MASTER AP Psychology Review|
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Psychosis - ANSWER Loss of contact with reality that is severe and chronic
Delusions - ANSWER False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may
accompany psychotic disorders
Somatic System Disorder - ANSWER A psychological disorder in which the symptoms take
a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical causes
Conversion Disorder - ANSWER A disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine
physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found.
Illness Anxiety Disorder - ANSWER A disorder in which a person interprets normal physical
sensations as symptoms of a disease.
Dissociative Disorders - ANSWER Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes
separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - ANSWER A rare dissociative disorder in which a
person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities
Anorexia Nervosa - ANSWER An eating disorder in which a normal-weight person diets and
becomes significantly underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve.
Bulimia Nervosa - ANSWER An eating disorder in which a person alternates binge eating with
purging, excessive exercise or fasting.
,Binge-Eating Disorders - ANSWER Significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress,
disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory purging or fasting that marks bulimia
nervosa.
Personality Disorders - ANSWER Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible
and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
Antisocial Personality Disorder - ANSWER -An personality disorder in which a person (usually a
man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members
-May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist
Intelligence - ANSWER The mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems, and use
knowledge to adapt to new situations.
Intelligence Test - ANSWER A method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes
and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores.
General Intelligence (g factor) - ANSWER According to Spearman and others, this underlies
specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
Factor Analysis - ANSWER A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called
factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's
total score on a test.
Savant Syndrome - ANSWER A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental
ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing.
Emotional Intelligence - ANSWER The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and
use emotions.
Mental Age - ANSWER A measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the
chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.
,Intelligence quotient (IQ) - ANSWER -Defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to
chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 (thus, IQ=ma/ca x 100)
Psychological Disorder - ANSWER A condition marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an
individual's cognitions, emotion regulation, or behavior
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - ANSWER A neurodevelopmental disorder
marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity.
Medical Model - ANSWER The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders,
have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured, often through
treatment in a hospital.
DSM-5 - ANSWER -The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
-A widely used system for classifying psychological disorders
Anxiety Disorders - ANSWER Psychological disorders characterized by distressing persistent
anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - ANSWER A disorder characterized by chronic excessive
worry accompanied by three or more of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue,
concentration problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance.
Panic Disorder - ANSWER An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-long episodes
of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking,
or other frightening sensations. Often followed by worry over a possible next attack
Phobia - ANSWER An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a
specific object, activity, or situation.
Social Anxiety Disorder - ANSWER An anxiety disorder involving the extreme and irrational fear
of being embarrassed, judged, or scrutinized by others in social situations.
, Agoraphobia - ANSWER Fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open
places, where one has felt loss of control and panic.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - ANSWER A disorder in which repetitive,
intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and ritualistic behaviors (compulsions) designed to fend
off those thoughts interfere significantly with an individual's functioning.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - ANSWER A disorder characterized by haunting
memories, nightmare, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or
insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.
Posttraumatic Growth - ANSWER Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with
extremely challenging circumstances and life crises.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) - ANSWER Psychological disorder involving a significant
depressive episode and depressed characteristics, such as lethargy and hopelessness, for
at least two weeks.
Mania - ANSWER Extremely elevated and excitable mood usually associated with bipolar
disorder.
Bipolar Disorder - ANSWER Psychological disorder in which the patient experiences both
manic and depressed episodes.
Rumination - ANSWER Compulsive fretting, overthinking about our problems and their causes.
Schizophrenia - ANSWER A psychological disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations,
disorganized speech, and/or diminished or inappropriate emotional expression
