PSY 657 Exam 1 questions well
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Anxiety - ANS ✔✔A general feeling of apprehension about possible future danger; Future
oriented
Neurosis - ANS ✔✔A maladaptive and self-defeating but reality testing remains intact. Mild
illness not caused by organic disease involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety,
obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality,
Neurotic behavior (Exasperated Behavior) - ANS ✔✔An automatic, unconscious effort to
manage deep anxiety. Exaggerated use of avoidance behaviors or defense mechanisms
Phobias - ANS ✔✔Persistent and disproportionate fear of object or situation that presents little
to no real danger yet leads to avoidance of these feared situations
Components of Fear and Panic - ANS ✔✔Cognitive/Subjective: Fear "I'm in danger" Anxiety "I'm
worried about what might happen"
Physiological: Fear=Increased heart rate, sweating; Anxiety=tension, chronic overarousal
Behavioral: Fear=Desire to escape or run; Anxiety=General avoidance
Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) - ANS ✔✔Fear of social situations or negative evaluation
by others in which individual is going to be scrutinised, embarrassed or humiliated
Specific Phobia - ANS ✔✔A strong and persistent fear triggered by the presence of a specific
object or situation that leads to significant distress or impairment of someone's ability to
function
,Panic Disorder - ANS ✔✔A person experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks that create a
sense of stark terror and numerous other physical symptoms of the fight-or-flight response.
(worries regarding future attacks)
Agoraphobia - ANS ✔✔Fear of places or situations from which escape would be difficult or
embarrassing, or in which immediate help would be unavailable if something bad happened
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - ANS ✔✔Excessive and chronic anxiety and worry (apprehensive
expectation), occurring for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities. Worry,
anxiety, physical symptoms that cause impairment in social, occupational, or other important
areas of functioning; individuals find it difficult to control worry.
Anxiety Symptoms - ANS ✔✔Restlessness or feeling on edge, easily fatigued, difficulty
concentrating/mind goes blank, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - ANS ✔✔A person experiences unwanted and intrusive
distressing thoughts or images that are accompanied by compulsive behaviors performed to
neutralize those thoughts
Obsession - ANS ✔✔Unwanted, recurrent, and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that cause
marked anxiety or distress. Disturbing or inappropriate.
Compulsion - ANS ✔✔Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to perform
in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be followed rigorously. Aimed at
preventing or reducing anxiety or prevent a dreaded situation
Somatization Disorder (DSM-IV -TR) - ANS ✔✔A mental disorder characterized by recurring,
multiple, and current, clinically significant complaints about somatic symptoms.
Somatic Symptom Disorder (DSM-5) - ANS ✔✔Person has a significant focus on physical
symptoms that results in major distress and/or problems functioning. The individual has
, excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors relating to physical symptoms. Even if the symptoms
do not seem to have a medical explanation, the person suffering is regarded as authentic.
Hypochondriasis (Illness Anxiety Disorder) - ANS ✔✔Individuals are preoccupied by fears of
contracting a serious disease or with the idea that they have a disease even though they do not
Malingering - ANS ✔✔Consciously faking symptoms for secondary gain / Intentional production
of symptoms or exaggeration of symptoms motivated by external factors (Gypsy Rose
Blanchard) External. Personal gain.
Factitious Disorder - ANS ✔✔Faking symptoms to play "sick role" / The person intentionally
produces psychological and/or physical symptoms to obtain and maintain the benefits of playing
the "sick role". Internal.
Conversion Disorder ("Hysteria") - ANS ✔✔Symptoms or deficits affect sensory or voluntary
motor functioning but no medical problem (example: numbness in legs WW1 and couldn't fight,
man sees wife cheating and then loses sight), not consistent with medical issue. Overlaps with
trauma
Conversion Disorder Symptoms Categories (4) - ANS ✔✔Sensory, motor, seizures, mix of all 3
Dissociative Fugue - ANS ✔✔A person loses awareness of their identity (amnesic) or other
important autobiographical information and also departs from their home surroundings.
Accompanied by confusion over personal identity or assumption fo a new identity. Individuals
are unaware of memory loss from prior stages in life, but their memory for what happens
during the fugue state itself is intact
Dissociative Identity Disorder ("Multiple Personality Disorder") - ANS ✔✔Dramatic
disassociation from one's identity to avoid stress or anxiety, have host and alters, host is
unaware of alter personalities; unusually severe childhood trauma.
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Anxiety - ANS ✔✔A general feeling of apprehension about possible future danger; Future
oriented
Neurosis - ANS ✔✔A maladaptive and self-defeating but reality testing remains intact. Mild
illness not caused by organic disease involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety,
obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality,
Neurotic behavior (Exasperated Behavior) - ANS ✔✔An automatic, unconscious effort to
manage deep anxiety. Exaggerated use of avoidance behaviors or defense mechanisms
Phobias - ANS ✔✔Persistent and disproportionate fear of object or situation that presents little
to no real danger yet leads to avoidance of these feared situations
Components of Fear and Panic - ANS ✔✔Cognitive/Subjective: Fear "I'm in danger" Anxiety "I'm
worried about what might happen"
Physiological: Fear=Increased heart rate, sweating; Anxiety=tension, chronic overarousal
Behavioral: Fear=Desire to escape or run; Anxiety=General avoidance
Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) - ANS ✔✔Fear of social situations or negative evaluation
by others in which individual is going to be scrutinised, embarrassed or humiliated
Specific Phobia - ANS ✔✔A strong and persistent fear triggered by the presence of a specific
object or situation that leads to significant distress or impairment of someone's ability to
function
,Panic Disorder - ANS ✔✔A person experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks that create a
sense of stark terror and numerous other physical symptoms of the fight-or-flight response.
(worries regarding future attacks)
Agoraphobia - ANS ✔✔Fear of places or situations from which escape would be difficult or
embarrassing, or in which immediate help would be unavailable if something bad happened
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - ANS ✔✔Excessive and chronic anxiety and worry (apprehensive
expectation), occurring for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities. Worry,
anxiety, physical symptoms that cause impairment in social, occupational, or other important
areas of functioning; individuals find it difficult to control worry.
Anxiety Symptoms - ANS ✔✔Restlessness or feeling on edge, easily fatigued, difficulty
concentrating/mind goes blank, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - ANS ✔✔A person experiences unwanted and intrusive
distressing thoughts or images that are accompanied by compulsive behaviors performed to
neutralize those thoughts
Obsession - ANS ✔✔Unwanted, recurrent, and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that cause
marked anxiety or distress. Disturbing or inappropriate.
Compulsion - ANS ✔✔Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to perform
in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be followed rigorously. Aimed at
preventing or reducing anxiety or prevent a dreaded situation
Somatization Disorder (DSM-IV -TR) - ANS ✔✔A mental disorder characterized by recurring,
multiple, and current, clinically significant complaints about somatic symptoms.
Somatic Symptom Disorder (DSM-5) - ANS ✔✔Person has a significant focus on physical
symptoms that results in major distress and/or problems functioning. The individual has
, excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors relating to physical symptoms. Even if the symptoms
do not seem to have a medical explanation, the person suffering is regarded as authentic.
Hypochondriasis (Illness Anxiety Disorder) - ANS ✔✔Individuals are preoccupied by fears of
contracting a serious disease or with the idea that they have a disease even though they do not
Malingering - ANS ✔✔Consciously faking symptoms for secondary gain / Intentional production
of symptoms or exaggeration of symptoms motivated by external factors (Gypsy Rose
Blanchard) External. Personal gain.
Factitious Disorder - ANS ✔✔Faking symptoms to play "sick role" / The person intentionally
produces psychological and/or physical symptoms to obtain and maintain the benefits of playing
the "sick role". Internal.
Conversion Disorder ("Hysteria") - ANS ✔✔Symptoms or deficits affect sensory or voluntary
motor functioning but no medical problem (example: numbness in legs WW1 and couldn't fight,
man sees wife cheating and then loses sight), not consistent with medical issue. Overlaps with
trauma
Conversion Disorder Symptoms Categories (4) - ANS ✔✔Sensory, motor, seizures, mix of all 3
Dissociative Fugue - ANS ✔✔A person loses awareness of their identity (amnesic) or other
important autobiographical information and also departs from their home surroundings.
Accompanied by confusion over personal identity or assumption fo a new identity. Individuals
are unaware of memory loss from prior stages in life, but their memory for what happens
during the fugue state itself is intact
Dissociative Identity Disorder ("Multiple Personality Disorder") - ANS ✔✔Dramatic
disassociation from one's identity to avoid stress or anxiety, have host and alters, host is
unaware of alter personalities; unusually severe childhood trauma.
