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Psychology disorders
Review for Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Statistical definition of abnormal behavior | Frequently occurring behavior is normal and behavior that is rare is abnormal. |
| Social norm deviance | Something that goes against the norms or standards of a society in which an individual lives |
| Situational context | the social or environmental setting of a person |
| Reliability | There should high levels of agreement in diagnostic decisions |
| Validity | should capture the essential features of the various disorders |
| Agoraphobia | fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult of impossible |
| Magnification | – the tendency to interpret situations as far more dangerous, harmful, or important than they actually are |
| Clinical depression | when the frequency, intensity, and duration of depressive symptoms are out of proportion to the person’s life situation. |
| Dysthymia | a moderate depression that lasts for 2 years or more and is typically a reaction to some external stressor |
| Cyclothymia | – disorder that consists of mood swings from moderate depression to hypomania (episodes of elation) and lasts two years or more |
| Flat affect | a lack of emotional responsiveness |
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