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20 Cards in this Set
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Psychology
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the scientific study of behavior, cognition, and emotion
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Abnormal Psychology
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The application of psychological science to the study and treatment of mental or psychological disorders
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Psychopathology
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symptoms and signs of mental disorders (eg. depressed mood, bizarre beliefs); primarily descriptive, rather than causal
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Syndrome
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a group of symptoms that tend to appear together and are assumed to be part of the same disorder
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Scientist-Practitioner Model
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Emphasizes the integration of science and practice; those who believe in this operate as behavioral scientists and practicing clinicians; the research helps inform practice and vice versa
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anhedonia
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a psychological condition characterized by inability to experience pleasure in acts which normally produce it
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World Health Organization
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an organization that says we need to conduct research to better understand psychological disorders
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Six Core Concepts in Abnormal Psychology
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1. The importance of context in defining and understanding abnormality
2. The continuum between normal and abnormal behavior 3. Cultural and historical relativism in defining and classifying abnormal behavior 4. The advantages and limitations of diagnosis 5. The principle of multiple causality 6. The connection between mind and body |
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diathesis
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underlying condition that increases risk
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stress model
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when you have some kind of life event/major problem that increases risk
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diathesis-stress or predisposing-precipitating model
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a psychological theory that explains behavior as both a result of biological and genetic factors ("nature"), and life experiences ("nurture")
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Personal distress way of defining abnormal behavior
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subjective experience of suffering; missing cases in which an individual does not identify problems in own thoughts/behaviors
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Statistical way of defining abnormal behavior
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statistically unusual behavior; weaknesses, defining cutoff is arbitrary, does not consider whether behavior is harmful or adaptive
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ego syntonic
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when a condition is part of your everyday life
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ego dystonic
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a condition in which the person views symptoms as alien
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maladaptiveness approach to defining abnormal behavior
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the condition causes harm to the person or others; the condition results from dysfunction of an internal (mental or physical) mechanism
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DSM-IV approach to defining abnormal behavior
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present distress, disability, significant risk of suffering death, pain, disability or an important loss of freedom
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conditions excluded from consideration in the DSM-IV approach to defining abnormal behavior
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an expectable response to a particular event, deviant behavior, or non-conforming behavior or appearance
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DSM-I and DSM-II largely based on this
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psychodynamic theory
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DSM-III (revolutionary change) based on this
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subjective distress
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