Chapter 12 Vocab Flashcards
Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Psychological disorder
A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD
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
Medical model
The American psychiatric association diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition
DSM-IV-TR
Psychological disorders characteristic by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Anxiety disorders
An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
Generalized anxiety disorder
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
Panic disorder
An anxiety disorder marked by s persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.
Phobia
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and or actions
Obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD
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
Post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD
Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises
Post-traumatic growth
Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic form without apparent physical cause
Somatoform disorder
A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no psychological basis can be found
Conversion disorder
A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease
Hypochondriasis
Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Dissociative disorders
A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities
Dissociative identity disorder DID
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes
Mood disorders
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
Major depressive disorder
A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
Mania
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the over excited state of mania
Bipolar disorder
A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
Schizophrenia
False believes, often of persecution or grandeur that may accompany psychotic disorders
Delusions
Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
Personality disorders
A personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscious for wrongdoing, even towards friends and family members
Antisocial personality disorder
