
| Conversion disorder,hypochondriasis, body dysmorphic disorders, and somatization disorders are examples of... | somatoform disorder |
| What is a conversion disorder? | a dramatic specific disability has no physical cause but instead seems related to psychological problems |
| What is hypochondrosis? | a person interprets insignificant symptoms as signs of serious illness in the absence of any organic evidence of such illness |
| what are body dysmorphic disorders? | a person becomes so preoccupied with his or her imagined ugliness that is normal life is impossible |
| what is a somatization disorder? | a person reports recurrent vague somatic complaints without a physical cause |
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