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PSY 320 1st EditionFinal Exam Study GuideKnow the following terms and individuals:Anorexia nervosa: Restriction of food, fear of gaining weight, lack of recognition about the seriousness of current body image. Distorted body image.Treatment: weight gain and therapy.Risk Factors: Dieting, anxious person, perfectionist, cultural, death of a loved one of someone close, sexual abuse.Bulimia nervosa: Periods of overeating in which the person feels out of control, often eating 2,00 calories in one sitting, then purging, by vomiting, laxatives or others forms to rid the food, then a psychological period revolving around their body image. *must occur once a week for 3 months-CBT is the best known treatment.-Risk factors: When women (more commonly, however sometimes can happen with men) see themselves as overweight and begin dieting.Binge-eating disorder: Consumption of large amounts of food and the sense that one cannot control themselves, can eat as much as 10,000 calories. Must have 3 of the following:1. Eating much more rapidly2. Eating until uncomfortably full3. Eating large amounts of food without being physically hungry4. Eating alone because one is embarrassed by how much they eat5. Feeling disgusted, depressed or guilty after eating*Runs in families, usually happens with people that are already obese.Pica: A feeding disorder in which the person eats something that wouldn't normally be considered food. Examples: clay, cornstarch, coffee grinds, paint chips, paste, etc. Sometimes linked to OCD. Must last longer than a month.Orthorexia Nervosa (definition): Extreme preoccupation with avoiding foods perceived to be unhealthy. Not listed in the DSM-5.Obesity – trends, risk factors, risks: In present society it has a lot to do with the abundance of food and lack of exercise. Risks: Cultural →the cultural food is higher in calories and the locationis not as accessible to biking or other exercise, or it is dangerous to exercise outside and cannot afford gym membership. Genetic Factors →Distribution of fat, obesity at young age. Psychological →Low self-esteem, need for comfort.Risks: depression, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, sleep apnea, some forms of cancer.Borderline personality Disorder: (Cluster B): An instability of mood, interpersonal relationships and a sense of self. They experience a changing world without a solid sense of who they are. Antisocial Personality Disorder: (Cluster B): Continues acts since the age of 15: Repeated participation in illegal acts, deceitfulness, impulsiveness, hostility and aggression, committing dangerous acts, absence of remorse.Avoidant Personality Disorder: (Cluster C): Pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, avoid social interaction, especially with close relationships. Key feature is the fear of being criticized or evaluated. Dependent Personality Disorder: (Cluster C): Clinging and being submissive, difficulty making their own decisions without reassurance from others. This leaves them in a position where they feel the need to constantly be with another person. Leaves them anxious and helpless when alone.Narcissistic Personality Disorder: (Cluster B): Pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, sense of privilege and entitlement, lack of empathy. They often think about how special they are and that they will succeed in everything such as business, love, etc. They also make unreasonable demands and ignore others experiences and needs.Paranoid Personality Disorder: (Cluster A): Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness. Interpersonal style of the individual is quarrelsome, stubborn and rigid in their own belief with creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.Schizoid Personality Disorder: (Cluster A): Detachment from social relationships with close individuals and a restricted range of emotional expression. Traditionally loners and others consider them unavailable, aloof, and detached.Schizotypal Personality Disorder: (Cluster A): Odd Beliefs and behaviors. An individual may show excessive social anxiety and unusual ideas.Psychopathy: Showing emotional detachment with a lack of empathy for others, showing impulsive behaviors and a callousness concerning their actions.Dialectical Behavior Therapy: One of the first researched treatments for borderline personality disorder, discovered by Marsha Linehan. It is a blend of behavioral science, dialect philosophy, and Zen practice. IT is based on problem solving and acceptance to the experience to the movement. Milton Diamond: Professor who researched human sexuality, inter-sexual and transsexual diagnoses.William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson: 1960's- began laboratory testing of human sexual response by observing couples. They measure the changes in male and female responsiveness during arousal and sex. They also studied clinical populations to help treat sexual and reproductive problems. Wrote 3 books: Human Sexual Response, Human Sexuality inadequacy, and Homosexuality in Perspective.The Kinsey Institute: Alfred Kinsey (zoologist) wrote 2 books: Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. 1947- Institute of Sex Reseasrch at Indiana University. Later became named the Kinsey Institute-Six outlets of sexual orgasm: masturbation, petting, nocturnal dreams, heterosexual coitus, homosexual behaviors, and bestiality.Normal human sexual response/functioning: Four Phases1. Excitement2. Plateau3. Orgasm4. Resolution*Outside of the laboratory the initial phase would be desire.Can be described in a variety of levels: Blood flow (vascongestion), or muscle tension (myotonia).Normal variations in sexual arousal: Arousal has traditionally been seen as a general term in relation to central nervous system activityTransgender: Individuals who have the anatomy of one sex and the gender identity of the other.Transsexual: If a transgendered individual has sought medical intervention such as hormone treatment and sexual reassignment surgery to change their body into the opposite sex.Gender dysphoria: The situation here individuals feel that they are in the wrong body, they mayhave been born as a male in terms of anatomy but internally they feel like a female. The opposite is less likely.Conversion therapy: a range of treatments that aim to change sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual, recently pseudo scientific and a large source of controversy.Fetishistic disorder: An erotic fixation on an object or


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