Abnormal Psychology Final Exam (2024 - Barbara)
marijuana users in the 1960s were less likely to develop drug dependence than users starting around the year 2000. The trend most likely supports that fact that
the THC content in marijuana has increased
One limitation of the sociocultural approach to understanding generalized anxiety disorders is that it CANNOT explain
why everyone who experiences danger doesn't experience generalized anxiety
A person who experiences which incident is at the greatest risk of developing PTSD
witnessing a freind die from being shot point-blank
Artifact theory differs importantly from other sociocultural theories of depression because it suggests:
women and men are equally likely to develop depression
Brooklyn learns to turn on the TV by watching her older brother turn it on. This form of learning is called
Modeling
What happens when an electrical impulse reaches a neuron's ending
Neurotransmitters are released
Key feature of schizophrenia
Psychosis
A person knows he is being observed and changes his behavior to make a good impression. What is this known as?
Reactivity
compared with typical children, children with autism spectrum disorders are MOST likely to
be socially aloof
the major disadvantage of using force tube-feeding for patients with eating disorders who refuse to eat is that patients may
become distrustful of the medical establishment and uncooperative with further treatment
The viral explanation for schizophrenia suggests that brain abnormalities, and therefore schizophrenia, result from viral exposure:
before birth
Thomas hides away in his room and consumes several cartons of ice cream and a couple of boxes of doughnuts in a span of thirty minutes. He felt unable to stop eating until everything was gone, then was overwhelmed with shame at the amount he had consumed. He then goes back to what he was doing before. Thomas most likely has:
binge-eating disorder
The strongest evidence for the cause of bipolar disorders BEST supports which theoretical perspective?
biological
if people with unipolar depression were found to have lower levels of norepinephrine, such a finding would support which perspective?
biological perspective
someone who experiences four or more alternations between mild mania (hypomania) and major depression within one-year time span would be classified as having
bipolar 2 rapid cycling
what is true of the relationship between narcissism and aggression
highly narcissistic people may feel entitled to aggression when they are not treated the way they believe they should
What is a FALSE about hallucinations
historically, they have been a sign of a psychological disorder
extreme emotions and the need to be the center of attention are characteristics of:
histrionic disorder
A person who stopped eating candy and other sweets, then gradually eliminated other foods until he or she was eating almost nothing, could be experiencing:
restricted type anorexia nervosa
downward drift is reflected by:
schizophrenia causing people to fall into poverty and social distruption
Which personality disorder is least likely to respond well to treatment
narcissistic
A friend of yours says, "A 15-year-old high school student accused of shooting several classmates received a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder." Your accurate reply would be:
"I don't think so; those diagnosis seldom engage in criminal activity"
to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, symptoms must be present for ____ months, during which a person must have been in _________ for 1 month
6; active phase
Which does NOT characterize stress disorders
A compulsive need to engage in acitivities that remind one of the event
Phobic and generalized anxiety disorders arise when people stop looking at themselves honestly and with acceptance and instead deny and distort their true thoughts, emotions and behavior. Which kind of theorist would offer the preceing explanation for anxiety disorders?
A humanistic theorist
What individual would be MOST likely to be classified as exhibiting abnormal behavior?
A person who engages in multiple checking ituals each day and is unable to hold down a job
Devonte does not follow what the teacher is doing and has difficulty focusing on the task at hand. His behavior in class is disruptive because he cannot sit still, which leads to poor grades. These symptoms MOST likely indicate
ADHD
A woman constantly avoids crowded streets and buildings, and she is very reluctant to leave home, even with a friend. Recently she has started experiencing sudden, extreme fear every time she enters a crowded street. MOST likely, this woman would be diagnosed with:
Agoraphobia and panic disorder
The MOST common mental disorders in the US are
Anxiety disorders
If stress levels and physical health are negatively correlated, the researcher can conclude that:
As stress increases, health decreases
Joanie has social anxiety. Whenever she has to attend a party, she only speaks to people she knows well. According to the cognitive-behavioral model, this is an example of _____ behavior
Avoidance
One of the nutraceuticals shown to be frequently helpful in treating unipolar depression is:
St. Johns wort
A person who believes a television anchor is speaking directly to them is suffering from:
delusions of reference
What is a typical time frame for a rape survivor's stress level to be at it's highest level?
Between 12 and 20 days after the assault
The therapy found to be most effective for treating phobias is:
CBT
The two MOST common treatments for attention-deficit/hyper activity disorder are
CBT AND DRUGS
What is the BEST combination of treatments for OCD
CBT and antidepressant drugs
A psychologist does a study of an individual involving a history, tests, and interviews of associates. A clear picture is constructed of this individual so her behavior is better understood. This study is a...
Case study
A person is diagnosed as having severe generalized anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder represents which part of the diagnosis?
Categorical information
A therapist prescribes a client a drug that causes the patient to vomit every time he drinks alcohol. This therapist is MOST likely a(n):
Cognitive behavioral therapist
Jordan is a terrible bully. He is very aggressive and repeatedly takes advantage of others. He will say anything to get his way or to try to stay out of trouble. Recently he was arrested for vandalism and ended up getting probation. He will MOST likely be labeled as displaying:
Conduct disorder
A person who is having suicidal thoughts and can see no reason for living BEST fits what definition of abnormality?
DANGER
Secrete Service agent steps in front of the president, prepared to be killed or injured if the president's safety is threatened. Psychologically speaking, the agent's behavior is:
Dangerous for the agent but not abnormal
People who are unable to recall important information about themselves, especially of un upsetting nature, the MOST likely experiencing....
Dissociative amnesia
When behavior prevents a person from participating in ordinary social interactions, that behavior is said to be:
Dysfunctional
Which statement about paradigms (perspectives) is FALSE
Each paradigm is complete in itself
Which of the following is a reason for which little controlled research has been devoted to the effectiveness of existential therapy?
Existentialists believe that research dehumanizes individuals by reducing them to test measures
What is trauma, as defined by the DSM-5?
Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violation
How does fear differ from anxiety
Fear is a response to a specific threat, whereas anxiety is more general
According to the psychodynamic perspective, ineffective interaction of the id, ego, and superego can result in a person becoming stuck at a developmental level. This is called:
Fixation
In the 1960's and 1970's, social upheaval and soul-searching in Western society gave rise to humanistic and existential therapies. The BEST explanation for this trend is that these theories:
Focused on a positive message and living a meaningful life
Arturo is being treated for schizophrenia. He has recently begun experiencing muscular tremors that he has difficulty controlling. What is the MOST likely explanation?
He was prescribed a first-generation antipsychotic
The moral treatment movement rapidly declined in the late nineteenth century because:
Hospitals became underfunded and overcrowded
The _____ model proposes that humans must have an accurate self-awareness and live meaningful lives to be psychologically well adjusted
Humanistic-existential
months after last taking a drug, former drug abuser still has flashbacks to the sensory and emotional changes experienced during the experience. MOST likely, the abused substance was
LSD
of the following, which has the lowest risk for drug dependency and long-term behavioral change
LSD
With mindfulness-based therapy techniques, clients would most likely be encouraged to:
Let their thoughts flow, without judgement
If researchers studied Vietnam veterans for 30 years after the veterans' return from Vietnam, the study would be classified as:
Longitudinal
In the dark triad of personality traits, what is associated with Machiavellianism
Manipulative
The CBT explanation for panic disorders is that people who have them:
Misinterpret bodily sensations
A professor's office is a mess, graded tests are in piles on the desk, overflowing bookshelves line the walls, and research materials from years ago occupy boxes on hte floor where there is only a narrow pathway to walk. If the professor is experiencing a diagnosable disorder, it would MOST likely be in which category
Obsessive-compulsive-related disorders
What are the names used for a cluster of personality disorders
Odd, Dramatic, Anxious
Mason's parents aways pay special attention to him when he takes toys from his little sister. A such, he continues to steal her toys. This is an example of
Operant conditioning
Loren will not obey his parents. He deliberately does annoying things like putting his feet on tables and refuses to comply with requests to take them down. When threatened with punishment, he says he doesn't care. He is never physically violent or destructive, but otherwise he is completely unmanageable. This is an example of:
Oppositional defiant disorder
Why did many of the asylums in the 1500s became virtual prisons over time?
Overcrowding
although all of these mental disorders are of concern for increased suicide risk, the LEAST likely to be linked to suicide is
PTSD
Ancient societies commonly treated abnormal behavior by
Performing an exorcism
Avery, a 28 year old woman, tells her therapist that she has an intense fear of snakes. She says she has been afraid of snakes ince she was a child. Which additional criterion would suggest that Avery meets the diagnostic criteria for a specific phobia?
Refusal to go to certain places where she believes snakes could be present, such as the lake
The biological understanding of generalized anxiety is supported by the finding that:
Relatives of people with generalized anxiety are more likely to have it than non-relatives are
What is the current status of repressed childhood memories of trauma, as far as the community of clinicians is concerned?
Repressed childhood memories are generally accepted as memories of real events
Schizophrenia vs schizoaffective disodrder
Schizoaffective has the presence of a major depressive or manic episode
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used most often in the treatment of....
Schizophrenia
Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1948) believed schizophrenia is caused by a:
Schizophrenogenic mother
Which disorder is characterized by severe, persistent, and irrational anxiety about social or performance situations in which the person may face scrutiny by others an possibly feel embarrassment
Social anxiety disorder
which statement about unipolar depression is TRUE?
The large majority of individuals with unipolar depression recover within 6 months, sometimes without treatment.
In which age group does depersonalization-derealization disorder almost never occur?
The middle aged
What is the MOST likely reason that Dr. Hoover seldom prescribes drugs when treating clients with borderline personality disorder
The risk of suicide increases because using drugs may lead to overdoses
According to one psychological view of autism, the awareness that other people base their behaviors on their own belief, and not on information they have no way of knowing, is not present in children with autism. They lack
Theory of mind
A patient with schizophrenia who experiences delusions, hallucinations, etc has:
Type I Schizophrenia
Regarding likelihood of recovery and types of symptoms exhibited, what is the WORST type of schizophrenia to have
Type II
Freud belived that all functioning, normal and abnormal, originates from:
Unconscious psychological processes
When would religious rituals and superstitious behavior (such as not stepping on cracks) be considered compulsive behaviors?
When they interfere with daily function and cause distress
"No way I am sending my child through that program. I've heard horror stories about how kids act once they leave" Based on research, this would be accurate about
a juvenile training center
Which of these describes a compulsion
a repetitive and rigid behavior or mental act that people feel they must perfrom
The principle of multifinality emphasizes that
abnormality arises from an interaction between predisposition and stress
researchers have examined the relationship between the sleep people need and the sleep people get. Based on their findings, which statement is generally true?
across all age groups, people generally get less sleep than they need
A pattern of anxiety, insomnia, depression, and flashbacks that begins shortly after a traumatic event and persists for less than a month is called
acute stress disorder
Salina experienced a sizable earthquake. For a couple of weeks after the event she has trouble sleeping or felt comfortable inside a building. Her fears gradually diminished after a month. Her reaction to the earthquake would MOST likely be diagnosed as an
acute stress disorder
Benzodiazepines work in much the same way as
alcohol
which group is most likely to experience cluster suicides
american indians
the traditional psychophysiological disorder most commonly associated with intense feelings of anger and the presence of bacteria is
an ulcer
Brody no longer enjoys his usual hobbies, talking to his friends, or even playing with his dog. In fact, Brody didn't even care when he learned that he was up for a promotion at work. This BEST describes someone with:
anhedonia
what transformed the treatment of schizophrenia
antipsychotic medications
which personality disorder is marked by a general pattern of disregard for, and violation of, other people's rights
antisocial
Leona doesn't care about any of society's rules and customs, nor does she care about other people. She does not consider the consequences of her actions and sometimes puts others in danger with what she does. She MOST probably is experiencing:
antisocial personality disorder
compared with peopke with AN, most people with BN
are of a more normal weight
research shows that sexual dysfunction among LGBTQ couples
are the same as those seen in heterosexual couple
A child with autism spectrum disorder points to a picture rather than speaking is using a(n)
augmentative communication system
DSM-5 is the first edition of the DSM that requires clinicians to provide
both categorical info and dimensional info
The child most likely to show the first symptom of autism spectrum disorder would be a
boy under 3 years old
The MOST recent research has provided evidence that the primary causes of autism spectrum disorder includw
brain abnormalities
A person who has had symptoms typically associated with schizophrenia for 3 weeks, what would most likely be her diagnosis
brief psychotic disorder
AA supports the belief that alcoholics should
cease drinking entirely
How are childhood patterns of behavior that are diagnosed as bipolar disorder different from adult patterns
children display rage and aggression rather than mania
A therapist describes a patient who believes her personal worth is tied to each task she performs. She draws negative conclusions from repetitive thoughts that remind her of her flaws. You could conclude that the therapist holds which theoretical orientation?
cognitive - behavioral
increasingly concerned about my minor heartbeat irregularities, I think my health is being threatened. My therapist tells me I am misinterpreting my bodys normal signals. Which viewpoint is the therapist speaking from
cognitive-behavioral viewpoint
Someone who fasts or exercises strenuously following a binge is engaging in:
compensatory behaviors
If a new test for assessing anorexic tendencies produces scores comparable to those of other tests for assessing anorexic tendencies, then the new test has high
concurrent validity
Carlotta is attacked in the street, and her young daughter is kidnapped. Eventually, the police find her daughter and return her to her mother. She is unable to retain new information; she remembers what happened before the attack but cannot remember new and ongoing experiences. This is a classic example of
continuous amnesia
At a parent-teacher conference, a child's parents are astounded to learn that their son is late for school. This behavior is MOST closely fits which pattern of conduct disorder
covert-nondestructive
Goal of milieu therapy
create a social environment that promotes productive activity, self-respect, and responibility
the disorder marked by numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms and mild depressive symptoms is called:
cyclothymic disorder
In time of economic downturn, rates of narcissism
decrease in general
a person exclaiming "I am the Virgin Mary, and I've come to give birth to a new savior" is experiencing
delusions of grandeur
which medical condition is more common in people with bulimia nervosa than those with anorexia nervosa
dental problems
which disorder is characterized by an excessive need to be taken care of and fear of separation
depended personality disorder
A person's mental functioning or body feels unreal or foreign. They are MOST likely suffering from
depersonalization
when a person feels that the external world is removed, mechanical, distorted, or even dead, he or she is experiencing
derealization
What is the name of comprehensive treatment approach applied particularly in cases of borderline personality disorder and/or suicidal intent
dialectial behavioral therapy (talk therapy)
the risk of negative side effects for people who take MAO inhibitors can be mitigated by making changed in what aspect of life?
diet
A person with biological predisposition for schizophrenia will develop symptoms after significant life stress or other negative events
disathesis-stress model
What is NOT a characteristic of eccentrics noted by researchers in the field?
disinterest in others' opinions
according to seligmans research, dogs that were initially exposed to inescapable electric shocks learned to _______ when given the opportunity to avoid subsequent escapable shocks
do nothing
Cocaine appears to produce its effects primarily through triggering the release of excessive amounts of _____ in the brain.
dopamine
From which pair of disorders is a child MOST likely to recover by adult hood
enuresis and encopresis (pissin and shittin da bed)
Marie comes from a supportive, loving family and has a stable socioeconomic background. She has developed depression due to a serotonin deficiency. Anne has distant parents, failing grades, and insufficient funds for basic necessities and also develops depression. These two cases demonstrate what principle of developmental psychopathology?
equifinality
which hormone can cause decreased sexual desire when present in either low or high levels
estrogen
evidence suggests that restricted affect among people with schizophrenia may express inability to _____ emotions, not inability to _____ them
express; feel
The ability to generalize results from a study of certain individuals to other individuals not studied is called
external validity
Charley brings her young daughter into the emergency room with internal bleeding. The attending physician later concludes that Charley caused the symptoms in her daughter intentionally, wanting to gain attention and praise for her devoted care of her sick child. If this assessment is correct, the appropriate diagnosis is:
factitious disorder
Why has suicide become the second leading cause of death in the adolescent age group?
fatal illnesses are uncommon among the youth
A person who shows no emotion, even when one would be appropriate, is desplaying ______ affect
flat
______ is common with dissociative fugue
fleeing to a new location
In a very crowded department store during the Christmas rush, a woman suddenly feels a stranger rubbing his genital area against her thigh. He continues until the crowd begins to break up, and then he moves away. The MOST likely diagnosis for this man is:
frotteuristic disorder
transgender people who experience extreme distress over the incongruence of their gender and/or find themselves impaired by it in their social relationships, at work or at school have
gender dysphoria
Although Gio has always taken good care of his health and well-being, over the past month he has been feeling a lot of pressure at work. He finds himself scrambling trying to meet a deadline that is fast approaching. Which change in his behavior may indirectly affect his immune system?
gio is not getting enough sleep because he is so busy working
a person who believes their mission on earth is to save the human race from self-destruction. This is delusion of:
grandeur
Patients are more likely to recover from schizophrenia if they:
had good premorbid functioning
the individual most at risk for suicide is the person who
has schizophrenia and is developmentally disabled
the MOST powerful form of marijuana
hashish
a man is distressed over the fact that he derives sexual arousal exclusively from dressing in women's clothing. MOST likely that person would diagnosed as
having transvestic disorder
Most common hallucination
hearing voices in an empty room
when treating anorexia nervosa, which is the first step that should be taken
help person start to regain the lost weight
the drug that, when misused, would most quickly result in addiction
heroin
what is true about narcissists
highly narcissistic people do not tend to have more reasons to feel good about themselves, but they do tend to be better at impression management
_____ seems to be particularly helpful in the control of pain.
hypnosis
A person with schizophrenia who laughs when told sad news or screams in tender situations is experiencing:
inappropriate affect
The number of new cases of a disorder in a population that emerge in a particular time interval is called the
incidence
If a panel of experts evaluate test results and clinical interviews with a client and all arrive at the same diagnosis, that diagnosis is said to have high
interrater reliability
One reason to question the validity of clinical interviews is that
interviewers might make mistakes in how they interpret the info they gather
Someone who intentionally feigns an illness to receive external gain is described as someone who:
is malingering
henry is drinking t a party. the first effects he experiences are changes in
judgment
when alcohol abuse results in a vitamin B deficiency, this can lead to
koraskoffs syndrome
When Marigold sees her healthcare provider for treatment of an allergy, her healthcare provider tells her that her symptoms are factitious. Marigold will most likely:
leave the facility and immediately seek treatment from a different physician
If people with schizophrenia learn to reinterpret and accept their hallucinations, this will produce:
less fear and confusion stemming from delusional thinking
A researcher finds a strong positive correlation between ratings of life stress and symptoms of depression. Therefore, the research may be confident that:
life stress and depression are related
According to the intolerance of uncertainty theory, individuals with generalized anxiety disorders is that people who have them:
likely to have difficulty tolerating the knowledge that a negative event may occur
compared to men, in women, the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase is found at
lower levels in the stomach, making them more susceptible to becoming intoxicated
Which statement is true regarding children who attempt suicide
many have a clear understanding of what death is
a clinically depressed person who has been threatening suicide finally shows a diminishing of depressive symptoms. this persons risk of committing suicide
may have increased because the person may have the energy to act on the suicidal impulse
What is clang
meaningless rhyming of words
which of these is a side effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
memory loss
When a rash of suicides occurs in the aftermath of a celebrity's suicide or a case that has been highly publicized by the media, behavioral theorists believe it is attributable to:
modeling
The goal of cognitive behavioral therapy is BEST described as
modifying the client's negative behavior and dysfunctional ways of thinking
The benefits of exposure treatment for agoraphobia are very often
more pronounced in clients who also suffer from panic disorder
A client is initially very resistant to therapy, cannot acknowledge weaknesses, and ignores feedback. Most likely, the client is experiencing
narcissistic personality disorder and will not make much progress in therapy
poverty of speech, blunted/flat effect, loss of volition, and social withdrawal are: _________ symptoms of schizophrenia
negative
a person with schizophrenia who makes up words is experiencing:
neologisms
For a large percentage of individuals with schizophrenia, homelessness, incarceration, and living in unsupervised, substandard conditions are the consequences of:
not having adequate community treatment resources available
people who are preoccupied with order, perfection, and control that they lose all flexibility, openness, and efficiency
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Every once in a while, Ona feels nervous to the point of terror. This feeling seems to come on suddenly and randomly. Her experience is an example of a
panic disorder
If you wanted to write a book about a fictional character who is a typical example of antisocial personality disorder your character WOULD NOT exhibit
periods of high anxiety
A person who sees pretty butterflies, hears music, etc. The presence of these behaviors illustrates _________
positive symptoms of schizophrenia
what is the first phase of schizophrenia
prodominal
Difference between narcissism and high-self esteem:
regard for others
As part of his substance abuse treatment, Fred documents each time he uses the substance and develops strategies to avoid using the substance. He is MOST likely receiving:
relapse-prevention training
Joshua is a recovering alcoholic. After treatment, he learned how to recognize situations that might cause him to drink and signs that he should stop drinking. What is this known as?
relapse-prevention training
Jerome has a habit of telling lies about his classmates, spreading rumors, and manipulating friends. This is called
relational aggression
The first step in systematic desensitization treatment is
relaxation training
What is accurate about taking selfies
research has not found a link between selfie-taking and narcissistic personality disorder
People with _________ personality disorder display a range of interpersonal problems marked by extreme discomfort in close relationships, very odd patterns of thinking and perceiving, and behavioral eccentricities
schizotypal
A difference among children with separation anxiety and school refusal:
school refusal often involves fear of others at school, academic fear, and fears of objects at school
Fiona's therapist has asked her to keep a log where she records every occasion where she feels an urge to engage in self-harm. What Fiona has been asked to do is called:
self-monitoring
the difference between bipolar 1 and bipolar 2 disorder is the:
severity of manic episodes
avoidant personality disorder is most closely related to
social anxiety disorder
Patients who develop extreme withdrawal, anger, physical aggressiveness, and loss of interest in personal hygiene:
social breakdown syndrome
A clinician who looks at the influence of race, living conditions, marital status, and roles on the development of depression would MOST likely subscribe to which theoretical orientation?
sociocultural theoretical perspective
a patient with a heart condition complains of adhesions from his postoperative scar, leg cramps, and joint stiffness. He seems to be hurting all over, but no medical reason can be found to explain this. The BEST diagnosis for this disorder is:
somatic symptoms disorder (predominant pain pattern)
a friend has done some heavy drinking and asks you what to do to "sober up" as quickly as possible. the response that is most appropriate is
stop drinking
DSM-5-TR included gambling disorder as an addictive disorder, along with substance use disorders. this change is considered important because it
suggest that people may become addicted to behaviors, not just substances
According to Freud's psychodynamic theory, the part of the personality that operates by the morality principle is the
superego
Researchers have found that when an identical twin has unipolar depression, there is a 38% chance that the other twin already had or will have the same disorder. Fraternal twin is only 20% likely to have the same disorder. This finding:
supports the idea that people may inherit a predisposition for developing unipolar depression
In response to a threat, we perspire, breathe more quickly, get goosebumps, and feel nauseated. These responses are controlled by the
sympathetic nervous system
probably the worst thing a person who has "partied hard" with alcohol could do right after drinking would be to
take some barbiturates to fall asleep
Studies report that most therapies are MOST likely to learn about the latest information on the treatment of psychological disorders from:
talking with professional colleagues
A woman has been treated with chlorpromazine for several years. Lately she seems to be chewing gym all the time, her arms are always in motion, and she has facial tics. This is an example of
tardive dyskinesia
what is true about self-esteem
teenagers tend to have healthy or high self-esteem
why are people who go to strip clubs generally not to be considered voyeurs?
the performers are consenting to being seen by the audience
In 2017, the Calorie Control Council reported that the average Thanksgiving meal consists of more than 3,000 calories, yet this is not considered a binge-eating episode. Why not?
the person did not experience a loss of control while eating or feel shame after
despite american indians having the highest suicide rate, why might the suicide rate among elderly American indians be low
the value the culture places on the eldery
what is the primary source of sexual excitement for a person with sexual sadism disorder?
the victims suffering
You might suspect an "era of narcissism" is approaching for a country when:
there is an increasing emphasis on self-expression and competitiveness
most clinicians agree that paraphilic activities should not be considered a disorder when
there is no distress and no risk of harm to self or others
a person who has anorexia nervosa has dry rough cracked skin and may grow lanugo. why would you not expect to see these symptoms in someone with a binge eating disorder
these symptoms result from a nutritional deficiencies caused by starvation
what is the critical way in which death initiators differ from other categories of people who attempt suicide, according to Shneidman
they believe they are merely speeding up an ongoing process
what is a common reason for the hospitalization of people with borderline personality disorder
they may attempt suicide or otherwise hurt themselves
how do personality disorders differ from the personality characteristics of typical people
they tend to be more maladaptive, distressful, and inflexible
Which is a goal of acceptance and commitment therapy?
to increase awareness of why the client behaves a certain way
A patient that can exchange plastic chips he has earned from good behavior is a
token economy
a frequent drug user finds that larger doses of a drug are necessary to produce the same high that much lower doses once produced. that drug user is developing a
tolerance
Comorbidity describes a situation in which
two disorders occur together in an individual
which findings would lead you to suspect someone has a conversion disorder rather than another medical cause for the condition
uniform and even numbness in the "damaged" hand
compared with women, men who attempt suicide tend to
use more violent methods
One strength of intelligence tests is their
very high reliability and fairly high validity
