Chapter 12 Vocab

Question 1

Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

Answer 1

Psychological disorder

Question 2

A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

Answer 2

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD

Question 3

The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital

Answer 3

Medical model

Question 4

The American psychiatric association diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition

Answer 4

DSM-IV-TR

Question 5

Psychological disorders characteristic by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

Answer 5

Anxiety disorders

Question 6

An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

Answer 6

Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 7

An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minute-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations

Answer 7

Panic disorder

Question 8

An anxiety disorder marked by s persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.

Answer 8

Phobia

Question 9

An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and or actions

Answer 9

Obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD

Question 10

An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawals, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

Answer 10

Post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD

Question 11

Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises

Answer 11

Post-traumatic growth

Question 12

Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic form without apparent physical cause

Answer 12

Somatoform disorder

Question 13

A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no psychological basis can be found

Answer 13

Conversion disorder

Question 14

A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

Answer 14

Hypochondriasis

Question 15

Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

Answer 15

Dissociative disorders

Question 16

A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities

Answer 16

Dissociative identity disorder DID

Question 17

Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes

Answer 17

Mood disorders

Question 18

A mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings or worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

Answer 18

Major depressive disorder

Question 19

A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

Answer 19

Mania

Question 20

A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the over excited state of mania

Answer 20

Bipolar disorder

Question 21

A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions

Answer 21

Schizophrenia

Question 22

False believes, often of persecution or grandeur that may accompany psychotic disorders

Answer 22

Delusions

Question 23

Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

Answer 23

Personality disorders

Question 24

A personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscious for wrongdoing, even towards friends and family members

Answer 24

Antisocial personality disorder