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Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Deviant, distressful, dysfunctional, dangerous

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4 D’s

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Psychological theory that explains behavior as both a result of biological and genetic factors and life experiences

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Diathesis Stress Model

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Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns

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Psychological Disorder

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Psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age of 7 of one or more of 3 key symptoms; extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

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ADHD

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Concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured.

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Medical Model

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Widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

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DSM-IV

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When labels can stigmatize a person by biasing other’s interpretations and perceptions of behaviors and reaction to labeled person

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Labeling Effects

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Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety and maladaptive behaviors reduce anxiety

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Anxiety Disorders

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A person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

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Marked by unpredictable minutes long episodes of intense dread in which a person experience terror and chest pain, choking

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Panic Disorder

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Anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or stimulation

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Phobic Disorder

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Fear or avoidance of situations in which escape might be difficult or help unavailable when panic strikes

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of specific object

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Specific Phobia

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Intense fear of being scrutinized by others

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Social Phobia

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Characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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Characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy, anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for 4 weeks or more after traumatic experience

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

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Dissociative Disorders

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Rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits 2 or more distinct and alternating personalities

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)

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Characterized by emotional extremes

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Mood Disorders

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Mood disorder in which a person experiences 2 or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, worthlessness

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Major Depressive Disorder

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Down in the dumps mood that fills most of day, everyday, 2 years or more

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Dysthymic Disorder

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Mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, widely optimistic state

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Mania

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Person alternates between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and overexcited state of mania

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Bipolar Disorder

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Group of severe disorders characterized by dis organized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions and inappropriate emotions and actions

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Schizophrenia

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False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders

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Delusions

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Sensory experiences without sensory stimulation

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Hallucinations

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Preoccupation of delusions of hallucinations, often with themes of persecution or grandiosity

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Paranoid

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Disorganized speech or behavior, flat or inappropriate emotion

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Disorganized

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Immobility, extreme negativism, parrot like repeating of another’s speech or movements

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Catatonic

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Characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

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Personality Disorders

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Person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong doing, even towards friends and family members. Aggressive and ruthless or clever con artist

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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