Abnormal Psychology Unit 2

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sudden overwhelming experience of freight defined largely by somatic physical reactions

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panic attack

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repetitive, unwanted, and intrusive cognitive events that may take the form of thoughts/images/impulses

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obsessions

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repetitive behaviors or mental acts that are used to reduce anxiety

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compulsions

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persistent emotional disturbance in which the person is aware of nature of the problem

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neurosis

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experience of recurrent, unexpected panic attacks

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panic disorder

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what do lumpers believe about anxiety?

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anxiety is a general condition with NO subdivisions

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what do splitters say about anxiety?

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anxiety is distinguished among a number of conditions, each having a supposed separate etiology

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specialized circuit in the brain shaped by evolutionary pressures that aids in the learning of fears

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module

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these serve particular adaptive functions, such as recognizing faces and language that make learning fears and maintaing them easy

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prepared modules

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reducing fear of internal bodily sensations associated with onset of panic attack

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interoceptive exposure

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finding faults in patients reactions to worst-case scenarios

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decatastrophizing

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minor tranquilizers that bind to specific receptor sites in the brain ordinarily associated with neurotransmitters known as gamma-aminobutyric acid; most common and effective means of treating anxiety

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benzodiazepines

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disruption of the normally integrated mental processes involved in memory, consciousness, identity, or perception

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dissociation

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defined by the DSM-IV-TR as an event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others and creates intense feelings of fear, helplessness, or horror

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traumatic stress

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occurs within 4 weeks of exposure to traumatic stress, reexperiencing of the event, avoidance of reminders, and marked anxiety

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acute stress disorder

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person feels and acts as if the trauma actually were recurring in the moment

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dissociative state

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emotions are dampened or even nonexistent

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numbing of responsiveness

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feeling cut off from oneself or their environment

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depersonalization

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marked sense of unreality about yourself and the world around you

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derealization

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inability to recall important aspects of a traumatic experience

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dissociative amnesia

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this is caused by normal but painful stressors, and involves normal reactions to these events

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adjustment disorder

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this will be the diagnosis if the symptoms are no severe enough to meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD or ASD

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subclinical ASD

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combination of classical conditioning and operant conditioning that is hypothesized to explain the acquisition and maintenance of fear; fears are acquired through classical conditioning and maintained through operant

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two-factor theory

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eventually finding some value or reason for having endured trauma

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mean-making

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positive changes resulting from trauma

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posttraumatic growth

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a 1-5 hour group meeting offered 1 to 3 days following a disaster

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critical incident stress debriefing

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reduces recurrent nightmares by reliving them while awake but rewriting script in any way the client wants

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imagery rehearsal therapy

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these are characterized by persistent, maladaptive disruptions in the integration of memory, consciousness, or identity

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dissociative disorder

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rare disorder characterized by sudden, unplanned travel, the inability to remember details of past, and identity confusion

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dissociative amnesia

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reflects ancient view that frusturated sexual desires, particular a womans desire to have a baby, cause symptoms

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hysteria

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this is the diagnosis when two or more personalities coexist within a single individual, and one or both may be aware of existence of the other

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dissociative identity disorder

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evaluations of the past from the vantage point of the present

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retrospective reports

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process where learning that takes place in one state of affect is best recalled in the same affect

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state-dependent learning

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manufacture of a disorder by its treatment

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iatrogenesis

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unusual physical symptoms that occur in the absence of physical illness

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somatoform disorder

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characterized by physical symptoms of neurological diseases such as blindness or paralysis; symptoms often make no anatomic sense

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conversion disorder

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history of multiple somatic complaints in the absence of organic impairments

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somatization disorder

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dramatic, self-centered, and seductive style

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histrionic

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flippant lack of concern about symptoms

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la belle indifference

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preoccupation with pain

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pain disorder

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pretending to have physical illness in order to achieve some external gain

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malingering

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feigned condition that is motivated primarily by a desire to assume the sick role

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factitious disorder

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lifelong pattern of irresponsible behavior that involves habitual violations of social rules

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antisocial personality disorder

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physical complaint is assumed to be part of somatoform disorder only when physical causes are ruled out

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diagnosis by exclusion

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external reinforcement (ex. avoiding work or gaining sympathy)

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secondary gain

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desire for close relationships

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affiliation

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persons most basic, characteristic styles of relating to the world, especially evident within the first year of life

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temperament

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pervasive tendency to be inappropriately suspicious of others motives/behaviors

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paranoid personality disorder

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pervasive pattern of indifference toward others, coupled with diminished range of emotional experience/expression

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schizoid personality disorder

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peculiar patterns of behavior in the form of perceptual or cognitive disturbance

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schizotypal personality disorder

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instability in mood and interpersonal relationships

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borderline personality disorder

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excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior

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histrionic personality disorder

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grandiosity, need for admiration, and inability to emphasize with others

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narcissistic personality disorder

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social discomfort, fear of negative evaluation, and timidity

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avoidant personality disorder

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submissive and clinging behavior

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dependent personality disorder

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orderliness, perfectionism, and mental/interpersonal control at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency

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obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

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tendency to see people or events alternately as entirely good or bad

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splitting

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use of broadly based behavioral strategies with more general principles of supportive psychotherapy

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dialectical behavior therapy

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process of reasoning that places opposite or contradictory ideas side by side

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dialectics