Psychopathology – The Study Of Abnormal Behavior – Flashcards
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Psychopathology
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The study of abnormal behavior 1. Behaviorist perspective 2. Psycho-dynamic perspective
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Situational Context
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The environmental setting of a person behavior 1. Worklife 2. Homelife
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Subjective Discomfort
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Emotional Distress or emotional pain 1. Agoraphobia 2. Occurs in many settings
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Maladaptive
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Anything preventing a person from normal functioning 1. Cutting oneself 2. Avoiding social settings
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Psychological Disorders
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Any behavior that causes people enough stress to harm others or themselves 1. Hard to define criteria 2. Abnormality versus insanity
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Biological Model
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Behavior caused by biological changes in the body 1. Schizophrenia 2. Depression
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Cultural Relativity
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Consideration of culture in medical diagnosis 1. TKS 2. Susto
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Culture-Bound Syndromes
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Disorders found only in particular cultures 1. Amok 2. Anorexia Nervosa
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Cognitive Psychologists
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Pyschologists who believe the struggle of the mind is between logical and illogical thoughts. 1. Abnormal behavior is illogical 2. Normal behavior is logical
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Bio-psychosocial Model
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Abnormal behavior is combination of factors 1. Culture 2. Social
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Anxiety Disorders
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Excessive or unrealistic anxiety and fearfulness 1. Treated with Alprazolam 2. Free-floating anxiety
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Free-floating anxiety
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Anxiety that is has no realistic reason 1. Worrying about losing job even though it is not in jeoprady 2. Worrying about bank going bankrupt even though economy is good
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phobia
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Fear 1. Agoraphobia 2. Mysophobia
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Social Phobia
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Fear of interacting with others 1. Can drastically reduce quality of life 2. Makes peoples home their prisons
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Specific Phobia
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Fear of Objects or specific situations or events 1. Arachnophobia 2. Ceraunophobia
