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Abnormal Psychology
Exam Three
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
05/29/2008

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Term

 

4 Types of Childhood Disorders

Definition

Emotional

 

Developmental

 

Eating and Habits

 

Disruptive

 

 

Term

 

4 Types of Emotional Disorders

Definition

Reactive Attachment Disorders

 

Separation Anxiety

 

Phobias

 

Childhood Depression

Term

 

What behavior is characteristic of an

Emotional Disorder?

Definition

 

Subjective distress without changing the person's perception of reality (feelings of inferiority)

 

Same across gender

 

Stage Specific

 

Term

 

What are the chracteristics/symptoms of

Reactive Attachment Disorder?

 

Definition

Begins before age 5

Marked by a disturbance in the child's ability to

relate to other people

Inappropriate attachment for age:

(a) inhibited subtype: act same towards the caregivers as to strangers (distant)

      (b) disinhibited subtype: want more attachment with everyone, even strangers

Do Not differientiate between the two

Term

 

Diagnosis and Treatment for

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Definition

 

Diagnosis: Severe neglect or abuse before the symptoms started

 

Treatment: Holding and showing love towards children

Term

 

Types of Developmental Disorders

Definition

Autism

Rett's Disorder

Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

Asperger's Disorder

PDD-NOS

Mental Retardation

Learning Disorders

Term

 

What are the symptoms/characteristics of Autism?

Definition

aversion to physical affection 

fail to make eye contact

have difficulty using face to show emotion or judging other's emotions

Echolalia (tics)

Pronominal Reversal (use "you" instead of "I")

misuse of the rule for adding "-ing"

Echopraxia

Rock Back and Forth

React Negatively to Change

Score about a 70 on IQ: Good Memory

 

 

Term

 

Theories behind Autism

Definition

 

Parent's behavior is introverted (but which causes which)

 Cannot distinguish themselves from another

 

Larger Brain and Cerebellum (increases rapid attention to things)

Greater Serotonin Levels, imblance between right and left hemispheres

Term

 

Treatment of Autism

Definition

 

Ritalin and SSRI's

 

modeling

Term

 

Eating and Habit Disorders

Definition

Eating Disorders

Anorexia

Bulimia

 

Habit Disorders

Tourette's esque

(involves elimination, movement and communication)

 

Term

 

Causes of Eating Disorders

Definition

 

not clear if depression causes eating disorder or if eating disorder causes depression

 

more common in developed countries and white cultures (media)

 

 

Term

 

3 Disruptive Disorders

Definition

 

Conduct Disorder

 

Operational Defiance Disorder

 

ADHD

Term

 

What are the characteristics/symptoms of ADHD?

Definition

 

difficulty organizing, completing work

 

genetics and social components

Term

 

3 Groups of Personality Disorders

Definition

 

Odd-Eccentric Disorders

 

Dramatic-Erratic Disorders

 

Anxious-Fearful Disorders

Term

 

3 Odd-Eccentric Disorders

Definition

 

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

 

Schizoid Personality Disorder

 

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Term

 

 Symptoms of Schizotypal Personality Disorders

Definition

 

odd behavior (along the lines of schizophrenia)

 

Do not lose contact with reality but have extremely problematic ideas

 

Social Anxiety

Term

 

Causes of Schizotypal Disorder

Definition

 

Enlarged Ventricles

High levels of DA

Genetic relationship between schizophrenia and schizotypal

Physical and behavioral abnormalities

Cognitive Functions and Brain Structures

Term

 

 

Treatment of Schizotypal

Definition

 

Cognitive-Behvaioral therapy

 

anti-psychotic drugs (treat side effects and

may not target symptoms)

Term

 

 

Symptoms of Schizoid Personality Disorder

Definition

no desire to be social

 

insensitive

 

lack social skills

 

treated by group therapy

Term

 

4 Types of Dramatic-Erratic Disorders

Definition

Antisocial

 

Histrionic

 

Narcissistic

 

Borderline

 

Term

 

Symptoms of Antisocial Personality

Definition

absence of shame

 

shallow emotions

 

lie, cheat, steal

Term

 

Causes of Antisocial Personality

Definition

could be caused by prenatal/birth complications

 

Physiological dysfunctions

 

Family and social context

 

low income, loss of parent through divorce

Term

 

 

Symptoms of Borderline Personality

Definition

Balanced among gender

unstable in mood, behavior and self-image

 

prone to substance abuse and unsafe sex, intense unstable realtionships

 

high suicide rate

Term

 

 

Causes of Borderline Personality

Definition

Reduced Serotonin- drugs that increase serotonin are helpful

abnormalities in REM sleep (common in depression)

have brain trauma

smaller frontal lobes

when culture loses cohesiveness it leaves person with anxiety and fear of abandonment

OR it could be heritable traits and social experience can contribute

Term

 

 

2 Types of Anxious-Fearful Disorders

Definition

 

Avoidant

 

Dependant

Term

 

 

Symptoms and Characteristics of Avoidant Behavior

Definition

 

Keep feelings in

Turn away from everything (people, new experiences, old experiences)

Fear if appearing foolish

strong desire for affection

Term

 

 

Causes of Avoidant

Definition

 

sensitive to situations

 

stongly rejected in early childhood

 

treated in behavioral methods

and cognitive therapy

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