Abnormal Psychology: Chapter 2

Question 1

A neurotransmitter that is prominent in several areas of the brain and is linked with several types of mental disorder

“The feel good one” 🥰

Answer 1

dopamine

Question 2

A neurotransmitter involved in sleep and arousal, attention, mood, and eating.

made from dopamine

Answer 2

norepinephrine

Question 3

A neurotransmitter that influences emotion, sleep and behavioral control.

Answer 3

serotonin

Question 4

A neurotransmitter that inhibits postsynaptic activity. 🤚 ☢️🧪

Answer 4

gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

Question 5

Any of several biochemical compounds that make up DNA and contain sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogen base. ☢️🤯

Answer 5

nucleotide

Question 6

The degree to which a genetic predisposition is actually expressed in behavior or physical features. 😳

Answer 6

penetrance

Question 7

The characteristics a person displays that result from the interaction of genetic makeup and the environment.

Answer 7

phenotype

Question 8

A neurotransmitter that is critical to movement, physiological arousal, memory, learning, and sleep. ♠️A CH

Answer 8

acetylcholine (ACH)

Question 9

A theory of human behavior and a therapeutic approach based on the idea that both normal and abnormal behaviors are influenced by conflicting unconscious forces, especially sexual and aggressive instincts. 😵‍💫👩🏻‍🔬

Answer 9

psychoanalysis

Question 10

One of the three structures in the psychoanalytic conception of personality; it represents basic, unconscious instincts and provides the energy, or libido, to satisfy those instincts. 🎭

Answer 10

id

Question 11

In psychoanalytic theory, the energy that motivates people to satisfy their basic needs.

Answer 11

libido

Question 12

In psychoanalysis, the premise that immediate gratification of desires and impulses is a primary motive for behavior.

Answer 12

pleasure principle

Question 13

One of the three structures in the three structures in the psychoanalytic conception of personality; it seeks compromise between the id and the superego by following the reality principle.

Answer 13

ego

Question 14

In psychoanalysis, a process used by the ego to reach rational compromises between the instincts of the id and the moral demands the super ego

Answer 14

reality principle

Question 15

A abnormality that is determined by unconscious conflicts between social rules and personal impulses. Other versions of this theory stress unconscious disturbances in early relationships between infants and caregivers that later affect adult development.

Answer 15

psychoanalytic abnormality

Question 16

A abnormality involves extreme and rigid styles of “interpersonal” behavior in which a person from anxiety.

Answer 16

interpersonal abnormality

Question 17

A abnormality that is caused by learning experiences involving operant and provide the basis for treatment.

Answer 17

behavioral abnormality

Question 18

A “abnormality” that results from biased or irrational “thinking” by which people distort their perceptions or understanding of themselves and events around them, leading to emotional disturbances.

Answer 18

cognitive abnormality

Question 19

A abnormality that develops from subjective perceptions that lead “people” to feel constrained in their ability to live authentic, freely directed lives.

Answer 19

humanistic abnormality

Question 20

A abnormality that is the result of external forces, such as poverty, environmental stress, harsh family background, and cultural traditions that influence the frequency and form of disorders.

Answer 20

sociocultural

Question 21

Abnormality is the product of two interacting factors: a biological or psychological predisposition to disorder and stressors arising from the family, environment, or the person’s own behavior that translates the diathesis into an actual disorder.

Answer 21

diathesis-stress