Psych Review

Psycology 100 Rempala Section 1 Final Review

This is for the "symptom" and "disorder" matching section of the non-cumulative portion of the exam.

Symptom-Disorder Matching

Symptoms	Disorder
Schizophrenia	persistent disorder characterized by disorganized thoughts & behavior, delusions, and hallucinations (flat affect, catatonia)
Paranoid Schizophrenia	type marked by feelings of persecution characterized by over sized ventricles and under active prefrontal cortex
Dissociative Disorder	Characterized by a split in one's sense of self affecting memmory identity, and body control.
DisIdentity Disorder	when some one has two or more distinct personalities controlling his/her behavior, original personality rarely aware of others. More common in women and highly correlated with childhood sexual abuse.
Competing Theory	Says DisIdentity Disorder is a legit way to manifest other psychological problems. Treated with psychotherapy to integrate personalities.
Neurosis	maladaptive thoughts created by unconscious conflict
psychoses	fundamentally altered perception of reality
	memorize

Symptom-Disorder Matching 2

Symptoms	Disorder
anxiety disorder	based on excessive irrational fear (from situation, frequency, duration, & intensity of experience)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder	a constant low grade fear that something bad is about to happen (assoc. w/ fatigue, insomnia, and other disorders)
Panic Disorder	characterized by sudden panic attacks & fear or future panic attacks
social phobias	performance anxiety
agoraphobia	fear of open places or places where escape is difficult
specific phobias	fear of specific objects or situations
somatoform disorders	physical problems with no overt biological cause
somatization disorder	chronic non-visible physical symptoms
conversion disorder	process of converting anxiety into physical symptoms (usually involved visible symptoms (paralysis vomiting brought by stressor))
mood disorder	a persistent state of emotional disturbance that affects a person's daily functions (uni-polar - single persistent mood state)
Bipolar Disorder	characterized by mood swings, fluctuations from mania to depression
Major Depressive disorder	characterized by prolonged period of severe depression
Dysthymic disorder	chronic moderate depression
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)	seasonal depression usually caused by lack of sunlight (treated with phototherapy)
Personality Disorder	persistent maladaptive traits that impair ones personal or social life (marked by inability to gain or maintain personal relationships)
Antisocial Personality Disorder	hurting w/ out remorese (assoc with aggressive and sexually abused children)
	memorize

Types of therapies

Type of Therapy	Course of Treatment/Characteristics
psychiatrist	MD degree can prescribe drugs
psychologist	PHD degree cant prescribe drugs - generally have more client interaction experience
Insight Therapy (psychoanalysis)	Therapist talks with client and tries to find source of problems. Therapies are free flowing and involve mostly client talking and therapist asking questions.
	memorize

Approaches to study abnormal behaviros

Approach	Attributes
Medical Approach	belief that something is chemically wrong with mind/body & can be treated with drugs (medical disorders tend to run in families)
Cognitive Behavior Approach	something is wrong with the persons current cognitive process or behavior (diagnosis = clinical interview or personality tests)
Psychoanalytic Approach	repressed conflicts from the past cause mental disorders (same diagnosis techniques as cognitive behavior)
Clinical Diagnosis	determined through a combo of diagnostic methods (symptoms matched with existing categorization) uses DSMIVTR?
	memorize