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Chapter 16 Review

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Any deviation from the average or from the majority would characterize which approach to defining and identifying psychological disorders?

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What is abnormality?

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This is used to categorize mental illness.

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What is the DSM-V?

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An approach to defining abnormality in which people are able to get along in the real world.

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What is adjustment?

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According to Abraham Maslow, this is the process of striving toward ideal functioning. The problem is, it is difficult to tell if a person is doing a good job of this or not.

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What is self-actualization?

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Repeated performance of a coping behavior.

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What is a compulsion?

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An intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation.

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What is a phobia?

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Uncontrollable pattern of thoughts.

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What is an obsession?

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A condition in which a person experiences sudden and unexplainable attacks of intense anxiety.

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What is panic disorder?

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A person with this disorder experiences an original traumatic event in the form of dreams or flashbacks.

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What is PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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A person who is extremely afraid of darkness suffers from a. A specific phobia b. a social phobia c. Agoraphobia d. Panic attacks

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A) A specific phobia.

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Physical symptoms of this disorder include muscular tension, an inability to relax, a furrowed brow, and a strained face.

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What is general anxiety disorder

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This is a reaction to vague or imagined dangers.

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What is anxiety?

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Symptoms of this disorder include breathing difficulties, faintness or dizziness, nausea, and chest pains.

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What is panic disorder?

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Which of the following is NOT suspected of causing generalized anxiety disorder? a. Environmental factors b. Role of learning c. Heredity d. Brain tumors

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Answer: D Brain tumors

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This disorder is characterized by physical symptoms for which there is no apparent physical cause.

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What is somatoform disorder?

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Dissociative amnesia most often results from a. Physical brain damage b. A traumatic event c. Drug abuse d. Normal forgetting

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Answer: B A traumatic event

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Which group is most likely to experience hypochondriasis? a. Women b. The elderly c. Young adults d. Children

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Answer: C Young Adults

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This disorder is characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions.

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What is schizophrenia?

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Perceptions that have no direct external cause.

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What are hallucinations?

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False beliefs a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence.

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What are delusions?

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When an individual alternates between feelings of euphoria and depression they likely would be diagnosed with this disorder.

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What is bipolar disorder?

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A person with this psychological disorder experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure in many activities.

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What is major depressive disorder.

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Mood disorders tend to run in families. True or False?

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True

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Those with ________schizophrenia have delusions of persecution or grandeur.

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Paranoid

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Some victims of schizophrenia lapse into a zombie-like state of apparent apathy, while others who exhibit ________, may remain motionless for hours.

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Catatonia

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When a persons mood alternates between depression and the hyperactive state of _________, a __________disorder is diagnosed.

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Mania; bipolar

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Compared to men, women are less vulnerable to major depression. True or False?

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False. Women are more vulnerable.

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Twin and adoptive studies do not support the contention that heredity plays a role in schizophrenia. True or False?

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False. Twin and adoptive studies support the contention that heredity plays a role in schizophrenia.