Abnormal Behavior

Question 1

Historical causes of abnormal behavior

Answer 1

Biology
Physiological Issues
Supernatural Issues

Question 2

Emphasizes treatment of disorders due to having a biological origin

Answer 2

Medical Model DORTHEA DIX

Question 3

Stresses biological, psychological and social causes of abnormal behaviors

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Biopsychosocial model

Question 4

Manual listing all currently accepted psychological disorders

Answer 4

DSM

Question 5

When a person is generally anxious all the time for NO REASON

Answer 5

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 6

Person is prone to frequent panic attacks

Answer 6

Panic Disorder

Question 7

Irrational fear that disrupts your life

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Phobia

Question 8

when a person is overwhelmed with obsessions or compulsions

Answer 8

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Question 9

Characterized by flashbacks, problems with concentration, and anxiety following a traumatic event

Answer 9

Post traumatic stress disorder

Question 10

Repressed thoughts and feelings manifest in anxiety and rituals

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Psychodynamic Anxiety Disorders

Question 11

Fear conditioning leads to anxiety, which is then reinforced

Answer 11

Behaviorist Anxiety Disorder

Question 12

Natural selection favored those with certain phobias

Answer 12

Biological Anxiety Disorders

Question 13

Loss of feeling or usage of a limb but no physiological cause

Answer 13

Somatoform Disorders

Question 14

Person interprets normal symptoms as a major disease to the point that it disrupts their life

Answer 14

Hypochondriasis

Question 15

Person fractures into distinct personalities who have no awareness of each other.

Answer 15

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Question 16

Following a traumatic event a person leaves, taking on a whole new life & personality with no memory of previous one

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Dissociative Fugue

Question 17

Extreme sadness and despair, apathy towards life with no known cause

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Major Depressive Disorder

Question 18

Milder form of depression, lasts for years

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Dysthmia

Question 19

Bouts of severe depression and manic episodes

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Bipolar Disorder

Question 20

heightened mood, characterized by risky behaviors, fast talking, flights of ideas

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MAnia

Question 21

form of depression that occurs typically in winter; mostly found in the north

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

Question 22

lower levels of serotonin and norepinephrine linked to depression

Answer 22

Biological Causes of Depression

Question 23

negative though patterns that lead to depression

Answer 23

Cognitive Causes of Depression

Question 24

Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Answer 24

Positive:
Hallucinations
Delusions
Disorganized thinking
Disorganized speech

Negative:
Flat effect: lack ability to show emotion
Impaired decision making
Inability to pay attention

Question 25

become frozen over periods of time

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Catatonia

Question 26

Causes of Schizophrenia

Answer 26

Brain abnormalities
Genetics
Dopamine overload
Diathesis-stress

Question 27

Personality disorders

Answer 27

Antisocial: disregard for others, anti society
Borderline: unstable interpersonal relationships and self-image
Histrionic: excessive emotionality and attention seeking
Narcissistic: need for admiration and lack of empathy