CH. 1-5

Question 1

Define Abnormal Behavior

Answer 1

1. Emotional Distress
2. Dysfunction
3. Reduced Self-Control
4. Recurrent, persistant behavior

Question 2

Biological Model

Answer 2

Seeks to relate abnrmal behavior and mental processes to events taking place in the brain and nervous system

Question 3

Behavioral Model

Answer 3

Focuses on explaining abnormal behavior as something the person has learned to do.
Rewards and Punishments

Question 4

Cognitive Model

Answer 4

Focuses on mental processes such as perceiving, remembering, reasoning, and problem solving

Question 5

Psychoanalytic Model

Answer 5

Behavior stems from subconscious mental-processes

Question 6

Neurotransmission

Answer 6

1. Electrochemical impulse travel among the neuron
2. Electrochemical impulse leads to the discharge of neurotransmitters into the synapse
3. Neurotransmitters bind themselves to receptors on the next neuron
4. Neuron fires or becomes inhibited

Question 7

Catabolism

Answer 7

Prevents excessive amounts of neurotransmitter by using enzymes to break it down

Question 8

Re-Uptake

Answer 8

Some of the neurotransmitter is reabsorbed by the presynaptic neuron before it can stimulate the postsynaptic neuron

Question 9

Changes in the DSM-5

Answer 9

1. Some mental disorders have been given names
2. Minor adjustments in diagnostic criteria for particular disorders
3. Some mental disorders have been grouped together in new ways

Question 10

Standardization

Answer 10

1. Procedures of administering a test are specific and clearly described
2. Evaluate an ind. performance on a test by comparing other individuals performance (Normative Comparisons)

Question 11

Reliability

Answer 11

Consistency and dependability of test scores. Test-retest reliability: asseses the extent to which test scores remain stable over time

Question 12

Validity

Answer 12

Accuracy of test scores; the test measures what ot was designed to measure (criterion validity)

Question 13

Objective Tests of Personality

Answer 13

questionnaires in which people report on their behaviors, thoughts, and feelings
simpler to interpret

Question 14

MMPI-2

Answer 14

statements to which the person answers True or False. MMPI items ask for information about attitudes, emotional responses, physical symptoms, and past experiences

Question 15

Projective Tests

Answer 15

The stimulus material is ambiguous
Freedom of response
Assessment is indirect

Question 16

Rorschach Test

Answer 16

Consists of ten cards, only 5 in color

Psychologist is specifically interested in learning for each response the location and its determinants

Question 17

3 symptoms of Anxiety Disorders

Answer 17

1. Physical Symptoms
2. Cognitive Symptoms: Specific thoughts, images or impulses that lead the person to feel distressed
3. Escape or avoidance behavior

Question 18

Panic Disorder

Answer 18

recurrent unexpected attacks of overwhelming anxiety

may not know why its happening

Question 19

Agoraphobia

Answer 19

fear of being in places or situations where the person would feel unprotected if that person suddenly became anxious
often stem from panic disorder

Question 20

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 20

Chronic feeling of threat and anxiety not associated with any particular object or situation

Question 21

Specific Phobia

Answer 21

Severe and persistent fear or anxiety about a specific situation or object.

1. Fear is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the specific object or situation
2. Almost always provokes immediate fear
3. Actively avoided or endured

Question 22

Social Anxiety Disorder

Answer 22

Severe fear of social situations where other people will observe the person performing some task

Question 23

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Answer 23

recurrent obsessions or compulsions that are time consuming and cause significant distress or impairment in daily functioning

Question 24

Obsessions

Answer 24

Intrusive and inappropriate Ideas, images, impulses that individuals cannot get out the minds.

Question 25

Compulsions

Answer 25

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that are used by a person to prevent or reduce stress. Do not bring pleasure or satisfaction

Question 26

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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an extreme preoccupation with some imagined or minor defect in physical appearance. High risk for suicide

Question 27

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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1. Person has been confronted by a traumatic event 2. Intrusive symptoms associated with the traumatic event 3. Avoidance of stimuli associated with traumatic event

Question 28

Adjustment Disorders

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a maladaptive response to an identifiable stressor that occured within three months after the onset Significant stress that is out of proportion or significant impairment of functioning

Question 29

Somatic Symptom Disorders

Answer 29

bodily symptoms or concerns about having an illness and no physical basis can be found or explain the persons symptoms or concerns Not conscious faking the illness

Question 30

Illness Anxiety Disorder

Answer 30

involves a preoccupation w/ having or acquiring a serious illness May engage in excessive health related behaviors "HYPOCHONDRIASIS"

Question 31

Conversion Disorder

Answer 31

involves the loss of normal bodily functioning without any underlying organic basis May involve motor symptoms and sensory deficits patient may have "La Belle Indifference" Usually Selective

Question 32

Malingering

Answer 32

Conscious attempt to fake the symptoms of disease for some external incentive

Question 33

Dissociative Disorder

Answer 33

an individual being unaware of or losing contact with important aspects of his personality or surroundings

Question 34

Depersonalization

Answer 34

Feeling detached from one's mental processes | Odd Perceptions

Question 35

Dissassociative Personality Disorder

Answer 35

Having two or more personalities (Multiple Personality Disorder) Some psychologists doubt its existence