Final Exam Study Guide for Psychology

This part of the Study Guide includes topics from Psychological Disorders.

This part of the Study Guide includes topics from Psychological Disorders.

Maria Delgadillo

Maria Delgadillo

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

- A personality disorder in which a person (usually male) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even towards friends and family members. Aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist. Difficulty feeling empathy for others. Begin the symptoms during childhood (ex: cruelty to animals).

Psychotherapy

- Treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth. 

Psychopharmacology

- The study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior.

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

- A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.  Most patients are women. Controversial.