AP Psychology: Psychological Disorders Mid-Term Exam |100% Correct|
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Psychological disorders
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Psychological Disorders
AP Psychology: Psychological
Disorders Mid-Term Exam |100%
Correct|
ADHD *Ans*A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three
key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
Agoraphobia *Ans*A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of be...
AP Psychology: Psychological
Disorders Mid-Term Exam |100%
Correct|
ADHD *Ans*✨A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three
key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
Agoraphobia *Ans*✨A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
Antisocial personality disorder *Ans*✨A personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of
conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or
a clever con artist
Anxiety disorders *Ans*✨Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or
maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Bipolar disorder *Ans*✨A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness
and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. was once known as Manic Depression.
Catatonia *Ans*✨a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous
state for long periods
compulsions *Ans*✨The person's need to perform repetitive behaviors
Conversion disorder *Ans*✨A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific
genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
Delusions *Ans*✨False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic
disorders
, diathesis stress theory *Ans*✨an individual is born with a genetic predisposition towards a mental
health problem- the problem is only expressed if the individual is exposed to certain environmental
triggers.
Dissociative amnesia *Ans*✨The sudden loss of memory for significant personal information
Dissociative disorders *Ans*✨Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from
previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. the person may become "detached" from themselves
Dissociative fugue *Ans*✨The sudden loss of memory for one's personal history, accompanied by an
abrupt departure from home and the assumption of a new identity
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) *Ans*✨A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two
or more distinct and alternating personalities; formerly called multiple personality disorder
dopamine *Ans*✨neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement, attention, alertness; lack of
dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia
DSM-V *Ans*✨Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: A reference for
coding psychiatric disorders or conditions. Organized by symptoms
flat affect *Ans*✨A marked lack of expressed emotions; a symptom of schizophrenia.
Generalized anxiety disorder *Ans*✨An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense,
apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
Hallucinations *Ans*✨False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an
external visual stimulus
Hypochondriasis *Ans*✨Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
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