Psychology – Chapter 14 – Flashcards

the branch of psychology that is concerned with the study of abnormal behavior

are any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes harm to others, or harms their ability to function in daily life

demons

Witchcraft

any behavior that does not allow a person to function within or adapt to the stresses and everyday demands of life

This model explains that disorders such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia are caused by chemical imbalances, genetic problems, brain damage or dysfunction, or some combination of those causes

Recognizes the influence of psychological and social factors in the study, identification, and treatment of psychological disorders

Abnormal behavior is the result of repressed thoughts, memories, and concerns.

Illogical thinking patterns and distorted perceptions can cause psychological disorders

Manual published by the American Psychiatric Association, which describes the criteria used to classify and diagnose mental disorders

Excessive or unrealistic fearfulness and worry are characteristic of anxiety disorders

persistent, irrational fear of some specific object, situation, or activity that poses little or no real danger

Irrational fear and avoidance of any social or performance situation Fear of embarrassing or humiliating oneself in front of others by appearing clumsy, foolish, or incompetent. May take the specific form of performance anxiety

Intense fear of being in a situation from which escape is difficult or impossible if something should go wrong

The person experiences recurring, unpredictable episodes of overwhelming anxiety, fear, or terror. • Can lead to the development of agorphobia

Disorder involving chronic, excessive worry for 6 months or more The worry is either unfounded or greatly exaggerated: difficult to control. Affects twice as many women as men

disorder in which intruding thoughts that occur again and again are followed by repetitive, ritualistic behavior meant to lower the anxiety caused by the thoughts.

disorder resulting from exposure to a major stressor, with symptoms of anxiety, dissociation, nightmares, poor sleep, reliving the event, and concentration problems.

disorders characterized by extreme and unwarranted disturbances in emotion

characterized by episodes of manic behavior and episodes of depression typically with "normal" episodes in between

a condition in which a person reduces eating to the point that their body weight is significantly low, or less than minimally expected

condition in which a person develops a cycle of "binging" or overeating enormous amounts of food at one sitting, and then uses inappropriate methods to "purge" the food (vomiting, misuse of laxatives).

severe psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate or flat effect, some disturbance in thinking, social withdrawal, and/or other bizarre behavior

condition characterized by loss of contact with reality

imaginary sensation

a false belief that persists even in the face of evidence to the contrary, and when others in the culture do not share in that belief

Long-standing, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of behaving and relating to others