Exam 14: Psychological Disorders.

Running away from home, quitting school, abandoning a marriage, and suicide all have in common that they involve

A delusion is a(n)

Regarding the diagnostic categories of disorders, enuresis and encopresis are types of __________ disorders.

Juanita worries excessively about her children, her job, her house, and her finances to the point that she stays so nervous that she cannot get anything done.This continuing sense of foreboding has interfered with her ability to sleep, eat, and enjoy life for at least six months.Juanita suffers from a __________ disorder.

Which type of disorders occur when people experience extremely upsetting events that are outside their ability to cope?

To gain attention, an affected person fakes his or her medical problems or those of someone in his or her care with this mental disorder called a(n)__________ disorder.

Regarding gender and depression, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following refers to scoring very high or low on some dimension, such as intelligence, anxiety, or depression?

Ella has experienced a prolonged and deep depression.She turned to legal prescriptions to treat her problem and became addicted.In Ella's case, her primary disorder of depression was complicated with a secondary, substance use disorder, which illustrates

In which disorder do the victims have occasional, unexpected anxiety attacks in which they believe that they are having a heart attack, are going insane, or are about to die?

Failure to match one's behavior to widely accepted norms or to the unusual minimum rules for social conduct describes the definition of normality referred to as __________.

For the last three years, Angie has not left her home except for brief trips to the mailbox a few yards from her front door.Although she has thought about going to the movies or shopping, the times she has actually tried to venture outside past her mailbox, Angie has been overcome by dizziness and runs back into the house.Angie would be diagnosed with

Delusions and hallucinations are considered negative symptoms of psychosis.

The development of schizophrenia may involve stress altering the levels of which neurotransmitter that in turn alters the dopamine systems?

If you have felt extremely sad and hopeless for the last two years and had no elated or hyperactive episodes, you would most likely be diagnosed with a type of __________ disorder.

Depression is caused by learned helplessness, according to the __________ theory.

People with a dependent personality disorder constantly seek attention by dramatizing their emotions and actions.

Psychodynamic psychologists stress that unhealthy anxiety reflects a loss of meaning in one's life.

Throughout the day, Judy is distracted by the thought that she has left her keys or her wallet locked in her car.As a result, she checks her purse dozens of times each day to be sure the keys and wallet are with her.In this example, Judy's constant checking her purse for her keys would be considered a(n)

Edgar is experiencing severe back pain that has no identifiable physical cause, that is, there is no damage to bone, muscle, or nerve tissue.Edgar's imaginary pain would be classified as a