Chapter 16 Vocab Flashcards
4 D’s
Deviant- different, extreme, unusual (any deviation from the majority)
Distressful- unpleasant or upsetting to the individual
Dangerous- threatening to the persons well-being or to the safety of others
Dysfunctional- disruptive to the persons ability to conduct daily activities (those that fail to adjust)
Diathesis Stress Model
is a psychological theory that explains behavior as both a result of biological and genetic factors (“nature”), and life experiences (“nurture”). This theory is often used to describe the pronunciation of mental disorders, like schizophrenia, that are produced by the interaction of a vulnerable hereditary predisposition, with precipitating events in the environment
Psychological Disorder
Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
Medical model
The concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured. When applied to psychological disorders, the medical model assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of the their symptoms and cured through therapy, which may include treatment in a psychiatric hospital
DSM-IV
The American psychiatric associations diagnostic and statistical Manual of mental disorders, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. Presently distributed in an updated “text revision”
Labeling Effects
When labels can stigmatize a person by biasing others’ interpretations and perceptions of past and present behaviors and by affecting the way people react to the labeled person
Anxiety Disorders
Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Generalized anxiety disorder
An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
Panic disorder
An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations
Phobic Disorder
An anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation
Agoraphobia
A fear or avoidance of situations in which escape might be difficult or help unavailable when panic strikes
Specific Phobia
Fear of a specific object
Social Phobia
An intense fear of being scrutinized by others. May avoid speaking up, eating out, going to parties- or will sweat, tremble, or have diarrhea when doing so
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts(obsessions) and/or actions(compulsions)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jump anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for 4 weeks or more after a traumatic experience
Dissociative Disorder
Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Dissociative identity disorder
A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. AKA multiple personality disorder
Mood disorders
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes
Major Depressive disorder
A mood disorder in which a person experiences in the absence of drugs of a medical condition, tow or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities
Dysthymic Disorder
A down-in-the-dumps mood that fills most of the day, nearly every day, for 2 years or more
Mania
A mood disorder marked by hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
Bipolar Disorder
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and the lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania
Schizophrenia
A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
Delusions
False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
Hallucinations
Most common hallucination for a schrzophrenic person is hearing. -Flat affect: they withdraw, no emotion
Paranoid
Preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations, often with themes of persecution or grandiosity
Disorganized
Disorganized speech or behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotion
Catatonic
Immobility (or excessive, purposeless movement), extreme negativism, and/or parrotlike repeating of another’s speech or movements.
Personality Disorders
Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
Antisocial Personality Disorder
A personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless of a clever com artist
