Abnormal Psychology Diagnosis and Assessment
This D of the 4Ds refers to behaviors that interfere with daily functioning.
What is Dysfunction?
Extreme mood swings between sadness/ lack of interest in activities and elevated, expansive mood define this disorder.
What is BiPolar Disorder?
This type of memory holds information for about 20–30 seconds without rehearsal.
What is sensory memory?
The brain is part of this larger system that includes the spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System?
This term refers to our beliefs and feelings about people, objects, or ideas.
What are attitudes?
Hearing voices that are not there is an example of this.
What is a hallucination?
This disorder involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors.
What is OCD?
Memory for personal experiences and events is called this type of long-term memory.
What is episodic?
This type of cell transmits electrical and chemical signals in the brain.
What is a neuron?
A special, often unearned, advantage, immunity, or right granted to or enjoyed by an individual or group, but not by others, related to one's social status in society is better known as __________
Privilege
Strongly held false beliefs are known as this.
What is a delusion
Emotional suffering experienced by the individual is the definition of this "D".
What is Distress?
This process involves transforming information into a form the brain can store.
What is encoding?
This structure connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls basic survival functions.
What is the brainstem?
This experiment demonstrated how social roles can influence behavior.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The DSM V TR is primarily used for this purpose and ______ symptoms?
What is diagnosing and describes ?
According to the ______ Theory as outlined in Chapter 1, Jim's fear of spiders developed from watching his mother as she screamed and cried hysterically every time she saw an insect.
What is Behaviorism ?
This term refers to accessing information that has been stored in memory.
What is retrieval?
This lobe controls voluntary movement, decision-making, and impulse control?, along with personality
What is the Frontal Lobe?
This bias leads us to seek information that supports what we already believe.
What is confirmation bias?
This organization publishes the DSM-V TR
What is the American Psychiatric Association
This anxiety disorder involves persistent worry about many areas of life.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
This theory suggests memories fade over time if not used.
What is decay theory?
Damage to this structure may result in difficulty remembering new information.
What is the hippocampus?
This phenomenon occurs when people are less likely to help in an emergency if others are present.
What is the bystander effect?