Intro to Psych

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