Ch 14

Question 1

Statistical abnormality

Answer 1

Abnormality defined on the basis of an extreme score on some dimension, such as IQ or anxiety

Question 2

Maladaptive behavior

Answer 2

Some psychological or biological disorder that makes it difficult to adapt to the environment and day to day life

Question 3

Insanity

Answer 3

A legal term that refers to ones inability to manage ones affairs or one is unaware of the consequences of ones actions

Question 4

Mental disorder

Answer 4

A significant impairment in psychological functions

Question 5

Neurodevelopmental disorder

Answer 5

Problems that arise before adulthood (such as autism)

Question 6

Neurocognitive disorder

Answer 6

Problems not arising until adulthood (Alzheimer’s)

Question 7

Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Answer 7

Severe mental disorders characterized by a retreat from reality

Question 8

Bipolar

Answer 8

Depression alternates with periods of mania, meaning the person is agitated, elated, and hyperactive.

Question 9

Anxiety disorder

Answer 9

Disruptive feelings of fear, apprehension, or anxiety, or distortion, elated, and hyperactive

Question 10

Trauma and stress and related disorders

Answer 10

Behavior patterns brought on by traumatic stresses

Question 11

Obsessive compulsive related disorders

Answer 11

Extreme preoccupation with certain thoughts and compulsive performance of certain behaviors

Question 12

Dissociative disorders

Answer 12

Temporary amnesia, multiple personality, or depersonalizations

Question 13

Somatic symptoms and related disorders

Answer 13

Physical symptoms for witch their is no obvious physical cause (paralysis, blindness, illness, or chronic pain)

Question 14

Personality disorders

Answer 14

Maladaptive personality patterns

Question 15

Sleep-wake disorders

Answer 15

Difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up or any combination of these

Question 16

Paraphilic disorders

Answer 16

Deviation in sexual behavior such as (pedophilia, exhibitionism, fetishism, voyeurism, and so on.

Question 17

Comorbitity (in mental disorders)

Answer 17

They suffer from more than one mental disorder

Question 18

Psychosis

Answer 18

A withdrawal from reality marked by hallucinations, delusions, personality disorganization

Question 19

Catatonia

Answer 19

Considered a disorder in its own right, marked by stupor, rigidity, unresponsiveness, posturing, mutism, and sometimes agitated perpose-less behavior

Question 20

Psychological trauma

Answer 20

A psychological injury or shock, such as that caused by violence, abuse, neglect, separation, etc.

Question 21

Stress-vulnerability model

Answer 21

A model that attributes mental illness to a combination of environmental stress and inherited susceptibility

Question 22

Persistent depressive disorder

Answer 22

Moderate depression that persists for two years or more

Question 23

Major depressive disorder

Answer 23

A mood disorder in which the person has suffered one or more intense episodes of depression

Question 24

Cyclothymic disorder

Answer 24

Moderate manic and depressive behavior that persists for two years or more

Question 25

Bipolar 1 disorder vs bipolar 2 disorder

Answer 25

B1 is a mood disorder with episodes of mania and also periods of deep depression. B2 is a mood disorder where they are mostly depressed but has had one or more episodes of mild mania

Question 26

Endogenous (in depression)

Answer 26

Depression that appears to be produced from within rather than as a reaction to life events

Question 27

Postpartum depression

Answer 27

A mild to moderately severe depression that begins within three months following childbirth

Question 28

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Answer 28

Depression that occurs only during fall and winter; possibly because of lack of sunlight

Question 29

Phototherapy

Answer 29

A treatment for SAD that involves exposure to bright, full-spectrum light

Question 30

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 30

General worries of work, relationships, a storm, eta

Question 31

Agoraphobia

Answer 31

The fear that something extremely embarrassing will happen if one leaves the house or enters an unfamiliar situation

Question 32

Adjustment disorder

Answer 32

Continues exposure to normal stresses (job loss, illness etc) push an individual ove the edge

Question 33

Anxiety reduction hypothesis

Answer 33

The self defeating cycle caused by a need for relief from anxiety

Question 34

Psychopathology

Answer 34

The scientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.