vocab
broad disorders
multiple choice
disorders
hard questions
100
deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns.
psychological disorders
100
an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
generalized anxiety disorder
100
Andrea experiences extreme anxiety when approaching any lake. Her therapist suggests that her fear results from a traumatic boat accident she experienced as a child. The therapist's suggestion reflects a ________ perspective.
psychoanalytic
100
a mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities
major depressive disorder
100
History has given us many creative artists, composers, and writers with bipolar disorders. Name one
Walt Whitman, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and Ernest Hemingway.
200
false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.
delusions
200
psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic form without apparent physical cause
somatoform disorder
200
An overabundance of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine is most likely to be associated with
manic episode.
200
a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania
bipolar disorder
200
Depression is to the common cold as ______ is to cancer
schizophrenia
300
an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or subject.
phobia
300
psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes
mood disorders
300
Catatonia is characterized by
periods of immobility or excessive, purposeless movement.
300
an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
300
Agoraphobia is _______
fear of open spaces
400
the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, with an updated "text-revision"; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders
DSM-IV
400
psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behaviors that impair social functioning
personality disorders
400
The suggestion that dissociative identity disorder symptoms are created as defenses against the anxiety caused by one's own unacceptable impulses best illustrates the
psychoanalytic perspective.
400
a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease
hypochondriasis
400
Doctor: It's all in your head. Patient: But it's not in my head; it's in my stomach. What is this an example of?
somatoform disorders?
500
the concept that disease, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital
medical model
500
disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
dissociative disorders
500
Kyle is extremely manipulative and can look anyone in the eye and lie convincingly. His deceit often endangers the safety and well-being of those around him, but he is indifferent to any suffering they might experience as a result of his actions. His behavior best illustrates
antisocial personality disorder.
500
a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Formerly called multiple personality disorder
dissociative identity disorder (DID)
500
Dysthymic disorder is a. complex mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences b. chronic type of depression in which a person's moods are regularly low c. type of anxiety disorder where one has repeated attacks of intense fear that something bad will occur d. fear of open spaces
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