chap 14 Flashcards
______ ______: groups of symptoms that tend to cluster together in specific cultures
cultural syndromes
____ ____ ____ _____: ways of talking about or expressing distress that can differ across cultures
cultural idioms of distress
_______ ______: culturally recognized descriptions of what causes the symptoms, distress, or disorder
cultural explanations
_______: unreasonable fear of some specific object, activity, or situation; is persistent and debilitating
phobia
______ ______ _____: obsessions are recurrent anxious thoughts; compulsions are recurrent behaviors to alleviate anxiety
obsessive compulsive disorder
_____ ____ ____: excessive (irrational) worry (dread) about everyday problems: health, grades, etc.
generalized anxiety disorder
______ _____: The idea that people are instinctively predisposed toward certain fears.
preparedness theory
______ _____: A disorder characterized by the sudden occurrence of multiple psychological and physiological symptoms that contribute to a feeling of stark terror
panic disorder
________: a specific phobia involving a fear of public places.
agoraphobia
____ ____ ____: A disorder characterized by chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma, and avoidance of things that call the traumatic event to mind.
posttraumatic stress disorder
____ ____ ____: Rare; person has two or more distinct identities; is caused by severe childhood trauma; different from schizophrenia
dissociative identity disorder
____ ____ :at least 5 of the following symptoms for 2 or more weeks: Depressed mood, Diminished interest or pleasure, Weight loss, less sleep etcetcetc
major depression
______ ______:sad mood, lack of interest, loss of pleasure; less intense and for a longer period (at least 2 years) than Major Depression
dysthymic disorder
______ _____:person alternates between depression and mania: is an overexcited, hyperactive, wildly optimistic state. the drug lithium is often used to treat this disorder
bipolar disordder
Causes of Affective (Mood) Disorders: __________: may create a predisposition. ________: abnormal levels of neurotransmitters. _____ _____: attributions you make for events (reasons why things happen)
genetics, neurochemical, cognitive factors
Causes of Affective (Mood) Disorders: cognitive factors can happen in 4 ways-
1)________: something about you
2)________: something about your environment that you have no control over
3)_______: will not change
4)_______: will change
internal, external, stable, unstable
_________: irrational thoughts (delusions), distorted perception (hallucinations), disturbed emotion, and disturbed behavior
shizophrenia
______ _______: the idea that schizophrenia involves an excess of dopamine activity.
dopamine hypothesis
_____ _____ _____: begins in early childhood. symptoms include: communication problems (late to talk), repetitive behaviors-rocking, lack of interest in people , overly sensitive to sensory input (lights and sounds) Affects 1 in 59 children, affects boys more than girls. Best treatment-behavioral analysis-start treatment early
autism spectrum disorder
____ ____/____ ____: A persistent pattern of severe problems with inattention and/or hyperactivity or impulsiveness that cause significant impairments in functioning.
attention deficeit/hyperactivity disorder
____ ____ ____: A pervasive pattern or dirregard for and violation of the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.
antisocial personality disorder
______ ____ _____: the direct, deliberate destruction of body tiss in the absence of any intent to die
nonsuicidal self injury
_____-____ _____: (two parts)
1)___________: biological imbalances, genetics, learning experiences, and sociocultural forces can predispose us toward a disorder
2)________: takes a certain kind and amount of stress to trigger it
diathesis-stress model, predisposition, stress
