Abnormal Psychology Unit 4

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state of arousal that is defined by subjective states of feeling such as sadness, anger, and disgust

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emotion

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pattern of observable behaviors, such as facial expression, that are associated with these subjective feelings

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affect

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pervasive and sustained emotional response that, in its extreme form, can color the person’s perception of the world

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mood

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– depressed mood is accompanied by several other symptoms, such as fatigue, loss of energy, difficulty in sleeping, and changes in appetite

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clinical depression

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elated mood characterized by an exaggerated feeling of physical and emotional well-being

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euphoria

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several features of behavior that may accompany onset of depression including slower movement

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psychomotor retardation

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chronic mild depressive condition that has been present for many years along with other symptoms

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dysthymia

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person who has experienced at least one manic episode

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bipolar I disorder

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chronic but less severe form of bipolar disorder

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cyclothymia

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particularly severe type of depression; indication of a possibly good response to biological forms of treatment

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melancholia

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period of recovery

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remission

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enduring and highly organized representations of prior experience

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schema

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probability that a person will become depressed as a function of the explanations and importance that the person prescribes to negative life events

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casual attributions

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– turning inward, contemplating causes and implications of sadness

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ruminative style

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working on hobbies or other activities to draw attention away from symptoms of depression

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distracting style

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ranges from 0 to 100 percent that genetic factors alone are responsible for development of the trait in question

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heritability

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chemical messenger that is enhanced by medications such as Prozac

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serotonin

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based on the recognition that a repeated episode of either mania or depression is often precipitated by one of the following factors: stressful life events, disruptions in social rhythms, and failure to take medication

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interpersonal and social rhythm therapy

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exposure to bright light for 1 to 2 hours every day; may help normalize circadian rhythms

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modern light therapy

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occurs when people become relatively detached from society and when they feel that their existence is meaningless

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egoistic suicide

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occurs when the rules of the social group dictate that the person must sacrifice his or her own life for the sake of others

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altruistic suicide

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occurs following a sudden breakdown in social order or a disruption of the norms that govern people’s behavior

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anomic suicide

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occurs when the circumstances under which a person lives become unbearable

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fatalistic suicide

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precedes the active phase and is marked by an obvious deterioration in role functioning as a student, employee, or homemaker

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prodromal

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symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized speech occur

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active

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follows the active phase and is defined by signs and symptoms that are similar in respects to those seen during prodromal phase

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residual

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flattening or restriction of the person’s nonverbal display of emotional responses

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blunted affect

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inability to experience pleasure

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anhedonia

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indecisiveness, ambivalence, and loss of willpower

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avolition

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impoverished thinking and speech disturbance

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alogia

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replying to a question with an irrelevant response

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tangentiality

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immobility and muscular rigidity or excitement and overactivity

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catatonia

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ambiguous and somewhat controversial category that describes the symptoms of those who fall on the boundary between schizophrenia and mood disorder with psychotic features; applies only to the description of an episode of disturbance rather than the lifetime course of a disorder

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schizoaffective disorder

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those who do not meet full symptomatic criteria for schizophrenia, but are preoccupied for at least 1 month with delusions that are not bizarre

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delusional disorder

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includes those who exhibit psychotic symptoms for at least 1 day but no more than 1 month; person returns to the same level of functioning as prior to the episode

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brief psychotic disorder

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concept that refers to a collection of negative attitudes displayed by relatives of patients with schizophrenia; if one person is hostile, the family environment is considered high in expressed emotion

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expressed emotion

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vulnerability markers; component or trait that lies somewhere on the pathway between the genotypes and symptoms

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endophenotypes

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patient presented with series of items and asked to remember the sequence; one of most frequently used measures of working memory

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NBack task

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abnormal involuntary movements of the mouth and face and spasmodic movements of the limbs and trunk of body

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tardive dyskinea

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structured, educational approach to social problems that involve modeling, role playing, and provision of social reinforcement for appropriate behaviors

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social skills training

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psychosocial intervention that is delivered by an interdisciplinary team of clinicians that provide a combination of treatments including education, support, sills training, and rehabilitation

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assertive community treatment

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gradual worsening loss of memory and related cognitive functions, including the use of language, as well as reasoning and decision making

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dementia

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confusional state that develops over a short period of time and is often associated with agitation and hyperactivity

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delirium

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memory impairments more limited than those of dementia or delirium; loss of ability to learn new information or recall old information

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amnestic disorder

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unusual amount of debris left from dead neurons, common in those with Alzheimer’s

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plaque

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loss of memory for events prior to the onset of an illness or the experience of a traumatic event

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retrograde amnesia

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inability to learn or remember new material after a particular point in time

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anterograde amnesia

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various types of loss or impairment in language that are caused by brain damage

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aphasia

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difficulty performing purposeful movements in response to verbal commands

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apraxia

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problems identifying stimuli in the environment (ex. Recognizing faces)

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agnosia

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tics, tremors, and jerky movements of the face and limbs

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dyskinesia

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condition of patients with symptoms of dementia whose cognitive impairment is actually produced by a major depressive disorder

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pseudodementia