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Defining Psychological Disorders Mock Exam |100% Correct| Abnormal Psychology *Ans* application of psychological science to understanding and treating mental disorders ADHD *Ans* a developmental behavior disorder characterized by problems with focus, difficulty maintaining attention, and in...

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Abnormal Psychology *Ans* application of psychological science to understanding and

treating mental disorders



ADHD *Ans* a developmental behavior disorder characterized by problems with focus,

difficulty maintaining attention, and inability to concentrate, in which symptoms start before 13

years of age, most commonly diagnosed, 1/20 american children, 70% more common in males



Agroaphobia *Ans* anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be

difficult or embarrassing, or in which help may not be available



Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) *Ans* pervasive pattern of violation of the rights of

others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood (psychopath)



Anxiety *Ans* the nervousness or agitation that we sometimes experience, often about

something that is going to happen; natural part of life



Anxiety Disorders *Ans* psychological disturbances marked by irrational fears, often of

everyday objects and situations

, Associative Amnesia *Ans* psych disorder that involves extensive, but selective, memory

loss, but in which there is no physiological explanation for the forgetting



Autism *Ans* a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction

and communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior, and which symptoms begin before

age 7; trouble seeing world from others perspective; unusual behaviors; 1% of american children



Bio-psycho-social model of illness *Ans* a way of understanding disorder that assumes that

disorder is caused by biological, psychological, and social factors; biological - the influences on

disorder that come from the functioning of the individuals body, genetics make some more

vulnerable; psychological - influences that come from the individual, patterns of negative

thinking and stress responses; social - the influences on disorder due to social and cultural factors

such as class status, homelessness, abuse, and discrimination



Bipolar Disorder *Ans* a psychological disorder characterized by swings in mood from

overly "high" to sad and hopeless, and back again, with periods of near-normal mood in between



Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) *Ans* psychological disorder characterized by a

prolonged disturbance of personality accompanied by mood swings, unstable personal

relationships, identity problems, threats of self-destructive behavior, fears of abandonment, and

impulsivity

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