Exam 12: Psychological Disorders

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

It is typical for multiple personalities to contrast sharply with each other.

Thinking can contribute to feelings of depression.

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.

The most common mood disorder is ________.

Men are genetically more vulnerable to mental disorders than women.

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

Sexual disorders that involve unconventional sex objects or situations are called ________.

Charlie has had excessive mood swings since he was a child. At times, he hates himself and feels he is a failure. Other times, he is euphoric and feels he can do whatever he sets his mind to. This behavior is typical of a(n) ________ disorder.

________ disorders are marked by disturbances of thoughts, communications, and emotions, including delusions and hallucinations.

Janice has always seen sex as a duty to perform for her husband. Whenever she starts to get aroused, her mind is flooded by negative thoughts about how dirty and sinful sexual activity is. As a result, she is almost totally cold to any sensual pleasure and she feels no desire for sexual activity. She is suffering from ________.

Fetishism involves secretly watching other people have sex or spying on people who are nude in order to achieve arousal.

Public and private asylums for the insane first appeared in the late Middle Ages.

Jason is a child who has always had trouble forming normal attachments to people. He never seemed to interact normally with his own parents and siblings. He cried when he was picked up, and as he grew older he did not develop normal speech. The only toy he ever played with was a truck with which he would sit for hours just holding it and spinning its wheels. Jason's behavior is typical of a child with ________.

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 ________.

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

Describe what is known about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autistic disorder.

Hallucinations are false sensory perceptions.

Causing humiliation or physical harm to their sexual partners is characteristic of ________.

George is suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. If he tries to stop his obsessive thoughts or compulsive behaviors he is likely to experience ________.