PSYCH 122 CH 12

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

False

When he unknowingly studied his own scan, Dr. James Fallon discovered that he has ___________.

A psychopathic brain

Levels of ___________, a stress hormone, in the saliva are elevated during a severe panic attack.

cortisol

Schizophrenia is characterized by ___________.

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

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 __________.

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Excessive fear of public speaking is a common __________.

social anxiety disorder

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.

the dissociative disorders

In generalized dissociative amnesia, people forget particular traumatic instances of their lives but not their entire lives.

False

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

False

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 ___________.

bipolar disorder

According to the podcast, a characteristic of an individual with psychopathy is that they lack ______.

Empathy

According to the podcast, Dr. James Fallon examines __________ which includes killers who were psychopaths.

PET scans

According to the podcast, Dr. James Fallon studies the brains of _________.

Psychopaths

Jenny was beginning to panic as the store began to become crowed with shoppers. Jenny most likely suffers from ________.

agoraphobia

A similarity between acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder is that both:

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