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What are the four D's of abnormality in psychology?

Which learning process involves the consequences of a response determining if the behavior will be repeated?

What type of conditioning involves learning by association, as demonstrated in the Little Albert experiment?

What term describes the reinforcement that increases the likelihood of a behavior by providing pleasure?

What type of reinforcement involves stopping negative feelings, such as pain or anxiety?

What term refers to thoughts and beliefs that affect emotions and behavior, including how information is interpreted?

What is the term for the meaning given to an event that affects how people feel and respond?

What effect occurs when a person's health improves after taking a 'fake' treatment due to their belief in its efficacy?

What effect describes a patient developing side effects from a treatment due to their belief that they may occur?

How do we know that changes in brain structure can lead to changes in functioning, such as behavior and emotion?

How is it known that neurotransmitters are important to our mood, cognition, and behavior?

What is the study of how genes and traits are passed down from generation to generation?

What is the study of how behaviors and environment can cause changes in gene expression without altering the gene sequence?

What model suggests that stress can trigger vulnerabilities leading to psychopathology?

What term describes the concept that different experiences can lead to similar outcomes?

What term describes the concept that people with similar histories can have different developmental outcomes?

What is a diagnosis and why is it potentially useful in psychology?

What approach identifies essential features of a disorder while allowing for non-essential variations?

What is the process of distinguishing between conditions with similar signs and symptoms called?

What term describes the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient?

What type of study involves human participants in a controlled lab setting?

What is a detailed interpretative description of presenting problems of one person at a time called?

What method examines the relationship between two or more variables without experimental manipulation?

What term describes the observation of dissimilarity between two groups or treatment modalities?

What term implies whether there is any mathematical significance to the analysis of results?

What term describes the proportion of a population that has a disorder at any given time?

What term describes a small symptom indicating that something much bigger is coming?

What is a prediction of the course, treatment, and outcome of a disease or condition called?

What term refers to the cause or set of causes of a disease or condition?

What is the term for a neuropsychiatric condition where one is unaware of an apparent disability due to brain damage?

What term describes a feeling of worry or unease about an imminent event or uncertain outcome?

What is the fear of places and situations that might cause panic or embarrassment called?

What term describes an unfounded belief that bodily symptoms have harmful consequences?

What is the term for a heightened awareness of bodily cues that may signal a coming panic attack?

What is the term for bodily cues that have become conditioned stimuli signaling new panic attacks?

What technique is used to treat blood-injection-injury phobias by increasing blood pressure to prevent fainting?

What does the Unified Model of Anxiety Disorders address in relation to anxiety disorders?

What are symptoms of a possible diagnosis that are common human experiences gone awry?

What are some criticisms of the DSM-5 in terms of comorbidity and medicalization of normality?

What makes anxiety disorders different from everyday anxiety?

If avoidance maintains a disorder, what is likely a key component of treatment?

What are the general symptoms, etiology, and treatment options for panic disorder?

What is the difference between being afraid of something and having a diagnosable phobia?

In what ways is Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia different from other phobias?

What are the diagnostic criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder?

What are some behavioral and cognitive factors of Social Anxiety Disorder?

What are the treatment options for Social Anxiety Disorder?

What are the diagnostic criteria for Insomnia Disorder?

What are the treatment options for Insomnia Disorder?

What are obsessions in the context of psychological disorders?

What are compulsions in the context of psychological disorders?

What are the event characteristics and vulnerability factors associated with PTSD?

What are some psychotherapies for treating OCD, PTSD, and other anxiety disorders?

What is the biggest protective factor that could prevent the development of PTSD after a traumatic event?

What are examples of risk factors for developing PTSD after a traumatic event?

Why does PTSD with Delayed Expression occur?

Why is the dissociative subtype of PTSD relevant?

What are some treatments for PTSD?

What is the role of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in treating PTSD?

Why might antidepressants be useful for some people but not for others?

What is the rationale for using Behavioral Activation to treat a Major Depressive Episode?

What is double depression?

What are some concepts related to the timing of REM sleep in depression and its treatment?

Why treat insomnia in people with depression and comorbid insomnia?

What are the characteristics of Bipolar I disorder?

What are the characteristics of Bipolar II disorder?

What is the difference between insomnia in depression and decreased need for sleep in bipolar disorder?

What are important prodromal symptoms of manic episodes in bipolar disorder?

What is expressed emotion and why is it important in predicting rehospitalization?

What are some medications and psychotherapy options for bipolar disorder?

What is lithium and how does it work in treating bipolar disorder?

What is family focused therapy and how does it help in bipolar disorder?

What is Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy and how does it help in bipolar disorder?

What are the characteristics of Anorexia Nervosa?

What are the characteristics of Bulimia Nervosa?

In Eating Disorders, what are compensatory behaviors and what are some examples?

What is the prodromal phase in psychological disorders?

What is the active phase in psychological disorders?

What is the residual phase in psychological disorders?

What are atypicals in the context of schizophrenia treatment?

What is the third generation in the context of schizophrenia treatment?

What is clozapine and why is it significant in treating schizophrenia?

What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

What is disorganized speech in schizophrenia?

What are early signs of schizophrenia (prodrome)?

What are some causes of psychotic experiences in schizophrenia?

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