PSYCHOLOGY 100 FINAL EXAM STUDY SET WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS LATEST
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Abnormal Behavior/Mental Disorder - (ANSWER)actions, thoughts and feelings that are outside of
cultural norms, cause emotional distress, cause dysfunction in living, are dangerous to self or others
The DSM - (ANSWER)Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, medical model, describes
symptoms and typical age of onset or other characteristic of the disorder
Problems with DSM - (ANSWER)over diagnosis, labeling, serious problems vs normal problems,
subjective nature of determining a disorder
Diathesis Stress Model - (ANSWER)biological factors (genetics, brain, chemistry, and others) that are
paired with environmental stressors to create a psychological disorder
Insanity - (ANSWER)a LEGAL term, not a medical term or diagnosis
Insanity's three different meanings - (ANSWER)a persons ability to tell right from wrong, not guilty by
reason of insanity, a person's ability understand the legal proceedings, competency to stand trial
(mentally retarded) whether the person is a direct danger to self or others, involuntary commitment to a
mental hospital
Anxiety Disorders - (ANSWER)excessive levels of negative emotions, such as nervousness, tension,
worry, fright and anxiety
phobias - (ANSWER)an intense, irrational fear of anything
specific phobia - (ANSWER)a fear of one specific thing
social phobia or social anxiety disorder - (ANSWER)a fear of social interactions, particularly those with
strangers or those in which the person might be viewed negatively
,PSYCHOLOGY 100 FINAL EXAM STUDY SET WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS LATEST
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agoraphobia - (ANSWER)a fear of leaving one's home
generalized anxiety disorder - (ANSWER)a vague, uneasy sense of general tension and apprehension that
lasts for years
panic disorder - (ANSWER)a pattern of anxiety in which long periods of calm are broken by intensely
uncomfortable attacks of anxiety (panic attack, anxiety attack)
panic attacks - (ANSWER)involve sudden changes in respiration, heart beat, blood pressure, and a
feeling of intense fear of dying or fear that of going crazy, 5% women, 2% men, but 12% have
experienced it
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - (ANSWER)experiencing anxiety, irritability, upsetting memories,
dreams, and realistic flashbacks of a traumatic event
symptoms of PTSD - (ANSWER)extreme avoidance of things that remind them of event, associated with
war but can be anything traumatic
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - (ANSWER)involves obsessions, intense anxiety provoking
thoughts, and or compulsions, irresistible urges to engage in specific irrational behaviors
example of OCD - (ANSWER)intrusive thoughts about germs leads to compulsive hand washing
dissociative disorders - (ANSWER)rare conditions involving sudden cognitive changes, such as change in
memory, perception or identity
, PSYCHOLOGY 100 FINAL EXAM STUDY SET WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS LATEST
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depersonalization/dissociation - (ANSWER)feeling of unreal or out of your body, feeling of head floating,
hands enlarged
dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality - (ANSWER)where an individual appears to shift
abruptly and repeatedly from one personality to another, may be caused by severe child abuse
major depression - (ANSWER)characterized by episodes of deep unhappiness, loss of interest in life, and
other symptoms, mood shifts downward, episodic meaning symptoms are experienced for a period of
time and then dissipate
mood disorders - (ANSWER)psychological disorders involving depression and or abnormal elation
cognitive factors in depression - (ANSWER)Aaron Beck believe that our thoughts/cognitions are an
important factor in emotional problems, our beliefs about ourselves and our relationships make us more
or less vulnerable to depression, negative vs positive thoughts
example of major depression - (ANSWER)failing test internally would be its all my fault, externally would
be my professor sucks, stable would be I was born stupid, global wold be I'll fail all of my classes
post partum depression - (ANSWER)episodes of major depression that affect women after the birth of a
child
seasonal affective disorder - (ANSWER)episode of depression that only occurs in winter months
bipolar affective disorder - (ANSWER)periods of mania that alternate with periods of severe depression
mania - (ANSWER)a disturbance in mood in which the individual experiences a euphoria characterized
by unrealistic optimism and heightened sensory pleasures, dangerous because it leads to risky behavior
UPDATE!!
Abnormal Behavior/Mental Disorder - (ANSWER)actions, thoughts and feelings that are outside of
cultural norms, cause emotional distress, cause dysfunction in living, are dangerous to self or others
The DSM - (ANSWER)Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, medical model, describes
symptoms and typical age of onset or other characteristic of the disorder
Problems with DSM - (ANSWER)over diagnosis, labeling, serious problems vs normal problems,
subjective nature of determining a disorder
Diathesis Stress Model - (ANSWER)biological factors (genetics, brain, chemistry, and others) that are
paired with environmental stressors to create a psychological disorder
Insanity - (ANSWER)a LEGAL term, not a medical term or diagnosis
Insanity's three different meanings - (ANSWER)a persons ability to tell right from wrong, not guilty by
reason of insanity, a person's ability understand the legal proceedings, competency to stand trial
(mentally retarded) whether the person is a direct danger to self or others, involuntary commitment to a
mental hospital
Anxiety Disorders - (ANSWER)excessive levels of negative emotions, such as nervousness, tension,
worry, fright and anxiety
phobias - (ANSWER)an intense, irrational fear of anything
specific phobia - (ANSWER)a fear of one specific thing
social phobia or social anxiety disorder - (ANSWER)a fear of social interactions, particularly those with
strangers or those in which the person might be viewed negatively
,PSYCHOLOGY 100 FINAL EXAM STUDY SET WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE!!
agoraphobia - (ANSWER)a fear of leaving one's home
generalized anxiety disorder - (ANSWER)a vague, uneasy sense of general tension and apprehension that
lasts for years
panic disorder - (ANSWER)a pattern of anxiety in which long periods of calm are broken by intensely
uncomfortable attacks of anxiety (panic attack, anxiety attack)
panic attacks - (ANSWER)involve sudden changes in respiration, heart beat, blood pressure, and a
feeling of intense fear of dying or fear that of going crazy, 5% women, 2% men, but 12% have
experienced it
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - (ANSWER)experiencing anxiety, irritability, upsetting memories,
dreams, and realistic flashbacks of a traumatic event
symptoms of PTSD - (ANSWER)extreme avoidance of things that remind them of event, associated with
war but can be anything traumatic
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - (ANSWER)involves obsessions, intense anxiety provoking
thoughts, and or compulsions, irresistible urges to engage in specific irrational behaviors
example of OCD - (ANSWER)intrusive thoughts about germs leads to compulsive hand washing
dissociative disorders - (ANSWER)rare conditions involving sudden cognitive changes, such as change in
memory, perception or identity
, PSYCHOLOGY 100 FINAL EXAM STUDY SET WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE!!
depersonalization/dissociation - (ANSWER)feeling of unreal or out of your body, feeling of head floating,
hands enlarged
dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality - (ANSWER)where an individual appears to shift
abruptly and repeatedly from one personality to another, may be caused by severe child abuse
major depression - (ANSWER)characterized by episodes of deep unhappiness, loss of interest in life, and
other symptoms, mood shifts downward, episodic meaning symptoms are experienced for a period of
time and then dissipate
mood disorders - (ANSWER)psychological disorders involving depression and or abnormal elation
cognitive factors in depression - (ANSWER)Aaron Beck believe that our thoughts/cognitions are an
important factor in emotional problems, our beliefs about ourselves and our relationships make us more
or less vulnerable to depression, negative vs positive thoughts
example of major depression - (ANSWER)failing test internally would be its all my fault, externally would
be my professor sucks, stable would be I was born stupid, global wold be I'll fail all of my classes
post partum depression - (ANSWER)episodes of major depression that affect women after the birth of a
child
seasonal affective disorder - (ANSWER)episode of depression that only occurs in winter months
bipolar affective disorder - (ANSWER)periods of mania that alternate with periods of severe depression
mania - (ANSWER)a disturbance in mood in which the individual experiences a euphoria characterized
by unrealistic optimism and heightened sensory pleasures, dangerous because it leads to risky behavior
