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Chapter 18 Flashcards

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Psychology

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Behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with everyday life

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Psychological disorders

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Almost __ of the adults in the US have experienced some type of psychological disorder.

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1/3

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The degree that a behavior is used by the majority of people

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Typicality

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The type of behavior that prevents people from functioning in everyday life; behavior that causes misery and distress rather than happiness and fulfillment

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Maladaptivity

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DSM=?

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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What is the most widely used classification system today?

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DSM

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A general state of dread or uneasiness that occurs in response to a vague or imagined danger

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Anxiety

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Persistent excessive or irrational fear of an object or situation

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Phobia

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Most common of all anxiety disorders

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Phobia

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Characterized by persistent fear of social situations in which one might be exposed to the close scrutiny of others

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Social Phobia

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A relatively short period of intense fear or discomfort

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Panic attack

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A fear of being in places or situations in which escape may be difficult or impossible

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Agoraphobia

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Includes excessive or unrealistic worry about life circumstances; must have symptoms for at least 6 months

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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Unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again

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Obsessions

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Repetitive ritual behaviors which often involve checking or cleaning to reduce the anxiety obsessions produce

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Compulsions

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Intense, persistent feelings of anxiety that are cause by traumatic experience

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

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A short-term disorder with similar symptoms to PTSD

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Acute Stress Disorder

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The separation of certain personality components or mental processes from conscious thought

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Dissociative Disorders

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Characterized by a sudden loss of memory as a result of a traumatic event

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Characterized by forgetting personal information, past events and suddenly relocating from home or work and taking on a new identity & occupation

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Dissociative Fugue

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Involves the existence of 2 or more personalities within a single person

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

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Refers to feelings of detachment from one’s mental processes or body

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Depersonalization Disorder

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Refers to the expression of psychological distress through physical symptoms

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Somatization

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Experience in change in or loss of physical functioning in a major part of the body with no medical explanation

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Conversion Disorder

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A person’s unrealistic preoccupation with the fear that he or she has a serious disease

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Hypochondriasis

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Symptoms of major depression

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  1. Persistent depressed mood for most of the day
  2. Loss of interest of pleasure in almost all activities
  3. Significant weight loss or gain
  4. Sleeping more or less than usual
  5. Fatigue or loss of energy
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Symptoms must be present for ___________.

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2 weeks and occur everyday

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_____ of severely depressed people commit suicide

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15%

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Dramatic ups and downs in moods (mania to depression)

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Bipolar Disorder

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Extreme excitement characterized by hyperactivity and chaotic behavior

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Mania

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Loss of contact with reality; most serious psychology disorder

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Schizophrenia

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Symptoms of schizophrenia

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Hallucinations, delusions, superior to others, believe they do not really exist, social withdraw

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An immobile, expressionless, coma-like state

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Catatonic stupor

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