Exam 16: Psychopathology

Glenn was missing for two months and was found in another town 200 miles away, working at a menial job under a different name. When meeting his family, he had no memory of how he got to the new town or what had happened to him in the previous two months. He most likely had experienced __________.

The DSM-IV attempts to concisely describe the features that define a mental disorder. In doing so it makes references to distress, impairment, and the importance of considering whether an individual's behavior is expected within a particular culture. However, the DSM-IV __________.

Regarding the causes of generalized anxiety disorder, __________.

Gary is disagreeing with a physician who states that the cause of Gary's brother's psychological illness can be traced to a physical disease. Gary's best argument against the physician is that psychopathology in the absence of any physical disease has repeatedly been observed in __________.

One feature of schizophrenia is a tendency to withdraw socially and to become more isolated. This may contribute to the progression of schizophrenia symptoms such that the schizophrenic's withdrawal from social contacts __________.

Jon views himself as the smartest, most attractive, and most desirable person in the city and becomes angry when others do not show him the deference and admiration he believes he deserves. This lifelong pattern has caused difficulties in relationships and at work. Jon would likely have __________.

A schizophrenic symptom is called a positive symptom if it __________.

Stacy has gone into a manic state over the past few days. Which of the following would we NOT expect to observe as a symptom?

Darius has been experiencing major depressive disorder for the past two months. He has had a fairly severe episode. Which of the following symptoms could occur as part of his major depressive disorder?

Steve has had schizophrenia for years and has agreed to allow researchers to examine his brain function while alive, and then study his brain tissue after he dies. If he is like most individuals with schizophrenia, researchers should find that Steve will __________.

The Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler coined the term "schizophrenia" to capture the essence of a disorder involving __________.

Marcia has been diagnosed with a mental disorder that is of somatogenic origin. Which of the following would Marcia have been diagnosed with?

Brian was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 22. Home movies of Brian when he was 4 years old reveal that he actually showed less positive emotion than his classmates and that he had some strange hand movements and other unusual motor patterns. These findings are consistent with the neurodevelopmental perspective, which states that __________.

The distinction between psychogenic and somatogenic disorders __________.

Missy has been having a very bad couple of days at work. According to research on attributions, Missy will be at greater risk for depression if she attributes these bad events to __________ causes.

Studies with schizophrenic twins show that __________.

Dr. Dutra believes that David's depression emerged not from a biological predisposition interacting with a single stressor, but rather from a complex interaction among the events in his life and the development of different forms of vulnerability to depression. In other words, Dr. Dutra is utilizing a(n) __________.

Karen has been trying to lose weight, but when she gets very hungry after dieting she loses control and consumes very large quantities of high-calorie food in a way that makes her feel out of control. This experience is called __________.

In discussing the prevalence of mood disorders, __________.

Mark often exhibits bizarre behavior: he talks in a strange language that only he can understand, he goes up to total strangers and smiles and laughs loudly at them, and sometimes he does not bathe for weeks. What subcategory of schizophrenia does Mark best fit into?