Exam 14: Psychological Disorders.

A person who lacks a conscience; is impulsive, selfish, dishonest, emotionally shallow, and manipulative; and is sometimes called a psychopath would be diagnosed with a(n)__________ personality disorder.

Which type of disorders are rooted in a person's specific life circumstances and tend to improve as life circumstances improve?

Explain the reasons why gender can affect the development of depression, and describe the symptoms and causes of "maternity blues" and postpartum depression and how postpartum depression can be reduced.

False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called

Asking someone if he or she is thinking of committing suicide

If obsessive-compulsive patterns are long-standing, but less intense, then they are classified as a __________ disorder.

Which of the following would NOT be a main feature of psychoses?

If mild to moderate depression alternates with periods when a person's mood is elevated, expansive, or irritable, the disorder is called

A symptom marked by a preoccupation with delusions related to a single theme, especially grandeur or persecution is called

Which of the following is characteristic of a dissociative disorder?

Although people with bipolar II disorder are usually sad and guilt-ridden, they do exhibit an occasional episode in which they are excessively cheerful, aggressive, or irritable.They may brag, talk too fast, interrupt conversations, or spend too much money, and usually irritate everyone around them.These episodes involve

Carrie sometimes feels very depressed, while at other times she talks too loud and too fast and has a rush of ideas and feelings that others think are unreasonable.Carrie would most likely be diagnosed with a disorder within which DSM-5 category?

Alcohol or drug use, mood swings, hopelessness, and risk-taking behavior may signal

Discuss five ways of defining abnormality and the shortcomings of each, and describe the core feature of all abnormal behavior.

The term for a moderately severe depression that begins within three months after childbirth, and typically lasts from two to 12 months is

Explain the role that biology plays in the development of mood disorders, including one's genetic vulnerability and the effects of different levels of brain chemicals and transmitter substances; discuss the psychoanalytic, behavioral, and cognitive explanations for mood disorders and the effects of social and environmental stresses.

Sexual dysfunctions involve

Vincent believes that his family is putting poison in his food and in the "medicines" they keep urging him to take.Vincent is exhibiting

Problems not arising until adulthood, such as Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease, would be classified as __________ disorders.

If Kyle believes that every time he hears a car horn honk on the busy street outside his apartment that he is being sent an important coded message from the CIA, he is exhibiting a delusion of reference.