Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

Rusty often sits for hours at a time staring into space.When people talk to her, or ask her questions, she seldom responds.She does not wash or dress herself, and the attendants at the mental hospital, where she is receiving treatment, have to feed her when it is time for meals.In this case, it is likely that Rusty would be classified as having:

Delusions and hallucinations are two of the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia.

Which of the following is a correct statement with regard to the medical model?

Fred hears voices in his head that tell him to injure himself.This is an example of:

Panic disorder involves:

Elijah spends hours each day praying, because he feels that if he fails to pray, people that he loves may die.Such ritualistic behavior is associated with which of the following?

Aleisha has a psychological disorder, and clinicians who are working on the case ordered a PET scan.The images from the PET scan show evidence of abnormally low activity in the prefrontal region of Aleisha's brain.In this case, Aleisha is likely to be diagnosed as having:

Discuss the evidence that suggests some individuals may inherit a genetic predisposition to develop mood disorders.

Warren has a psychological disorder, and clinicians who are working on the case ordered an MRI.The images from the MRI show that the ventricles in Warren's brain are larger than those typically seen in patients without a psychological disorder.In this case, Warren is likely to be diagnosed as having:

Identify the main characteristics associated with somatic symptom disorders.

Pam has been diagnosed with conversion disorder.She is likely to experience:

Any behavior that causes an individual to experience great despair and unhappiness would be considered:

The ____________________ symptoms of schizophrenia involve observable expressions of abnormal behavior, such as delusions or hallucinations

When using the DSM to diagnose a psychological disorder:

Psychological problems that focus on the physical body are classified as:

Jeffrey Dahmer was judged to be legally sane, even though he admitting butchering, cannibalizing, and, then having sex with the dead bodies of over a dozen young men and boys.The judgment of legal sanity meant that:

People with schizophrenia often suffer from ____________________, which are thoughts with inappropriate content

A child is naturally frightened by a thunderstorm, and hides in a closet to "get away." The child then begins to exhibit a learned fear of closed-in spaces.The child probably developed the fear through:

One of the criteria used to define abnormal behavior is dysfunction.For a behavior to be considered dysfunctional, it must:

Recovery from dissociative fugue can be sudden and often complete, but affected individuals will typically claim that they have no knowledge of their activities during the blackout period.