Exam 12: Psychological Disorders

An anxiety disorder that involves a fear of interacting with others or being in a social situation is called ________.

Dave,a graduate student,has difficulty talking to groups.Unfortunately,he has chosen a career in which he must speak to large groups of people.The night before a presentation he tosses and turns,and the resulting lack of sleep makes the situation worse.When he makes a presentation,he often becomes confused and stumbles over his words.As a result,he feels worthless and miserable.Which two criteria of abnormal behavior are most useful in analyzing this case?

Which of the following was one of the four humors studied by Hippocrates?

Which of the following is a mood disorder?

Ali,a war veteran,has had nightmares,flashbacks,and anxiety attacks for the past three years.Ali is most likely suffering from _____________.

Linda is afraid of cats because when she was a little girl a cat scared her by jumping out of her closet and onto her face.As a result of this experience,Linda learned to be afraid of cats.Which model of abnormality offers the best explanation of Linda's fear?

As a serious dancer,Justine watches what she eats.She knows that she is underweight,but fears that if she starts eating more that she will get fat.In addition to a preoccupation with food she has also stopped menstruating.Her behaviors suggest that she might be suffering from _________.

What is the primary difficulty with applying the criterion of "social norm deviance" to define abnormal behavior?

Tara and Sarah are identical twins.If Tara has bipolar disorder,then Sarah has _________.

In any given year,about _________ percent of adults over the age of 18 suffer from a mental disorder.

Excessive amounts of dopamine in the brain have been proposed as a cause of:

Arlene has an intense,irrational fear of flying in airplanes.She is probably suffering from a _______.

Which of the following is the biological explanation for mood disorders?

An intense,paralyzing fear of a specific object,person,situation,or thing in the absence of any real danger is a _______.

A person who is suffering from disordered thinking,bizarre behavior,and hallucinations and who is unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality is likely suffering from _________.

Which model of abnormality views abnormal behavior as the result of illogical thinking?

Thoughts that repeatedly intrude into consciousness against one's will are called:

It is not unreasonable to assume that in ancient times (for example,around 3000 B.C.E.)signs of mental illness were believed to be caused by__________.

False beliefs about reality with no factual basis are known as ______.

The learning approach to psychological disorders suggests that: