Exam 12: Psychological Disorders

Dissociative fugue is a relatively common dissociative disorder.

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

In children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, there appear to be problems in the ability of the ________ lobe to properly regulate behavior.

Leo is unable to relax. He feels constantly "keyed up" and restless. His muscles are chronically tense, he is hypervigilant and apprehensive about the future, he often feels his heart pounding and he has trouble sleeping. His symptoms sound most like ________ disorder.

An athlete who blames herself for her team's loss, even though the whole team played badly, or a man who hasn't had a traffic accident in 20 years who still thinks he is a bad driver because of a dent he put in his car 21 years ago, is engaging in ________.

Barney loves sex, but the only way he can achieve sexual arousal is to secretly observe other unsuspecting people who are nude or engaged in sexual activity. His disorder is ________.

Research indicates that with many antisocial personalities, their nervous systems are ________ responsive to stress and they are ________ likely to engage in thrill-seeking behaviors.

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.

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

Marty is always getting into trouble with authorities. He mistrusts everyone and gives others a hard time because he believes they are out to get him. He is overly sensitive to even the slightest criticisms or negative comments, always thinking that those who criticize him are trying to trick him. Marty has ________ personality disorder.

Men are more likely than women to succeed in a suicide attempt because men ________.

If there were 100 cases of a disorder in a population of 1,000, and 50 of the cases were new cases, the incidence of the disorder would be ________ percent.

Anxiety disorders tend to ________.

Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when she is, without warning, overcome by feelings of intense fear that she may lose control of herself. Her terror is so great that all she can do is sit at her desk shaking and crying. Nothing she was doing at the time would seem to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms most resemble ________.

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

The frequency with which a given disorder occurs at a given time is known as its ________.

The DSM was designed to ________.

Delusions are false beliefs about reality with no factual basis.

Emily has noticed a few small skin bruises and some minor muscle cramps over the last few weeks. Her physician says that while her symptoms are real, they reflect no serious illness. Emily refuses to believe him. She is convinced they are the first indications of terminal cancer, and proceeds to visit one physician after another trying to find one who will agree with her. Emily's behavior is typical of ________.

Insanity is ________.