AP Psych Unit 8 Vocab

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

• psychological disorder

• epigenetics

• posttraumatic growth

• cognitive-behavioral therapy

Diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured

• psychotherapy

• medical model

• psychopharmacology

• resilience

study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change

• psychotherapy

• psychopharmacology

• medical model

• epigenetics

Disorder marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity

• ADHD

• OCD

• PTSD

• Schizophrenia

Disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

• somatic symptom disorders

• personality disorders

• anxiety disorders

• psychotic disorders

Intense fear and avoidance of social situations

• agoraphobia

• generalized anxiety disorder

• panic disorder

• social anxiety disorder

Person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

• agoraphobia

• generalized anxiety disorder

• panic disorder

• social anxiety disorder

Unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person may experience terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations

• agoraphobia

• generalized anxiety disorder

• panic disorder

• social anxiety disorder

Fear or avoidance of situations where one has felt loss of control and panic

• agoraphobia

• generalized anxiety disorder

• panic disorder

• social anxiety disorder

Persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

• phobia

• generalized anxiety disorder

• panic disorder

• OCD