Abnormal Psychology (Butcher) Ch. 8

alter identities - In a person with dissociative identity disorder, personalities other than the host personality conversion disorder - Pattern in which symptoms of some physical malfunction or loss of control appear without any underlying organic pathology; originally called hysteria depersonalization - Temporary loss of sense of one's own self and one's own reality depersonalization/derealization disorder - Dissociative disorder in which episodes of depersonalization and derealization become persistent and recurrent derealization - Experience in which the external world is perceived as distorted and lacking a stable and palpable existence dissociation - The human mind's capacity to mediate complex mental activity in channels split off from or independent of conscious awareness. dissociative amnesia - Psychogenically caused by memory failure dissociative disorders - Conditions involving a disruption in an individuals normally integrated functions of consciousness, memory, or identity. dissociative fugue - A dissociative amnesic state in which the person is not only amnesic for some or all aspects of his or her past but also departs from home surroundings. dissociative identity disorder - Condition in which a person manifests at least two or more distinct identities or personality states that alternate in some way in taking control of behavior. Formerly called multiple personality disorder factitious disorder - Feigning of symptoms to maintain the personal benefits that a sick role may provide including the attention and concern of medical personnel or family members. factitious disorder imposed on another - A variant of factitious disorder in which a person induces medical or psychological symptoms in another person who is under his or her care (usually a child). host identity - The identity in dissociative identity disorder which is most frequently encountered and carries the person's real name. This is not usually the original identity and it may or may not be the best adjusted identity. hypochondriasis - Preoccupation, based on misinterpretations of bodily symptoms, with the fear that one has a serious disease. hysteria - Older term used for conversion disorders; involves the appearance of symptoms of organic illness in the absence of any related organic pathology. implicit memory - Memory that occurs below the conscious level. implicit perception - Perception that occurs below the conscious level. malingering - Consciously faking illnesses or symptoms of disability to achieve some specific non medical objective. pain disorder - Experience of pain of sufficient duration and severity to cause significant life disruption in the absence of medical pathology that would explain it.