VOCAB QUIZ TERMS TOPIC 12-13 Flashcards
Learned helplessness
the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events.
Generalized anxiety disorder
an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.
Specific phobia
intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger
anti-social personality disorder
a personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist.
Paranoid personality disorder
mental health condition marked by a pattern of distrust and suspicion of others without adequate reason to be suspicious
obsessive compulsive disorder
disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).
anxiety disorders
psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.
DSM-V
a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.
catatonia
abnormality of movement and behavior arising from a disturbed mental state
dissociative identity disorder
person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.
seasonal affective disorder
depression associated with late autumn and winter and thought to be caused by a lack of light.
bipolar disorder
a mood disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the
overexcited state of mania.
schizophrenia
characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished or inappropriate emotional expression.
hallucinations
false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus.
conversion disorder
person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
haunting memories, nightmares,
social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety,
numbness of feeling, and/or
insomnia that lingers for four weeks
or more after a traumatic experience.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
our thinking
influences our feelings, and that the therapist’s role is to
change clients’ self-defeating thinking by training them to
view themselves in more positive ways.
Psychopharmacology
study
of the effects of drugs on mind and
behavior.
Electroconvulsive therapy
biomedical therapy for severely
depressed patients in which a brief
electric current is sent through the
brain of an anesthetized patient.
Behaviorist therapies
change an individual’s maladaptive responses to specific situations
anorexia nervosa
eating
disorder in which a person (usually
an adolescent female) maintains
a starvation diet despite being
significantly (15 percent or more)
underweight.
bulimia nervosa
eating
disorder in which a person
alternates binge eating (usually of
high-calorie foods) with purging (by
vomiting or laxative use), excessive
exercise, or fasting.
group therapy
therapy conducted
with groups rather than individuals,
permitting therapeutic benefits
from group interaction.
transference
the patient’s transfer to the analyst
of emotions linked with other
relationships (such as love or hatred
for a parent).
