abnormal psych test 2 ch 7 vocab

a significant disruption in one's conscious experience, memory, sense of identity, or any combination of the three, without a physical cause

persistent and distressign feelings of being detached from one's mind or body

pychogenic loss of ability to recall important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature

loss of memory for all of the events that occured withing a circumscribed period of time

loss of memory for some, but not all, of the events from a specific period of time

loss of memory for events and information, including information pertaining to personal identity, from the time both before and after traumatic event

loss of memory that begins at a specific time, continues through to the present, and prevents the retention in memory of new experiences

the loss of memory for a certain category of information

sudden and unexpected travel away from home accompanied by forgetting of one's past and personal idenetity

presense of two or more distinct personalities or identity states that recurrently control an individuals behaviors

a term once used to describe what are now categorized as dissociative or somatoform disorders

disorders in which physical symptoms are caused by psychological factors

a theory of dissocitaive identity disorder that argues that it results from traumatic childhood experiences

a theory of dissociative identity disorder that argues that it is iatrogenic and/or the disorder results from socially reinforced multiple role enactments

a disorder unintentionally caused by a treatment

research based on participants recall of information about events that occured in the past

bias based on distortion in memories for past events

bias based on the fact that thinking about past event enhances the memory of such events

bias based on researching non-representative samples, such as when studies only investigate research subjects who already have the disorder in question and do not investigate a comparison group without the disorder

bias based on researchers only studying variable already believed to be related to the phenomena in question

bias based on the influence of the researchers expectations or preferences on the studys results

research based on data that is collected as the events being studied are occuring, rather than recalling them retrospectively

a defense mechanism in which specific upsetting thoughts, feelings, or events are pushed out of consciousness

a defense mechanism in which one views oneself or others as all-good or all-bad in order to ward off conflicted or ambivalent feelings

taking on the traits of someone else; sometimes used as a defense mechanism

the ability to put oneself in a trance state; may contribute to dissociative disorders according to some experts

therapy for dissociative disorders that focuses on changing cognitive schemas that are based on traumatic childhood experiences

patterns of thought used to organize information

a brain structure involved in the formation of memories

a brain structure which registers the emotional significance of the sensory signals and contributes to the expression of emotion

the use of medication to promote therapeutic remembering; used during WWII to help soldiers remember forgotten traumatic incidents

a treatment strategy that integrates a variety of theoretical perspectives