unit 4 Vocab

Question 1

Hallucinations

Answer 1

false perceptions

Question 2

delusions

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false beliefs

Question 3

Positive Symptoms of schizophrenia

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reflect excesses or distortions of normal functioning, including delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized processes and speech and behavior.

Question 4

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia

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Consist of significant defects or decreases in behavioral or emotional functioning. Symptoms can occur in combination and vary across cultures

Question 5

Cyclothymic disorder

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a milder form of bipolar disorder. People experience moderate but frequent mood swings for 2 years or longer, Mood swings are not severe enough to qualify as either bipolar disorder or major depression, People with it are perceived as being extremely moody, unpredictable, and inconsistent

Question 6

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

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s an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, global, and persistent symptoms of anxiety; also called free-floating anxiety

Question 7

Panic attacks

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sudden episode of extreme anxiety that rapidly accelerates in intensity

Question 8

Panic disorder

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anxiety disorder in which a person experiences frequent and unexpected panic attacks

Question 9

Family therapy

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a form of psychotherapy that is based on assumption that the family is a system and treats the family as a unit

Question 10

Behavioral therapy

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focuses on directly changing maladaptive behavior patterns by using basic learning principles and techniques

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Cognitive therapy

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a group of psychotherapies that focus on cognitive aspects of behavior

Question 12

Cognitive behavioral therapy

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integrates cognitive and behavioral techniques, is based on the assumptions that thought, moods, and behaviors are interrelated, Uses a pragmatic approach as its hallmark, is used across age groups, and is an effective treatment for many disorders

Question 13

Rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT)

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the key premise is that people’s difficulties are caused by their faulty expectations and irrational beliefs

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Interpersonal therapy (IPT)

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brief psychodynamic psychotherapy, that focuses on current relationships, and is based on the assumption that symptoms are caused and maintained by interpersonal problems.

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Biological preparedness

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the idea that organisms are biologically predisposed to quickly learning associations between stimuli, responses, and reinforcers

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Repression

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the exclusion of repressing memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind

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Suppression

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phishing unwanted thoughts, emotions, memories, fantasies, and more out of conscious awareness so that you’re not thinking of those things anymore

Question 18

Humanistic therapy

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the humanistic perspective emphasizes human potential, self-awareness, and freedom of choice

Question 19

Mindfulness-based therapy

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uses mindfulness-based interventions, mindfulness-based therapies, or mindfulness and acceptance therapies, no judgment, target thoughts and behaviors

Question 20

Trephining

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they drilled a hole in your head to let the demons or whatever was causing you to act the way you were acting out.

Question 21

OCD

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the presence of intrusive repetitive, and unwanted thoughts (obsessions), repetitive behaviors, or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform (compulsions)

Question 22

Anorexia nervosa

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extreme and severe disturbance in eating habits and calorie intake. Body weight is less than what would be considered the average weight for the person’s age, fear of gaining weight, distorted perceptions about the severity of weight loss, and a distorted self-image, such that even an extremely emaciated person may perceive herself as fat

Question 23

Bulimia nervosa

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an eating disorder characterized by binges of extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives, or other inappropriate methods to purge the excessive food and prevent weight gain

Question 24

Eclectic medication

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was a branch of American medicine that made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the latter half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries.

Question 25

Psychotropic medication

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A psychiatric or psychotropic medication is a psychoactive drug taken to exert an effect on the chemical makeup of the brain and nervous system.

Question 26

dissociative identity disorder

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he presence of two or more distinct identities, each with consistent patterns of personality traits and behavior. Behavior that is controlled by two or more distinct recurring identities

Question 27

PTSD

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disorder triggered by exposure to a highly traumatic event, results in recurrent, involuntary, and intrusive memories of the event, avoidance of stimuli and citations associated with the event, negative changes in thoughts, moods, and emotions, and a persistent state of heightened physical arousal

Question 28

Personality disorder

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an inflexible, maladaptive pattern of thought, feelings, behaviors, and interpersonal functioning, stable over time and across situations

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Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

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intense, unstable relationships, emotions, and self-image; impulsive; desperate efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment; feelings of emptiness; self-destructive tendencies

Question 30

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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is a biomedical therapy used primarily in treating major depressive disorder

Question 31

Anti-anxiety medications

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A drug used to treat symptoms of anxiety, such as feelings of fear, dread, uneasiness, and muscle tightness, that may occur as a reaction to stress

Question 32

Psychoanalysis

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a type of psychotherapy originated by Sigmund Freud. Uses free association and transference to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts

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Anxiety

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an unpleasant emotional state characterized by physical arousal and feelings of tension, apprehension, and worry