Psychology Terms: Schizophrenia, Personality Disorders, Paraphilias, & Sensitization, Quizzes of Abnormal Psychology

Download Psychology Terms: Schizophrenia, Personality Disorders, Paraphilias, & Sensitization and more Quizzes Abnormal Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Schizophrenia DEFINITION 1 a disturbance that lasts for at least six months and includes at least 1 month of active phase symptoms which include two or more of the following:- delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms TERM 2 Paranoid Schizophrenia DEFINITION 2 a psychotic disorder characterized by a broad spectrum of cognitive and emotional dysfunctions including delusions and hallucinations. TERM 3 Delusion DEFINITION 3 an irrational belief that an individual will defend with great vigor, despite overwhelming evidence that the belief had no basis in reality. TERM 4 Hallucination DEFINITION 4 a sensory perception that occurs in the absence of any appropriate external stimulant TERM 5 Negative Symptoms DEFINITION 5 absence or insufficency of normal behavior TERM 6 Avolition DEFINITION 6 an inability to initiate and persist in activity- little interest in day-to-day activities (apathy) TERM 7 Alogia DEFINITION 7 yes/no response to open ended question TERM 8 Anhedonia DEFINITION 8 lack of pleasure experienced in reference to previously pleasure stimuli TERM 9 Affective Flattening DEFINITION 9 Don't overly respond to situations in an emotional fashion TERM 10 Narcissism DEFINITION 10 a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration TERM 21 Transvestic Fetishism DEFINITION 21 sexual arousal via cross-dressing TERM 22 Sexual Sadism DEFINITION 22 inflicting pain or humiliation TERM 23 Sexual Masochism DEFINITION 23 suffering pain or humiliation TERM 24 Pedophilia DEFINITION 24 sexual arousal to young children TERM 25 Incest DEFINITION 25 sexual attraction to one's own children TERM 26 Causes of Paraphilia DEFINITION 26 low levels of arousal to appropriate stimuli, sexual problems, social deficits, early experiences, high sex drive, low suppression of urges/drive, reinforcement via orgasm TERM 27 Gender Dysphoria DEFINITION 27 a persistent mental disorder where you either have a disassociation form one's assigned sex or a strong association with the other gender. TERM 28 Covert Sensitization DEFINITION 28 a verbal aversion technique in which unpleasant scenes (usually nausea and vomiting) are paired imaginably with scenes of deviant inappropriate behavior TERM 29 4 Major Components of Covert Sensitization DEFINITION 29 teach deep muscle relaxation, describe deviant scenes, teach how to visualize scenes, present deviant scenes and pair with nausea