Anxiety
Maria always walks two miles to her work place because she refuses to take public transportation. Maria fears that if she ever takes public transportation, she will have to go through the experience of being trapped again, even though she had only been trapped in a bus once, and she was rescued under an hour. What psychological disorder does Maria most likely has.
Agoraphobia
Taylor’s parents recently gotten divorced, and due to the fact that she had to move to the other side of the country, she refuses to join in cross country, even though its her favorite activity, and spends all of her time at home. What psychological disorder does Taylor most likely have?
Major Depressive Disorder
Tanya believes that she is the Immaculate Mary, and believes that her son will be the Son of God. Is this a negative or positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Positive Symptom of Schizophrenia
Reilly feels extremely hopeless, and believes that everything good will eventually spoil, because she does not deserve happiness. Is this an internalizing, externalizing, or cultural part of a psychological disorder?
Internalizing
Dylan who has schizophrenia has a mother with schizophrenia, and a twin sister with schizophrenia. This would best demonstrate nature or nurture?
Nature
Reilly is always anxious when he’s at work, worrying he messed up someone’s order, rung them up wrong, or that he spoke too harshly to a customer that was yelling at him. He’s worried when he’s driving, because he’s worried he’ll be pulled over, hit another car, or his breaks will give out on him. He’s worried when he has to present to class, because he’s afraid that people will laugh at him, criticize his stutter, and that the teacher
Generalized Anxiety Disorders (GAD)
Janice has been failing her classes consistently for all of her high school career. While generally she shows up to class, and occasionally interacts with her teachers and classmates, generally she feels a sense of sadness and hopelessness and it carries on to her schoolwork and academic performance. What psychological disorder does Janice most likely have?
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Schuyler believes that because people who frown at him consistently, are out for him, and are going to go out of their way to hurt him, with no probable cause. Is this a positive or negative symptom of schizophrenia?
Positive Symptom of Schizophrenia
Manuela has stomach ulcers, but has no history of stomach issues, and no genetic disposition to it. Would this be an internalizing, externalizing, or cultural part of a psychological disorder
Cultural
Rafael comes from an orphanage, where he was put into several foster homes, before he was able to leave and be independent at 19. Later he gets diagnosed with GAD. Would this be due to nature or nurture?
Nurture
Mina is running her 800m event, when suddenly she feels her heart constricting, and her eyes watering, and she is swears she is having a heart attack. When she arrives at the ER, they let her know that nothing is wrong physically, but now Mina is afraid to run, because does not want that event to occur again. What psychological disorder does Mina most likely have?
Panic Disorder
Stephen is bestselling author, who has actually made most of his living based on his periodic experiences of not sleeping for a good two days, high energy to write, and bursts of creative juices. However, due to these experiences, he is usually too tired to even meet up with family, is able to write consistently (writes only every 15 years), and even being a bestselling author, cannot hold any other job that is not writing related. What psychological disorder does Stephen most likely have?
Biopolar I Disorder
Prancer cannot get rid of the voices inside his head, especially the ones that suggest that there is someone who is always out to get him. These voices also are not his own thoughts, but several different other voices. Is this a positive or negative symptom of schizophrenia?
Positive Symptom of Schizophrenia
Abby constantly has picked skin, missing hair, and consistently goes to the bathroom, and these behaviors are more triggered during midterms and finals. Is this internalizing, externalizing, or cultural part of a psychological disorder?
Externalizing
Ian has a specific phobia to snakes, and when he has children, two of them have the phobia, while one of them does not. Would this be nature or nurture?
Nurture (edited based on Dr. Zambrano's lecture)
Darren hates presentations and therefore will drop any class in university that is heavily presentation oriented, socratic seminar heavy, or a final that requires a slideshow. He says it is because he is better at tests and written material, but the truth is that when he was younger, the kids used to make fun of his presentations because of his stutter. What psychological disorder does Darren most likely have?
Social Anxiety Disorder
While typically Russell is sad, once a month, he is faced with an extremely strong surge of sadness, in which he does not eat, leave his bed, does not shower for days, and cries uncontrollably. What psychological disorder does Russell most likely have?
Bipolar II Disorder
Patrick needs a request to be repeated in a simplistic matter in order to follow through it, even though he is already 21 years old. Is this a negative or positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Negative Symptom of Schizophrenia
Marina believes that if she ever has to present, even for a class, people will make snide remarks, make a joke of her on social media, and laugh while she stutters. Is this an internalizing, externalizing, or cultural part of a disorder?
Internalizing
Annie has siblings who have depression, but somehow she comes of scotch free without it, because she has a strong social system outside of her family. Would this be due to nature or nurture?
Nurture
Gretchen is always washing her hands, because when she was younger, when she got really sick, her doctor her told her good naturedly it is because of the germs that are always around. Taking this to heart, she now not only washes her hands, sanitizes her chair and anything she uses, refuses to use public services such as water fountains, and freezes up when someone close to her sneezes. What psychological disorder does Gretchen most likely have?
Specific Phobia
Lana recently lost her baby in delivery, and she has barely eaten, left her bed, or even taken care of herself hygienically. What psychological disorder does Lana most likely have?
Major Depressive Disorder
Tina has a hard time expressing her emotions, and therefore usually seems apathetic. At funerals she has an inability to cry, and at birthday parties, she rarely smiles, even if it is someone close to her. Does Tina have a positive or negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
Negative Symptom of Schizophrenia
Blaire does not shower for days, leave her bed, or even use to the bathroom, when she has one of her major depressive episodes. Is this an internalizing, externalizing, or cultural part of a disoder?
Externalizing
Emily is an adopted child with anxiety, even though adoptive parents seem to function fine. Would this be due to nature or nurture
Nature