Exam 16: Psychological Disorders

Joan cannot stop thinking about jumping off a tall building. This causes her a great deal of stress. To escape from these thoughts, Joan recites nursery rhymes over and over again. This seems to reduce the stress. For Joan, the reciting of rhymes are

A person with schizophrenia reports that she frequently hears a voice from God telling her that she is God's messenger and that she needs to save all the whales. The fact that she actually believes she is an agent of God would be considered an example of a(n) ______________, whereas the fact that she hears this message (as opposed to seeing or feeling God's presence) represents an example of a(n) ______________.

One of the detrimental effects of ______________ is that it can generate negative perceptions in both the person being diagnosed and in others who interact with the person.

Biological, psychological, or environmental predispositions can combine with current or recent events to produce psychological disorders called ___________.

You are a researcher for a major drug company working on anxiety disorders. Your latest drug interferes with the effectiveness of GABA. You do not think this will be a successful treatment. Why?

Of the alternatives below, the one that is NOT a characteristic of the anti-social personality disorder is

According to researcher Beck, the depressive cognitive triad consists of negative views of

When considering the concept of insanity, it is important to remember that ________.

Describe (a) the cognitive triad and (b) the depressive attributional pattern described by Beck.

The cognitive researcher David Barlow speculates that panic attacks may be caused by _____________ misinterpretations of ______________ anxiety symptoms.

Dr. Henson has been asked to assess John, who has been accused of killing most of his family and several former girlfriends. When she meets with him, he is warm and charming, speaks intelligently, and addresses the charges brought against him in a very reasonable fashion. Dr. Henson diagnoses John with an antisocial personality disorder, and since she is a psychodynamic therapist, she believes that this disorder is due to

A depressed individual attribute their successes to external factors, and blames themselves for their failures. Aaron Beck would say that this individual display a(n) ___________.

Arnold described himself as very special and complex, and presented in therapy as being very arrogant and lacking empathy. In fact, he was so grandiose that he only agreed to therapy because he felt that the therapist learn something important from working with him. Given these symptoms, Arnold most closely meets the diagnostic criterion for

One in ___________ North Americans will have a substance-abuse disorder during his or her lifetime.

Contrast the social causation and social drift hypotheses concerning social class and the prevalence of schizophrenia.

Which of the following disorders was mentioned as an example of a culture-bound disorder?

One adoption study focusing on behaviours related to anti-social personality disorder found the highest rates of criminal behaviour in sons when _______________ had criminal records.

Which of the following best demonstrates how modelling may account for the creation of an anxiety disorder?

Which of the following is not true with respect to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

"Negative" symptoms in schizophrenia