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Abnormal Psychology Final Exam




Abnormal Psychology Final Exam Study
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Answers/ Already Graded A+ 2024-
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abnormal behavior - Answer: Patterns of thought, emotion, and actions that are
deviant, unexpected, or "away from the standard" based on statistical, social-
cultural, and/or functional standards.

, Abnormal Psychology Final Exam




abnormal psychology - Answer: The scientific study of abnormal behavior in order
to describe, predict, explain, and ultimately change abnormal patterns of
functioning.


acute stress disorder - Answer: An anxiety disorder in which fear and related
symptoms are experienced soon after a traumatic event, often including amnesia
about the event, emotional numbing, and derealization, and lasting less than a
month. Many victims later develop posttraumatic stress disorder.


addiction - Answer: Physical dependence on a substance marked by tolerance,
withdrawal symptoms during abstinence, or both.


affect - Answer: A subjective feeling of emotion or mood often accompanied by
bodily expressions noticeable to others.


age of onset - Answer: Person's age when he or she develops or exhibits
symptoms of a disorder.


agnosia - Answer: Inability to recognize and name objects; may be a symptom of
dementia or other brain disorders.


agoraphobia - Answer: Anxiety about being in places or situations from which
escape might be difficult (or embarrassing) or help unavailable if panic symptoms
were to occur.

, Abnormal Psychology Final Exam




alogia - Answer: Deficiency in the amount or content of speech, a disturbance
often seen in people with schizophrenia. Also known as poverty of speech.


alternate personalities / alters - Answer: In dissociative identity disorder, the
additional identities along with the host identity. Also known as subpersonalities.


American Law Institute (ALI) test (1955) - Answer: A legal test for insanity that
holds a person to be insane at the time of committing a crime, if during criminal
conduct, the individual could not judge right from wrong or control his or her
behavior as required by law. Compare M'Naghten Rule and irresistible impulse.


amnestic disorders - Answer: Organic disorders in which the primary symptom is
memory loss.


anhedonia - Answer: Inability to experience pleasure, associated with some mood
and schizophrenic disorders.


anorexia nervosa - Answer: Eating disorder characterized by continual food refusal
and the pursuit of extreme thinness, leading to dangerously low body weight.


antisocial personality disorder - Answer: A personality disorder marked by a
pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others. Deceitful,
unremorseful, manipulative, lacks anxiety and guilt.

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anxiety - Answer: Mood state characterized by marked negative affect, behaviors,
and bodily symptoms of tension in which a person apprehensively anticipates
future danger or misfortune.


anxiety disorders - Answer: A varied group of disorders that all have anxiety, fear,
or tension as an essential feature. Includes specific phobias, social phobia, panic
disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and
posttraumatic stress disorder.


aphasia - Answer: Impairment or loss of language skills resulting from brain
damage caused by stroke, Alzheimer's disease, or other illness or trauma.


apraxia - Answer: Loss of motor activities (such as walking); one of the symptoms
of dementia.


Asperger's disorder - Answer: A pervasive developmental disorder in which
individuals display profound social impairment and restricted or unusual
behaviors, but without language delays seen in autism.


attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Answer: Developmental
disorder in which persons are unable to focus their attention, they behave
hyperactively or impulsively, or both.

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