Exam 15: Psychological Disorders

Which of the following is NOT related to antisocial personality disorder?

The DSM-IV describes personality disorders as enduring patterns. What are some of the factors that might lead to a temporary pattern of personality disturbances?

Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorders have recurrent and persistent thoughts or images that are often dreamlike and appealing.

Chris is attending a university with an enrolment of 20 000 students, quite a change from a high school with an enrolment of 300 students. Chris, and other depressed people, tend to say:

What problems have been noted in regard to the MMPI?

Since ADHD has been added to the DSM, it has become the fastest growing disorder in both Canada and the United States.

Episodes of posttraumatic stress disorder may recur for months, years, or even decades.

By definition, panic attacks occur within one week of the actual frightening experience.

Kellie is fearful in situations where she must eat in public or write in the presence of others. It is most likely that Kellie has:

What is the fundamental fear in agoraphobia?

Match the description with the appropriate diagnostic category from the DSM-IV. -These disorders involve a separation or split between parts of conscious awareness.

Explain how the narcissistic personality disorder got its name.

Today's psychologists consider the diagnosis of drapetomania to be a cruel diagnosis based on the prevailing culture of slavery in the early years of the nineteenth century.

In schizophrenia, ________ are to thought as ________ are to perception.

Evolutionary theorists would be most likely to agree that the fear of ________ was NOT likely to have evolved in humans as an adaptive behaviour.

In Chapter 2, the challenges of test construction were explained, including issues pertinent to the concepts of validity and reliability. Define each of these concepts and then analyze projective and objective tests in view of the challenges of test construction.

________ is a disorder characterized by intense but unstable relationships, a fear of abandonment by others, an unrealistic self-image, and emotional volatility.

Researchers are trying to track down the single gene they believe is responsible for the specific symptoms of schizophrenia, including hallucinations, flat emotions, and impoverished speech.

PET scan studies have found no differences between the brain activity of predatory murderers and the brain activity of "heat of passion" murderers.

Major depression involves emotional, behavioural, cognitive, and physical changes severe enough to disrupt a person's ordinary functioning for six months or longer.