Psychology exam #4 FINAL

Social phobia

(Social anxiety disorder) Become extremely anxious and situations or which they will be observed by others Ex. Eating in a restaurant, speaking in public, having to perform for an audience. The Mahr thought of being in a new situation with unfamiliar people is scary enough to cause sweating, trembling, nausea, and other overwhelming feelings of inadequacy

Mental disorder definition

A harmful dysfunction that is involved in behavior or an emotional state that is 1. harmful to oneself or others, as judged by the community of culture in which it occurs and 2. dysfunctional because it's not performing it's involuntary function

Panic disorder

A person has reoccurring rapid onset attacks of intense fear and many physical symptoms of arousal Symptoms include: rapid heart rate, chest pain, or discomfort, shortness of breath, dizziness, feelings of unreality, hot and cold, flashes, sweating, trembling, and shaking, and as a result of all these scary physical reactions, the fear of dying going crazy or losing control.

Phobia

An exaggerated fear and avoidance of a specific situation, activity or thing Ex. Fear of blood

Hippocampus

Behind the amygdala and is a key brain structure in the formation of new memories. It enables us to take in and combine different components of experiences. Site sounds and feelings Combined them together into one "memory" although the individual components may ultimately be stored in various parts of the cerebral cortex

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Characterized by reoccurring, persistent, unwanted, thoughts, or images (obsessions) and by repetitive ritualize behaviors or mental acts that the person feels must be carried out to avoid disaster (compulsions)

DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders : to provide clear diagnostic categories, so that clinicians and researchers can agree on which disorder they are talking about

Amygdala

Evaluate sensory information, determining its emotional importance in making the initial decision to approach or withdraw from a person or situation Instantly assess his potential danger or throat, which is generally a good thing because it helps. Keep you safe from danger however too much activation is not always ideal.

Anxiety disorders

Excessive uncontrollable, anxiety or worry -a feeling of foreboding and dread- that occurs on a majority of days during a six month period. That is not brought on by physical causes such as disease drugs or drinking too much coffee.

Claustrophobia

Fear of being trapped in enclosed spaces May have evolved to be easily acquired in human beings because these fears reflected real dangers

Agoraphobia

Fear places where escape or rescue might be difficult in the event of a panic attack or other incapacitating symptoms Often begins with a panic attack that seems to have no cause the attack is unexpected and scary that the person begins to avoid situations that he or she thinks may provoke another one. Eventually, this avoidance can become a severe that the person is housebound or leaves home only if accompanied by a trusted friend or partner Ex. Very crowded store or driving in traffic.

MMPI

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -is organized into 10 categories, or scales, covering such problems as depression, paranoia, and schizophrenia

Objective testing

Multiple-choice, matching, true/false, short-answer, and fill-in tests; scoring answers does not require interpretation.

Diagnostic labels

Neurodevelopment disorders, neurocognitive disorders (due to the brain damage from disease or drugs), feeding and eating disorders, problems with sexual identity or behavior, impulse control disorder (such as violent rages and pathological, gambling or stealing) and sleep-wake disorders, along with other major disorders.

Obsessions vs compulsions

Obsessive : thoughts take many forms, but they are alike and reflecting, impaired ways of reasoning and processing information Compulsions: Sufferers realized that their behavior is senseless, and they are often tormented by their rituals, but if they try to resist the compulsion, they feel mounting anxiety. This is relieved only by giving into it.

Panic disorder

Short lived but intense feelings of arousal and fears; or phobias, excessive fears of specific things or situations

Beck Depression Inventory

The leading questionnaire, assessing major depression The most widely used questionnaire, assessing personality, and emotional disorders in the MMPI.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

a disorder characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance

PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience