A set of phobias, often set off by a panic attack, involving the basic fear of being away from a safe place or person
What is Agoraphobia?
100
An anxiety disorder in which a person who has experiences a traumatic or life-threatening event has long-lasting symptoms such as recurrent, intrusive thoughts, etc.
What is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
100
psychological disorders are medical diseases with a a biological origin (genes, brain structure, or neurotransmitters)
What is biological approach?
100
A disorder characterized by extreme negative emotionality and an inability to regulate emotions
What is borderline personality disorder?
100
Model that says addiction to anything steams from a person's neurology and genetic disposition
What is the Biological/Disease model?
200
A continuous state of anxiety marked by feelings of worry and dread, apprehension, difficulties in concentration, and signs of motor tension
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
200
A disorder in which a person feels trapped in repetitive thoughts, persistent thoughts and repetitive, ritualized behaviors
What is a obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
200
various theories or personality (e.g. behaviorism - classical/operant conditioning) explain psychological disorders
What is psychological approach?
200
Personality disorder characterized by a lifelong pattern of irresponsible, antisocial behavior such as lawbreaking and violence.
What is antisocial personality disorder (APD)?
200
(T or F) Genes produce variation in nicotine receptors which is one of the reasons why some people are especially vulnerable to becoming addicted to cigarettes.
What is true?
300
An anxiety disorder in which a person experiences recurring panic attacks, periods of intense fear, and feelings of impending doom of death, accompanied by physiological symptoms such as rapid heart rate and dizziness
What is panic disorder?
300
The need to perform a ritual
What is a compulsion?
300
social & culture factors (e.g. poverty & neighborhood are what causes psychological disorder)
What is social cultural approach?
300
(T or F) Not all addicts have withdrawal symptoms when they stop taking a drug
What is true?
400
An exaggerated, unrealistic fear of a specific situation, activity, or object.
What is a phobia?
400
repeated, unwanted thoughts
What is an obsession?
400
individuals may be predisposed to develop certain psychological disorders but whether or not the disorder develops will depend on the frequency, nature, & intensity of the stressors that people will encounter
What is diatheses stress approach?
400
Involve impairments in personality that cause great distress and impair the ability to get along with others
What is a personality disorder?
400
(T or F) Alcoholism is much more less likely to occur in societies forbidding children to drink compared to those that condone it.
What is false?
500
The fear of snakes
What is an ophidiophobia?
500
a learning theory, is often used to explain why some phobias develop
What is classical conditioning?
500
Fearlessness; lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse; the use of deceit; and coldheartedness.
What is psychopathy?
500
Cocaine addicts have fewer receptors of what neurotransmitter in the brain?