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| Whether a disorder runs in a family. |
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| (A naming system) Organizing allows us to study different disorders and learn more about what causes them & what can treat them. |
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| Deviates from the norm of the society in which it is enacted |
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| The study of the distribution of diseases, disorders, or health-related behaviors in a given population. |
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| Refers to the number of active cases in a population during any given period of time. |
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| Refers to the estimated proportion of actual active cases of the disorder in a given population at any instant in time. |
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| Count everyone who suffered from a specific disorder at any time during a whole year. |
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| Estimate of how many suffered from a particular disorder at any time in their life. |
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| Number of new cases that occur over a given period of time (typically 1 year) Incidence figures are typically lower than prevalence figures. |
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| The term used to describe the presence of two or more disorders in the same person. |
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| A wide ranging method of treatment that focused on a patients social, individual, and occupational needs. |
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| Term used to describe a disorder of sudden onset, usually with intense symptoms. |
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| Historically, these were institutions meant solely for the care of the mentally ill. |
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| The study of overt behavior rather than the study of theoretical mentalistic constructs. |
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| An in-depth examination of an individual or family that draws from a number of data sources, including interviews & psychological testing. |
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| Discharge of emotional tension associated with something, such as by talking about past traumas. |
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| Term used to describe a long-standing or frequently recurring disorder, often with progressing seriousness. |
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| A basic form of learning in which a neutral stimulus is paired repeatedly with an unconditioned stimulus (US) that naturally elicits an unconditional response (UR). After repeated pairings, the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS) that elicits a conditioned response (CR). |
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| Comparison (CONTROL) Group |
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| Group of people who do not exhibit the disorder being studied but who are comparable in all other major respects to the criterion group. |
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| Group of people with a disorder or are being studied and compared with the Control Group. |
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| The movement to close many mental hospitals and treat people with severe mental disorders in the community. |
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| Method for probing the unconscious by having patients talk freely about themselves, their feelings, & their motives. (Freudian) |
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| Assiging a person to a particular diagnostic category, such as schizophrenia. |
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| Historically, widespread occurrence of group behavior of disorders that were apparently cases of hysteria. |
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| A relationship between two variables such that a high score on one variable is associated with a low score on another variable. |
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| In contrast to experimental research (which involves manipulating variables in some way and seeing what happens), in observational research the researcher simply observes or asseses the characteristics of different groups, learning about them without manipulating the conditions to which they are exposed. Sometimes called "Correlational research", although the former is the preferred term. |
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| Form of learning in which if a particular response is reinforced, it becomes more likely to be repeated on similar occasions. |
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| A relationship between two variables such that a high score on one variable is associated with a high score on another variable. |
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| Methods Freud used to study & treat patients. |
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| The process of selecting a representative subgroup from a defined population of interest. |
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| Data collected directly from participants, typically by means of interviews or questionaires. |
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| The tendency to jump to conclusions about what a person is like based on beliefs about that group that exist in the culture. |
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| The portion of the mind that contains experiences of which a person is unaware. |
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| Behavior that interferes with our well being & our ability to enjoy our work & our relationships. |
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| Indefining abnormality, we make value judgements. If something is statistically rare and undescribal, we are most likely to consider it abnormal. (EX: In Africa, ladies walk around topless, in America, we would find that deviant.) |
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| Violation of the Standards of Society |
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| When people fail to follow the conventional social & moral rules, we may consider their behavior abnormal. |
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| Someone who causes social discomfort, someone who doesn't know their boundaries. |
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| Irrationality & Unpredictability |
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| Someone who acts irrationally and unpredictable. We fear that. |
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| Doesnt talk about the cause, it only talks about diagnostics. |
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