Abnormal Psychology

Question 1

psychological disorder

Answer 1

a disturbance in people’s thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that causes distress or suffering and impairs their daily lives

Question 2

DSM-V

Answer 2

the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

Question 3

bipolar disorder

Answer 3

a group of disorders in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic-depressive disorder.)

Question 4

PTSD

Answer 4

a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

Question 5

delusions

Answer 5

a false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.

Question 6

hallucinations

Answer 6

false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus

Question 7

schizophrenia

Answer 7

a group of disorders characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking or speech, disorganized or unusual motor behavior, and negative symptoms (such as diminished emotional expression); includes schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder

Question 8

mood disorders

Question 9

conversion disorder

Question 10

hypochondriasis

Question 11

somatization

Question 12

pain disorder

Question 13

fugue

Question 14

positive/negative schizophrenia

Question 15

paranoid schizophrenia

Answer 15

dominated by delusions of persecution, along with delusions of grandeur; believe they have many enemies who will harass and oppress them; become suspicious of friends and family (being watched)

Question 16

catatonic schizophrenia

Answer 16

display extreme inactivity or activity that’s disconnected from their environment or encounters with other people; episodes last for minutes or up to hours; excessive mobility, physical immobility, peculiar movements, extreme resistance, mimicking speech

Question 17

undifferentiated schizophrenia

Answer 17

patient cannot fit into an separate category; very common because many schizophrenics display multiple “types” of schizophrenia

Question 18

disorganized schizophrenia

Answer 18

severe deterioration of adaptive behavior, social withdrawal, excessive babbling and giggling, delusions often center around bodily functions

Question 19

possible causes of schizophrenia

Answer 19

genetics, brain chemistry, environmental factors

Question 20

flat affect

Answer 20

negative symptom of schizophrenia, meaning that your emotional expressions don’t show outwardly. You may speak in a dull, flat voice and your face may not change

Question 21

onset of schizophrenia

Answer 21

sudden and not gradual; occurred at a later age

Question 22

positive schizophrenia

Answer 22

behavioral excesses or peculiarities (hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild ideas)

Question 23

negative schizophrenia

Answer 23

flattened emotions, social withdrawal, apathy, impaired intention, and poverty of speech