Foundations of Abnormal Psychology
This term describes a false sensory experience, such as seeing a person with wings when no one is present.
What is a hallucination?
A psychologist watches a client’s behavior, posture, and interactions to identify unusual behavior.
What is observation?
Persistent and excessive worry that is difficult to control is central to this anxiety disorder.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
This mood episode may include elevated mood, increased energy, rapid speech, racing thoughts, grandiosity, and a decreased need for sleep.
What is mania?
Intense sadness and feelings of worthlessness belong to this category of depressive symptoms.
What are emotional symptoms?
This ancient procedure involved making a hole in the skull, supposedly to allow evil spirits to escape.
What is trephining?
Unlike observation alone, this assessment method allows a clinician to collect information about a client’s life history and personality.
What is an interview?
A therapist repeatedly and safely exposes a client to a feared object or traumatic memory instead of allowing continued avoidance.
What is exposure therapy?
This disorder requires at least one full manic episode; a major depressive episode may also occur but is not required for diagnosis.
What is Bipolar I disorder?
Weight loss, disturbed sleep, and fatigue are classified as this type of depressive symptom.
What are physiological symptoms?
This model has contributed significantly to the development of medications for psychological disorders.
What is the biological model?
A test produces consistent results but does not accurately measure what it is intended to measure. The test has this quality but lacks validity.
What is reliability?
During World War I, PTSD was commonly known by this name.
What is shell shock?
This disorder involves at least one hypomanic episode and at least one major depressive episode, without a history of a full manic episode.
What is Bipolar II disorder?
Concerns about antidepressant use among adolescents and young adults have focused on the possible increase of this serious outcome.
What are suicidal thoughts or behaviors?
This concept proposes that certain psychological disorders occur across different cultures.
What is cultural universality?
This type of research examines the rate and distribution of psychological disorders within a population.
What is epidemiological research?
In ERP for OCD, the therapist typically explains the disorder and treatment before developing an exposure hierarchy. This beginning phase is called this.
What is psychoeducation?
This less severe form of mood elevation resembles mania but does not cause the same degree of marked functional impairment or typically require hospitalization.
What is hypomania?
This treatment for depression concentrates on current relationships, grief, interpersonal conflicts, and role transitions.
What is interpersonal therapy?
When a diagnostic label causes others to discriminate against an otherwise functioning individual, it demonstrates this potential consequence of diagnosis.
What is the stigma or negative effect of labeling?
Highly controlled experiments may have strong internal validity but weak real-world generalizability, also called this.
What is external validity?
Two trauma survivors have similar symptoms, but one has experienced them for longer than 30 days. This duration distinction separates these two diagnoses
What are acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder?
Substance use, ADHD, anxiety, and unipolar depression can produce overlapping symptoms, making this clinical process essential before diagnosing bipolar disorder.
What is differential diagnosis?
This Japanese culture-related syndrome involves fear of embarrassing or offending other people in social situations
What is taijin kyofusho?