Abnormal Psychology 305
Final test list/terms
Final test list/terms
Kartei Details
| Karten | 65 |
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| Sprache | English |
| Kategorie | Psychologie |
| Stufe | Universität |
| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 17.07.2012 / 06.11.2016 |
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Panic Disorder
An anexity disorder marked by recurrent and upredictable panic attacks
Panic Disorder
An anexity disorder marked by recurrent and upredictable panic attacks
Personality Disorder
A very rigid pattern of inner experience and outward behavior that leads to consistent reactions across various situations
Postpartum Depression
An episode of depression experienced by some new mothers that begins within four weeks after giving birth
Posttratmic Stress Disorder
An anexity disorder in which fear and related symptoms continue to be experienced long after a traumatic event
Psychosis
A state in which a person loses contact with reality in key ways
Resistance
A defense mechanism that blocks a person's free associations or causes the person to change the subject to avoid a painful discussion
Schizoid Personality Disorder
A personality disorder in which a person persistently avoids social relationships and shows little emotional expression
Schizophrenia
A psychotic disorder in which personal. social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of strange perceptions, disturbed thought processes, unusual emotions, and motor abnormalities
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
A personality disorder in which a person displays a pattern of interpersonal problems marked by extreme discomfort in close relationships, odd forms of thinking and perceiving, and behavioral eccentricities.
Seperation Anxiety Disorder
A childhood disorder marked by excessive anxiety, even panic, whenever the child is separated from home or a parent
Serotonin
A neurotransmitter whose abnormal activity is linked to depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and eating disorders
Sexual Masochism
A paraphilia characterized by repeated and intense sexual urges, fantasises, or behaviors that involve being humilated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer
Sexual Sadism
A paraphilia characterized by repeated and intense sexual urges, fantasities, or behaviors that involve inflicting suffering on others
Somatoizatization disorder
A sotomatoform disorder marked by numerous recurring physical aliments without an organic basis. also called Briquet's syndrome
Somatoform disorder
A physical illness or aliment that is largely explained by physchococial causes, in which the patient experiences no sense of wanting or guiding his or her symptoms
Symptom
A ohysical or or psychological sign of a disorder
Systematic Desenitization
A behavioral treatment that uses relaxation training.
Trait Anxiety
The general level of anxiety that a person brings to the various events in his or her life
Transference
According to psychodynamic therorists, a process in which a therapist's patients respond to the therapist as they did or do to important figures in their lives.
Tranvestic Fetishism
A paraphilia consisting of repeated and intense sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors that involve dressing in clothes of the opposite sex. Also known as transvestism or cross-dressing
Unipolar Depression
Depression without a history of mania
Variable
Any charcteristic or event that can vary across time, locations, or persons.
Variable
Any charcteristic or event that can vary across time, locations, or persons.
Voyeurism
A paraphilia in which a person has repeated and intense sexual desires or urges to observe unsuspecting people secretly as they undress or have intercourse, the person also may act on these desires
