Anatomy
____ transmit information within the brain and throughout the body by means of electrical impulses and chemical messengers.***
What are Neurons?
____ are more sensitive to light, tend to develop "SAD", and become depressed in the dark winter months.
What are females?
What is the most popular characteristic of Bipolar Disorder?***
What are Mood Swings?
What is a major cause of mental disorders among undergraduates?****
What are financial pressures?
What is Self-Care?
Areas of the brain responsible for tasks such as ____ are not fully developed until the mid-20s.****
What is organizing and planning?
Which gender is more likely to commit suicide?***
What is female?
Panic attacks occur more frequently among family members with the disorder and can "run in the family".
(True or False)*****
What is True?
What is difficulty concentrating?
What are the 4 parts of a neuron?
What are nucleus, dendrites, axon, and axon terminal?
How much more likely is it for women to suffer from depression than men?
What is twice ?
What anxiety disorder is treated with a process called systematic desensitization?****
What are phobias?
Which of the following strategies will benefit students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
Stand in the last row rather than sitting in the front row.
Draw images rather than writing notes.
Take written exams rather than oral exams.
Record lectures rather than taking notes.
What is Record lectures rather than taking notes?
What type of therapy focuses on modifying inappropriate or inaccurate thoughts or beliefs to help individuals break out of a distorted, maladaptive way of thinking?****
What is cognitive therapy ?
____ is the field that brings together the study of brain and mind.
What is Neuropsychiatry?
Which of the following is one of the ways in which male and female brains differ?****
Women’s brains are larger relative to overall body size than men’s.
Men are more sensitive to sound.
Women respond to emotions more quickly than men do.
When men actively think about something, neurons turn on in highly specific areas of the brain.
What is:
When men actively think about something, neurons turn on in highly specific areas of the brain.
People with this disorder realize that their actions are irrational but can't help it.****
What is OCD?
_____ therapy takes into account the role of early experiences and unconscious influences in actively shaping behavior.****
What is Psychodynamic Therapy?
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, _____ is characterized by abnormalities in brain structure and chemistry, destroys “the inner unity of the mind,” and weakens “the will and drive that constitute our essential character.”****
What is Schizophrenia?