Exam 16: Psychological Disorders

People who have ________ are afraid of being evaluated in some negative way by others, so they tend to avoid situations that can be embarrassing.

Many people incorrectly assume that schizophrenia is a synonym for another commonly discussed mental illness. Why does this mistake occur?

Which of the following losses might serve as a starting point for one's experience of major depressive disorder?

In recent years, the diagnostic frequency of autistic disorder has exploded in an epidemic-like fashion. One explanation for this increase is that the diagnostic practices have simply changed in ways that allow for more frequent diagnoses. This demonstrates which of the six principles mentioned in your chapter?

Leo worries all of the time. He worries about his money, his children, and his dog. His muscles are always tense and sore, he has trouble sleeping, and is constantly physically tense. Leo's symptoms sound most like ________.

Which personality disorder gets its name from the concept that the individual with the diagnosis exists somewhere between the psychotic and the "neurotic" planes of functioning?

Shelby is concerned that she is spending too much of her day worrying about things that are out of her control. She often experiences disturbances in sleep and often feels tense, even in situations where there is nothing that is directly threatening her safety. If you were a clinical psychologist, you would be trying to determine if Shelby meets the criteria for ________.

The diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 are based on a(n)________ approach.

A key idea in the discussion on the universality versus diversity in psychiatric diagnoses was that

Research into the memories of those claiming to suffer from dissociative identity disorder (DID)has found that information presented to one "alter" is usually available to the other. This finding has shed doubt on the concept of amnesia across alternate personalities in cases of DID. This situation demonstrates which of the six principles mentioned in your chapter?

According to psychologist ________'s sociobiological model, individuals with borderline personality disorder inherit a tendency to overreact to stress and experience lifelong difficulties with regulating their emotions. Support for this model comes from twin studies that suggest borderline personality traits are substantially heritable.

One criticism of the DSM noted by the authors is that it adheres to a ________ model, which means that a person is seen as either having a mental disorder, or not having a mental disorder. There is little or no allowance for "degrees" of a disorder.

Although hoarding disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)are closely related "cousins", they are not the same condition; in fact, only about ________ of those with hoarding disorder meet the diagnostic criteria for OCD.

Kevan used to study diligently for exams in all of his high school classes and begin working on writing projects immediately after they were assigned. However, no matter what he did, he could never score higher than C or C+. What prediction would the behavioural model make about Kevan's behaviour today as a college student?

During the day, Barb suffers from frequent, unwanted thoughts that she has left her front door unlocked and recurrent images that all her belongings have been taken. These thoughts and images are what psychologists refer to as a(n)________.

The single most controversial psychological disorder is ________.

Kat is giving a report on dissociative identity disorder (DID)in her psychopathology seminar. A main conclusion that you would expect to hear from her talk is that

The prevalence of a disorder refers to

A counterintuitive research finding involving depression is that

Mark has such an intense fear of flying insects that he hardly ever goes outside his house during the summer months. He is probably suffering from a ________.