Exam 8: Adolescent and Adult Development: Going Through Changes

The current edition of the DSM employs ______ axes.

Phobia is known as the "common cold" of psychological disorders.

Threatening to attack others, blow up buildings, or commit suicide are examples of ______.

A national study found that one woman in ______ who had been victimized by crime experienced posttraumatic stress disorder.

A maladaptive reaction to an identified stressor resulting in impairment in school or occupational functioning or in social activities or relationships is called _______.

Which of the following is NOT one of the axes of the DSM?

Researchers have found that people with anxiety disorders such as OCD and PTSD have higher than expected levels of activity in brains centers involved in ______.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major features of anxiety?

Shelly has intense, irrational fears of snakes. She is suffering from ______.

Acute stress disorder lasts longer than posttraumatic stress disorder.

Some people are suddenly flooded with feelings of panic, even when there is no external threat.

Homosexuality was once viewed as a diagnosable mental disorder.

People who threaten suicide are only seeking attention.

According to behaviorists, phobias are ______.

There is a 100 percent concordance rate for schizophrenia between pairs of identical twins.

George believes he is Napoleon. Joyce believes she is Jessica Simpson. These people are both experiencing ______.

Which of the following is true about suicide?

When comparing identical twins to fraternal twins, bipolar disorder is______.

An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent feelings of dread and foreboding or anxiety in which the anxiety is experienced as free floating is ______.

The current edition of the DSM is the ______.