Abnormal Psychology Final Chapter 13-16

Approximately ____% of students in the US public schools have been diagnosed with a learning disorder.

About 5%. FIVE PERCENT.

Which statement about psychopathology among children and adolescents in the USA is accurate?

Approximately 20% of children in USA suffer from a serious emotional or behavioral problem.

women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with which personality disorder

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

Nancy has a sexual problem that is diagnosed as occurring during the appetitive phase of sexual response. We can guess that Nancy's problem involves

Difficulties concerning thoughts or fantasies about sex

When lawyers for Dan White, murderer of two San Francisco government officials, argued that his behavior was partially due to a diet of junk food, which legal concept was being used?

Diminished capacity

Candy is a two-year-old with a moderate intellectual disability. She appears to have extra skin at the inner corner of her eyelids, slanted eyes, protruding tonuge, and a single crease across palm of her hand. What diagnosis would Candy most likely be given?

Down Syndrome NOT ASIAN.

sexual sadism

INFLICTING physical or psychological pain onto others

Which description best illustrates gender dysphoria (transsexualism)?

Luis has had poor social relationships because he has always been distressed about being a man.

NGRI

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Myth: people take this plea to spend less time in prison, it actually is just as long or worse.

Research has found that in terms of predicting a client's potential dangerousness, mental health professionals ____.

OFTEN OVERPREDICT VIOLENCE

Both transsexuals and transvestites cross-dress. What factor helps differentiate the two disorders?

Only transsexuals identify with the opposite gender.

Carl is diagnosed as having antisocial personality disorder. He tends to be loyal to his friends but exploits others. He is witty and articulate and lies with great skill. What aspect of Carl's case is unusual for someone with an antisocial personality?

People with antisocial personalities are rarely loyal to anyone

The term autistic disorder comes from the Greek autos. This reflects which key characteristic of people with the disorder?

Profound aloneness and detachment

Which statement about conduct disorder (CD) is accurate?

Youths with CD who exhibit callous, unemotional personality traits with no remorse for their behavior may exhibit antisocial personality disorder in adulthood. Ex: CARTMAN

irresistible impulse test

aka crime and passion. impulsive murder after catching wife cheating with another man. kill both.

sexual masochism

being humiliated, bound, or made to suffer

M'Naghten rule

cognitive test of legal insanity that inquires whether the accused knew right from wrong when he or she committed the crime

Which of these disorders has the poorest prognosis?

conduct disorder (CD)

One reason that a diagnosis of personality disorders is challenging to make is that ____.

culture, ethnicity, and social background may lead to biases in diagnosis

The definition of sexual disorders is

difficult because it is influenced by cultural norms and values

gender dysphoria (TRANSEXUALISM)

disorder characterized by conflict between a person's anatomical sex and his or her gender's identity, or self-identification as male or female.

Oscar is diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorder. When his mother says, "Here's your cereal, "Oscar says, "Here's your cereal." What symptom does this illustrate?

echolaliia Ex: Damien repeats everything you say.

The basic premise of criminal law in the United States suggests that behavior is

freely chosen

Which of the following is a paraphilia involving non-consenting others?

frotteurism

Which of the following is considered a psychological factor that may cause sexual dysfunction?

guilt, anger, or resentment toward one's sexual partner.

Which of the following is the biggest predictor of dangerousness?

history of violence

George and Laura are seeing a sex therapist because of problems in their sex life. The therapist tells them that they are suffering from the most common complaint of couples seeking sex therapy. We could conclude from this statement that George and Laura are having problems with?

hypoactive sexual desire

Mental state at the time of a crime is to ____ as mental state at the time before and during the trial is to ____.

insanity; competency to stand trial.

The key feature of borderline personality disorder is ____.

intense fluctuations in mood, self-image, and interpersonal relationships

transvestic disorder (TRANSVESTITE)

intense sexual arousal obtained through cross-dressing (wearing clothes appropriate to a different gender); not to be confused with gender dysphoria

civil commitment

involuntary confinement of a person judged to be a danger to the self or to others, even though the person has not committed a crime. Ex: 51/50 Waly Wright @ BPCH

due process

legal checks and balances that are guaranteed to everyone. Ex: Right to receive fair trial -right to face one's accuser's right to present evidence right to fair counsel

It is rare for children with autism to

make eye contact with others. Eye test to see if there autism.

is a term used to describe the indirect or passive behavior of females with antisocial personality disorder

relational agression

Privileged communication is a(n) ____.

right that is held by the client, not the therapist

Vagueness, digressions, and odd ideas are key symptoms in

schizotypal personality disorder

Anxiety disorders specific to childhood include

school phobia, separation anxiety disorder, and selective mutism.

The psychodynamic interpretation of antisocial personality suggests that, during childhood, ____.

superego was developed faulty

Durham Standard

test of legal insanity also known as the products test- an accuse person is not responsible if the unlawful act was product of a mental disease or defect. Ex: postpartum depression psychosis

According to Lykken, the difference between the psychopath who takes risks and the adventurer who takes risks is

whether the thrill-seeking behaviors are destructive or constructive acts