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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY FINALEXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
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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 - 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.
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.
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.
Auditory hallucinations - answer-psychotic disturbance in perception in which a person
hears sounds or voices although these are not real or actually present. The voices are
often critical, accusatory, or demanding.
Attributional style - answer-the relatively consistent explanations a person forms about
why personal stressors or other negative life events occur, taking the form of internal vs.
External, stable vs. Unstable, and global vs. Specific.
, Autistic disorder (autism) - answer-pervasive developmental disorder characterized by
significant impairment in social interactions, extreme unresponsiveness to others, poor
communication skills, and highly repetitive and rigid behavior.
Avoidant personality disorder - answer-a personality disorder featuring a pervasive
pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and extremely sensitive to criticism.
Avolition - answer-a symptom of schizophrenia marked by apathy, and an inability to
initiate or complete important activities.
Behavior therapy - answer-an group of therapy methods based on the principles of
behavioral and cognitive science as well as principles of learning as applied to clinical
problems. It considers specific behaviors rather than inferred internal factors as targets
for change. Also known as behavior modification.
Behavioral medicine - answer-interdisciplinary approach applying behavioral science to
the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems.
Behaviorism - answer-the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that
(2) studies behavior, including dysfunction, without reference to mental processes. Most
research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2).
Binge-eating disorder - answer-an eating disorder involving consumption of large
amounts of food in a short period of time, uncontrollable and distressing to the individual
but not followed by compensatory behaviors.
Biological paradigm - answer-explanation of psychological dysfunction that primarily
emphasizes biological process in the brain or illness as the cause.
Biopsychosocial model - answer-the model that psychological disorders are not caused
by one or two factors in a linear way; rather, they are a product of a continual interaction
of a number of biological, psychological and social factors.
Bipolar i disorder - answer-mood disorder characterized by the alternation of major
depressive episodes with full manic episodes.
Bipolar ii disorder - answer-mood disorder characterized by the alternation of major
depressive episodes with hypomanic (not full manic) episodes.
Body dysmorphic disorder - answer-a somatoform disorder marked by preoccupation
with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance, for example, facial blemishes,
size or shape of nose or ears.
Borderline personality disorder - answer-a personality disorder involving a pervasive
pattern of erratic moods, unstable self-image and relationships, cannot stand to be
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