Ch. 12

In generalized dissociative amnesia, people forget particular traumatic instances of their lives but not their entire lives. Select one: True False

False

People with somatoform disorders experience episodes of feeling detached from themselves or feeling that the world around them is unreal. Select one: True False

False

When examining the scans, Dr. James Fallon found that in psychopathic individuals, there were big, brightly colored spots in the brain. Select one: True False

False

Levels of ___________, a stress hormone, in the saliva are elevated during a severe panic attack. Select one: a. calcitonin b. cortisol c. thyroxin d. amylin

b. cortisol

Jenny was beginning to panic as the store began to become crowed with shoppers. Jenny most likely suffers from ________. Select one: a. claustrophobia b. acrophobia c. agoraphobia d. arachnophobia

c. agoraphobia

A woman has difficulty concentrating on her job because she keeps worrying about things like leaving the door unlocked or the tap turned on. She feels that her house might be robbed or damaged any day because of her carelessness. According to this scenario, she is most likely suffering from __________. Select one: a. illness anxiety disorder b. dissociative identity disorder c. post-traumatic stress disorder d. obsessive-compulsive disorder

d. obsessive-compulsive disorder

Excessive fear of public speaking is a common __________. Select one: a. social anxiety disorder b. hoarding disorder c. panic disorder d. generalized anxiety disorder

a. social anxiety disorder

When he unknowingly studied his own scan, Dr. James Fallon discovered that he has ___________. Select one: a. A psychopathic brain b. A brain tumor c. Dementia d. Epilepsy

a. A psychopathic brain

According to the podcast, a characteristic of an individual with psychopathy is that they lack ______. Select one: a. Empathy b. Motivation c. Focus d. Confidence

a. Empathy

According to the podcast, Dr. James Fallon examines __________ which includes killers who were psychopaths. Select one: a. PET scans b. CT scans c. Ultrasound d. Bone Densitometry (DEXA)

a. PET scans

According to the podcast, Dr. James Fallon studies the brains of _________. Select one: a. Psychopaths b. Bipolar Disorder c. Schizophrenia d. Antisocial Personality Disorder

a. Psychopaths

A similarity between acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder is that both: Select one: a. occur six months or more after a traumatic event and tend to persist. b. are characterized by feelings of anxiety and helplessness that are caused by a traumatic event. c. occur within a month of a traumatic event and last only for a week. d. are characterized by loss of memory that is caused by a traumatic event.

b. are characterized by feelings of anxiety and helplessness that are caused by a traumatic event.

A young man is having trouble getting along with his roommate. Sometimes, his roommate does not speak for days. On other days, he speaks rapidly without stopping. He is often abrasive and aggressive. The roommate is showing symptoms of ___________. Select one: a. delusional disorder b. somatoform disorder c. bipolar disorder d. conversion disorder

c. bipolar disorder

Schizophrenia is characterized by ___________. Select one: a. an inability to be alone b. negative symptoms such as flat, emotionless voices but not by positive symptoms c. disturbances in thought and language, perception and attention, motor activity, and mood d. positive symptoms but not negative symptoms

c. disturbances in thought and language, perception and attention, motor activity, and mood

In __________, mental processes such as thoughts, emotions, memory, consciousness, even knowledge of one's own identity—the processes that make a person feel whole—may seem to be split off from one another. Select one: a. glycogen storage diseases b. the somatoform disorders c. lysosomal storage diseases d. the dissociative disorders

d. the dissociative disorders