Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

A person with ____________________ typically has a highly focused fear of a specific object or situation-such as a bug, a snake, flying, heights, an animal, a closed place, or a storm.

Psychological disorders characterized by prolonged and disabling disruptions in emotional state are classified as:

Identify the main characteristics associated with schizophrenic disorders.

Brain-imaging studies have found evidence that patients with schizophrenia have:

Phobic disorder involves:

Dissociative disorders are a class of disorders characterized by:

Dissociative identity disorder involves:

Psychological disorders characterized by the separation of conscious awareness from previous thoughts or memories are classified as:

Individuals who have a narcissistic personality disorder:

Prescott's chance of developing schizophrenia in his lifetime is about 1 in ____________________ because he has an identical twin brother who has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Midland Heights High School had three students attempt suicide over the past year, so the school board decided to implement a program to help members of the community recognize the warning signs of suicide.Based on the results from research in this area, you should predict that the program will be most effective if it focuses on training:

Dot sits on her bed humming most of the day.The director of the homeless shelter says Dot never creates trouble; she just hums.Dot's humming behavior might be considered abnormal based on the criterion of:

Woody Allen's characters often interpret minor physical symptoms as major diseases.A headache means a brain tumor, and minor indigestion means stomach cancer.This type of behavior is characteristic of:

During meetings, Wayne constantly taps his pen on the desk and counts silently to himself to divert his thoughts away from getting up and hitting the chair of the committee.Wayne's repetitive tapping and counting illustrate the concept of:

There is now evidence that activity in the ____________________ areas of the brain may be abnormally low in schizophrenia patients.

When using the DSM to diagnose a psychological disorder:

A person with ____________________ typically experiences excessive worrying, or free-floating anxiety, that lasts for at least six months and that cannot be attributed to any single identifiable source.

One of the criteria used to define abnormal behavior is emotional distress.For a behavior to be considered emotionally distressing it must:

A young woman has just been taken to the emergency room after slashing her arms.In the past, she has been in-and-out of drug rehab several times.She has trouble controlling her temper, and has a history of unstable interpersonal relationships.She displays symptoms associated with a(n):

Compared to women, men tend to develop schizophrenia earlier in life and they also tend to benefit less from treatment.