Exam 12: A: Psychological Disorders

A diathesis is a ________.

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 ________.

Most contemporary theorists believe that biology alone accounts for most forms of mental illness.

Anxiety disorders tend to ________.

The most common mood disorder is mania.

The American Psychiatric Association has issued an official manual describing and classifying the various kinds of abnormal behavior for nearly ________ years.

Disorders in which there is real physical illness that is largely caused by psychological factors such as stress or anxiety are called ________ disorders.

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

The prevalence of childhood disorders is remarkably similar across cultures.

Echolalia is a speech pattern in which people ________.

Today, modern medicine leans toward the idea that ________ physical ailments are to some extent psychosomatic.

A dissociative disorder that involves flight from home and the assumption of a new identity, with amnesia for past identity and events, is called ________.

Obsessions are involuntary thoughts that keep recurring despite efforts to stop them.

Compulsively exposing one's genitals in inappropriate situations to achieve sexual arousal is called ________.

The cognitive-behavioral model suggests that abnormal behavior is the result of ________.

An episode of intense sadness that may last for several months is called ________.

The view that biological, psychological, and social risk factors combine to produce psychological problems is known as the ________ approach to abnormal behavior.

When men display abnormal behavior, they are more likely than women to ________.

Bipolar disorder has been linked to ________.

A severe anxiety reaction that takes place long after an extremely stressful event is most likely to be ________ disorder.