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AP Psychology - Abnormal Psychology Flashcards

Advanced Placement Psychology
Enterprise High School, Redding, CA
All terms from Myers Psychology for AP (BFW Worth, 2011)

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9704551921psychological disorderdeviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.0
9704551922Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.1
9704551923medical modelthe concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital.2
9704551924DSM-Vthe American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders3
9704551925anxiety disorderspsychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.4
9704551926generalized anxiety disorderan anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.5
9704551927panic disorderan anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.6
9704551928phobiaan anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.7
9704551929obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).8
9704551930post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.9
9704551931post-traumatic growthpositive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises.10
9704551932somatoform disorderpsychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause. (See conversion disorder and hypochondriasis.)11
9704551933conversion disordera rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found.12
9704551934hypochondriasisa somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.13
9704551935dissociative disordersdisorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.14
9704551936dissociative identity disorderrare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Formerly called multiple personality disorder.15
9704551937mood disorderspsychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. See major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder.16
9704551938major depressive disordera mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities.17
9704551939maniaa mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.18
9704551940bipolar disordera mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic-depressive disorder)19
9704551941schizophreniacharacterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by a deficit of typical emotional responses.20
9704551942delusionsA delusion is an unshakable belief in something untrue21
9704551943personality disordersare a class of mental disorders characterised by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating markedly from those accepted by the individual's culture22
9704551944antisocial personality disordercharacterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.23
9704551945psychoanalytic theorythis school hypothesized that the interactions among the id, the ego, and the superego were responsible for abnormal behavior.24
9704551946humanistic theoryabnormal behavior is partly the result of people being too sensitive to the criticisms and judgements of others, inability to accept their own nature or have low self-esteem25
9704551947behavioral theorybased on the idea that maladaptive behavior is learned, and treatment involves unlearning of the maladaptive behavior or the modification of the learned response to certain stimuli.26
9704551948sociocultural theoryargues that society and culture help define what is acceptable behavior27
9704551949fuguethe sudden and complete loss of identity, sometimes caused by severe stress, followed by the assumption of a new identity.28
9704551950borderline personality disordera "stable instability" of relationships, moods, and self-image - seeing people as either "bad" or "good"29
9704551951abnormal behaviorfour components: atypical (deviates statistically from typical behavior), maladaptive (interferes with a person's ability to function in a particular situation), unjustifiable (not easy to explain to most people)30

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