Exam 12: A: Psychological Disorders

The psychoanalytic model holds that abnormal behavior is the result of ________.

A disorder involving mild to moderate, and highly persistent sadness (and related symptoms that may linger with little relief for up to two years) is called ________.

In school-aged children, ________ may be manifested as antisocial behavior, excessive worrying, sleep disturbances, or unwarranted fatigue.

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 a(n) ________ disorder.

The use of psychostimulants to treat ADHD ________ in treating the disorder.

Jack outwardly appears to be a normal, healthy, young adult male. But ever since he was a child, Jack has preferred to dress as a female and play with girls' toys. Jack says he's never felt like a male and psychologically he sees himself as a female trapped inside a male's body. Lately, he has been talking about having a "sex-change" operation so that he will finally have the female body he has always desired. Jack is apparently suffering from ________.

Thousands of years ago, mental illness was seen in a supernatural context.

The largest number of suicides occurs among teenaged males.

In most cases, normal and abnormal behavior is ________ different.

Which of the following is not a sexual disorder listed by the DSM-5?

A young boy is attacked by a large dog. He is now terribly afraid of all large dogs. His phobia of dogs is best explained by ________ theory.

Describe the prevalence of psychological disorders in terms of how many people suffer from them and which problems are the most common problems.

A team of investigators has found that in persons suffering from dissociative identity disorder, each different personality has a distinct pattern of ________.

According to the diathesis-stress model, ________.

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

The classic "con artist" exemplifies many of the features of ________ personality disorder.

People with personality disorders suffer from hallucinations and/or delusions.

Arlene has an intense, irrational fear of flying in airplanes. She is probably suffering from a ________.

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.

Each of the following is a diagnostic category of phobia except ________.