AP Psych Unit 12 Flashcards
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| 6203359231 | psychological disorder | deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors | 0 | |
| 6203367105 | attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder | a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity and compulsivity | 1 | |
| 6203372872 | medical model | the 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 | |
| 6203379919 | DSM-V or DSM-IV-TR (old one) | A widely used system for classifying psychological disorders | 3 | |
| 6203387117 | anxiety disorders | psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety | 4 | |
| 6203393510 | generalized anxiety disorder | an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal | 5 | |
| 6203398975 | panic disorder | an 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 | |
| 6203407380 | phobia | an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation | 7 | |
| 6203412738 | obsessive-compulsive disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions) | 8 | |
| 6203432946 | post-traumatic stress disorder | 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 | |
| 6203441097 | post-traumatic growth | positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crisis | 10 | |
| 8949926860 | Christopher Peterson | Worked with Martin Seligman to create The Values in Action Classification of Strengths to create a research-based common vocabulary for human strength | 11 | |
| 8949941445 | David Rosenhan | Was a part of a now classic study where they went to a hospital admissions office, complaining of "hearing voices". Apart from the voices they answered all other questions truthfully | 12 | |
| 8949961266 | Martin Seligman | Worked with Christopher Peterson to create the Values in Action Classification of Strengths to create a research-based common vocabulary for human strength | 13 | |
| 6203453317 | somatoform disorder | general type of psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause. This can be broken down into other subtypes of disorders. | 14 | |
| 6203461878 | conversion disorders | a rare type of somatoform in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause | 15 | |
| 6203466066 | hypochondriasis | a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease | 16 | |
| 6203473079 | dissociative disorder | disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings | 17 | |
| 6203479920 | dissociative identity disorder | a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. | 18 | |
| 6203483841 | mood disorders | psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. | 19 | |
| 6203492112 | major depressive disorder | a 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 | 20 | |
| 6203495129 | mania | a mood disorder marked by hyperactive, wildly optimistic state | 21 | |
| 6203498410 | bipolar disorder | a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. | 22 | |
| 6203503647 | schizophrenia | a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions | 23 | |
| 6203515880 | delusions | false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders | 24 | |
| 6203520052 | personality disorders | psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning | 25 | |
| 6203524491 | antisocial personality disorder | a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist | 26 |