Exam 12: A: Psychological Disorders

Which of the following is a sexual dysfunction?

Summarize research findings regarding antisocial personality disorder in terms of its causes and symptoms.

According to the diathesis-stress model, some people are biologically vulnerable to stress.

Summarize current efforts to classify abnormal behavior, explaining what system is used and how it works.

Gena has slept with the light on ever since she was a child. Her therapist believes this was caused by a learned association Gena made in childhood between a dark room and an unpleasant experience. This is most likely a(n) ________ disorder.

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

An anxiety disorder that involves multiple, intense fears of crowds, public places, and other situations that require separation from a source of security, such as home, is ________.

________ schizophrenia refers to people with several symptoms that are characteristic of schizophrenia, but with no symptoms typical of a particular subtype.

Boys are more susceptible to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder than girls.

A compulsion to achieve sexual arousal by touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person in public situations is called ________.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder afflicts about ________ percent of all school children.

Antisocial personalities rarely show anxiety, remorse, or guilt for their behavior.

Compare and contrast the views of abnormal behavior in primitive cultures, the Middle Ages, and the late 18^th and 19^th centuries.

Identify and discuss three types of mood disorders. Also, summarize the physiological and psychological factors involved in their development.

The DSM-5 defines mental disorders according to ________.

One explanation for dissociative identity disorder is that it is a response to ________.

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-5.

Marty is 38 years old and still lives at home with his parents. He asks them to help him make almost every major decision in his life because he just cannot make up his own mind. He spends a lot of time helping and doing things for others in large part because he is terrified of being rejected and being left by himself. Marty is suffering from ________ personality disorder.

Hallucinations are false sensory perceptions.

________ disorders involve physical symptoms of serious bodily disorder with no evidence of organic causes.