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Pyschology Chapter 13
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
12/07/2012

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psycholgical disorder?
Definition
deviant, distressful, and disfunctional patterns of thought, feelings, and actions.
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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Definition
a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age by age 7 of one or more of the three symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
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medical mode?
Definition
the concept that diseases, inthis case pyschological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnoised, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through trestment at the hospital.
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DSM IV TR
Definition
the american psychiatric associations diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, it is a book that is widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.
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A list of anxiety disorders...p. 41
Definition
1. generalized anxiety disorder
2, panic disorder
3. phbias
4. obsessive complusive disorder
. post tramatic stress disorder
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anxiety disorders?
Definition
psychological disorders characteriszed by distressing, persistant anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.
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geneeralized anxiety disorder?
Definition
an anxiety disorder in which a person continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous sytem arrousal.
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panic disorder?
Definition
an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictible minutes long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiances terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or frightneing sensations.
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phobia?
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an anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.
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obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?
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an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and...or actions (compulsions).
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post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
Definition
an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawl, jumpy anxiety, and...or insomia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.
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post traumatic growth?
Definition
positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extrememly challenging circumstances and life crises.
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somatoform disorder?
Definition
psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form wihtout apparent physical cause. (see coversion disorder and hypochondiasis)
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coversion disorder?
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a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiances very soecific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found.
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hypochondriasis?
Definition
a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normalb physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.
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ddissocitive disorders?
Definition
disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.
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dissociative identity disorder (DID)
Definition
a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternatining personalites. Formerely called multiple personality disorder.
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mood disorders?
Definition
psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. see bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and mania.
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major depressive disorder?
Definition
a mood disorder in which a person experiances, 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.
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mania?
Definition
a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, widely optimistic state.
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bipolar disorder?
Definition
a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (formerly called manic-depressive disorder.)
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schizophrenia?
Definition
a group of severe disorders characterized by unorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.
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psychotic disorder?
Definition
a psychological dis order in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions.
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delusions?
Definition
false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.
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types of schizophrenia?
Definition
paranoid: thinking that one is being targeted or persecuted, can be identified by hallucinations.

Disorganized: flat or inappropriate emotions..with disorganized speech.

Catatonic: excessive movement, copying other people's movements and speech.

Undifferentiated: having many varied symptoms.

residual: withdrawal after hallucinations and delusions have disappeared.
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personality disorders?
Definition
psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and induing behavior patterns that impair social functioning.
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antisocial personality disorder?
Definition
a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong-doing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist.
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