PSYC 2301 Quiz #7 Review: Key Terms in Psychology

abnormal behavior

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ violates social norms but differs from culture to culture

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ are maladaptive and hard to cope with

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ cause emotional distress

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ legal insanity

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ falls on a continuum

compulsion

a persistent, irresistible, and irrational urge to perform an act or ritual repeatedly

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ persistent and uncontrollable behaviors

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ found in obsessive compulsive disorder

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ serve as coping mechanisms for the obsessions

obsession

a persistent, involuntary thought, image, or impulse that invades consciousness and causes great distress

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ persistent and uncontrollable thoughts

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ found in obsessive compulsive disorder

depression

a mood disorder marked by feelings of great sadness, despair, and hopelessness as well as the loss of the ability to experience pleasure

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ psychological mood disorder

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ overwhelming sadness and depression

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ affects ability to experience pleasure

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ persistent

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ affects more women then men

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ unipolar depression

agoraphobia

an intense fear of being in a situation from which escape is not possible or in which help would not be available if one experienced overwhelming anxiety or a panic attack

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ fear of leaving house and being in open spaces

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ being in situations where escape wont be possible

cognitive therapy

therapies that assume maladaptive behavior can result from irrational thoughts, beliefs, and ideas

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ cognitive behavior therapy (cbt)

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ rational emotive behavior therapy (rebt)

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ cognitive therapy (ct)

biological therapy

a therapy (drug therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, or psychosurgery) that is based on the assumption that psychological disorders are symptoms of underlying physical problems

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ drug therapies

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ ect (electroconvulsive therapy)

/ᐠ. .ᐟ\ฅ lobotomy and cingulotomy (psychosurgery)