PSYC 101 - TEST 4: Chapter 12, 13, 14 - PSYCH 5, Introductory Psychology, 5th Edition. By: Spencer A. Rathus
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Define psychological disorders and describe their prevalence.
Psychological disorders are behaviors or mental processes that are connected with various kinds of distress or significant impairment in functioning and meet some combination of the following criteria:
• They are unusual.
• They s...
PSYC 101 - TEST 4: Chapter 12, 13, 14 -
PSYCH 5, Introductory Psychology, 5th
Edition. By: Spencer A. Rathus
Define psychological disorders and describe their prevalence.
Psychological disorders are behaviors or mental processes that are connected with
various kinds of distress or significant impairment in functioning and meet some
combination of the following criteria:
• They are unusual.
• They suggest faulty perception or interpretation of reality.
• They suggest severe personal distress.
• They are self-defeating.
• They are dangerous.
• The individual's behavior is socially unacceptable.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, compiled by the American
Psychiatric Association, classifies psychological disorders.
psychological disorders
patterns of behavior or mental processes that are connected with emotional distress or
significant impairment in functioning
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, Describe the symptoms and possible origins of anxiety disorders.
Anxiety disorders have psychological symptoms that include worrying, fear of the worst
happening, fear of losing control, nervousness and inability to relax, and
physical symptoms that reflect arousal of the sympathetic branch of the autonomic
nervous system: trembling sweating, a racing heart, elevated blood pressure (a flushed
face), and faintness.
• specific phobic disorders
• social anxiety disorder
• panic disorder
• generalized anxiety disorders
specific phobia
persistent fear of a specific object or situation.
agoraphobia
fear of open, crowded places
social anxiety disorder
an irrational, excessive fear of public scrutiny
panic disorder
recurrent experiencing of attacks of extreme anxiety in the absence of external stimuli
that usually elicit anxiety
generalized anxiety disorder
feelings of dread and foreboding and sympathetic arousal of at least six months'
duration
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
an anxiety disorder defined by recurrent, anxiety-provoking thoughts or images that
seem irrational and beyond control (obsessions) and seemingly irresistible urges to
engage in thoughts or behaviors that tend to reduce the anxiety (compulsions).
hoarding disorder
feel an overpowering need to accumulate certain kinds of possessions and have
difficulty discarding them.
acute stress disorder
a disorder, like PTSD, that is characterized by feelings of anxiety and helplessness and
caused by a traumatic event; acute stress disorder occurs within a month of the event
and lasts from two days to four weeks
dissociative identity disorder (DID)
(formerly termed multiple personality disorder)
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