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What is the name of the most widely used classification scheme for psychological disorders?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Many people with panic disorders also have
Agoraphobia
What is the leading cause of disability for people aged 15 to 44?
Mental Disorder
What is the usual cause of dissociative amnesia?
Traumatic event usually in childhood
Conversion disorders involve a change in a person’s
physical functioning
A person with dissociative identity disorder has
Two or more personalities
What are two general categories of mood disorders
Bipolar and depressive disorders
What type of disorder is hypochondriasis
Somatofoam disorder (body)
According to psychoanalytic theory, people dissociate in order to?
Escape or cope with a traumatic event
A person with catatonic schizophrenia is most affected in
Bodily movements
What is the personality disorder called that causes people to be distrustful and suspicious of others?
Paranoid personality disorder
What characterizes people with personality disorders
patterns of inflexible traits
What is a general state of dread or uneasiness called
anxiety
What are repetitive ritual behaviors often involving checking or cleaning called?
compulsions
What are people with acrophobia afraid of?
heights
In most cases, what type of hallucinations do people with schizophrenia have?
Auditory
At what age does schizophrenia typically first appear?
Young adult
The word somatization comes from the Greek word for what?
body
Which of the following is a benefit of group therapy?
Individuals realize they are not alone with their problems
Which of the following uses systematic desensitization and modeling?
Counterconditioning
According to Sigmund Freud, what is the origin of most people’s psychological problems
Childhood experiences and inner conflicts
A person in the manic phase of bipolar disorder may have
Delusions about their superior abilities
People who have ordered and systematic delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations relating to a single theme suffer from what
Paranoid shizophrenia
What might someone with hematophobia want to avoid
Medical treatment
What characterizes a person with dissociative amnesia
Multiple personalities
Self-mutilating behaviors can be evidence of what personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Someone who is reluctant to take responsibility for his or her life, and has a fear of being left alone, might suffer from what personality disorder
Dependent
What is the main difference between cognitive therapy and behavior therapy
Cognitive seeks to alter how patients think, behavior works to change how they act
What is the behavior that impairs an individual’s ability to function adequately in everyday life called
Maladaptive
Which of the following do all states require of psychologists
Licences
People with paranoid personality disorder tend to be difficult to get along with and are
Cold and aloof
Which disorder is characterized by intense concern about life circumstances, lasts for at least six months, and is difficult to distinguish. from other anxiety disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder
During ______ a person may experience intense fear and become short of breath and dizzy
panic attack
______ are unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again
Obsessions
______ is a mood disorder that involves feeling of sadness, helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, and guilt
Depression
Periods of _____ involve extreme excitement characterized by hyperactivity and chaotic behavior
Mania
_____ is the fear of being in crowded places in which escape may by difficult or impossible
Agoraphobia
People with _____ may have delusions of grandeur, believing they are superior to other people
schizophrenia
Alcoholic Anonymous is an example of a
self help group
psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality
schizophrenia
Unrealistic preoccupation with the fear that one has a serious disease
hypochondriasis
coma-like state in which the person is immobile and expressionless
catatonic stupor
Mood disorders involving a cycle of mood changes from depression to wild elation
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety disorder involving a persistent excessive or irrational fear
Phobia
Clusters of symptoms that are recognizable diseases or disorders ONLY within certain societies or cultures
culture bond syndromes
Separation of personality traits or mental processes from conscious thought
dissociation
Intense, persistent feelings of anxiety caused by traumatic experience
post-traumatic stress disorder
Symptoms may include self-mutilating behavior
Borderline personality disorder
Characterized by suspicion and distrust of others
Paranoid
Characterized by preoccupations with fantasies of personal success or power
Narcissistic
Type of group therapy in which people with common problems support one another
Self-help group
Treatment method involving verbal interactions between therapist and client
Psychotherapy
Mental health doctors who can prescribe medication
Psychiatrists
Common treatment for schizophrenia
Antipsychotic drugs
Commonly used mood stabilizing drug
Lithium
What is the name of the most widely used classification scheme for psychological disorders
DSM
What is leading cause of disability for people aged 15 to 44
Mental disorder
What are people with disorganized schizophrenia likely to experience
Incoherent though and speech patterns
What are repetitive ritual behaviors often involving checking or cleaning called
Compulsions
What are people with acrophobia afraid of
Heights
What might someone with zoo-phobia be afraid of
Animals
What are the 3 physical signs and symptoms of anxiety
Sweating, rapid heart rate, short of breath
Define the term psychological disorders
Behavior patterns or mental process that interfere with everyday life
What are three symptoms of schizophrenia
Auditory hallucinations, delusions, social withdrawal
Four symptoms of PTSD
Flashbacks, rapid heart rate, depression, sweating
Contrast obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder
OCD-performs constant and meaningless rituals, OCPD-inflexibility and fixation on rules, procedures and orderliness
_______ are unwanted thoughts, ideas, or
mental images that occur over and over again
Obsessions
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an example of
Self-help group
An Important use of DSM-IV is as a(n)
Aid in the selection of therapy
Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, panic, and phobias are formally classified as ______ disorders
anxiety
Amnesia is classified as a _____ disorder
dissociative
Which of the following is a dissociative disorder?
Multiple Personaltiy
Multiple personality is classified as a _____ disorder
dissociative
Cocaine dependence would be classified as a(n)
Substance related disorder
Which of the following is classified as a mood disorder
Bipolar disorder
The general classification that includes phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder is
Anxiety
“To know me is to love me“ might me said by a
narcissist
The most Common psychotic hallucination is
Hearing voices
Elderly people who show signs of memory loss, confusion, suspicion, and withdrawal may be suffering from
Alzheimer's disease
A young adult who shows little emotional expression, withdraws from social activities, and displays delusions and inappropriate affect is most likely a
Schizophrenic
Which of the following is a mood disorder
Bipolar I
The three general types of mood disorders are
Major depressive disorder, bipolar I and II
Freud called his form of psychotherapy
psychoanalysis
Of the following, which is usually treated by desensitization
Phobias
If you get praised by your parents for making A’s in your college courses, the grades are
Positive reinforcers
The operant conditioning term _____ describes a response that has gone away after being repeated without being followed by a reward
Extinction
In operant conditioning terms, tokens are
Secondary reinforcers
Tokens are
Exchanged for a secondary reinforcers such as candy, or toys
A cognitive therapist is concerned primarily with helping clients change their
Thoughts
The most effective technique you can use to overcome common fears is
desensitization
Ivan Pavlov is known for studying
Classical Conditioning
Classical Conditioning is most often used to condition
Reflexes
The reappearance of a response after extinction is called
Spontaneous recover
Operant Conditioning involves which of the following
Reinforcement
Operant Conditioning was studied by
Skinner
