Exam 12: Psychological Disorders

Define paraphilia. Define and briefly discuss five types of paraphilias.

Heidi experiences sharp fluctuations in her self-image, her moods, and her interpersonal relationships. She acts impulsively, is promiscuous, and uses drugs. She feels uncomfortable about being alone and often manipulates people around her to control or solidify her personal relationships. Heidi is most likely suffering from ________.

Feeling fearful but not knowing why is characteristic of ________.

The psychoanalytic model of mental illness was developed during the ________.

After going to a physician complaining of memory loss, Jeff is told that while he was under hypnosis, several different personalities emerged. Each personality is unique, with a name and separate memories. Jeff has ________ disorder.

Briefly discuss how you can tell the difference between "the blues" and clinical depression. Identify and briefly describe at least five symptoms of depression as listed in the DSM-IV-TR.

John has made a career of stealing older people's retirement money by taking advantage of their trust and selling them phony retirement investments. John explains that he has done nothing wrong, that if these people were not so greedy, they would not be so eager to invest in his phony schemes. In his mind, his victims got exactly what they deserved. John's behavior and attitude are typical of someone with ________ personality disorder.

Dave's mother suggests that he talk to a doctor because of his crippling feelings of inferiority. The doctor suggests that Dave's problem stems from internal processes such as self-defeating beliefs, unrealistic expectancies, and negative thinking. This view is typical of the ________ model of abnormality.

Discuss the general symptoms of personality disorders. Also, identify and define five types of personality disorders.

A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets insignificant symptoms as signs of serious illness in the absence of any organic evidence of such an illness is called ________.

In young children, ________ may be manifested as a "failure to thrive," or weight gain, or as a delay in speech or motor development.

While doing volunteer work in a mental hospital, Mary is put on a ward for adults with severe mental disorders. One patient is very suspicious of everyone, hears voices, and suffers from the delusion that the CIA is trying to kill her so she won't reveal information that threatens the nation's security. The psychiatrist tells Mary that this patient suffers from ________.

________ disorder comes closest to the everyday meaning attached to the word "neurotic."

Which of the following is not one of the symptoms listed by the DSM-IV-TR for a diagnosis of depression?

An anxiety disorder in which a person feels driven to think disturbing thoughts and/or to perform senseless rituals is ________ disorder.

Mental illnesses with a strong biological component ________.

Barney loves sex with his wife but is frustrated by the fact that he achieves an orgasm almost as soon as he enters her. He is almost never able to delay his orgasm long enough for his wife to achieve orgasm too. Barney is suffering from ________.

Currently, the cause of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is thought to be ________.

Which of the following is not a criterion psychologists rely on to determine abnormality?

A World Health Organization study found that the lowest prevalence of psychological disorders was in ________.