Disorders 1
Disorders 2
Disorders 3
Disorders 4 and Phobias
Psychologists, ETC.
100
An anxiety disorder in which a person suffers from severe, continual anxiety.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
100
A mood disorder in which one experiences depression at the same times every year.
What is Season Affective Disorder (SAD)
100
A mood disorder in which one alternates between depression and mania.
What is Bipolar Disorder
100
A mental disorder in which one exhibits abnormal social behavior and a disconnect from reality.
What is Schiziophrenia
100
This offers standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR)
200
A mood disorder in which a person experiences long periods of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, or loss of interest and/or pleasure.
What is Major Depressive Disorder
200

A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal sensations as symptoms of a dreaded disease, and don't tend to listen when doctors tell them there is nothing wrong.

What is hypocradria (hypocondriasis)

200
A personality disorder in which one does not have a conscious for wrongdoing.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder
200
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and compulsions.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
200

Deviant, distressful and dysfunctional pattens of thoughts, feeling or behaviors that cause problems with everyday life are commonly called?

What is a psychological disorder (abnormal psychology)

300
An anxiety disorder in which a person suffers from sudden, unexpected anxiety attacks.
What is Panic Disorder
300
Psychological disorders in which one has enduring behavior patterns that impair social functions.
What are Personality Disorders
300
A chronic condition which includes difficulty paying attention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.
What is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
300

An anxiety disorder in which a person suffers from haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, and other anxious behavior after a particularly impactful experience.


What is Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

300

What is believed to be the most common psychological disorder around the world?

What is depression

400
A psychological disorder in which one experiences bodily symptoms with no apparent cause.
What is Somatoform Disorder
400

A disorder that can appear at any time but appear most often in childhood. Common examples are autism and dyslexia.

What is a developmental disorder

400
An eating disorder in which one starves them self because they feel that they are overweight, even if they are not.
What is Anorexia Nervosa
400
An eating disorder characterized by excessive over-eating, usually followed by vomiting, or excessive exercise.
What is Bulimia Nervosa
400

The hypothesis that states that humans carry an innate biological tendency, acquired through natural selection, to respond to stimuli that was a threat to our ancestors. This is why people are afraid of snakes, but not cars.

What is the preparedness hypothesis

500
A psychological disorder in which one has nervous system symptoms (ex: blindness, paralysis) with no apparent cause.
What is Conversion Disorder
500
A personality disorder in which one has an elevated self-importance.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder
500
Disorders in which one has a disconnection between their thoughts, feelings, memories, actions, or sense of self.
What are Dissociative Disorders
500
Fear of places or situations which that could cause panic, helplessness, or embarrassment.
What is Agoraphobia
500
This psychologist conducted a famous experiment on the validity of psychiatric diagnosis by attempting to admit himself and other volunteers to hospitals with false symptoms.
Who is David Rosenhan
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