Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

This group of disorders attempts to avoid painful memories or situations. It is characterized by amnesia, fugue, or multiple personalities.

According to learning theory, anxiety disorders are most likely caused by _____.

According to your text's complete definition of abnormal behavior, which of the following statistically infrequent behaviors would qualify as "abnormal to the point of a possible mental disorder"?

This has NOT been used as an approach to defining abnormal behavior.

A Japanese phobia characterized by an intense dread of embarrassing others does not exist in Western cultures. This demonstrates _____.

Many people think that a person with a mental disorder is weak, dangerous, and incurable. Explain why these are not common characteristics in those with mental disorders, and offer your thoughts about why such myths came into being. Why might these myths be maintained?

State 10 common myths about suicide, and provide accurate information to counter each of these myths. State two things that you would do and two things you would not do, if someone you know showed signs of being suicidal. Explain your reasoning for these choices.

Which of the Four D's is often overestimated?

Leroy refuses to dance because of an intense, irrational fear of being negatively evaluated by others. Leroy probably has a(n) _____ phobia.

_____ is the specialized branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders.

"I'm stupid" is a(n) _____ attribution, "I'll always be stupid" is a(n) _____ attribution, and "I'll never pass any of my classes" is a(n) _____ attribution.

A condition in which two or more distinct personalities are present, at different times, in the same person is called _____.

Which of the following MOST clearly illustrates an obsessive-compulsive disorder?

This is an outdated term for disorders characterized by unrealistic anxiety and other associated problems.

Describe the historical highlights of the causes and treatment of abnormal behavior from the Stone Age to modern times. Include descriptions of the medical model as it relates to both psychiatry and psychology. What is psychiatry's, as well as psychology's, approach to mental illness?

People who attribute negative outcomes to themselves, and positive outcomes to external factors, are more prone to _____ than people who do the opposite.

Maxwell was not chosen for the baseball team. Which of the following attributions will DECREASE his chances of feeling depressed?

Antidepressants are sometimes prescribed for mood disorders because they appear to affect the amount or functioning of _____ in the brain.

Lola has not been able to control her considerable and varying worries for the last six months, and complains of insomnia and headaches. It is likely that Lola has _____.

The _____ suggests that schizophrenia is caused by an overactivity of dopamine neurons.