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Abnormal test #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stress | state of mental or emotional strain or tension |
| avoidance | where you avoid things or actions that cause you stress |
| flashback | symptom of PTSD: some external stimulus triggers sense of panic and you psychologically go back in time and relive a stressful event. EX. vietnam war syndrome and child abuse |
| repression | defense mechanism used to forget a very traumatic event |
| dissociative fugue | disorder where people lose all memory of who they are or where they came from. They start a new life and may make up a story about their life because they dont remember there original one. |
| Panic attack | extreme fear reaction without any physical reasons. Usually confused with heart attacks |
| LIttle albert | albert was condition to no like white rats; woman came up from behind albert before he was given rat and banged on a piece of metal—albert screamed and forever feared rats. BIG BANG WAS CAUSED BY RAT |
| implosion | another name for flooding; be able to face fear without running away. |
| case if peter | peter had a phobia of white fury animals and Watson used systematic desensitization to cure peter of phobia. When peter was relaxed, rosalie brought rabbit closer and closer and when peter screamed she stopped. She continued until rabbit was in peters lap |
| dopamine | the "do it" neurotransmitter that can speed up reaction time |
| tolerance | amount that body can intake before effects are felt. The body automatically changes chemically to maintain homeostasis |
| obssession | idea or thing that you cant stop thinking about |
| washers | characterized by ppl who compulsively wash parts of their body. FORM OF OCD |
| ritualistic checkers | ppl who create a ritual of compulsively checking things the same way and at the same time |
| post traumatic stress disorder | after about 1 month since stressful event, you are still stressed from event |
| conversion disorder | converge psychological disorder to physical disorder; loss of funxing in body due to psych damage. Cant react to voluntary actions, if you know its coming you cant react. NO WILL POWER IN MOVEMENT |
| dissociative amnesia | psychologically erase the memory of a traumatic event; may lose hours of life. EX. 9/11 survivors |
| phobia | intense irrational fear |
| reaction formation | acting opposite of true feelings to prevent ID from acting out and showing true feelings |
| flooding | too intense to happen in purpose; usually happens by accident. Being locked in an enclosed area for days exposed to fear |
| systematic desensitization | face fear little bits at a time and uses hypnosis and relaxation to make patient imagine their fear. Most effective treatment of phobias and only takes treatment to patients necessary level |
| GABA | helps maintain dopamine level associated with anxiety disorders. |
| valium | type of drug that mimics GABA system. Problems: highly addictive!! |
| anxiolytic medication | drug used to reduce anxiety |
| withdrawal | the process of ceasing to take an addictive drug; person may become irritable or edgy because their body is starving for drug. The GABA system is low during withdrawal |
| compulsion | doing something over and over without reason |
| checkers | always checking things. Form of OCD |
| response prevention | ? |
| mood | temporary state of mind or feeling |
| euphoria | a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness |
| apathy | lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern |
| anhedonia | ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION!! absence of pleasure in he limbic system. Nuerons do not release dopamine |
| psychomotor retardation | ASSOC. WITH DEPRESSION: refers to your mind movement; everything is slowed down. EX. getting dressed slower, walking slower, thinking slower. |
| hopelessness | lose hope for future; you do not care |
| suicidal ideations | people who are obsessed with death, but would actually kill themselves. |
| mood congruent | when you see/hear things that make sense given depressive circumstances |
| catatonic features | no movement; they do not move. form of extreme psychomotor retardation |
| seasonal pattern | ? |
| recurrent episode | episode of a a psychological disorder that happens again |
| Post Partum depression | ? |
| hypoglycemia | ? |
| masked depression | ? |
| conduct disorder | ? |
| insomnia onset | ? |
| insomnia early waking | fall asleep fine but wake up and cannot fall back asleep |
| hypersomnia | when you are so tired that you sleep more |
| psychotic features of depression | dysphoric (depressed) mood, anhedonia (no pleasure), feelings of worthlessness/guilt, and thoughts of suicide/death |
| mood incongruent | when you see/hear things that do not make sense given circumstances |
| melancholia in depression | reversal of day and night . Night is the best time for communication |
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