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PSY 657 EXAM 1


Malingering - ANSWER 1. Intentionally claiming to have a problem that you do
not have

2. motivated by external or tangible incentives or gains

(tangible gain not empathy, etc)

Epidemiology - ANSWER concerned with incidence, prevalence, distribution

Analog study - ANSWER an investigation that attempts to replicate or simulate,
under controlled conditions, a situation that occurs in real life

external validity - ANSWER extent to which we can generalize findings to
real-world settings

internal validity - ANSWER the extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect
inferences from a study

Factitious disorder (Munchausen) - ANSWER A disorder in which the patient
consciously creates the signs/ symptoms of an illness and misrepresents the history
to assume the patient role and get medical attention (primary gain-internal)

The patient is aware that their symptoms is intentional (the mechanism for the
symptoms is clear/conscious)

but the motivation behind the symptoms is unclear/ unconscious.

maybe for itself or by proxy

illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) - ANSWER a disorder in which a person
interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

There's no intent to fool anyone. They are genuinely worried about their health.
They are not causing an illness. They are simply, but profoundly, anxious about
their well-being.

It's the exaggerated interpretation of any particular physical complaint as being
evidence of some real serious illness.

, somatic symptom disorder - ANSWER a combination of a diagnosis in DSM IV
called somatization disorder as well as a diagnosis called somatoform pain
disorder, and, hypochondriasis

Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) - ANSWER
that some psychologically stressful event or trauma is being converted or
transformed into physical complaints

Freud

might be nonchalant about symptoms

placebo works very well with them

psychological factors affecting other conditions - ANSWER all medical diagnoses
that are caused or exacerbated by emotional or psychological events-- no lying

high blood pressure/ hypertension

ulcers- can be caused/made worse by stress

hives

what was the old and new diagnostic category for body dysmorphia? - ANSWER
somatic --> obsessive-compulsive

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) - ANSWER a rare dissociative disorder in
which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Formerly
called multiple personality disorder.

depersonalization or derealization disorder - ANSWER depersonalization- detach
from oneself

derealization- detach from the world around

Hippocrates - ANSWER Insisted that mental disorders, like other diseases, had
natural causes

Believed mental disorders were due to brain pathology

Emphasized the importance of heredity and predisposition

Plato on Mental Disorders - ANSWER Partly divinely caused

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