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abnormal psychology

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the study of people who suffer from psychological disorders

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abnormality

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  1. maladaptive and/or disturbing to the individual2. disturbing to others3. unusual, unshared by many others of the same population4. irrational, doesn’t make sense to the average person
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insane

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a legal term used to describe people who, because of a psychological disorder, cannot be held fully responsible for their crimesNGRI= not guilty by reason of insanity

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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a book used by psychologists to determine if someone has a psychological disorderdoes not include discussion of causes or treatments because different factions of psychology have different ideas about the causes and treatmentslatest version is the DSM-IV-TR

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intern’s syndrome

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the tendency to see in oneself the characteristics of disorders about which one is learning

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phobia

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anxiety disorderan intense, unwarranted fear of a situation or object

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generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

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anxiety disorderconstant, low-level anxiety

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panic disorder

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anxiety disorderacute episodes of intense anxiety without any apparent provocation, panic attacks tend to increase in frequency, people suffer more anxiety from anticipating the attacks

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obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

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anxiety disorderwhen persistent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) cause someone to feel the need (compulsion) to engage in a particular action

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post-traumatic stress disorder

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anxiety disorderflashbacks or nightmares following a person’s involvement in or an observation of an extremely troubling event, these memories cause anxiety

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somatoform disorders

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when a person manifests a psychological problem through a physiological problem

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hypochondriasis

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somatoform disorderminor problems are thought to be severe physical illness, frequent physical problems with no apparent cause

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conversion disorder

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somatoform disordera severe physical problem with no biological cause

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dissociative disorders

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disruptions in conscious processes

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psychogenic amnesia

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dissociative disorderwhen a person cannot remember things and a physiological basis cannot be foundcompare: organic amnesia

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organic amnesia

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when a person cannot remember things and there is a biological reasoncompare: psychogenic amnesia

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fugue

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dissociative disorderhaving psychogenic amnesia and finding oneself in an unfamiliar environment

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dissociative identity disorder

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dissociative disorderseveral personalities that may represent different ages and both sexes, people with DID commonly have a history of sexual abuse or some other childhood traumarare outside of US; DIDers may be role-playing b/c of their therapists’ questions and media portrayals

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major (unipolar) depression

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mood or affective disorderunhappiness for more than two weeks without a clear reasonother symptoms: loss of appetite, fatigue, change in sleeping patterns, lack of interest in normally enjoyable activities, feeling of worthlessnesslinked with low levels of serotonin and norepinephrine

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seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

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dissociative disorderdepression only during certain times of the year, usually winter

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bipolar disorder (manic depression)

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dissociative disorderdepressed and manic (feelings of high energy) episodeslinked with more receptors for acetylcholine

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Aaron Beck

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cognitive theorist who believes that the cognitive triad causes depression

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cognitive triad

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theorized by Aaron Beckunreasonably negative ideas that people have about themselves, their world and their futuresfailure is attributed to internal, global and stable causessuccess is attributed to external, specific and unstable causes

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schizophrenia

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disordered, distorted thinking often demonstrated through delusions and/or hallucinations

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delusions

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beliefs that have no basis in realitycommon delusions are persecution and grandeur

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hallucination

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perception without sensory stimulation

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disorganized schizophrenics

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use language oddly with neologisms and/or clang associationsalso show inappropriate affect and flat affect

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neologisms

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a characteristic of disorganized schizophrenicsmade up words

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clang associations

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a characteristic of disorganized schizophrenicsa string of nonsense words that rhyme

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inappropriate affect

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a characteristic of disorganized schizophrenicsexpressing contradictory behavior when describing or experiencing an emotion (e.g., smiling when discussing something sad; laughing when talking about the death of a loved one).

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flat affect

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a characteristic of disorganized schizophrenicslack of emotinal reactivity

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paranoid schizophrenia

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schizophrenia characterized by delusions of persecution

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catatonic schizophrenia

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engage in odd movements such as remaining motionless in strange postures for hours at a time, move jerkily and quickly for no apparent reason or alternate between the twowhen motionless, may display waxy flexibilityincreasingly less common form of schizophrenia in United States

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waxy flexibility

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characteristic of catatonic schizophrenicsfeature of catatonic schizophrenia in which people rigidly maintain the body position or posture in which they are placed by others

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undifferentiated schizophrenia

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exhibit disordered thinking, but none of the other symptoms

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positive symptoms

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excesses in behavior, thought, or moodexamples: neologisms, hallucinationscompare: negative symptoms

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negative symptoms

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deficits in behavior, thought, or moodexamples: flat affect, catatoniacompare: positive symptoms

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dopamine hypothesis

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high levels of dopamine are associated with schizophrenia

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tardive dyskinesia

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muscle tremors and stiffness caused by extensive use of anti psychotic drugs

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double binds

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cognitive-behavioral cause for schizophreniacontradictory messagescompare: double blinds

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paraphilia

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the sexual attraction to an object, person, or activity not usually seen as sexualmost paraphilias occur more commonly in men than in women, except for masochism

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fetishism

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paraphiliaattraction to objects

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pedophilia

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paraphiliaattraction to children

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zoophilia

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paraphiliaattraction to animals

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voyeur

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paraphiliasomeone who becomes sexually aroused by watching others engage in some kind of sexual behavior

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masochist

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paraphiliasomeone who is aroused by having pain inflicted upon them

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sadist

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paraphiliasomeone who is aroused by inflicting pain on someone else

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antisocial personality disorder

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little regard for other people’s feelingscriminals have a high incidence of antisocial personality disorder

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dependent personality disorder

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rely too much on the attention and help of others

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paranoid personality disorder

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feel persecuted

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