Positive Psychology
WHICH TYPE OF STRESS IS CONSIDERED BENEFICIAL, HELPING WITH MOTIVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY?
Eustress
WHAT NEUROTRANSMITTER IS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION?
Serotonin
ANN CONSTANTLY FEELS RESTLESS, HAS DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING, AND WORRIES EXCESSIVELY ABOUT EVERYDAY SITUATIONS. WHAT DISORDER MIGHT ANN BE DIAGNOSED WITH?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
WHICH PERSONALITY DISORDER IS CHARACTERIZED BY A LACK OF EMPATHY, A SENSE OF GRANDIOSITY, AND A NEED FOR ADMIRATION?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
WHAT FORM OF PSYCHOTHERAPY, OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH SIGMUND FREUD, AIMS TO UNCOVER REPRESSED MEMORIES AND UNCONSCIOUS CONFLICTS?
Psychoanalysis
SARAH HAS A BIG TEST COMING UP. SHE SPENDS HER TIME MEDITATING, EXERCISING, AND STUDYING IN SHORT SESSIONS TO REDUCE STRESS. WHAT TYPE OF COPING STRATEGY IS SHE USING?
Problem-Focused Coping
ELIAS EXHIBITS DELUSIONS, HALLUCINATIONS, AND DISORGANIZED THINKING. WHAT DISORDER DOES HE LIKELY HAVE?
Schizophrenia
LISA SURVIVED A NATURAL DISASTER. NOW, SHE EXPERIENCES NIGHTMARES, FLASHBACKS, AND HYPERVIGILANCE. WHAT DISORDER IS SHE SUFFERING FROM?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
JAMES IS OFTEN SUSPICIOUS OF OTHERS, BELIEVING WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT HIS COWORKERS ARE TRYING TO SABOTAGE HIM. WHAT PERSONALITY DISORDER MIGHT HE HAVE?
Paranoid Personality Disorder
WHAT TYPE OF THERAPY FOCUSES ON CHALLENGING AND CHANGING IRRATIONAL THOUGHT PATTERNS?
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
THIS TERM REFERS TO THE BODY'S THREE-STAGE RESPONSE TO CHRONIC STRESS, INCLUDING ALARM, RESISTANCE, AND EVENTUAL EXHAUSTION.
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
PEOPLE WITH THIS MOOD DISORDER EXPERIENCE EXTREME SHIFTS BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND MANIA.
Bipolar Disorder
WHICH DISORDER INVOLVES UNWANTED, INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS THAT CAUSE ANXIETY AND REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS AIMED AT RELIEVING THAT ANXIETY?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
SOMEONE WITH THIS PERSONALITY DISORDER SHOWS A DISREGARD FOR RULES AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, OFTEN ENGAGING IN DECEITFUL OR MANIPULATIVE BEHAVIOR.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
WHICH CATEGORY OF MEDICATIONS IS MOST COMMONLY USED TO TREAT DEPRESSION BY INCREASING LEVELS OF SEROTONIN IN THE BRAIN?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
JASON HAS A DEMANDING JOB THAT CAUSES HIM CONSTANT STRESS. HE CAN’T CONTROL HIS WORKLOAD, SO HE WATCHES COMEDY SHOWS AT NIGHT TO RELIEVE TENSION. WHAT TYPE OF COPING STRATEGY IS THIS?
Emotion-Focused Coping
WHAT TYPE OF DELUSION INVOLVES BELIEVING THAT ONE HAS A SPECIAL MISSION OR IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT?
Grandiose Delusion
MICHAEL HAS SUDDEN EPISODES OF INTENSE FEAR, HEART PALPITATIONS, AND A SENSE OF DOOM, EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO REAL DANGER. WHAT DISORDER DOES HE HAVE?
Panic Disorder
AMANDA HAS UNSTABLE RELATIONSHIPS, INTENSE MOOD SWINGS, AND A FEAR OF ABANDONMENT. WHICH PERSONALITY DISORDER BEST FITS THESE SYMPTOMS?
Borderline Personality Disorder
EXPOSURE THERAPY IS A COMMON TREATMENT FOR WHICH TYPE OF DISORDERS?
Anxiety Disorders and Phobias
WHEN FACED WITH STRESS, SOME PEOPLE—ESPECIALLY WOMEN—RESPOND BY SEEKING SOCIAL SUPPORT AND FORMING CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS, RATHER THAN FIGHTING OR FLEEING. WHAT IS THIS RESPONSE CALLED?
Tend-and-Befriend Response
JESSICA OFTEN FINDS HERSELF IN PLACES WITHOUT REMEMBERING HOW SHE GOT THERE. SOMETIMES, FRIENDS SAY SHE ACTED LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON, WITH A DIFFERENT NAME AND PERSONALITY. SHE ALSO HAS GAPS IN HER MEMORY THAT SHE CAN’T EXPLAIN. WHAT DISORDER DOES SHE LIKELY HAVE?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
ALEX AVOIDS CROWDED PLACES BECAUSE HE FEARS HE WON’T BE ABLE TO ESCAPE IF HE STARTS TO PANIC. THIS AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR IS CHARACTERISTIC OF WHAT DISORDER?
Agoraphobia
THIS PERSONALITY DISORDER INVOLVES EXTREME SOCIAL ANXIETY, ECCENTRIC BEHAVIORS, AND UNUSUAL BELIEFS, BUT DOES NOT REACH THE LEVEL OF PSYCHOSIS.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
A PATIENT WITH SEVERE, TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION UNDERGOES A PROCEDURE WHERE A SMALL ELECTRICAL CURRENT IS APPLIED TO THEIR BRAIN UNDER ANESTHESIA, INDUCING A CONTROLLED SEIZURE. WHAT IS THIS TREATMENT CALLED?
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)