Exam 12: Psychological Disorders

________ disorders are marked by disordered communication and thoughts, inappropriate emotions, and bizarre behaviors.

Soon after Anne has her first child, she returns to work. Her mother objects, saying that putting a child in a day-care center is immoral. After two weeks at work, Anne develops tingling and numbness in her hands that, within days, progress to total anesthesia in both hands from the wrists down. Anne's physician cannot find a physical cause for her problem. He suggests that she is suffering from ________.

The legal term for someone who is so mentally disturbed that he or she is not considered responsible for his or her criminal actions is ________.

Causing humiliation or physical harm to their sexual partners is characteristic of ________.

The opposite of depression is ________.

Society's main standard for judging abnormal behavior is ________.

Jacob generally feels out of control. He also has fainting spells and episodes of trembling, uncontrollable screaming and crying, and outbursts of verbal and physical aggressiveness. His symptoms sound most like those of ________.

Sandra experiences multiple, intense fears, including fears of being alone, of being in public places from which escape might be difficult, of being in crowds, of traveling in automobiles, and of going through tunnels and over bridges. She is most likely suffering from ________.

High functioning children with Asperger syndrome typically have ________ with speech or intellectual development, and have ________ interacting with other people.

Depersonalization, fugue, and amnesia are all types of ________ disorders.