AP Unit 12 Terms Flashcards

6439784073	Psychological disorder	defined by four criteria: maladaptive, disturbing to others, unusual, irrational	0
6439784074	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders	reference book that describes the symptoms of everything considered to be a disorder	1
6439784075	Anxiety disorders	category including OCD, PTSD, phobias and panic attacks	2
6439784076	Specific phobia	intense unwarranted fear of a specific situation or object	3
6439784077	Agoraphobia	fear of open, public spaces	4
6439784078	Social phobia	fear of a situation in which one could embarrass oneself in public	5
6439784079	Generalized anxiety disorder	condition where a person experiences constant uneasiness and nervousness	6
6439784080	Panic disorder	condition where a person suffers from acute episodes of intense anxiety	7
6439784081	Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)	condition where persistent thoughts cause someone to feel the need to engage in a particular action	8
6439784082	Post-traumatic stress disorder	involves flashbacks or nightmares about a troubling event that cause anxiety	9
6439784083	Somatoform disorders	occur when a person manifests a psychological problem through physiological symptoms	10
6439784084	Hypochondriasis	condition where a person has frequent physical complaints for minor illnesses, they believe they are indicative of a more severe illness	11
6439784085	Conversion disorder	condition where a person will report the existence of a severe physical problem, such as blindness or paralysis, and they will in fact be paralyzed.	12
6439784086	Dissociative disorders	involve a disruption in conscious process	13
6439784087	Psychogenic amnesia	condition where a person cannot remember things but no physiological basis for the disruption in memory is found	14
6439784088	Dissociative identity disorder	condition where a person has several personalities rather than one integrated personality	15
6439784089	Mood or affective disorders	condition where a person experiences extreme or inappropriate emotions	16
6439784090	Major depression	common cold of disorders, characterized by lengthy periods of unhappiness and lethargy	17
6439784091	Seasonal affective disorder	condition where a person experiences depression but only during certain times of the year, most often winter when there is less sunlight	18
6439784092	Bipolar disorder	mood disorder involving depressed and manic episodes	19
6439784093	Schizophrenic disorders	characterized by disordered, distorted thinking often demonstrated through delusions and/or hallucinations	20
6439784094	Delusions of persecution	belief that people are out to get you	21
6439784095	Delusions of grandeur	belief that you have greater influence and power than you do	22
6439784096	Disorganized schizophrenia	often have an odd use of language and may display inappropriate emotion	23
6439784097	Paranoid schizophrenia	characterized by delusions of persecution	24
6439784098	Catatonic schizophrenia	often engage in odd movements or remain motionless for periods of time	25
6439784099	Tardive dyskinesia	muscle tremors and stiffness caused by extensive use of anti-psychotic drugs	26
6439784100	Personality disorders	well-established, maladaptive ways of behaving that negatively affect people's ability to function	27
6439784101	Antisocial personality disorder	condition where a person has little regard for the feelings of others; believe people need to look out for themselves	28
6439784102	Dependent personality disorder	condition where person relies too much on the attention and help of others	29
6439784103	Paranoid personality disorder	condition where a person feels constantly persecuted	30
6439784104	Narcissistic personality disorder	condition where a person sees themselves as the center of the universe	31
6439784105	Obsessive compulsive personality disorder	condition where person is overly concerned with certain thoughts and behaviors, but not debilitated to the extent of someone with OCD	32