chapte 14

Question 1

what do physical and mental illness have in common

Answer 1

both have a biological basis

Question 2

the medical model

Answer 2

comparing mental illness to physical disease

Question 3

criteria of abnormal behavior

Answer 3

1. deviance
2. maladaptive behavior
3. personal distress

Question 4

observable, specific situations

Answer 4

phobic disorders

Question 5

observable, more generalized

Answer 5

agoraphobia and panic disorder

Question 6

observable. widely generalized

Answer 6

GAD and OCD

Question 7

inferred, generalized

Answer 7

somatoform and dissociative disorders

Question 8

generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 8

• free floating anxiety with no specific cause

- continuing worry

Question 9

phobic disorder

-2 types

Answer 9

1. specific phobias

2. social anxiety disorders

Question 10

specific phobias

-ex

Answer 10

if a dog bites you, you might be afraid of all dogs

Question 11

social anxiety disorder

Answer 11

fear of embarrassing yourself in public

Question 12

panic disorders

Answer 12

feels symptoms of a heart attack

• spontaneous, abrupt
• have to have recurrent panic attack for more than 1 month

Question 13

agoraphobia

Answer 13

fear that something is going to happen (panic attack) and person cannot get help

Question 14

OCD

• definition
• 2 things involved
• when do they emerge

Answer 14

• persistent unwanted fearful thoughts
• 1. obsessions
     
     2. compulsions
• before age 30

Question 15

obsessions

Answer 15

irrational thoughts

Question 16

compulsions

Answer 16

ritualistic behaviors

Question 17

etiology of anxiety disorders: biological factors

• evolutionary predisposition
• anxiety sensitivity theory
• neurochemical activity

Answer 17

• biological awareness
• people might experience anxiety differently
• GABA deficiency = anxiety (makes them more excitable)

Question 18

dissociative disorders

• definition
• 3 types

Answer 18

• person loses contact with memory
• 1. dissociative amnesia
     
     2. dissociative fugue
     3. dissociative identity disorder

Question 19

dissociative amnesia

• definition
• ex

Answer 19

• forgetting a specific event and everything surrounding it

- car crash, attack

Question 20

dissociative fugue

Answer 20

person doesn’t know who they are so they leave the area

-experience generalized amnesia

Question 21

dissociative identity disorder

• known as
• definition

Answer 21

• split personality

- 2 or more personalities within an ind.

Question 22

types of amnesia

Answer 22

1. generalized
2. continuous
3. anterograde

Question 23

generalized amnesia

Answer 23

forget event and anything before that

Question 24

continuous amnesia

Answer 24

cannot make new memories after event

Question 25

anterograde amnesia

Answer 25

from physical brain injury

Question 26

dissociative identity disorder | -4 types

Answer 26

1. mutually cognizant 2. mutually amnesia 3. one way amnesia 4. switching

Question 27

mutually cognizant

Answer 27

all of the personalities are aware of others

Question 28

mutually amnesia

Answer 28

none of the personalities are aware of others

Question 29

one way amnesia

Answer 29

some are aware of the personalities but not all

Question 30

switching

Answer 30

going from one personality to another

Question 31

mood disorders | -2 types

Answer 31

- depressive | - bipolar

Question 32

depressive disorders | -3 types

Answer 32

1. major depression 2. dysthymia 3. seasonal affective disorder

Question 33

major depression | -symptoms

Answer 33

1. change in appetite 2. change in sleep 3. mood swings 4. decrease involvement in activity 5. feeling of overwhelming sadness

Question 34

major depression - characterized by - rule out

Answer 34

- 1 major depressive episode | - any experience of mania

Question 35

dysthymia

Answer 35

- chronic mild form of major depression | - overwhelming sadness (2 years)

Question 36

seasonal affective disorder - deficiency in - occurs where

Answer 36

- vitamin D | - areas where there isn't enough sunlight

Question 37

bipolar disorder - definition - 2 types

Answer 37

- bouts of mania and bouts of depression (more depression) | - bipolar I and bipolar II

Question 38

mania

Answer 38

feeling elated, unstoppable (risky behavior)

Question 39

bipolar I

Answer 39

regular bipolar disorder

Question 40

bipolar II

Answer 40

hypomania and depressive episodes | -not as intense and bipolar I

Question 41

schizophrenia | -6 processes

Answer 41

1. incoherence (makes no sense) 2. neologisms (making up words) 3. word salad 4. loose associations 5. clang associations (rhyming behavior) 6. echolalia (repeating back what they heard)

Question 42

schizophrenia: content

Answer 42

delusions, false beliefs

Question 43

delusions - definition - ex

Answer 43

false belief | -someone is after me

Question 44

hallucinations

Answer 44

hear, smell, taste, see something that is not there