Unit 9 : Abnormal Behavior Module 65-69

Question 1

Psychological disorder

Answer 1

Significant disturbance in an individuals cognition, emotion, regulation or behavior

Question 2

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Answer 2

Extreme inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity

Question 3

The medical model

Answer 3

States that Psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured through treatment in hospitals

Question 4

DSM-5

Answer 4

Widely used system to classify disorders, includes definitions, medications, and labels sometimes change

Question 5

Immigrant paradox

Answer 5

Immigrants who immigrate to United States are less likely to have mental disorders than thise who are born in America

Question 6

Anxiety disorder

Answer 6

Worry anxiety or fear that reflects on daily life

Question 7

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 7

Person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of automatic nervous system arousal

Question 8

Panic disorder

Answer 8

Unpredicatvle minute long episodes of intense dresd in which a person experiences terror, chest pain, choking and others. Often followed by worry of possible next attacks

Question 9

Phobia

Answer 9

Irrational fear and avoidance of object, activity, situation

Question 10

Social-Anxiety disorder

Answer 10

Intense fear of social situations

Question 11

Agrophobria

Answer 11

Fear and avoidance of crowds and open spaces; where one feels loss of control

Question 12

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Answer 12

Obsessive repetitive thoughts and actions to stop those thoughts

Question 13

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Answer 13

Environmental triggers Memories, nightmares, social withdrawls that happen after a traumatic experience

Question 14

Posttraumatic growth

Answer 14

Positive psych changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises

Question 15

Mood disorders

Answer 15

Emotional extremes; highs and lows

Question 16

Major depressive disorder

Answer 16

Due to absense of meds symptoms include depressive mood or loss of interest and pleasure

Question 17

Persistent depressive disorder

Answer 17

Showing depressive mood for at least 2 years

Question 18

Mania

Answer 18

Hyperactive state, overly optimistic and increased creativity as well as thoughts snd sexual desires

Question 19

Bipolar disorder

Answer 19

Person alternates between mania and depressive mood

Question 20

Linkage analysis

Answer 20

Examine dna from unaffected and affected family members to see difference in chromosomes

Question 21

Rumination

Answer 21

Consistent repetitive thinking and worrying about problems and causes

Question 22

Explanatory style

Answer 22

Who what people blame for failures and credit for success

Question 23

Schizophrenia

Answer 23

Split mind, Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and innapropriate emotional expression

Question 24

Psychosis

Answer 24

Loss of contact with reality

Loses contact with reality and experiences irrational ideas and disordered perceptions

Question 25

Delusions

Answer 25

Fake beliefs usually paranoia and character delusions

Question 26

Paranoid

Answer 26

Distrust in others and things

Question 27

Word salad

Answer 27

unintelligent mixture of random words

Question 28

Hallucination

Answer 28

False sensory experience (auditory more common> visual)

Question 29

Flat affect

Answer 29

No emotional response- no response on face

Question 30

Catatonia

Answer 30

Physically unmoving-frozen like a statue

Question 31

Dissociative identity disorder

Answer 31

Presence of two or more distict personality states

Question 32

Chronic schizophrenia

Answer 32

Slow developing

Question 33

Acute/ reactive schizophrenia

Answer 33

Development of schizophrenia rapidly

Question 34

Somatic symptom disorder

Answer 34

Physical pain, but no physical cause is found

Question 35

Conversion disorder

Answer 35

Anxiety converts to a physical form

Question 36

Illness anxiety disorder

Answer 36

Interprets normal pain (headaches) as a life threatening disease (brain tumor)

Question 37

Dissociative disorder

Answer 37

Conscious Awareness becaimes seperated from previous memories thoughts and feelings

Question 38

Fugur state

Answer 38

Unexpected inability to recall some or all of ones past

Question 39

Anorexia nervosa

Answer 39

Starvation diety dignificantly underweight

Question 40

Bulimia nervosa

Answer 40

Episodes of binge eating followed by purging

Question 41

Binge eating disorder

Answer 41

Massive overeatinf folloeed by massive guilt

Question 42

Personality disorders

Answer 42

Unchanging and continious behavioral patterns that damage social functioning

Question 43

Avoidant peronality disorder

Answer 43

Anxiety

Question 44

Schizoid personality disorder

Answer 44

Odd behaviors and emotionlessness, avoid social activities

Question 45

Histrionic personality disorder

Answer 45

Impulsive behaviors Attention seeking And seduction at young age

Question 46

Narcisstic personality disorder

Answer 46

Self focused

Question 47

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 47

Men show lack of conscious for wrongdoing even towards friends and family members. Can be aggressive and ruthless

Question 48

Body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 48

Focus on a percieved flaw in appearance

Question 49

Borderline personality disorder

Answer 49

Unstable moods behavior, and relationships

Question 50

Dissociative amnesia

Answer 50

Person cannot remember important info about their life

Question 51

Pain disorder

Answer 51

Physical condition ehich #1 symptom is pain

Question 52

Psychopath

Answer 52

Person with mental disorder, has violent social behaviors

Question 53

Sociopath

Answer 53

Person sith personality disorder showing in antisocial attitudes and lack of conscious