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psych module 42
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a psychological disorder that's characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety? | anxiety disorder |
| what is an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense and apprehensive, in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal? | generalized anxiety disorder |
| what is an anxiety disorder marked by minutes long episode of intense dread where person experiences terror and chest pain? | panic disorder |
| what is it called when a person is intensely and irrationally afraid of something? | specific phobias |
| who explain the development of anxiety in terms of classical conditioning? | learning theorists |
| what suggest that it's based in our growing awareness that we exist and are ultimately responsible for the choices we make? | existential theories |
| name 2 ways to deal with social phobia and anxiety? | greet people with eye contact create list of conversation topics |
| what are the top 3 fears in women? | snakes, buried alive, and tied up |
| what are the top 3 fears in men? | buried alive, heights, snakes |
| what is an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts or obsessions? | OCD |
| what is it called when the conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings? | dissociative disorders |
| what is a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits 2 or more distinct+alternating personalities? | multiple personality disorder |
| in personality disorders what is the 1st cluster express? | expresses anxiety |
| in personality disorders what is the 2nd cluster express? | expresses eccentric behaviors |
| in personality disorders what is the 3rd cluster express? | exhibits dramatic or impulsive behaviors |
| what's the characteristics of a narcissist? | need to be admired, sense of self-importance, and sense of superiority |
| what is the preoccupation with perceived body defects; repeatedly checking their appearance? | body dysmorphic disorder |
| what is the hair pulling disorder? | trichotillomania |
| what is the skin picking disorder? | excoriation |
| what is the disorder where people clutter space with possessions they can't part with? | hoarding disorder |
| what is the disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, and insomnia? | PTSD |
| what is the psychological disorder in which symptoms take a somatic form without apparent physical cause? | somatic symptom disorder |
| what is it called when a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disorder? | illness anxiety disorder |