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PSY 657 EXAM 1
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PSY 657 EXAM 1Malingering - ANSWER 1. Intentionally claiming to have a problem that you do
not have
2. motivated by external or tangible incentives or gains
(tangible gain not empathy, etc)
Epidemiology - ANSWER concerned with incidence, prevalence, distribution
Analog study - ANSWER an investigation that attempts to replicate or simulate,
under controlled conditions, a situation that occurs in real life
external validity - ANSWER extent to which we can generalize findings to
real-world settings
internal validity - ANSWER the extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect
inferences from a study
Factitious disorder (Munchausen) - ANSWER A disorder in which the patient
consciously creates the signs/ symptoms of an illness and misrepresents the history
to assume the patient role and get medical attention (primary gain-internal)
The patient is aware that their symptoms is intentional (the mechanism for the
symptoms is clear/conscious)
but the motivation behind the symptoms is unclear/ unconscious.
maybe for itself or by proxy
illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) - ANSWER a disorder in which a person
interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease
There's no intent to fool anyone. They are genuinely worried about their health.
They are not causing an illness. They are simply, but profoundly, anxious about
their well-being.
It's the exaggerated interpretation of any particular physical complaint as being
evidence of some real serious illness.
, somatic symptom disorder - ANSWER a combination of a diagnosis in DSM IV
called somatization disorder as well as a diagnosis called somatoform pain
disorder, and, hypochondriasis
Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) - ANSWER
that some psychologically stressful event or trauma is being converted or
transformed into physical complaints
Freud
might be nonchalant about symptoms
placebo works very well with them
psychological factors affecting other conditions - ANSWER all medical diagnoses
that are caused or exacerbated by emotional or psychological events-- no lying
high blood pressure/ hypertension
ulcers- can be caused/made worse by stress
hives
what was the old and new diagnostic category for body dysmorphia? - ANSWER
somatic --> obsessive-compulsive
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) - ANSWER a rare dissociative disorder in
which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Formerly
called multiple personality disorder.
depersonalization or derealization disorder - ANSWER depersonalization- detach
from oneself
derealization- detach from the world around
Hippocrates - ANSWER Insisted that mental disorders, like other diseases, had
natural causes
Believed mental disorders were due to brain pathology
Emphasized the importance of heredity and predisposition
Plato on Mental Disorders - ANSWER Partly divinely caused
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