Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Vocabulary Chapter 12
Dr. Nancy Loman
16
Psychology
Undergraduate 2
12/06/2011

Additional Psychology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Antisocial personality disorder
Definition
Psychological disorder characterized by guiltlessness, law-breaking, exploitation of others, irresponsibility, and deceit.
Term
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Definition

One of the most common psychological disorders of childhood, in which individuals show one or more of the following: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

 
Term
Anxiety disorders
Definition
Disabling (uncontrollable and disruptive) psychological disorders that feature motor tension, hyperactivity, and apprehensive expectations and thoughts.
Term
Bipolar disorder:
Definition

Mood disorder characterized by extreme mood swings that include one or more episodes of mania, an overexcited, unrealistically optimistic state.

 
Term
Delusions
Definition

False, unusual, and sometimes magical beliefs that are not part of an individual's culture.

 
Term
Flat affect
Definition
The display of little or no emotion—a common negative symptom of schizophrenia.
Term
Hallucinations
Definition
Sensory experiences that occur in the absence of real stimuli.
Term
learned helplessness
Definition
An individual's acquisition of feelings of powerlessness when he or she is exposed to aversive circumstances, such as prolonged stress, over which that individual has no control.
Term
Mood depressive disorder
Definition
Psychological disorders—the main types of which are depressive disorders and bipolar disorder—in which there is a primary disturbance of mood: prolonged emotion that colors the individual's entire emotional state.
Term
Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
Definition

Anxiety disorder in which the individual has anxiety-provoking thoughts that will not go away and/or urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic behaviors to prevent or produce some future situation.

 
Term
Panic disorder
Definition
Anxiety disorder in which the individual experiences recurrent, sudden onsets of intense terror, often without warning and with no specific cause.
Term
Personality disorders
Definition
Chronic, maladaptive cognitive-behavioral patterns that are thoroughly integrated into an individual's personality.
Term
Phobia
Definition
Anxiety disorder characterized by an irrational, overwhelming, persistent fear of a particular object or situation.
Term
Referential thinking
Definition

Ascribing personal meaning to completely random events.

 
Term
Schizophrenia
Definition
Severe psychological disorder characterized by highly disordered thought processes, referred to as psychotic because they are so far removed from reality.
Term
Generalized anxiety
Definition

Psychological disorder marked by persistent anxiety for at least 6 months, and in which the individual is unable to specify the reasons for the anxiety.

 
Supporting users have an ad free experience!