Exam 15: A: Psychological Disorders

Which disorder is characterized by paralysis or blindness without a medical cause?

In a study that is described in the textbook,individual male participants within interacting pairs were led to believe the other thought he was either a mental patient or a hospital medical patient.What did the resulting self-fulfilling prophecies illustrate?

One day your mother says that an aunt of yours is "abnormal," but your father insists that she is not.Your parents ask your opinion,because they know that you are taking a psychology course.Describe for them the seven criteria that might be used to label behaviour as abnormal,mentioning some of the problems associated with making a decision concerning abnormality.

Based on the relationship between explanatory style and depression,which statement would most likely be associated with depression?

Before going to sleep,a man checks his alarm clock to make sure it is set.A short while later,he checks it again and turns off his light.Then he turns the light back on and checks his alarm again.This goes on repeatedly each night until he is so tired he falls asleep.Which type of psychological disorder is being characterized?

A woman did not know why,but suddenly she was gripped by a feeling of intense terror.Her heart started to race and she felt as though she could not breathe.She felt like she was going to die.Which term best characterizes this experience?

A study conducted in European populations between 1920 and 1987 shows the highest lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia in what group of people?

Which disorder is characterized as "the common cold of psychopathology"?

Milo has such a fear of flying insects that he refuses to go outdoors in the summer.When asked to explain Milo's phobia,what would a behavioural psychologist most likely say?

At times,a patient with schizophrenia imagines herself to be the devil.Which term best characterizes this phenomenon?

Which brain receptors function differently in individuals who suffer from panic disorder?

Agoraphobia is an extreme fear of water,to the degree that it interferes with normal adaptive functioning.

Researchers who have investigated depression have focused on long and short genes as well as the impact of negative life events.On the basis of research findings,which individual has the greatest probability of experiencing an episode of major depression?

Laurel has recently been diagnosed as suffering from periods of deep depression alternating with manic episodes.Which term best reflects this diagnosis?

Which statement supports Thomas Szasz' view of mental illness?

During acute or active phases of schizophrenia,which positive symptom is prominent?

A man has an exaggerated sense of self-importance and is preoccupied with the fantasy that he is going to run a major company some day.He does not have any friends,would never think to ask about anyone else,and seems to need constant admiration.Which personality disorder is being characterized?

Which statement about depressed individuals is consistent with the views of Seligman?

Two girls are identical twins and two boys are fraternal twins.If one girl and one boy are afflicted by a mood disorder,what can be expected of the remaining twins?

Discuss the stigma of mental illness,mentioning self-fulfilling prophecy,the problems with labeling or diagnosis,and lessons learned from research such as the Rosenhan study.