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Psychology Test 4
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/30/2012

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Abnormal Behavior
Definition
behavior that is deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressful over time
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Medical Model
Definition
psychological disorders are medical disease with biological origin
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DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
Definition
Major classification of psychological disorders
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Axis I
Definition
All diagnostic categories except personality disorders and mental retardation
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Axis III
Definition
General medical conditions
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Axis IV
Definition
Psychosocial and environmental problems
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Axis V
Definition
Current level of functioning
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Disorders developed at adolescence or younger
Definition
ADHD, autism, and learning disorders
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Anxiety Disorders
Definition
Disabling, uncontrollable, and distruptive
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Anxiety Disorders Symptoms
Definition
motor tension, hyperactivity, and apprehensive expectations/thoughts
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Definition
anxiety that is present for at least 6 months
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Panic Disorder
Definition
person experiences reoccurring and sudden onsets of terror
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Phobic Disorder (Phobia)
Definition
irrational, overwhelming, persistent fear of object or situation
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Definition
person with anxiety-provoking thoughts and/or repetitive, ritualistic behavior
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Definition
occurs when exposed to traumatic event, disabling person's ability to cope
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Somatoform Disorders (definition)
Definition
person with symptoms of physical problem as a result of psychosocial
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Somatoform Disorders (disorders)
Definition
Hypochondria, Munchhausen's Syndrome, and Conversion Disorder
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Hypochondria
Definition
preoccupation with fear of disease
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Munchhausen's Syndrome
Definition
pretending to be sick to get attention
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Conversion Disorder
Definition
Blindness, deafness, paralysis, etc)
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Factitious Disorders
Definition
person's fabrication of medical or mental disorder
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Dissociative Disorders
Definition
loss of memory or change of identity
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Delirium, dementia, amnesia, Alzheimer's disease, and other cognitive disorders
Definition
mental disorders involving problems in consciousness and cognition
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Mood Disorders
Definition
depressive disorders and bipolar disorder
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Definition
distorted thoughts and perceptions, odd communication, and inappropriate emotion
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Substance-related disorders
Definition
alcohol-related disorders, cocaine-related disorders, hallucinogen-related disorders, and drug-related disorders
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Sexual and gender identity disorders
Definition
3 main types: gender-identity disorders, paraphilias, and sexual dysfunctions
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paraphilias
Definition
person has a preference for unusual sexual acts to stimulate sexual arousal
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Sleep Disorders
Definition
insomnia and narcolepsy
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impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified
Definition
kleptomania, pyromania, and compulsive gambling
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Adjustment Disorders
Definition
distressing emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to identifiable stressor
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Name of Frankl's book?
Definition
Man's Search for Meaning
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Where is Victor Frankl from?
Definition
Vienna, Austria
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Why did Frankl stay in Germany?
Definition
because of the 5th commandment, "honor your parents"
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Depressive Disorders
Definition
disorder where individual suffers from depression, an unrelenting lack of pleasure in life
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Definition
major depressive episode and depressed characteristics for at least 2 weeks
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Dysthymic Disorder (DD)
Definition
disorder that is more chronic and with fewer symptoms than major depressive disorder
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Learned Helplessness
Definition
feeling of powerlessness when exposed to aversive circumstances like prolonged stress
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What is a Kapo?
Definition
a Nazi concentration camp prisoner who was given privileges to supervise other prisoners
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What concentration camp was Frankl in?
Definition
Auschwitz
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Bipolar Disorder
Definition
extreme mood swings that includes one or more episodes of mania (overexcited)
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Dissociative Amnesia
Definition
extreme memory loss caused by psychological stress
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Dissociative fugue
Definition
not only amnesia, but also travels away from home and assumes new identity
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Dissociative identity disorder (DID)
Definition
mutiple personality disorder. has more than one distinct personality
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Schizophrenia
Definition
highly disordered thought processes
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Hallucinations
Definition
sensory experiences that occur in absence of real stimuli
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Delusions
Definition
false beliefs that aren't part of individual's culture
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Referential Thinking
Definition
ascribing personal meaning to random events
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Catatonia
Definition
immobility and unresponsiveness for a long time
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Flat affect
Definition
display or little or no emotion
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Diathesis-stress model
Definition
view of schizophrenia caused by bio-genetic disposition and stress
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personality disorder
Definition
maladaptive, cognitive behavioral patterns in one's personality
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Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)
Definition
guiltlessness, law-breaking, and exploitation of others
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Definition
pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotions
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Documentation of multiple personality disorders
Definition
"Me, Myself, and Irene", "Sybil", and "the Three Faces of Eve"
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Psychometrics
Definition
psychological testing of all types
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IQ Test
Definition
Stanford-Binet
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Purpose of IQ test
Definition
putting a number on intelligence
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