Ab Psych - Ch 5

A friend says to you, "I know someone who is a combat veteran who was just diagnosed with PTSD. Do you think therapy will help this person?" Which is the BEST answer you can give based on current research?

"Probably—more than 90 percent of those receiving therapy for PTSD eventually show improvement."

Which statement is MOST accurate about depersonalization disorder?

Depersonalization disorder usually comes on suddenly and may be triggered by extreme fatigue, intense stress, or pain.

Which statement about rape is accurate?

Most rape victims are young adults.

Which statement accurately describes the sympathetic nervous system pathway of the stress response?

The hypothalamus excites the sympathetic nervous system, which then excites body organs to release hormones that serve as neurotransmitters, causing even more arousal.

What do we know about the inheritance of PTSD?

Women who have high cortisol levels tend to have children with high cortisol levels.

In the MOST common type of dissociative amnesia, a person loses memory for:

all events beginning with the trauma but within a limited period of time

Women are _____ as likely as men to develop stress disorders.

at least twice

Ever since the auto accident, during which he was miraculously unhurt, Paul has not been the same. He forgets appointments, friend's names, & even things done in the last few days. His amnesia is termed:

continuous

A person with post-traumatic stress disorder who refuses to talk about the trauma they experienced is:

demonstrating avoidance

Research on evoked potential with people with dissociative identity disorder have revealed that:

different sub-personalities have show different brain response patterns

People who are unable to recall important information about themselves, especially information of an upsetting nature, are MOST likely experiencing:

dissociative amnesia

A person experiencing multiple personalities would MOST accurately be diagnosed with:

dissociative disorder

Feeling that your hands and feet are smaller or bigger than usual or that you are in a dreamlike state is called:

doubling

A student who dreads being called on in class, and in fact panics at the thought of public speaking, is experiencing a(n) _____ response to stress.

emotional

Which is the BEST example of "reduced responsiveness" as it relates to post-traumatic stress disorder?

feeling detached or estranged from others and loss of interest in activities

I was running down a familiar country lane when all of a sudden nothing looked familiar. It took me several seconds to realize where I was, and I continued my run without incident. What I experienced was:

jamais vu

Post-traumatic stress disorder:

lasts longer than a month

The usual goal of therapy for dissociative identity disorders is to:

merge the sub-personalities into a single identity.

About 30 percent of those receiving outpatient therapy are diagnosed with an adjustment disorder. Some experts say adjustment disorders are:

over-diagnosed, because they are easy to apply to many problems and are less stigmatizing than other diagnoses.

Combat veterans in a therapy group express a great deal of guilt and rage. MOST likely, the veterans are in a:

rap group

Which has been proposed as a possible cause of dissociative disorders?

self-hypnosis

Looking for rainbows while walking the dog in the rain is an example of a:

stress response

The statement, "This is awful, but I guess I can deal with it like I do everything else," represents one person's:

stress response

A client who is talking calmly and rationally all of a sudden begins whining and complaining like a spoiled child. If that client suffers from true dissociative identity disorder, the client just experienced:

switching

A strong "feeling of knowing" is associated with:

the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

What do acute and post-traumatic stress disorder have in common with dissociative disorders?

they are triggered by traumatic events

Which of the following is NOT a top stressor in the United States?

transportation

If you had lost your sense of identity, what would MOST likely be disrupted?

your memory

Which statement about the long-term effects of rape on women is accurate?

Rape impacts a woman's psychological and physical health.

Shawn experiences a mugging and robbery in which his dog is kidnapped. Eventually the dog is found and returned. However, he is unable to recall events immediately following the attack, up until the safe return of the dog. This is a classic example of ______amnesia.

localized

Alexis has dissociative identity disorder. When one of her personalities, Jodi, is asked about another one, Tom, she claims ignorance. Tom has never heard of Jodi either. This would be called a:

mutually amnesic relationship

A person's levels of cortisol and norepinephrine are in the normal range. MOST likely, that person is experiencing:

no stress disorder

Juanita has dissociative identity disorder. Big Tony and Smart Alice are two personalities who are aware of all of the others. None of her other personalities are aware of each other. This would be called a:

one-way amnesic relationship

A person who witnessed a horrible accident and then became unusually anxious and depressed for three weeks is probably experiencing:

acute stress disorder

A friend says, "If we could just eliminate combat traumas, we could eliminate a great deal of post-traumatic stress disorder." Your response would MOST likely be:

"Yes—although civilian trauma causes many more cases of PTSD than combat trauma does."

Just after doing well in an intramural basketball game—something which left me very happy, and in a high state of excitement—I sat down and studied for my abnormal psychology test. Research shows I would perform best on that test if, at the time of the test, I was:

happy & excited

After Marie's plane crashed, her mother came to stay while Marie recovered. Her friends visited often and went to lunch and dinner with her occasionally. This situation probably contributed to Marie's coping ability after the accident. How does this relate as a factor in her response to stress?

social support

Kevin studies his history notes and textbook while he is drinking beer. According to some theorists, Kevin would later do better on his history exam if he also had alcohol in his system while taking the exam. These theorists would be basing their claim on:

state-dependent learning

Having to walk the dog several times a day when it is raining is an example of a:

stressor

Poor health is BEST described as a:

stressor

In response to a threat, we perspire, breathe more quickly, get goose bumps, and feel nauseated. These responses are controlled by the ______ nervous system.

sympathetic

People with low incomes are _____ as likely as people with higher incomes to experience one of the stress disorders.

twice