Final Exam Abnormal Psych (CH 11-14)

Question 1

define substance use disorders

Answer 1

maladaptive pattern of behaviors related to the continued use of drugs despite creating problems like social impairment and pharmacological problems

Question 2

addiction

Answer 2

the process by which substance use disorder is manifesting

Question 3

define psychoactive substances

Answer 3

chemicals that alter a person’s mood, level of perception, or brain functioning

Question 4

psychoactive substances include:

Answer 4

depressants (alcohol and hypnotics), sedatives/anxiolytics (relieve anxiety), CNS stimulants (illegal drugs Nic and caffeine), narcotic analgesics (clinical pain reducers), and cannabinoids

Question 5

define tolerance

Answer 5

the process through which the nervous system becomes less sensitive to the effects of drug abuse

Question 6

withdrawal

Answer 6

the symptoms experienced when a person stops using a drug

Question 7

temporal disintegration

Answer 7

issues retaining and organizing information

Question 8

Masters and Johnson sexual response cycle

Answer 8

excitement, orgasm, resolution

Question 9

Alfred Kinsey

Answer 9

proposed that sexual desire was simply difference in erotic capacity

Question 10

define sexual dysfunctions

Answer 10

inhibitions of sexual desire and interference with the physiological responses leading to orgasm

Question 11

Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Answer 11

lack of interest in sex, persistent and pervasive

Question 12

Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder

Answer 12

female cannot achieve or maintain genital response

Question 13

Female Orgasmic Disorder

Answer 13

may have desire, find pleasure in foreplay, and shows signs of arousal, but cannot orgasm

Question 14

dyspareunia

Answer 14

mild to searing pain during intercourse

Question 15

vaginismus

Answer 15

involuntary vaginal muscular spasms

Question 16

Paraphilic meaning

Answer 16

love beyond the usual

Question 17

Paraphilia definition

Answer 17

any intense and persistent sexual interest other than sexual interest in genital stimulation or preparatory fondling with a phenotypical normal, mature, consenting partner

Question 18

sadistic rapist

Answer 18

sexual impulses with aggressive impulses

Question 19

nonsadistic rapist

Answer 19

sexual fantasies

Question 20

vindictive rapist

Answer 20

solely motivated by violence

Question 21

opportunistic rapist

Answer 21

very impulsive, often psychopaths

Question 22

Anhedonia

Answer 22

lack of pleasure

Question 23

Affective Flattening

Answer 23

range of emotion

Question 24

Alogia

Answer 24

inability to form words and fluid sentences

Question 25

Avolition

Answer 25

no motivation

Question 26

Neurocognitive Disorder

Answer 26

most frequent disorder found among the elderly psychiatric patients

Question 27

Dementia

Answer 27

a gradual worsening loss of memory and related cognitive functions

Question 28

Delirium

Answer 28

a confusional state that develops over a short time

Question 29

Amnestic Disorders

Answer 29

memory impairment more limited than those seen in dementia and delirium

Question 30

Neurologist

Answer 30

physicians who deal with disease of the brain and nervous system

Question 31

neuropsychologists

Answer 31

assess for cognitive impairments

Question 32

Agnosia

Answer 32

perception without meaning