Abnormal Behavior and Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Abnormal Behavior is ______

Answer 1

Deviant, maladaptive, and personally distressful.

Atypical or Statistically Unusual

Question 2

A behavior or characteristic disrupts the person’s ability to lead a satisfying life, interfering with ones ability to function effectively in this world.

Answer 2

Maladaptive

Question 3

This approach attributes psychological disorders to organic, internal causes?

Answer 3

Biological approach

Question 4

Describes psychological disorders as medical diseases with a biological origin

Answer 4

Medical Model

Question 5

This approach emphasizes the contributions of experiences, thoughts, emotions, and personality characteristics in explaining psychological disorders.

Answer 5

Psychological Approach

Question 6

This approach emphasizes the social context in which a person lives, including gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, family relationships, and culture.

Answer 6

Sociocultural Approach

Question 7

A disorder recognized by northern Algonquian Native American groups that involves fear of being bewitched and turned into a cannibal.

Answer 7

Windigo

Question 8

From this perspective, biological, psychological, and social factors are all significant ingredients in producing both normal and abnormal behavior.

Answer 8

Biopsychosocial Perspective.

Question 9

Involve fears that are uncontrollable, disproportionate to the actual danger the person might be in, and disruptive of ordinary life.

Answer 9

Anxiety Disorders

Question 10

Motor Tension

Answer 10

Jumping, trembling

Question 11

Dizziness, racing heart

Answer 11

Hyperactivity

Question 12

DSM-5

Answer 12

Recognizes 12 types of anxiety disorders

Question 13

Generalized Anxiety Disorders

Answer 13

Sufferers experience persistent anxiety for at least six months and are unable to specify the reasons for anxiety.

Nervous most of the time. May worry about health, relationships, or work. Worry can also take a physical toll and cause fatigue, muscle tension, stomach problems, and difficulty sleeping.

Question 14

Panic Disorder

Answer 14

A person experiences recurrent, sudden onsets of intense terror, often without warning or specific cause. Can produce severe palpitations, extreme shortness of breath, chest pains, trembling, sweating, dizziness, and a feeling of helplessness.

May feel like they are having a heart attack or are about to die.

Question 15

Personality Disorders

Answer 15

Chronic, maladaptive cognitive-behavioral patterns that are thoroughly integrated into an individual’s personality.

Question 16

Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)

Answer 16

Characterized by guiltlessness, law breaking, exploitation of others, irresponsibility, and deceit.

Question 17

Schizophrenia

Answer 17

Severe psychological disorder that is characterized by highly disordered thought processes.

Question 18

Insight Therapies

Answer 18

Psychodynamic and humanistic methods, encourage self awareness as the path to psychological health.

Question 19

Psychotherapeutic drugs are used to treat what three things?

Answer 19

Anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and schizophrenia.

Question 20

Tranquilizers

Answer 20

Antianxiety Drugs

reduce anxiety by making individuals calmer and less excitable.

Most common: Xanax and Valium

Question 21

Antidepressant Drugs

Answer 21

Regulate mood