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Abnormal Psych Exam 2
Marquette
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
03/04/2012

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Anxiety
Definition
apprehensions over an anticipated problem
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Agoraphobia
Definition
Anxiety about situations that would be difficult to escape or embarrassing to experience a panic attack.
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Fear
Definition
a reaction to immediate danger.
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specific phobia’s
Definition
Fear of objects or situations that is out of proportion to any real danger ex. fear of snakes, flying and heights
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social phobia
Definition
Fear of unfamiliar people or social scrutiny. Like being shy but really avoiding events and feel symptoms for longer period of time
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
Definition
they highest form, no anxiety, shy, generalized social phobia then ________
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Panic Disorder
Definition
Anxiety about recurrent panic attacks : sometimes accompanied by agoraphobia
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agoraphobia
Definition
Fear of being in places where panic attacks could occur
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obsessive compulsive
Definition
Obsessions which are uncontrollable thoughts impulses or images or compulsions which are repetitive behavior or mental acts.
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generalized anxiety disorder
Definition
Uncontrollable worry for at least 6 months also difficulty concentrating, restlessness and muscle tension.
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post dramatic stress disorder.
Definition
Aftermath of a traumatic experience in which the person re experiences the traumatic event, avoids stimuli associated with the event experienced increased arousal.
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Acute stress disorder
Definition
symptoms similar to post traumatic stress but occur for less than 4 weeks after the traumatic event.
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Phobia
Definition
disruptive fear of a particular object or situation that is out of proportion to any danger posed.
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Claustrophobia
Definition
fear of closed spaces
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Acrophobia
Definition
fear of heights.
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derealization
Definition
a feeling of the worlds not being real
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Depersonalization
Definition
a feeling of being outside ones body.
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Anxiety Disorder
Definition
Specific phobia, social phobia, panic disorder, Post traumatic stress disorder, Acute stress disorder.
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Odds that a person will develop an anxiety disorder
Definition
25%
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Odds that a person will develop a second disorder
Definition
75%
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Odds that a person with anxiety disorder has a major depressive disorder
Definition
60%
Term
Part of the fear circuit that is centrally involved in anxiety disorders
Definition
Amygdala.
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Mowrer's two factor model 1947
Definition
Classical condition
operant condition
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Classical condition
Definition
a person learns to fear a neutral stimulus, the Cs is paired with an intrisically avers stimulus UCS,
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operant condition
Definition
Gains relief from this conditioned fear by avoiding the CS
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Conversion Disorder
Definition
sensory or motor symptoms begin suddenly such as a loss of vision or paralysis.
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anestesia
Definition
loss of sensation
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Dissociative amnesia
Definition
Memory loss typically of a stressful response
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Dissociative fugue
Definition
Memory loss accompanied by leaving home and establishing a new identity
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Depersonalization disorder
Definition
alteration in the experience of the self
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Dissociative identity disorder
Definition
at least two distinct personalities that act independently of each other.
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Somatoform disorders
Definition
psychological problems take a physical form, that is the person experiences bodily symptoms that have no known physical cause.
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The somatoform disorders
Definition
Pain disorder, body dysmorphic, hypochondriasis, somatization disorder. conversion disorder.
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Pain Disorder
Definition
Pain that is brought on and maintained to a significant exent by psychological factors.
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hyprochondriasis
Definition
Preoccupation with fears of having a serious illness
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body dysmorphic disorder
Definition
preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defects in physical appearance.
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Somatization disorder
Definition
Recurrent multiple physical complaints that have no biological basis.
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Conversion disorder
Definition
Sensory or motor symtoms without any physiological causes.
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Malingering
Definition
Physical incapacity faked to avoid responsibility.
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Factitious disorder
Definition
intentionally produced symptoms.
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Cormobitity
Definition
a disorder joined with another disorder.
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Treatment of Somatoform Disorders
Definition
Cognitive behavioral therapy
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Hypochondraiasis treatment
Definition
Cognitive Treatments
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Somatization Disorder Treatment
Definition
Cognition and Behaviorism.
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Amnesia
Definition
Loss of memory, identity, or other personal information, like home or family.
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