AP Psych Unit 8

empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies

a chronic condition including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness

fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open spaces

an eating disorder in which a person maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight

drugs used to control anxiety and agitation

drugs used to treat depression and other types of mental disorders

drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorders

a mental health condition in which a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others

psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

a type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior

therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behavior

a mental health condition that that causes extreme mood swings and alternating between depression and a state of mania

an eating disorder in which a person alternates between binge eating and purging or fasting

a form of psychotherapy that focuses on modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts by interrogating and uprooting negative or irrational beliefs

a humanistic therapy, where a therapist uses active listening with a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment to help clients’ growth

a condition in which a person experiences physical symptoms of a health problem but no injury or illness to explain them

behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors

false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders

a rare dissociative disorder where a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities

disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electrical current is sent through the brain

clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and and patient characteristics and preferences

behavioral techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear and avoid

therapy that treats the family as a system

an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

therapy conducted with groups, permitting therapeutic benefits from group interaction

false sensory experiences

a disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

a variety of therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person’s awareness of underlying motives and defenses

a surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness

A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life

a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated and cured through treatment in hospital

a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies

psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes

a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions

an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable long episodes of dread in which a person experiences terror and frightening sensations

psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

an anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and and life crisis

a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior

the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior

a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions

treatment involving psychological techniques

A disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event

a confrontational cognitive therapy that vigorously challenges people’s illogical, self defeating attitudes and assumptions

the tendency for extreme or unusual scores to fall back (regress) toward their average

the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain

compulsive fretting; overthinking about our problems and their causes

a psychological disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished or inappropriate emotional expression

intense fear of social situations, leading to avoidance of such

a psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apartments physical cause

a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli

an operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange the tokens for various privileges or treats

in psychoanalysis, the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships