Exam 11: Psychological Disorders

A disorder in which a person experiences recurring attacks of intense fear,often with feelings of impending doom or death,accompanied by physiological symptoms such as rapid heart rate and dizziness,is called

In 1911,Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler coined the term schizophrenia to describe cases in which

Beginning in adolescence,men are more likely than women to develop a ruminating,introspective style of cognition,rehearsing the reasons for their unhappiness.

Compulsion involves recurrent,persistent,unwished-for images and thoughts designed to reduce anxiety.

Why do most researchers consider schizophrenia a brain disorder? What evidence suggests that schizophrenia could begin in the womb?

Describe the ways that antisocial personality disorder typically develops over time,from the age of 4 years until the age of 30 years.

A major advantage of the DSM is that

Across the world,the ratio of men to women with a major depression diagnosis is about:

The chief characteristic of a phobia is

Insanity is a legal term that is used neither by psychologists nor by psychiatrists in research or diagnosis.

Tito has an identical twin who is schizophrenic.Juan has one schizophrenic parent.Which of the following is true about their chances of developing schizophrenia?

What is the essential difference between people who develop panic disorder and those that do not?

One of the culture-bound syndromes is described as preoccupation with death accompanied by bad dreams,fainting,appetite loss,fear,and hallucinations.Which of the following is the name of this problem?

When Mandy was young,she would often see her parents drink one or two glasses of beer and wine in the evenings.As Mandy got older,her parents gradually introduced her to alcohol in family settings,for example,having a glass of wine with dinner.According to the learning model of drug addiction

Standardized questionnaires requiring written responses that ask about the test taker's behavior and feelings and typically include scales on which people are asked to rate themselves are referred to as __________ tests.

Which one of the following disorders is most likely to be found described in the DSM?

Sheldon is asked to report what he sees in an ambiguous picture.It is evident that Sheldon is being given

In a longitudinal study of boys who had been physically abused in childhood,it was found that those that had _____________________were more likely to be arrested for violent crime.

Sudden,paralyzing episodes of fear describe which type of anxiety disorder?

According to the vulnerability-stress explanation of depression