Modules 47-51 Disorders

Question 1

abnormal behavior that causes serious personal suffering or interferes with the ability to cope with everyday life

Answer 1

psychological disorders

Question 2

what are the 3 criteria of abnormal behavior

Answer 2

deviance, maladaptive, and personal distress

Question 3

when it is deviant from the norm

Answer 3

deviance behavior

Question 4

when it impairs the ability to function adequately in life

Answer 4

maladaptive behavior

Question 5

when you have feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and guilt

Answer 5

personal distress

Question 6

what item is used to diagnose disorders?

Answer 6

DSM-IV

Question 7

general state of uneasiness that is felt in response to an imagined danger

Answer 7

anxiety

Question 8

cause of a phobic disorder

Answer 8

traumatic experience that’s learned

Question 9

example of a phobic disorder

Answer 9

fear of being tickled

Question 10

treatment of phobic disorders

Answer 10

hypnosis, flooding, and more

Question 11

what does GAD disorder stand for?

Answer 11

generalized anxiety disorder

Question 12

when the fight or flight system won’t stop

Answer 12

GAD disorder

Question 13

what triggers a panic disorder?

Answer 13

GAD disorder

Question 14

episode of severe anxiety

Answer 14

panic disorder

Question 15

persistent unwanted thoughts that cause someone to compulsively do things

Answer 15

obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Question 16

flashbacks or nightmares due to an involvement in or observation of an extremely stressful event

Answer 16

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Question 17

separation of a certain personality component from conscious thought because of the unconscious

Answer 17

dissociation

Question 18

psychological trauma that disrupts memory

Answer 18

dissociative amnesia

Question 19

when you forget who you are and find yourself in unfamiliar environments

Answer 19

dissociative fugue

Question 20

multiple personality disorder when you make different personalities to deal with different anxious, stressful events

Answer 20

dissociative identity disorder

Question 21

psychological distress through physical symptoms (it’s all in your head)

Answer 21

somatiziation

Question 22

severe physical problems with no biological reason like blindness or paralysis

Answer 22

conversion disorder (hysteria)

Question 23

belief that minor issues are more severe then they actually are

Answer 23

hypochondriac

Question 24

distressing but you can still function in society and act rationally

Answer 24

neurotic disorders

Question 25

loses contact with reality and experiences are distorted

Answer 25

psychotic disorders

Question 26

an individual will make themselves sick or injured for attention

Answer 26

munchausen's disorder

Question 27

an individual will make someone sick for attention

Answer 27

munchausen's disorder by proxy

Question 28

self harming in an attempt to have control of one's life

Answer 28

self-mutilation

Question 29

altered view of one's body

Answer 29

body dysmorphia

Question 30

being unhappy for more than 2 weeks with no cause

Answer 30

major depression

Question 31

involves periods of depression and manic depression where you engage in risky behavior during manic depression

Answer 31

bipolar disorder

Question 32

depression during winter months, based on appearance of light

Answer 32

seasonal affective disorder

Question 33

when you interpret the actions of others as threatening

Answer 33

paranoid personality disorder

Question 34

you have a pervasive disregard for, and violate of, the rights of others in need for control and power over others

Answer 34

antisocial personality disorder

Question 35

pattern of instability in relationships, self-image, and observable emotions

Answer 35

borderline personality disorder

Question 36

displays excessive emotional and attention seeking in various situations

Answer 36

histrionic personality disorder

Question 37

a need for admiration, lack of empathy, and very demanding in relationships

Answer 37

narcissistic personality disorder

Question 38

loss of contact with reality- often leads to inability to function independently

Answer 38

schizophrenia

Question 39

whats the cause of schizophrenia

Answer 39

excess amount of dopamine

Question 40

symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 40

disorganized thinking, delusions, disturbed perceptions, inappropriate emotions, and actions

Question 41

positive vs. negative symptoms

Answer 41

disorganized, paranoid, catatonic, and undifferentiated

Question 42

parrot like copying someones speech

Answer 42

catatonic

Question 43

a study to see if psychiatrists could distinguish those who have schizophrenia and those who don't

Answer 43

rosenhan

Question 44

unable to let go of anything

Answer 44

hoarding

Question 45

those who like to set fires

Answer 45

pyro impulse control disorder

Question 46

those who like to steal things

Answer 46

klepto impulse control disorder

Question 47

those who can't keep themselves from having or wanting to have sex

Answer 47

nyphomania impulse control disorder

Question 48

sexual urges you can't control

Answer 48

paraphilias