Psych 100 - Psychopathy

Question 1

Psychopathology

Answer 1

psychopathy patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

leads to disrupted functioning at home, work, and in the person’s social life

causes distress to that person and others in their life

Question 2

Bio-psycho-social Perspective

Answer 2

biological, sociocultural, and psychological factors produce psychological disorders

Question 3

Diathesis Stress Model

Answer 3

diathesis (vulnerability): previous biological/environmental factors predispose an individual towards developing a disorder

stress also is a trigger that taxes or exceeds the individual’s personal resource and results in abnormal behavior

Question 4

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 4

primary disturbance is distressing, persistent anxiety, or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

Question 5

Types of Anxiety Disorders: GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)

Answer 5

• constant worry about many issues
• anxiety interferes with functioning
• exhaustion
• difficulty concentrating
• hyperventilating
• irritability

Question 6

Types of Anxiety Disorders: Phobia

Answer 6

• intense, irrational fear
• fear of specific object/situation

Question 7

Types of Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder

Answer 7

• characterized by frequent panic attacks
• helpless terror, high physiological arousal
• sufferers live in fear of having them

Question 8

OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)

Answer 8

obsessions: irrational, disturbing thoughts that intrude into consciousness

compulsions: repetitive actions performed to alleviate obsessions

Question 9

PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

Answer 9

• marked emotional disturbance after experiencing or witnessing a severely stressful event

symptoms:
- re-experiencing
- avoidance
- hyperarousal

Question 10

Mood Disorders: Major Depression

Answer 10

• changes in sleep
• random outbursts of sadness/anger
• suicidal ideation
• intense despair/sadness
• loss of interest/enjoyment in activities
• lethargy/tiredness
• changes in eating
• difficulty concentrating

Question 11

Mood Disorders: Chronic Depressive Disorder

Answer 11

less severe than major depression, but long-lasting
lasts for at least 2 years
can have major depression and chronic depression at the same time

Question 11

Mood Disorders: Seasonal Affective Disorder

Answer 11

seasonal related severe depression

• intense hunger
• weight gain in winter
• sleep more than usual
• depressed more in the evening than morning

Question 11

Mood Disorders: Bipolar I

Answer 11

mania and severe depression

depressive symptoms:
- gloomy
- withdrawn
- inability to make decisions
- tired
- slowness of thought

mania symptoms:
- elation
- euphoria
- desire for action
- hyperactive
- multiple ideas

Question 11

Mood Disorders: Bipolar II

Answer 11

hypomania: milder version of mania
- severe depression

cyclothymia: hypomania and mild depression

Question 12

Somatic Symptom Disorders: Functional Neurological Disorder

Answer 12

physical symptoms with no physical explanation

Question 13

Somatic Symptom Disorders: Somatization Disorder

Answer 13

repeated, varying symptoms with no physical cause

Question 14

Somatic Symptom Disorders:
Illness Anxiety Disorder

Answer 14

the preoccupation that one has a serious, undiagnosed disease

Question 15

Dissociative Disorders: Psychogenic Amnesia

Answer 15

total or partial loss of information about self

usually triggered by traumatic experience

Question 16

Dissociative Disorders: Depersonalization Disorder

Answer 16

feelings of unreality

mind leaves body, limbs feel numb and doesn’t feel like it belongs to you

Question 17

Dissociative Disorders: DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)

Answer 17

numerous personalities

Question 18

Schizophrenia

Answer 18

a group of severe disorders characterized by

• problems in thinking/speaking
• disturbed perceptions
• inappropriate emotions/actions

Question 19

Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Problems in Thinking and Speaking

Answer 19

• delusions of persecution
• paranoia
• delusions of grandeur
• delusions of being controlled
• disorganized speech
  overinclusion: jumping from idea to idea without the logical association
  paralogic: on the surface it seems logical, but it is severely flawed

Question 20

Symptoms of Schizophernia: Disturbed Perceptions

Answer 20

• hallucinations
• can be auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory

command hallucinations
- voices giving orders

Question 21

Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Inappropriate Emotions/Actions

Answer 21

behavior is inappropriate for the situation

flat affect: no emotion at all in face/speech

inappropriate affect: laughing at serious things, crying at happy things

catatonic behavior: unresponsiveness to environment, usually marked by immobility for a period of time

Question 22

Positive vs. Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Answer 22

positive:
- presence of problematic behaviors
- hallucinations
- delusions
- problems in thinking/speaking

negative:
- absence of healthy behaviors
- flat affect
- no feelings of enjoyment
- poor motivation & initiative
- speaking and moving less

Question 23

Personality Disorders

Answer 23

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

usually without anxiety, depression, or delusions

Question 24

Personality Disorders: Narcissistic

Answer 24

• exaggerated ideas of self-importance and achievements
• preoccupation with fantasies of success
• arrogance

Question 25

Personality Disorders: Borderline

Answer 25

• affective instability
• impulsive/reckless behavior
• recurrent manipulative suicidal behaviors
• impaired ability to form stable interpersonal relationships

Question 26

Personality Disorders: Dyysocial Personality Disorder

Answer 26

• formerly known as Anti-Social Personality Disorder
• shameless disregard for, and in violation of, other people’s rights

Question 27

Developmental Psychopathy

Answer 27

addresses the origins and course of individual maladaptation in the context of normal growth processes of children

must be familiar with normal development

what is normal for one age may be problematic at another
ex: tantrums are expected/normal at 2 years old, tantrums at 12 are not expected within normal development

Question 28

Insanity Defense

Answer 28

legal plea that requires people to either not know be in control of themselves during the crime, or not know what they were doing was wrong

less than 1% of criminal cases use the defense successfully

some states have adopted the optional verdict of “guilty but mentally ill,” meaning the defendant can be placed in a treatment facility instead of prison to serve their sentence