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Understanding Psychology, 6/e
Robert S. Feldman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Psychological Disorders
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1
A psychologist with the
perspective would expect to find a hormonal imbalance, chemical deficiency, or brain injury as the cause of abnormal behavior.
2
The
perspective assumes that people's behavior is shaped by the kind of family group, society, and culture in which they live.
3
are intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations.
4
People with
disorder experience long-term, persistent anxiety and worry.
5
disorders are psychological difficulties that take on a physical (somatic) form, but for which there is no medical cause.
6
A person suffering from
disorder, or multiple personality, displays characteristics of two or more distinct personalities.
7
People with
personality disorder have difficulty developing a secure sense of who they are.
8
is a disorder characterized by a constant fear of illness and a preoccupation with one's health.
9
The term
memories is sometimes used to describe the lost memories of dissociative amnesia.
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is an extended state of intense, wild elation.
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