Ch. 12 Flashcards
Used to describe disorders. Used to differentiate between those who can be held responsible for crime and those whose actions can’t by blamed because of a psychological disorder
Insane
Book that provides a way for psychologists to diagnose patients. Contains symptoms of psychological disorders
DSM
Common symptom of anxiety; phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder
Anxiety Disorders
An intense unwarranted fear of a situation/an object
Specific Phobia
Fear of open spaces, may be afraid to leave the house
Agoraphobia
Fear of a situation in which one could embarrass oneself in public
Social Anxiety Disorder
Experiences constant, low-level anxiety. Constantly nervous
GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Suffers from acute espies of intense anxiety without provocation, panic attacks
Panic disorder
Occurs when a person manifests a psychological problem through a physical symptom
Somatic symptom disorder
Report existence of physical problem and truthfully experiencing it physically with no biological reason
Conversion disorder
Involves a disruption in conscious processes
Dissociative disorder
When a person cannot remember things and no physiological basis for the disruption in memory can be identified
Psychogenic/dissociative amnesia
When a person has several personalities (ranging in age and gender) rather than one integrated personality
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Perception in the absence of any sensory stimulation
Hallucination
Most common mood disorder, unhappy for two weeks, fatigue, no appetite, change in sleeping patterns, feelings of worthlessness, no enjoyment in activities
Major Depressive Disorder
Experiences of depression but only during certain times of the year when there is less sunlight
Seasonal affective disorder
Involves both depressive and manic episodes
Bipolar disorder
Cognitive belief that depression resulted from negative ideas about themselves, the world, and future
Cognitive Triad
When one’s prior experiences have caused that person to view themselves as unable to control their futures that is controllable
Learned Helplessness
Disordered/distorted think gin, often demonstrated through delusions, hallucinations, disorganized language and affects/motor behaviors
Schizophrenic disorders
The belief that people are out to get you
Delusions of persecution
The belief that you enjoy greater power/influence than you actually do
Delusions of grandeur
Schizophrenic use of language in which one makes up their own words
Neologisms
schizophrenic use of language in which a person strings a series of nonsense words that rhyme
Clang associations
Displaying emotions at inappropriate times or displaying no emotional response
Inappropriate/ flat affect
motor problem in schizophrenia in which there is a lack of movement/unreasonable jerks or quick movements
Catatonia
Allow a schizophrenic motionless persons’s body to be positioned in new forms/adjusted and maintaining it
Waxy flexibility
High levels of dopamine (x6) may contribute to the relevance of positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Dopamine Hypothesis
Muscle tremors and stiffness seen in schizophrenia
Tardive Dykinesia
Giving contradictory messages, may develop distorted ways of thinking due to impossibility
Double Blind
Environmental stressors can provide the circumstances under which a biological predisposition for illness can express itself
Diasthesis-Stress Model
Well-established maladaptive ways of behaving that negatively affects one’s ability to function
Personality Disorders
Little regards to one’s feelings, view world as hostile and everyone should look out for themselves
Antisocial personality disorder
Rely too much on the attention/help of others
Dependent personality disorder
Feeling persecuted but lacking hallucination or delusions like in schizophrenia
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Involves seeing oneself as the center of the uniderse
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Connotes overly dramatic behavior
Histrionic Personality Disorder
When persistent unwanted thoughts (obsessions) cause someone the need to engage (compulsions) in a particular behavior
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Usually involves flashbacks/nightmares following a person’s involvement or observation of an extremely troubling event such as a war/natural disaster
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Marked by the sexual attraction to an object, person, or activity not usually seen as sexual
Paraphilia or Psychosexual Disorder
Significantly low weight for ones age, intense fear of fat/food, a distorted body image and a form of self starvation hallmarked by being underweight
Anorexia Nervosa
Fear of food/distorted body image that is hallmarked by a purge-binge cycle
Bulimia
A person who displays atypical behavior such as less social, distressed, as well as hypersensitive to senses and intense interest in “boring” objects
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Difficulty paying attentions sitting still
ADHD
Deterioration of cognitive abilities, often seen most dramatically in memory
Dementia
