Psychology Chapter 18

5. A relatively short period of intense fear or discomfort, characterized by terror and frightening sensations such as shortness of breath, rapid heart rate, or other distressing physical symptoms.
10. The separation of certain personality components or mental processes from conscious thought.
11. A fear of crowded, public places.
12. A behavior pattern or mental process that causes serious personal suffering or interferes with a person's ability to cope with everyday life.
14. A psychological disorder characterized by extreme sadness, an inability to concentrate, and feelings of helplessness and great sadness.
15. An irrational fear of social situations in which one might be exposed to the close scrutiny of others.

1. An immobile, expressionless coma-like state associated with schizophrenia.
2. A mood characterized by extreme excitement, elation, hyperactivity, and chaotic behavior.
3. Disorders in which a person's mood changes from depression to wild elation and back again.
4. A type of anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions--unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again.
6. A cluster of symptoms that is considered a recognizable disease only within a specific culture or society.
7. A serious psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality and distortions in thinking, perception, emotion, and behavior.
8. The expression of psychological distress through physical symptoms; it comes from the Greek word for "body"
9. An excessive, irrational fear out of proportion to the actual danger.
13. A dissociative disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent feelings of detachment from one's mental processes or body.