12 Key Terms

Question 1

Psychological disorder

Answer 1

Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts feelings or behaviors

Question 2

ADHD

Answer 2

A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of the three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

Question 3

Medical model

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The concept that diseases (psychological disorders) have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, age even cured through treatment in a hospital

Question 4

DSM-IV-TR

Answer 4

A widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual the of Mental Disorders

Question 5

Anxiety disorders

Answer 5

Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

Question 6

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 6

An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

Question 7

Panic disorder

Answer 7

An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations

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Phobia

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An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

Question 9

OCD

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An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and or actions (compulsions)

Question 10

PTSD

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An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

Question 11

Post traumatic growth

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

Question 12

Somatoform disorder

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Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause

Question 13

Conversion disorder

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A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

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Hypochondriasis

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A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

Question 15

Dissociative disorders

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

Question 16

Dissociative identity disorder

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A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities
Previously called multiple personality disorder

Question 17

Mood disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes

Question 18

Major depressive disorder

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A mood disorder in which a person experiences two or more weeks of significantly depresses moods, feelings of worthlessness and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

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Mania

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A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive widely optimistic state

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Bipolar disorder

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A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and overexcited state of mania
(Manic depressive disorder)

Question 21

Schizophrenia

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A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions

Question 22

Delusions

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

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Personality disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

Question 24

Antisocial personality disorder

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A personality disorder in which the person (mostly men) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive, ruthless or clever con artists