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Psychology Flashcards

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What is a personality disorder?

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persistent disorders characterized by a relatively inflexible reaction to stress

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What is antisocial behavior?

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psycho/sociapath that acts out conflict without remorse or guilt and has difficultly following rules

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What is compulsive behavior?

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descriptive of thoughts or behavior which are automatic responses to anxiety or stress, obsessive. Ex: compulsive hand washing caused by an obsession with cleanliness or a phobia of being unclean

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What is hysterical behavior?

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histrionic-attention seeking, aggressive, seductive person who is unable to be deepy involved emotionally

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What is Narcissism?

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attention seeking, regards no one else as important, strong admiration for self/exhibitist

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What is Paranoid behavior?

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preoccupations with delusions
sensitive, defensive, suspicion leading to aggression, unfounded beliefs that others want to harm him

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What is passive aggressive behavior?

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taking aggressive actions in an indirect manner, argumentative

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What is Schizoid Behavior?

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ungluing of “reason” and emotion
introverted and withdrawn, emotionally cold and distant, avoids social interaction
delusions and hallucination

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What is defense mechanisms?

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Unconscious strategies utilized to cope with reality

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What is denial?

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refusal to perceive unpleasant realities
painful subject stems from external sources such as impulses or fantasies
most common seem in alcoholics

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What is projection?

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act of assigning a feeling or belief to another person, group or in the outside world

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What is rationalization?

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attributing one’s own unacceptable desires and impulses to someone else

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What is reaction formation?

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depressed, unacceptable behavior expressed in an exaggerated form of an opposite behavior

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What is regression?

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a response to stress in which an individual reverts to a less developmentally mature stage

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What is repression?

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the unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desire or fears from the conscious mind

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What is transference?

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redirecting ones feelings (aggression or affection) from one person to another

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What is sublimation?

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channeling unacceptable impulses or energy into socially acceptable activity

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How do anxiety disorders present?

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present with physical symptoms (heart palpitations, increased heart rate, shortness of breath, sweating, tingling, dizziness)

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What is anxiety?

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a state of intense apprehension or worry often accompanied by physical symptoms such as shaking, intense feelings in the gut. ex: common in mental illness or after a very distressing experience

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What is a panic disorder?

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repeated attacks of severe anxiety

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What is obsessive behavior?

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reoccuring, intrusive thought or image that seems senseless or unpleasant

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What is compulsion?

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activity designed to reduce anxiety that a person feels compelled to repeat with no conscious desire to do so

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When does OCD begin?

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perfectionist, inflexible, uncontrollably entangled with details and highly repetitive activities
most often begins in early adolescence but can begin in childhood

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What is phobic behavior?

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an irrational or unrealistic fear of a situation, animal, person or activity

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Agoraphobia

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fear of public spaces

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Acrophobia

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fear of heights

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Astrophobia

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fear of thunder and lightning

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Astraphobia

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fear of stars or celestial space

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What are somatoform disorders?

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psychological conflicts take on a physical form and no organic evidence exists to explain

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What is somatization disorder?

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chronic, cyclic multiple somatic complaints not due to a physical illness. Symptoms cannot be explained by physical syndrome. Patient seeks treatment and changes life as a result of the symptoms. Patient presents with symptoms in a vague and exaggerated way. More concerned with discomfort than disease

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What is hypochondriasis?

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an exaggerated pre-occupation with bodily functions and fear that one is suffering from serious disease. patient believes they have a disease or one is soon going to occur. Disease is thought to be imminent. Patient presents with having diagnosed himself, in a very detailed way, hoping for a dreaded diagnosis.

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What is conversion hysteria?

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conversion reaction - loss or change of physical function caused by a psychological conflict. Conversion symptoms are not supported by medical evidence but not faked. Often appear rapidly after trauma. Involuntary response. Most common disability seen” paralysis, blindness, mutism, deafness, seizures

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What is body dysmorphic disorder?

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pervasive belief that a body part is misshapen or malformed. patient able to admit that he/she is exaggerating. may avoid mirrors or social contact

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What is affective disorder?

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severe fluctuation of mood or personality

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What is alcoholism associated with?

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delirium tremors and folate deficiency

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What is Anorexia Nervosa?

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Severe restriction of calories; fear of fat and body image distortions, amenorrhea, excessive exercise

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What is Bipolar Affective Disorder?

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manic depressive- behavior alternates between mania and melancholia: highs and lows

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What is the Age of onset for Bipolar?

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childhood to 50 years of age

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What is the duration of Bipolar?

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average manic episode lasts 3 months, depressive phase 6-9 month

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What is Bulimia Nervosa

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preoccupation with food, binge eating with subsequent purging, body image distortion

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What is Catatonia?

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muscle inhibition

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What is Dysthymic disorder?

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mild chronic depression. symptoms need to occur most of the time for 2 years. Same symptoms as depression but not as severe

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Age of onset of dysthymic disorder?

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adolescence and early childhood

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What are hallucinations?

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perception problem

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What is involutional melancholia?

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a period of depression associated wtih menopause

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What is Schizophrenia

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delusions, hallucinations, social

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What is trasvestite?

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a person who adopts the dress of the opposite sex, cross desser

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What is aversion?

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therapy use to treat alcoholics by associating drinking with unpleasant consequences

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What is classical conditioning?

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two events that occur close together in time become fused in the persons mind(Pavlov dogs)

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What is operant conditioning?

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a satisfying reinforcement that strengthens the behavior. Unsatisfying consequences weaken behavior and make it less likely to be repeated.

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What is negative reinforcement?

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taking away the aversive stimulus in response to a person’s action increased the action(ex picking up a crying baby encouarges the baby to cry more)

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What is flooding therapy?

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a form of desensitization for the treatment of phobias and related disorders in which the patient is repeatedly exposed to emotionally distressing stimuli of high intensity

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What is modeling therapy?

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a behavior modification technique in which one is taught to imitate the desired behavior of another

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What is Rorschach test?

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psychological testing using a series of inkblot images

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What is Wechsler Scale?

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A method of IQ testing

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What did Freud contribute to the field of psychology

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development of free association and dream analysis as a route to the unconscious mind. Developed the psychosexual stages of development going from oral to anal to phallic

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Id

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basic instincts

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Ego

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Reality and control

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Superego

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guilt and consciousness

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What did Jung contribute to the field of psychology?

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the collective unconscious of man, used for psychoanalysis

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What did Maslow contribute to the field of psychology?

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Hierarchy of human needs, physiology, safely, love, esteem, and self actualization

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What did Pavlov contribute to the field of psychology?

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Operant conditioning

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