C8 Flashcards
Abnormal behavior is defined by 4 criteria:
Atypicality
dysfunctional
distressful
dangerous
The first widely accepted system for classifying behavioral disorders by the APA is the _____
DSM (1952)
___ when a person experiences numerous panic attacks (4+/4wk), overwhelming terror
Panic disorder
___ is the feeling that the world is not real (loss of identity/feeling detached from ones body)
Depersonalization
Physical symptoms of Depersonalization:
Chest Pain
Erratic heartbeat
Sweating and Trembling
Feelings of choking and suffocating
____ is excessive anxiety about events/domains of life
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Symptoms of Generalized Personality Disorder:
Restlessness
Muscle tension
Irritability
Sleep disturbances
____ is characterized by multiple and recurrent physical symptoms that have no physical cause
Somatic symptom disorder
___ is a somatic disorder that the individual is excessively fearful of contracting a serious disease or dying
illness anxiety disorder
___ is a sensory or motor system disorder for which there is no known organic cause
Conversion Disorder
____ are thoughts and feelings that generate anxiety are separated or disassociated from conscious awareness (may last from several weeks to several months)
Dissociative disorder
___ is a condition of separation of personality or multiple personality
Dissociative Identity disorder
____ explained anxiety disorders as a result of internal conflicts, particularly involving sexual or aggressive impulses.
Freud
___ is about a five year old boy with a phobic fear of horses that kept him from going outside
Little Hans
Freud believed Little Hans was related to an ___ complex and ___ his fear onto the horses, which he could avoid more easily.
Oedipal
Displaced