Exam 12: A: Psychological Disorders

Antisocial personality may arise as a consequence of damage to the ________ of the brain during infancy.

If an identical twin develops schizophrenia, there is about a ________ percent chance that the other twin will also develop the illness.

A male graduate student in psychology brags that his doctoral dissertation will revolutionize psychology and make him famous, but he has not been able to write it yet. He blames his academic advisor for his problems and claims that other students are "drones" who are jealous of his success and brilliance. He claims he is the smartest student in his class, but he is not properly appreciated by his classmates because of their jealousy. His behavior pattern is typical of someone suffering from ________ personality disorder.

Somatic symptom disorders involve symptoms of serious bodily disorders without any physical evidence of organic causes for them.

Barney loves sex, but the only way he can achieve sexual arousal is to fantasize about having sex with the little children in his neighborhood. His disorder is ________.

Dissociative fugue is a relatively common dissociative disorder.

Jason is highly distractible, often fidgety and impulsive, and constantly in motion. While Jason has been this way since infancy, it is only now that he is in school that it has become a problem. Jason's behavior is typical of someone suffering from ________.

The individual's primary criterion for judging abnormal behavior is ________.

Explain the differences among "insanity," "competency," and "mental illness."

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 ________.

Lately, Caroline has been plagued with the recurring thought that her mother has died. Even though she has called her mother several times each day, the minute she isn't focused on a specific task, the fear that her mother is dead nearly overwhelms her. Caroline is suffering from a(n) ________.

A recent national survey found that ________ disorders are more common than any other form of mental disorder.

Involuntary ideas that keep recurring despite the person's efforts to stop them are called ________.

The turning point year in the history of treatment of the mentally ill was ________, when Phillipe Pinel became director of the Bicêtre Hospital in Paris.

Mental illnesses without a strong biological component ________.

Most people get the "blues" from time to time.

The delusions people with schizophrenia experience are usually ________.

Gender dysphoria is often apparent in ________.

Which of the following is a true statement?

Barney loves sex, but he can only achieve sexual arousal by dressing up in women's clothing. His disorder is ________.