Psych of Trauma Midterm Exam 2025
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adrenal glands - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔release cortisol-fight, flight, or freeze
affect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔have an effect on; make a difference to.
agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔the ability to think, act, and make choices independently
Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A limbic system structure that controls fear, emotion and
startle response
Anhedonia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔inability to experience pleasure
anterograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔inability to form new memories
anxiety disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔psychological disorders characterized by distressing,
persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a psychological disorder
marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity
Automatic Responses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔both passive and aggressive responses result
from being caught by an emotional hook. These responses are not based on choice.
,aversive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Causing avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior by using an
unpleasant or punishing stimulus, as in techniques of behavior modification
Avoidance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Avoiding trauma related thoughts or feelings or external
reminders
battle fatigue - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔traumatic neuroses of war, World War 2
biological factors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔genetic, neurological, or physical conditions that affect
the development of an individual
biopsychosocial model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a model of health that integrates the effects of
biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness
classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a learning process that occurs when two stimuli
are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually
elicited by the first stimulus alone.
Conditioning Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A person exposed to trauma may become
conditioned to a number of stimuli present at the time of the trauma; sights, smells, sounds
cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing,
remembering, and communicating
Cognitive Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Assumption that it is not the trauma itself that causes
PTSD but the cognitions (thoughts) associated with the trauma memory that result in pathology
Comorbidity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The coexistence of two or more disorders.
, Conditional Risk - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔prevalence of PTSD given exposure to a traumatic
event
Confabulation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔confusion of an event that happened to someone else
with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never
actually happened
complex trauma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔multiple traumas or repetitive, chronic trauma
conversion disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a disorder in which a person experiences very
specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
Depersonalization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a dissociative disorder characterized by persistent or
recurrent feelings of detachment from one's mental processes or body
depressive disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔persistent depressed mood and loss of interest
(major depressive disorder)
Derealization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔situation in which the individual loses a sense of the
reality of the external world
Dissociation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔lack of connections, disrupts identity, memory,
consciousness and self awareness
diathesis-stress model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔individuals are born with a genetic
predisposition for a disorder
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a neurotransmitter that regulates motor behavior,
motivation, pleasure, and emotional arousal
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adrenal glands - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔release cortisol-fight, flight, or freeze
affect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔have an effect on; make a difference to.
agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔the ability to think, act, and make choices independently
Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A limbic system structure that controls fear, emotion and
startle response
Anhedonia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔inability to experience pleasure
anterograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔inability to form new memories
anxiety disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔psychological disorders characterized by distressing,
persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a psychological disorder
marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity
Automatic Responses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔both passive and aggressive responses result
from being caught by an emotional hook. These responses are not based on choice.
,aversive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Causing avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior by using an
unpleasant or punishing stimulus, as in techniques of behavior modification
Avoidance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Avoiding trauma related thoughts or feelings or external
reminders
battle fatigue - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔traumatic neuroses of war, World War 2
biological factors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔genetic, neurological, or physical conditions that affect
the development of an individual
biopsychosocial model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a model of health that integrates the effects of
biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness
classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a learning process that occurs when two stimuli
are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually
elicited by the first stimulus alone.
Conditioning Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A person exposed to trauma may become
conditioned to a number of stimuli present at the time of the trauma; sights, smells, sounds
cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing,
remembering, and communicating
Cognitive Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Assumption that it is not the trauma itself that causes
PTSD but the cognitions (thoughts) associated with the trauma memory that result in pathology
Comorbidity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The coexistence of two or more disorders.
, Conditional Risk - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔prevalence of PTSD given exposure to a traumatic
event
Confabulation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔confusion of an event that happened to someone else
with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never
actually happened
complex trauma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔multiple traumas or repetitive, chronic trauma
conversion disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a disorder in which a person experiences very
specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
Depersonalization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a dissociative disorder characterized by persistent or
recurrent feelings of detachment from one's mental processes or body
depressive disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔persistent depressed mood and loss of interest
(major depressive disorder)
Derealization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔situation in which the individual loses a sense of the
reality of the external world
Dissociation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔lack of connections, disrupts identity, memory,
consciousness and self awareness
diathesis-stress model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔individuals are born with a genetic
predisposition for a disorder
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a neurotransmitter that regulates motor behavior,
motivation, pleasure, and emotional arousal
