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NSU psych 101
NSU Chapter 14
Question | Answer |
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abnormal behavior | behavior that is deviant, maladaptive or personally distressful over a long period of time |
medical model | a biological approach that describes psychological disorders as medical diseases with a biological origin |
DSM-IV-TR | abbreviation for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition; the current version of the APA's major classification of psychological disorders |
anxiety disorders | psychological disorders that feature motor tension, hyperactivity and apprehensive expectations and thoughts. |
panic disorder | an anxiety disorder marked by recurrent sudden onsets of intense apprehension or terror |
Obsessive-compulsive disorder | an anxiety disorder in which the individual has anxiety-provoking thoughts that will not go away (obsession) and/or urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic behaviors to present or produce some future situation (compulsion) |
post-traumatic stress disorder | an anxiety disorder that develops through exposure to a traumatic event, severly oppressive situations, severe abuse, and natural and unnatural disasters |
mood disorders | psychological disorders in which there is a primary disturbance in mood. Prolonged emotion that colors the individual's entire emotional state |
depressive disorders | mood disorders in which the individual suffers from depression. An unrelenting lack of pleasure in life. |
major depressive disorder | a mood disorder indicated by a major depressive episode and depressed characteristics, such as lethargy and hopelessness, lasting at least two weeks |
dysthymic disorder | a depressive disorder that is generally more chronic and has fewer symptoms than major depressive disorder |
bipolar disorder | a mood disorder characterized by extreme mood swings that include one or more episodes of mania (an overexcited, unrealistically optimistic state) |
schizophrenia | a severe psychological disorder that is characterized by highly disordered thought processes |
hallucinations | sensory experiences in the absence of real stimuli |
catatonia | a state of immobility and unresponsiveness |
flat affect | a negative symptom in which the person shows little or no emotion speaks without emotional inflection, and maintains an immobile facial expression. |