Myers' AP Psychology for AP*: Unit 12 (Abnormal) Flashcards

9423781018	psychopathology	patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are maladaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable for those who are affected or for those with whom they come in contact	0
9423781019	impaired functioning	difficulty in fulfilling appropriate and expected family, social, and work-related roles	1
9423781020	biopsychosocial model	a view of mental disorders as caused by a combination of interacting biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors	2
9423781021	neurobiological model	a modern name for the medical model, in which psychological disorders are seen as reflecting disturbances in the anatomy and chemistry of the brain and in other biological processes	3
9423781022	psychological model	a view in which mental disorder is seen as arising from psychological processes	4
9423781023	sociocultural model	a way of looking at mental disorders in relation to gender, age, ethnicity, and other social and cultural factors	5
9423781024	anxiety disorder	a condition in which intense feelings of apprehension are long-standing and disruptive	6
9423781025	phobia	an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fear of an object or situation that does not objectively justify such a reaction	7
9423781026	specific phobia	an anxiety disorder involving fear and avoidance of heights, animals, and other specific stimuli and situations	8
9423781027	post-traumatic stress disorder	a pattern of adverse reactions following a traumatic and threatening event	9
9423781028	social phobia	an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fears relating to social situations	10
9423781029	agoraphobia	an anxiety disorder involving strong fear of being alone or away from the security of home	11
9423781030	generalized anxiety disorder	a condition that involves relatively mild but long-lasting anxiety that is focused on any particular object or situation; also called free-floating anxiety	12
9423781031	panic disorder	an anxiety disorder involving sudden panic attacks	13
9423781032	panic attacks	attacks marked by intense heart palpitations, pressure or pain in the chest, dizziness or unsteadiness, sweating, and a feeling of faintness	14
9423781033	obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)	an anxiety disorder involving repetitive thoughts and urges to perform certain rituals	15
9423781034	obsessions	persistent, upsetting, and unwanted thoughts	16
9423781035	compulsions	ritualistic, repetitive behaviors	17
9423781036	somatoform disorders	psychological problems in which there are symptoms of a physical disorder without a physical cause	18
9423781037	conversion disorder	a somatoform disorder in which a person displays blindness, deafness, or other symptoms of sensory or motor failure without a physical cause	19
9423781038	hypochondriasis	a somatoform disorder involving strong, unjustified fear of physical illness	20
9423781041	dissociative disorders	rare conditions that involve sudden and usually temporary disruptions in a person's memory, consciousness, or identity	21
9423781042	dissociative fugue	a dissociative disorder involving sudden loss of memory and the assumption of a new identity in a new locale	22
9423781043	dissociative amnesia	a dissociative disorder marked by a sudden loss of memory	23
9423781044	dissociative identity disorder (DID)	a dissociative disorder in which a person reports having more than one identity; also called multiple personality disorder	24
9423781045	mood disorder	conditions in which a person experiences extreme moods, such as depression or mania; also called affective disorder	25
9423781046	major depressive disorder	a mood disorder in which a person feels sad and hopeless for weeks or months	26
9423781047	delusions	false beliefs, such as those experienced by people suffering from schizophrenia or extreme depression	27
9423781048	dysthymic disorder	a mood disorder involving a pattern of comparatively mild depression that lasts for at least two years	28
9423781049	mania	an elated, very active emotional state	29
9423781050	bipolar disorder	a mood disorder in which a person alternates between deep depression and mania; also called manic depression	30
9423781051	bipolar II disorder	a mood disorder in which a person alternates between major depressive episodes and hypomania episodes	31
9423781054	seasonal affective disorder (SAD)	during months of shorter daylight, patients experience severe depression, accompanied by irritability and excessive sleeping	32
9423781055	schizophrenia	a severe and disabling pattern of disturbed thinking emotion, perception, and behavior	33
9423781059	hallucinations	a symptom of disorder in which people perceive voices or other stimuli when there are no stimuli present	34
9423781060	positive symptoms	schizophrenic symptoms such as disorganized thoughts, hallucinations, and delusions	35
9423781061	negative symptoms	schizophrenic symptoms such as absence of pleasure, lack of speech, and flat effect	36
9423781062	paranoid schizophrenia	a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner	37
9423781063	disorganized schizophrenia	a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions	38
9423781064	catatonic schizophrenia	a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement	39
9423781065	undifferentiated schizophrenia	a form of schizophrenia characterized by having positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia but do not meet the specific criteria for the paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic subtypes	40
9423781067	personality disorders	long-standing, inflexible ways of behaving that create a variety of problems	41
9423781068	paranoid personality disorder	a personality disorder characterized by suspiciousness and distrust of others, all of whom are assumed to be hostile	42
9423781069	schizoid personality disorder	a personality disorder characterized by detachment from social relationships; restricted range of emotion	43
9423781070	schizotypal personality disorder	a personality disorder characterized by detachment from, and great discomfort in, social relationships; odd perceptions, thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors	44
9423781072	obsessive-compulsive personality disorder	a personality disorder characterized by preoccupation with orderliness, perfection, and control	45
9423781074	histrionic personality disorder	a personality disorder characterized by excessive emotionality and preoccupation with being the center of attention; emotional shallowness; overly dramatic behavior	46
9423781075	narcissistic personality disorder	a personality disorder characterized by exaggerated ideas of self-importance and achievements; preoccupation with fantasies of success; arrogance	47
9423781076	borderline personality disorder	a personality disorder characterized by lack of stability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotion; impulsivity; angry outbursts; intense fear of abandonment; recurring suicidal gestures	48
9423781077	antisocial personality disorder	a personality disorder characterized by shameless disregard for, and violation of, other people's rights	49
9423781081	attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)	patients diagnosed with this disorder are impulsive and unable to concentrate on an activity as well as other children their age can	50
9423781085	DSM-V	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; resource for diagnosing disorders, uses a 5 axis system	51