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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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4200340412psychological disorderdeviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.0
4200340413Attention-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
4200340414medical 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
4200340415DSM-V-TRthe American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders3
4200340416anxiety disorderspsychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.4
4200340417generalized anxiety disorderan anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.5
4200340418panic 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
4200340419phobiaan anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.7
4200340420obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).8
4200340421post-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
4200340422post-traumatic growthpositive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises.10
4200340423somatoform disorderpsychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause. (See conversion disorder and hypochondriasis.)11
4200340424conversion disordera rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found.12
4200340425hypochondriasisa somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.13
4200340426dissociative disordersdisorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.14
4200340427dissociative identity disorderrare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Formerly called multiple personality disorder.15
4200340428mood disorderspsychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. See major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder.16
4200340429major 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
4200340430maniaa mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.18
4200340431bipolar 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
4200340432schizophreniacharacterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by a deficit of typical emotional responses.20
4200340433delusionsA delusion is an unshakable belief in something untrue21
4200340434personality 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
4200340435antisocial 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

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