Chapter 14 Psychology Flashcards

The study of abnormal behavior

Model of explaining behavior as caused by biological changed in structural, chemical or genetics systems of the body

Is a manual of psychological disorders andtheir symptoms.

Disorders in which the main symptom is excessive or unrealistic anxiety and fearfulness"free floating anxiety"-anxiety that is related to any realistic, unknown source

An irrational, persistent, fear of an object, situation or social activity

Disorders that take the form of bodily illness and symptoms but for which there are no real physical disorder or illness

Disorder in which there is a break in consciousness awareness, memory, the sense of identity

Mood is severely disturbed

severe mood swings between major depressive episodes and manic episodes.

Assume that abnormal behavior stems from repressed conflicts and urges that are fighting to become conscious.

Severe disorder in which the person suffers from disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, hallucinations, and is unable to distinguish from fantasy and real

See abnormal behavior as learned

See abnormal behavior coming from irrational beliefs and illogical patterns of though

Disorder in which psychological stress causes a real physical disorder or illness.

All of the disorders and gross manifestations ofthem are traceable to attitudes, habits, andtechniques of adjustment found in so-called normal people. All of the crystallized, dependable manifestations of behavior disorders can be found in transient, temporary degrees in normal people."All are crazy, some more than others"