Vocab Words

An anxiety disorder; excessive and unrealistic fear of a certain object, situation, or event that causes one to avoid that object, situation or event.

In research a scientifically significant response that cannot be explained by physiological variables and is believed to be psychologically based.

A physical illness that is believed to be psychological in origin

A dramatic break with reality

Psychotic disorder characterized by hallucinations, dilutions, paranoia, and split from reality.

In reasearch when something is tested and observed in order to prove its truth; and can not be said to be true unless proven to be true.

A mood condition characterized by fear, worry, apprehension and uneasiness. Associated with emotion and behavior

• Mood Disorder (Affect Dissorder)
• Display of Emotion
• An emotional state or mood characterized by one or more of these symptoms: sad mood, low energy, poor concentration, sleep or appetite changes, feeling of worthlessness or hopelessness, and thought of suicide.

A statement of the procedures or ways in which a researcher is going to measure behaviors or qualities.

A reference work developed by the American Psychiatric Association and designed to provide guidelines for the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders.

Idea that is clearly false but still believed to be true. In contrast with reality

• Freud.
• Unconscious strategies for avoiding or reducing threatening feelings, such as fear and anxiety.

• Freud
• The part of human personality that combines innate biological impulses or drives with reality to produce appropriate behavior.

A pervasive feeling of distrust of others

Sensory experience in the absence of external stimulus

Personality disorder; lack of conscience no sense of remorse. Behavior does not improve as they mature.

Depresion; A mental disorder characterized by a consistent pervasive alteration in mood, and affecting thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

The expected course of a disease; the patient's chance of recovery

a form of therapy developed by Freud that involves a patient's communication with a trained professional that helps open up their problems.

anxiety disorders are a group of disorders characterized by obsessive worry and anxiety that disrupts daily function and behavior. examples: OCD, phobias, panic attacks

Neurotransmitters released in the through the brain with stress an pain, can cause a sense of pleasure.

A heuristic is a mental shortcut that allows people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently. Can be helpful but also can cause bias

a cognitive bias whereby a person tends to overestimate the degree of agreement that others have with them.

(Manic-depressive Disorder) an affective disorder defined by periods of excitability alternating with periods of depression.

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Psychosomatic disorder, a disorder in which a mental illness causes structural damage to bodily organs through inappropriate activation of the nervous system.

A Freudian defense mechanism characterized by unconscious denial of one's own emotions/attributes by attributing them to others.

An affective disorder developed by Freud featuring anxiety or exaggerated behavior but neither delusion nor hallucinations; the person knows they have the disorder.

The study of teh factors affecting the health and illness of populations

a detailed record of all the information pertinent to what is being studied.

a personality disorder characterized by inhibited gratification in criminal, sexual, or aggressive impulses and the inability to learn from past mistakes

surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior

a personality disorder characterized by inhibited gratification in criminal, sexual, or aggressive impulses and the inability to learn from past mistakes

a chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood

psychological disorder characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning; ex. Narcism

the dominance of one’s thoughts or feelings over a certain idea, person, etc.

procedure developed by Rodgers in which the therapist restrains from directing the client but instead reflects back upon what the client has said

a dissociative disorder in which one person displays multiple alter egos each with its own way of interacting with the environment

anxiety disorder characterized by an uncontrollable, repetitive and unwanted urge to perform a certain act

a psychotic mental illness characterized by holding delusions in one’s mind; ex. grandeur

– Skinner’s learning theory in whichbehavior is modified/chosen because of consequences

Pavlov’s learning theory in which anexternal stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus until both stimuliproduce the same results

The initial stage in the body's response to stressful stimuli

electrically induced seizures primarily used in the treatment of severe mental disorders

defense mechanism postulated by Freud in which a person rejects a fact that is too uncomfortable despite indisputable evidence

A type of behavioral therapy used to help effectively overcome phobias and other anxiety disorders with relaxed stimuli.

any consequencethat increases the likelihood of the given response happening again in thefuture

conditioning in which the desired behavior is followed by a rewarding responsein hopes of increasing the likelihood of the given response happening again inthe future

– the diminishing of aconditioned response/learned behavior

When the solution to a problem comes to you in an all-of-a-sudden manner. The sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem.