Unit 12 multiple choice
Although the brain maturation of children diagnosed with ADHD is normal, it lags behind that of their peers by about
3 years
The surging rate of violent crime in western nations are best understood in terms of
A biopsychosocial approach
Those with an avoidant personality disorder are most likely to display
A fear of social rejection
Among schizophrenia patients, the fluid filled areas of the brain are
Abnormally large and the thalamus is abnormally small
Researchers have found low levels of _____ in 13 year old boys who were later convicted of a crime as 18-26 year olds
Adrenaline
One of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia is
An expressionless face
The risk of suicide is greatest when people
Begin to rebound from their depression
Dr. M emphasized that depression often involves the interactive influences of self focused rumination, rejection from others, and low serotonin levels. Dr. M's emphasis best illustrates
Biopsychosocial approach
A parrot like repeating of another's speech or movements is most common among those with _____ schizophrenia
Catonic
Rats that received unpredictable electric shocks in a lab experiment subsequently became apprehensive when returned to the same lab setting. This best illustrates that anxiety disorders may result from
Classical conditioning
Among women, the stresses and demoralization of poverty are especially likely to precipitate
Depression
A schizoid personality disorder is most likely to be characterized by
Detachment from social relationships
Seeing one eye monsters would be a ____. Believing that your Christopher Columbus would be a _____
Hallucination delusion
The experience of depression ____ risk taking and _____ aggression
Inhibits; inhibits
Judicial systems are responsible for making decisions regarding
Insanity
Luke suffers from acrophobia, a fear of high places. Luke's therapist suggest that his reactions to heights is a generalization of the feat triggered by childhood playground accident. The therapists suggestion reflects a _____ perspective
Learning
The greatest shortcoming associated with explanations of psychological disorders in terms of demon possession is that these explanations
Led to some harsh and ineffective remedial treatments
The major characteristic of dissociative disorders is a disturbance of
Memory
If those who talk of suicide _____ actually attempt suicide. Of those who attempt suicide ____ succeed in completing the act
Most; only a few
Drugs that alleviate mania tend to reduce the levels of the neurotransmitter
Norepinephrine
A PET scan study of people with ____ found increased in the amygdala
Paranoia
Anxiety is considered disordered if it is
Persistent and distressing
Psychiatrists and psychologists would be likely to identify agoraphobia as a psychological disorder because it is
Personally dysfunctional
Midoris therapist suggests that she developed a dissociative identity disorder as a way of protecting herself from an awareness of her own hatred from her abusive mother. The therapist suggestion most directly reflects a _____ perspective
Psychoanalytic
The chances for recovery from schizophrenia are considered to be greatest when the disorder develops
Rapidly in response to a stressful life situation
Some psychological disorders occur primarily in one culture. However _______ occurs worldwide
Schizophrenia
One study monitored tried teens and young adults who had 2 relatives with schizophrenia. Those who subsequently developed schizophrenia displayed a tendency to be _____ prior to the onset of their disorder
Socially withdrawn
A person who has agoraphobia is most likely to
Stay close to home
Research on the causes of schizophrenia strongly suggest that
There is genetic predispositions to schizophrenia