Exam 13: Psychological Disorders

How do most antipsychotic drugs seem to work?

What is the main difference between generalized anxiety disorder and phobias?

People with _________ disorders have an excessively rigid, maladaptive pattern of behavior and ways of relating to others.

Insanity is a legal term that is used neither by psychologists nor by psychiatrists in research or diagnosis.

People with schizophrenia are more likely to have been born during the winter months. One explanation for this phenomenon is that

The depressive explanatory style is characterized by which three elements?

While doing volunteer work at a mental hospital, Mary is put on a ward for adults with severe mental disorders. One patient remains in the same position for hours at a time and never talks. The doctors tell Mary this patient suffers from

After being passed up for a promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son, a man disappears. He shows up two weeks later in another town with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He appears to be suffering from

The schizophrenia prodrome refers to

Nancy smells smoke when there is no fire. This is an example of:

Which of the following best describes the antisocial personality?

Each day, while Sid is sitting at his desk at work, he continually thinks about germs. Each time this occurs, he washes his hands. Sid probably suffers from

The medical model views abnormal behavior as resulting from

Virtually all antipsychotic drugs work by __________.

False sensory perceptions that most often take the form of hearing voices are called _______.

Phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder are all types of __________ disorders.

Self-injury, such as the intentional cutting of one's self, is most closely associated with which personality disorder?