Exam 15: C: Psychological Disorders

____ involves an intense fear of public situations in which embarrassment or humiliation is likely.

Eddie is unable to help his lawyers as they prepare to defend him against three charges of first-degree murder.It is likely that Eddie will be found ____.

The hallucinations that those with schizophrenia experience are most likely to be ____ in nature.

Most psychologists agree that it is ____ that any single criterion helps demarcate psychological disorders and abnormal behaviour from normality.

Nicholas's therapist suggests that his inability to recall any specifics from the dozens of times he was sexually abused by his great-uncle results from a second personality that is protecting him.After being hypnotized,a personality called "Biff" emerges that Nicholas is unaware of.This finding is most consistent with the ____ explanation of dissociative identity disorder (DID).

Felix has a strong feeling of grandiosity,experiences racing thoughts throughout the day,and is much more active and agitated than normal.Felix appears to be experiencing a ____.

According to cognitive theorists such as Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis,some people's depression is the result of ____ about the self or one's abilities.

Marc is often consumed by the thought that he is unclean despite the fact that he has bathed.He also becomes extremely anxious when other people want to shake hands with him or touch him because all he can think about is the germs that may get passed from them to him.Marc's continual fears are what psychologists label as a(n) ____.

Public health officials and researchers assert that the number of suicides reported each year is likely an ____.

Marvel is often anxious and tense,though there is no specific reason for these feelings.As a result,she is often irritable with her family,friends,and coworkers without meaning to be.Her family doctor suggests that she meet with a psychiatrist to discuss her ____.

An approach to understanding how depression occurs as the result of a combination of genetic factors,psychological difficulties,and the culture in which one lives is known as the ____.

Riddick constantly speaks in a manner that is hard to follow because he quickly skips from topic to topic,sometimes even within a single sentence.This is most clearly the schizophrenic symptom of ____.

The conceptualization of psychological troubles as resulting from physical disorders is known as the ____.

Persons who suffer from a particular psychological disorder are considered to be alike in ____ important respect.

Tavaris feels that the legal system and his ex-wife are unfairly out to get him and are making him pay more child support than he should.One persistent belief he has is that the police,the judges at the court house,and his ex-wife have all conspired to send the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" into his head.Tavaris is clearly suffering from ____.

Scott feels that no matter what he does,he will always be unable to master his French vocabulary terms.He points to the fact that he has received a 5/10,6/10,and 5/10 despite increasing the amount of time he studied each week.As a result,he has stopped going to class and studying.Scott is demonstrating a phenomenon known as ____.

____ implies that a person who committed a crime fails to understand that what he or she did was wrong.