abnormal psych vocab

Question 1

a disease of the mind that makes it difficult to cope with the ordinary stresses of life

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psychological disorder

Question 2

assuming that all members of a particular group share the same characteristics without considering the actual characteristics of individual group members

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stereotyping

Question 3

a type of psychological disorder; people suffering from it usually experience very high levels of anxiety or tension but are generally able to manage their daily affairs

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neurosis

Question 4

a fear of leaving the home, or a general fear of open spaces

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agoraphobia

Question 5

an irrational and often debilitating fear

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phobia

Question 6

a fear of enclosed spaces

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claustrophobia

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a disorder in which a person has an obsession (recurring, uncontrollable thought or impulse) to be compulsive (engage in meaningless, repetitive behaviour)

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obsessive compulsive disorder

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a type of psychological disorder; people suffering from it often lose touch with the real world and require treatment to be able to live a normal life

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psychosis

Question 9

incorrect beliefs that a person holds even when faced with evidence to the contrary

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delusions

Question 10

experiences in which a person hears or sees things that are not really there

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hallucinations

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a relatively rare psychotic disorder where symptoms involve pathological lying, taking pleasure in causing others pain and a lack of guilt over one’s harmful actions

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antisocial personality disorder

Question 12

the ability to understand or experience the thoughts and feelings of other people

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empathy