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Psychology
12th Grade
03/27/2012

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Term
Criteria of Abnormality
Definition
1) Behavior away from norm
2) Interfere with normal functioning
3)Personality distress
4)Deviance from social norms
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Phillip Pinel
Definition
Insisted that madness was not a demon possession but a sickness in response to severe stress and inhumane conditions
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Thomas Szasz
Definition
Mental illness are social not medically determined
Term
DSM Diagonstic Statictical Manual of Mental Disorders
Definition
system for classifying psycho. disorders
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Neurotic Disorder
Definition
Think rationally & function socially
Term
Psych disorder
Definition
Lose control with reality, irrational ideas and distorted perceptions.
Term
Anxiety
Definition
Distressing, persistent anxiety or malaptive behaviors reduce it.
Term
Generalized Anxiety disorder
Definition
Person is tense, apprehensive and a state of AN arousal
Term
Panic Disorder
Definition
Marked by minute-long episode/s of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking or other frightening situations
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Phobias
Definition
Persistant, irrational fear or a specific object or situation
Term
Social phobia
Definition
Intense fear of scrutiny by objects (shyness)
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCD
Definition
Unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and actions (compulsions)
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Definition
Tramatic stress (Witnessing threatening unchangable events) symptoms; haunting memories and nightmare insomnia
(Usually found in soldiers)
Term
Pychoanalytic
Definition
Childhood represses energy expressed through anxiety
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Learning/ behavioral
Definition
Product of learned helplessness or fear conditioning
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Observational learning
Definition
Learn fear by observing others, parents -> children
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Treatment for OCD
Definition
Changing daily patterns
1)reliable thought
2) reattribute (blame elsewhere)
3)Refocus
4)Reavaluate
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Intense exposure theory
Definition
Experience fear
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Somotoform disorder
Definition
Presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition and are not fully explained by general medical conditions real or imagined physical symptoms caused by psychological issues
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Conversion disorder
Definition
A person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no psych. basis can be found (loss of touch or pain) "paralysis"
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Hypocondriass
Definition
Preoccupation with fears of having or the idea hat one has a serious disease based on a misinterpretation or one or more bodily symptoms
Term
Body dysmorphic disorder
Definition
A preoccupation with a defect in appearance (imagined or highly exaggerated) impairs social functioning associated with OCD, delusional behavior, social phobia, depression
Term
Mood disorder
Definition
Psych. disorders characterized by emotional extremes
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Major depression
Definition
Person, for no reason experiences 2 or more weeks of depression, persistent feelings of despondency, worthlessness, hopelessness and diminished inerest or pleasure in activities
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Dysthymic disorder
Definition
Depressed mood for most of the day, for atleast 2 years, response from trauma
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Seasonal affective disorder
Definition
Severe depression and elevated mood (seasonal winter sad, summer happy)
Light therapy
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Bipolar disorder
Definition
Alternates b/t hopelessness and depression and overexcited state of mania
Term
Bipolar 1
Definition
Mania - Depression
Term
Bipolar 2
Definition
Depression - Mania
Term
Manic episode
Definition
Marked by hyper-active wildl optimistic state
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Cyclothymic Disorder
Definition
Numerous periods of manic episodes
Cycles of
Brain chemicals - Cognition - mood
and
Stressful event - negative explanory style - depressed mood - cognitive and behavior changes
Term
NTM bio
Definition
Dopamine, norephrine, seretoniine
Term
A.T Beck
Definition
Depressed people hold pessimistic views of themselves; the world, the future, situational bases ( behavior /enviremental)

Postive correlation b/t stressful life events and onset of depression.
Term
Psychoanalytic theory
Definition
Ass. with childhood loss reaching consciousness of turning anger into loss onto themselves (loss of relationship or job loss)
Term
Dissocitive disorderss
Definition
Diss. div. of consciousness into multi-levels of awareness (Mary Regnolds)
Term
Dissosiative Identity Disorder
Definition
Rare diss. in which a person exhibits 2 or more distinct and altering personalities
Term
Diss. Amnesia
Definition
Memory loss, selective loss surrounding traumatic events, can be global loss of identity w/o replacement with a new one
Term
Diss. Fugue
Definition
Global amnesia with id replacement (way to get out triggers of old life)
Term
Schizophernia
Definition
Greek word meaning "split" and "mind"
Disorganized, delusional thinking
Loss of contact with reality
Term
What is the main ages for men when they get schizophrenia?
Definition
18-25
Term
Ages for women to get schizophrenia?
Definition
26-45
Term
Delusions of Persecution
Definition
"they're out to get me"
Term
Del. of Grandur
Definition
God complex
Term
Del. of being controlled
Definition
CIA is controlling my brain with a radio signal
Term
+ Symptoms of Schizo.
Definition
Hallucinations, delusions
Term
- Symptoms for schizo.
Definition
Absence of normal cognition
Term
Chronic or Process (for schizo)
Definition
Slow-developing process fro fathering
Term
Word salad
Definition
Jumping from one idea to another even within sentences
Term
Clang Ass.
Definition
Rhyming last word of the sentence
Term
Types of Schizo
Definition
Paranoid
Disorganized
Catatonic
Undifferent
Residual
Term
Anxious & fearful P.D
Definition
Avoidant personality dis.
Term
Paranoid P.D
Definition
Paranoid ad schizoid p.d
Term
Schizo-Loners
Definition
Lack emotional responsiveness
Term
Avoidant P.D
Definition
Desire relationships but prevent from having them out of disproval
Term
Histronic P.D
Definition
Display shallow, attention-getting, emotional
Term
Narcissistic P.D
Definition
Exaggerating own importance, aided by success fantasies, can't accept criticism
Term
Borderline P.D
Definition
(Unstable) and intense relationhips.
Depend on others and yet sabotage relationships
Fear of abandonment and emptiness (75% cases women )
Term
Antisocial P.D
Definition
Exhibits lack of conscience for wrong doing maybe aggressive and ruthless
Con Artist
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