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Exam #2 Terms- Abnormal Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
11/02/2010

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Anxiety

Definition

Emotional state with

1) psysiological arousal

2) unpleasant feelings of tension

3) and sense of Apprehension/foreboding

 

 

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Anxiety Disorder

Definition

Excessive/maladaptive anxiety reactions

-Features:

1) Physical features

2) Behavioral features

3) Cognitive features

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Panic Disorder
Definition

Repeated intense anxiety/panic

-stronger physical components than other anxiety reactions

 

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Agoraphobia
Definition

Excessive, irrational fear of open/public places

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Phobia
Definition

Excessive, irrational fear.

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Specific Phobia

Definition

Phobia specific to an object or situation.

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Social Phobia

Definition

Excessive fear of social interactions/situations.

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Two-Factor Model

Definition

Theoretical model of development of phobic reactions on basis of classical and operant conditioning.

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Systematic Desensitization

Definition

Behavioral therapy to overcome phobia through exposure to progressively more fearful stimuli while being relaxed.

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Fear-Stimulus Hierarchy

Definition

Ordered series of increasingly fearful stimuli.

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Gradual Exposure

Definition

Behavioral therapy through overcoming fears by stepwise process of exposure to increasingly fearful stimuli in imagination or real-life situations.

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Flooding

Definition

Behavioral therapy to overcome fears by exposure to high levels of fear-inducing stimuli.

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Virtual Reality Therapy

Definition

Exposure therapy by presenting phobic stimlu in virtual reality environment.

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Cognitive Restructuring

Definition

Cognitive therpay involving replacement of irrational thoughts with rational alternatives.

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OCD

Definition

Type of anxiety disorder with recurrent obsession, compulsions, or both.

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Obsession

Definition

Recurring thought/image that person can't control.

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Compulsion

Definition

Repetitive/ritualistic behavior where person feels compelled to perform.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Definition

General feelings of dread/foreboding and heightened states of bodily arousal.

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Acute Stress Disorder

Definition

Traumatic stress reaction occruing after the month following exposure to traumatic event.

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PTSD

Definition

Prolonged maladaptive reaction to a traumatic event.

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Eye movement desensitization and prerocessing


(EMDR)

Definition

Controversial form of therapy for PTSD involving eye tracking of visual target while holding images of the traumatic experience in mind.

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Dissociative Disorder

Definition

Disorder with disruption, or dissociation, of identity, memory, or consciousness.

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Definition

- person had two or more dinstint or later personalities.

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Dissociative Amnesia

Definition

Person experiences memory loss w/o any identifiable organic cause.

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Dissociative Disorder

Definition

One suddenly flees from life situation, travels to new location, assumes a new idetity and has amnesia for person material.

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Depersonalization

Definition

-Feelings of unreality or detachment from one's self or on's body

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Derealization

Definition

Sense of unreality about outisde world.

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Depersonalization Disorder

Definition

Disorder characterized by persistant/recurrent episdoes of depersonalization.

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Somatoform Disorder


Definition

Complaints of physical problems and symptoms that can't be explained by physical causes.

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Malingering

Definition

Faking illness in order to avoid work/duty

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Factitious Disorder

Definition

Intentional fabrication of psychological/physical Sx for no apparent gain.

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Conversion Disorder

Definition

Somatoform disorder characterized by loss or impairment of physical function in the absense of any aparrant oganic causes

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Hypochondriasis

Definition

Misenterpretation physical symptoms as signs of underlyn serious disease

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

(BDD)

Definition

Preoccupation with an imagined/exaggerated physical defect of appearance.

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Pain Disorder

Definition

Psychological factors are presumed to play a significant role in the development, severity, or course of chroni pain.

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Somatization Disorder

Definition

Repeated multiple complaints that can't be explained by physical causes.

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Culture-bound somatoform disorder, found primarily in China in which people fear that their gentials are shrinking

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