PSYC 2101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Dissociative Disorder
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Vocabulary for exam 2 psychology of adjustment agoraphobia. A fear of going out to public places. anhedonia. A disorder characterized by a profound impairment of social interaction and communication and by severely restricted interests and activities, apparent by the age of 3. autism spectrum disorder. Also known as autism, a disorder characterized by profound impairment of social interaction and communication and by severely restricted interests and activities, apparent by the age of 3. binge-eating disorder. The coexistence of two or more disorders. concordance rate a statistic indicating the percentage of twin pairs or other pairs of relatives that exhibit the same disorder. delusions. False beliefs that are maintained even though they clearly are out of touch with reality. diagnosis. Distinguishing one illness from another. dissociative amnesia dissociative disorders. A sudden loss of memory for important personal information that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting.
