Anxiety Disorders
Psych Stuff
Schizophrenia & Mood Disorders
Personality Disorder
Potpourri
100
Breaks rules and laws, takes advantage of other people without remorse or conscience.
What is sociopathy or anti-social personality disorder.
100
an argument or idea about behavior that is tested through scientific research
What is a hypothesis?
100
A false belief that a person with schitzphrenia maintains in the face of contrary evidence
What is a delusion
100
An anxiety disorder and is characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts and/or repetitive behaviors
What is OCD
100
the manual used by psychologists to help them classify psychological disorders
What is the DSM-V
200
Disorder in which victims experience unstable relationships, erratic emotions and self damaging behaviour.
What is borderline personality disorder
200
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in humans
What is psychology?
200
He created a 'shocking' experiment to determine how willing people are to follow an authority figure .
Who was Stanley Millgram
200
The North America's most serious drug problem [not including alchoholism]
What is prescription drugs
200
It is what happens when someone alters their actions or thoughts to fit in with a group of peers.
What is conformity
300
Thinking the same thoughts over and over
What is an obsession
300
Studied dreams and the unconscious mind
Who is Sigmund Freud
300
visual or audio perceptions that have no direct external cause
What is a hallucination
300
Name of the eating disorder where the victim binge eats then purges themselves of the food.
What is bullimia
300
His study focused on whether or not a person would change their answer to an obvious question if he saw his peers provide the wrong answer.
What is the Asch Line Test
400
Continually performing/repeating irrational actions
What is a Compulsion
400
A behaviorist whose theory was based on operant conditioning.
Who is BF Skinner
400
Therapy used to help stimulate chemical balance in a shcitzophrenia patient
What is electroconvulsive therapy
400
a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration and lack of empathy
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder
400
Twin studies that show a correlation between identical twins and aggressive tendencies suggests that aggression is affected by what?
What are genes
500
A vague generalized apprehension or worry that one is in danger
What is anxiety
500
Student of Freud's who classified personality into types such as 'extrovert or introvert.'
Who is Carl Jung ?
500
Term for symptoms in schitzophrenia that includes moodiness, fatigue and lack of emotion.
What are negative symptoms
500
This is the main diagnostic feature of paranoid personality disorder
What is a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others
500
He was the person who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment.
Who was Dr. Phillip Zimbardo
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