Schizophrenia
What disorder would someone who hears auditory hallucinations and has inappropriate emotional behavior have?
Schizophrenia
What disorder would a person who interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease have?
Illness Anxiety Disorder
What disorder would someone who alternates binge eating with purging have?
Bulimia Nervosa
What disorder who a person who exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities have?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
What disorder would a person who exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, and may be aggressive and ruthless have?
Antisocial Personality Disorder
A psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions
Psychosis
Eastern
What is the difference between anorexia and bulimia nervosa?
Anorexia is maintaining a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight, and bulimia nervosa is when someone alternates binge-eating with purging
Why do Dissociative Identity Disorders typically develop?
To protect a person from being overwhelmed with emotion
What is the term typically used by the normal person for someone who has antisocial personality disorder
Sociopath/Psychopath
What would a schizophrenia patient with negative symptoms do?
Tone less voice, expressionless face, or mute/rigid body
What is the difference between conversion disorder and illness anxiety disorder?
Conversion disorder is making up symptoms when nothing is wrong, and illness anxiety disorder is when normal sensations are interpreted as symptoms
What are the symptoms of someone with binge-eating disorder?
binge-eating episodes followed by distress, disgust, or guilt but without purging periods
Name a famous version of someone with a Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dr. Jekyll, that guy from split, the hulk
Name a job that a cunning person with antisocial personality disorder would normally go into (doesn’t have to be legal)
Con-artist or ruthless corporate executive
Name 3 early warning signs a kid might be at risk for schizophrenia
Mother had schizophrenia that was severe and long-lasting, birth complications, separation from parents, short attention span/poor muscle coordination, disruptive or withdrawn behavior, emotional unpredictability, poor peer relations
What emotion can both somatic symptom disorders be traced back to?
Anxiety
Name 2 things that can cause someone to develop an eating disorder
Have low self-evaluation, set perfectionist standards, fretting about falling short of expectations, or being intensely concerned with how others see you
Make an argument supporting the theory that Dissociative Identity Disorders are simply an extension of our normal capacity for personality shifts
People who were hypnotized and didn’t have the disorder could display a different personality, the more people hear about the disorder the more common it becomes, disorder not as prevalent outside of US,
Why do most criminals not fall into the category of people with antisocial personality disorder?
Because they actually show responsible concern for their friends and family members
Why would someone with schizophrenia have low brain activity in the frontal lobe, and active thalamuses?
Frontal lobe deals with reasoning, planning, and problem solving which they don’t do well, and thalamus filters sensory information which they have extra of
What should you do if you interact with someone with illness anxiety disorder and why?
Do not show them sympathy because this only reinforces the patient’s idea that the illness is real
Describe why the Barbie doll could be a reason for the increase of eating disorders in the US
It set unrealistic standards, and if girls compared themselves to it they could become ashamed of themselves
Make an argument supporting the theory that dissociative identity disorders are real disorders and not just a disorder created by therapists in a particular social context
Different personalities have distinct brain and body states, have heightened activity in brain areas associated with control and inhibition of traumatic memories
Why would the brain of a person with antisocial personality disorder respond less to an emotionally evocative picture and have a hyper-reactive dopamine reward system?
Because they have less empathy than other people, and because they are predisposed to have an impulsive drive to do something rewarding despite the consequences