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Clinical Psychology
Exam 2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
03/30/2010

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psychological disorders
Definition
persistently harmful thoughts, feelings, and actions
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What does ADHD stand for?
Definition
attention-deficit disorder
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What doe the medical model assume?
Definition
that psychological disorders are mental illnesses that can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy, sometimes in a hospital.
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What is the bio-psychosocial approach?
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assumes that disordered behavior, like other behavior arises from genetic predispositions and physiological states, inner psychological dynamics; and social cultural circumstances
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What are some biological influences on psychological disorders?
Definition
evolution, individual genes, brain structure and chemistry
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What are some psychological influences on psychological disorders?
Definition
stress, trauma, learned helplessness, and mood0related perceptions and memories
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What are some social-cultural influences on psychological disorders?
Definition
roles, expectations, and definitions of normality and disorder
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What classifies a person's disorder as schizophrenia?
Definition
talks incoherently, hallucinates, or has delusions(bizarre beliefs), shows either little emotion or inappropriate emotion or is socially withdrawn
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What does DSM stand for?
Definition
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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What does the DSM cover?
Definition
medical and psychological disorders
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When is behavior considered disordered?
Definition
deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional
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How many axis are there?
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5
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What are the dangers of the diagnostic labels?
Definition
they can stigmatize a person by biasing others' interpretations and perceptions of past and present behaviors and by affecting the ways people react to the labeled person
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What are the potential benefits of using diagnostic labels?
Definition
they establish a common vocabulary for mental health professionals giving therapy, and for researchers working on causes and treatments of disorders
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What does ICD stand for?
Definition
International Classification of Diseases
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What is generalized anxiety disorder?
Definition
when a person is unexplainably and continually tense and uneasy
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What is a panic disorder?
Definition
when a person experiences sudden episodes of intense dread
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What is a phobia?
Definition
when a person feels irrationally and intensely afraid of a specific object or situation
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What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? (OCD)
Definition
when a person is troubled by repetitive thoughts or actions
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What is agoraphobia?
Definition
fear or avoidance of situations in which escape might be difficult or help unavailablewhen panic strikes
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What is social phobia?
Definition
an intense fear of being scrutinized by others
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