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AP Psych Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dissociative disorders | disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. (Disruption of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior). |
| dissociative amnesia | after trauma-complete loss of identity + memory dissociative fugue- temporary loss + travel away from home |
| dissociative identity disorder (DID) | (formerly multiple personality disorder) a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities |
| Biological and Psychological causes of antisocial personality disorder | runs in family, fearlessness, impulsive, reduced frontal lobe activity, child abuse |
| antisocial personality disorder | a personality disorder in which a person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist |
| anorexia nervosa | an eating disorder in which a person (usually an adolescent female) maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight distorted self-perception of being overweight and excessive exercise |
| bulimia nervosa | an eating disorder in which a person alternates binge eating (usually of high- calorie foods) with purging (by vomiting or laxative use), excessive exercise, or fasting binge-purge eaters are preoccupied with food and fear becoming overweight |
| neurodevelopmental disorders | central nervous system abnormalities (usually in the brain) that start in childhood and alter thinking and behavior |
| Autism spectrum disorder | a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by limitations in communication and social interaction, and by rigidly fixated interests and repetitive behaviors |
| attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder | attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder- |
| depressive disorders | psychological disorders characterized by enduring sad, empty, or irritable mood, along with physical and cognitive changes that affect a persons ability to function |
| major depressive disorders | when a person experiences in the absence of medicine, at least two weeks with five or more symptoms of depression |
| persistent depressive disorders | when a person experiences a depressed mood on more days than not for at least two years |
| Bipolar I | a severe mood disorder in which people experience a euphoric and highly energetic state (mania) for a week or longer after a depressive episode |
| Bipolar II | less severe than bipolar 1 and it is faster cycling between depression and mania |
| Biological factors of mood disorders | heredity, left frontal lobe deactivated, lacking sufficient neurotransmitters |
| Schizophrenia | a group of psychological disorders characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and inappropriate emotional expression |
| difference between delusion and hallucination | delusions is a false belief or idea and hallucination is a false sensory experience l |
| difference between chronic and acute schizophrenia | chronic takes longer to develop and is more difficult to recover from acute takes less time to develop but is easier to recover from |
| How can having a twin affect schizophrenia | You have a 10% chance of getting schizophrenia if a parents or sibling has it but if a twin has it you have a 50% chance |
| psychological disorder | a disturbance in an individual's cognition emotion regulation or behavior that causes distress or suffering |
| medical model | the concept that disease have physical causes that can be diagnosed treated and usually cured often in a hospital |
| bio-psycho-social approach | considers the interaction between biology our thinking and environment to explain behavior |
| diathesis-stress model | assume the genetic predispositions combine with environmental stressors to influence psychological disorders |
| epigenetics | the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occurs without a DNA change |
| DSM-5-TR | used to classify psychological disorders and describe them so the disorder can be treated - bible of mental disorders |
| Anxiety disorders | psychological disorders characterized by distressing persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety |
| Social anxiety disorders | an intense fear of being scrutinized by others fearing anxiety attacks can amplify symptoms- everyone an see aspects of anxiety in their day to day behavior |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | an anxiety disorders in which a person is continually tense apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous arousal |
| panic disorder | an anxiety disorders marked by unpredictable minutes long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror accompanying chest pain, choking, and other frightening sensations. |
| Phobias | an anxiety marked by a persistent irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object |
| Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | a disorders characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions) - only disorders when they disrupt our life they are part of a disorders |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | haunting memories nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience |
| medical model | Biological and psychical causes Diagnosing symptoms and treating them with medication, medical procedures, or physical therapy |
| Evolutionary perspective | Analyzing how modern behaviors or traits were adaptive in human prehistory. |
| Psychoanalytic Theory | Unconscious conflicts, childhood experiences, and hidden desires. Talk therapy (psychoanalysis) to uncover deeply buried memories and defense mechanisms. |
| Biopsychosocial Approach | The interaction of multiple forces (biology, psychology, and social environment). |
| Who pushed for humane treatment in the 1800s? | Philippe Pinel and Dorothea Dix. |
| What is the psychodynamic perspective? | Disorders come from unresolved childhood conflicts and unconscious thoughts. |
| What is the diathesis-stress model? | Genetic predispositions combine with environmental stressors to influence disorders. |
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