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AP Psych Unit 12 B
Term | Definition |
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Conversion Disorder | Somatoform disorder when a person has a loss of physical symptoms and no basis can be found |
Hypochondriasis Disorder | Somatoform disorder when a person is convinced there is something wrong with them when there isn't |
Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue | sudden loss of memory. when a person loses their sense of personal identity |
DID | also known as multiple personality disorder when two or more distinct personalities shows from one person |
MDD | a mood disorder when a person, due to absence of drugs, after two or weeks loses interest in favorites activities |
Bipolar Disorder | a mood disorder when a person alternates between manic and depressive states |
Self-Defeating Beliefs | self-defeating beliefs may arise from learned helplessness |
Serotonin | neurotransmitter that is found mainly in the central nervous system |
Schizophrenia Subtypes | Paranoid, Disorganized, Catatonic, Undifferentrated, and and Residual |
Delusions | false beliefs |