Term 1: Psychology and Mental Health Disorders, Quizzes of Abnormal Psychology

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TERM 1 Cognitive Therapy DEFINITION 1 Approach that involved indetifying thinking styles related to psychological dx (anxiety , depression ) and replacing them with more positive beliefs and attitudes -- ultimately more adaptive behavior and coping styles TERM 2 Delusions DEFINITION 2 involves disorder of thought content and presence of strong beliefs that are misrepresentations of reality TERM 3 Double Depression DEFINITION 3 severe mood disorder typified by major depressive episodes superimposed over a back round of dysthymic disorder TERM 4 Mania DEFINITION 4 period of abnormally excessive elation or euphoria, associated with mood disorders TERM 5 Bipolar Disorder I DEFINITION 5 alternation of major depressive episodes with full manic episodes TERM 6 Bipolar Disorder II DEFINITION 6 alternations of major depressive episodes with hypomanic episodes (NOT FULL) TERM 7 Cyclothymic Disorder DEFINITION 7 Chronic; (2years) mood disorder is characterized by alternating mood elevation and depressive levels that are not as severe as manic or major depressive episodes TERM 8 Dysthymic Disorder DEFINITION 8 (mood disorder) involving persistently depressed mood with low self-esteem, withdrawal, pessimism; or despair, atleast 2 years with no absence of symptoms for more than 2 months TERM 9 ECT DEFINITION 9 treatment for severe chronic depression involving the application of electrical impulses through the brain to produce seizures ; reasons for effectiveness are unknown TERM 10 Hallucinations DEFINITION 10 symptoms of perceptual disturbance in which things are seen, heard, or otherwise sensed but are not actually there. TERM 21 OCD DEFINITION 21 Cluster C- persuasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfection, and mental and interpersonal control at the expense of flexibility openness and efficiency TERM 22 Paranoid Personality Disoder DEFINITION 22 Cluster A- (odd or ecentric) persuasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent TERM 23 Psychopathy DEFINITION 23 NON-DSM-IV-TR category similar to APD but with less emphasis on overt behavior; superficial charm; lack of remorse; and other personality charaterists. TERM 24 Schizoid Personality Disorder DEFINITION 24 Cluster A- persuasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions TERM 25 Schizotypal Personality Disorder DEFINITION 25 Cluster A- persuasive pattern of interpersonal defeciets featuring acute discomfort with and reduced capacity for close relationships as well as cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior TERM 26 Covert Sensitization DEFINITION 26 Cognitive Behavioral intervention to reduce unwanted behaviors by having clients imagine the extrememely aversive consequences of the behaviors and establish negative rather than positive associations with them TERM 27 Exhibitionism DEFINITION 27 sexual gratification attained by exposing genitals to unsuspecting strangers TERM 28 Female Sexual Arousal Disorder DEFINITION 28 recurrent inability in some women to attain or maintain adequate lubrication and sexual excitement swelling responses until completion of sexual activity ( HARD TO STAY WET) TERM 29 Body Dysmorphic Disorder (SOMATOFORM) DEFINITION 29 disruptive preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance TERM 30 Conversion Disorder DEFINITION 30 physical malfunctioning such as blindness, or paralysis suggesting neurological impairment but with no organic pathology to account for it TERM 31 Depersonalization Disorder DEFINITION 31 alternating perception that causes people to temporarily lose a sense of their own reality; most prevalent in people with dissociative disorders there is often a feeling of being outside observing their own behaviors TERM 32 Derealization DEFINITION 32 situation in which the individual lose a sense of the reality of the external world TERM 33 Dissociative Amensia DEFINITION 33 inability to recall personal information usually of a stressful or traumatic nature TERM 34 Dissociative Fugue DEFINITION 34 featuring sudden, unexpected travel away from home along with an inability to recall the past sometimes with assumption of a new identity TERM 35 Dissociate Identity Disorder DEFINITION 35 MPD- dx in which as many as 100 personalities or fragments of personalities that coexist with one body and mind TERM 46 Cluster B (PD) DEFINITION 46 Dramatic, Emotional, ErraticANTISOCIAL BORDERLINE HISTRIONIC NARCISSISTIC TERM 47 Cluster C (PD) DEFINITION 47 Fearful or AnxiousAVOIDANT DEPENDENT OCD TERM 48 Gender Differences in Personality Disorders DEFINITION 48 Borderline 75% FEMALEHistrionic -stereotypical femaleGender Female bias in diagnosis of histrionic and dependent TERM 49 OCD vs. OCPD (differences) DEFINITION 49 OCD- has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviorsOCPD- orderliness, perfectionism, and mental interpersonal control; excessively devoted to work TERM 50 The Big 5 Personality Model DEFINITION 50 Neuroticism - psych distress/ impulsive behaviorExtroversion- join social situations to feel joy/opennessOpenness to Experience- curiosity, emotional expressivenessAgreeableness- extent to which someone shows both compassion & hostility towards othersConscientiousness - degree of organization & commitment to personal goals TERM 51 Somatization Vs Hypochondriasis DEFINITION 51 Somatization Dx- concern about symptoms not meaningHypo - concerned with meaning of the symptoms TERM 52 Conversion vs. Malingering/Factiticous DEFINITION 52 Conversion- physical malfunctioning like blindness/difficulty speaking due to neurological impairment; NOT intentionally producedMalingering- Faking it completely "la belle indifference"Facticious- intentionally produced; assume the sick role