Abnormal Psychology: Terms, Definitions, and Disorders, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Abnormal Psychology: Terms, Definitions, and Disorders and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Trephining DEFINITION 1 act of cutting holes into a person's skull to cast out evil spirits TERM 2 Psychopathology DEFINITION 2 the study of abnormal behavior and psychological disfunction TERM 3 Psychological disorder DEFINITION 3 any pattern of behavior or psychological functioning that causes people significant distress, causes to harm themselves or others, and harms their ability to function in daily life TERM 4 What are the four factors of abnormal behavior? DEFINITION 4 causing harm to self or others not being able to function in daily life subjective discomfort statistical or social norm deviance TERM 5 social norm deviance DEFINITION 5 how much a person deviates from the social norm TERM 6 situational context DEFINITION 6 social and environmental setting of a person's behavior TERM 7 subjective discomfort DEFINITION 7 emotional distress while engaging a particular behavior or thought process TERM 8 What are the models of abnormality? DEFINITION 8 biological model psychological model socio cultural perspective biopsychosocial perspective TERM 9 biological model DEFINITION 9 explains distortions by faulty neurotransmitters, genetics, brain damage, etc TERM 10 psychodynamic view DEFINITION 10 repressing one's feelings and thoughts that cause stress TERM 21 social anxiety disorder DEFINITION 21 fear of being judged in a social event TERM 22 claustrophobia DEFINITION 22 fear of enclosed spaces TERM 23 acrophobia DEFINITION 23 fear of heights TERM 24 agoraphobia DEFINITION 24 fear of being able to escape from a place full of people TERM 25 panic disorder DEFINITION 25 frequent, disruptive pacic attack TERM 26 panic attack DEFINITION 26 sudden, intense panic attack TERM 27 Generalized anxiety disorder DEFINITION 27 feelings of dread and stress lasting for at least one month TERM 28 OCD DEFINITION 28 obsessive, compulsive thoughts TERM 29 Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) DEFINITION 29 occurs after traumatic stress that lasts for at leasts one monthsymptoms anxiety recurring nightmares inability to sleep problems with concentration flashbacks of the event TERM 30 Post-traumatic stress disorder DEFINITION 30 symptoms of ASD that last for more than one month TERM 31 What are some causes of anxiety? DEFINITION 31 behavioral factors cognitive factors biological factors cultural variations TERM 32 behavioral factors DEFINITION 32 behaviorists believe that phobias are classically conditioned TERM 33 cognitive factors DEFINITION 33 illogical, irrational thinking TERM 34 magnification DEFINITION 34 blowing things out of proportion TERM 35 all-or-nothing thinking DEFINITION 35 thinking that you either you do something perfect or you completely fail at it TERM 46 bipolar disorder DEFINITION 46 when you go from extreme sadness to manic episodes TERM 47 anorexia DEFINITION 47 disorder in which a person reduces eating to the point where body weight is significantly low BMI is below 18.5 TERM 48 bulimia DEFINITION 48 condition in which a person develops a cycle of overeating or binging food and then using unhealthy methods such as vomiting, fasting, excessive exercise and the use of laxatives to avoid weight gain TERM 49 binge-eating disorder DEFINITION 49 condition in which a person overeats and then does not use unhealthy methods to avoid weight gain TERM 50 dissociative disorder DEFINITION 50 break from consciousness, memory, or a person's sense of identity TERM 51 dissociative amnesia DEFINITION 51 memory of personal info either partially or completely TERM 52 dissociative fugue DEFINITION 52 when you wonder into unfamiliar places and lose your identity TERM 53 depersonalization DEFINITION 53 people feel detached from their bodies, themselves, and their surroundings TERM 54 dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) DEFINITION 54 a person seems to have two or more distinctive personalities experiences blackouts awakens in unfamiliar surroundings TERM 55 schizophrenia DEFINITION 55 disorder in which there is an inability to distinguish reality from fantasies (schizo: split, phrenia: mind) TERM 56 positive symptoms of schizophrenia DEFINITION 56 delusions hallucinations speech and thought disturbances TERM 57 negative symptoms of schizophrenia DEFINITION 57 poor attention poor speech production flat effect catatonia TERM 58 stress vulnerability model DEFINITION 58 assumes that people with the genetic marker have a physical vulnerability to the disorder but will not develop schizophrenia unless exposed to environmental or emotional stress TERM 59 personality disorder DEFINITION 59 a person adopts a persistent, rigid, and maladaptive pattern of behavior that interferes with normal interaction TERM 60 cluster A DEFINITION 60 odd and eccentric paranoid schizoid schizotypal