Chapter 16 Flashcards
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4 D’s
Deviant, distressful, dangerous, and dysfunctional behavior patterns.
Diathesis Stress Model
A psychological theory that explains behavior as both a result of biological and genetic factors and life experiences.
Psychological Disorder
Persistently harmful throughs, feelings and actions.
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AHDH)
Disorder marked by the appearance of 1 or more of the 3 key symptoms. (Extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity) Usually around age 7
Medical Model
The concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured.
DSM-IV
The American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of a Mental disorders; widely used system for classifying disorders.
Labeling Effect
When labels can stigmatize a person by biasing others interpretations and perceptions of past and present behaviors by affecting the way people react to a labeled person.
Anxiety Disorders
Characterized by distressing persistent anxiety or mal adaptive behavior that reduces anxiety.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.
Panic Disorder
Anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes do intense dread in which a person experiences terror. (Accompanying chest pain, choking, or other sensations)
Phobia Disorder
Anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of specific objects or situation.
Agoraphobia
A fear or avoidance of situations in which escape might be difficult or unavailable when panic strikes.
Specific Phobia
Fear of a specific object
Social Phobia
An intense fear of being scrutinized by others.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) or actions (compulsions).
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, and/or anxiety and insomnia that lingers after the traumatic experience.
Dissociative Disorders
Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous from memories, thoughts, and feelings.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits 2 or more distinct and alternating personalities.
Mood Disorders
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.
Major Depressive Disorder
A mood disorder in which a person experiences in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, 2 or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness and diminished interest in activities.
Dysthymic Disorders
A down-in-the-dumps mood that fills most of the day, nearly everyday, for 2 or more years.
Mania
A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.
Bipolar Disorder
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.
Schizophrenia
A group of server disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.
