Psychology HW 9

Panic attacks usually last about

10 minutes.

Ted Bundy was one of the worst serial killers in U.S. history. His murder spree took place in the

1970s

What percentage of Iraqi war veterans has developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

24%

About _______ of U.S. adults will suffer from a disorder sometime in their lives.

50 percent

Which of the following examples demonstrates behavior that is dysfunctional?

Anabeth is so afraid of snakes that she has difficulty going out and getting into her car to go to work in the morning because she fears that there may be a snake on the path to her car. She is running out of sick days.

Which of the following is not a measure of abnormality?

Denial

What does it mean for behavior to be deviant?

Deviant behavior appears highly unusual compared to other normative behaviors in a society.

______ is the Greek word for "predisposition."

Diathesis

Which of the following best describes human behavior?

Human behavior ranges from normal to abnormal on a continuum.

Tyrone is not from Scotland, but he likes to wear a kilt. Is his behavior abnormal?

No, if Tyrone is not distressed by his behavior, it would not be considered abnormal.

Which of the following statements is correct?

Women are more likely to dwell on their feelings or problems.

The primary fear of agoraphobics is of being in __________.

an inescapable situation

Which of the following is not a distinct cluster of personality disorders?

antisocial-social

After Ralph has been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, his doctor explains that depression often runs in families. Which of the following factors is Ralph's doctor exemplifying?

biological

Those with ____________ personality disorder have out-of-control emotions, are very afraid of being abandoned by others, and vacillate between extremes of loving and hating the people closest to them.

borderline

Which of the following is not a factor of Major Depressive Disorder?

cognitive

People who self-diagnosis primarily from information found on the Internet are referred to informally as

cyberchondriacs.

Someone suffering from a ________________ disorder experiences an extreme split from or gap in memory, identity, or consciousness.

dissociative

For a deviant behavior to be considered a disorder, it must also be __________.

distressing and dysfunctional

Some theorists believe that schizophrenia is at least partly caused by excessive amounts of ______ in the brain.

dopamine

Which of the following neurotransmitters has NOT been implicated in depression?

epinephrine

People who are more likely to develop anxiety are

high in neuroticism.

The mnemonic D-I-G-F-A-S-T is useful for remembering the symptoms of __________.

mania

Some people who have autistic spectrum disorder are extremely gifted in one domain (such as music or math), a phenomenon known a

savant syndrome.

Generational differences, gender differences, and socioeconomic status are all examples of ______ factors of Major Depressive Disorder.

sociocultural

The positive symptoms of schizophrenia are ____________; the negative symptoms of schizophrenia are ____________.

the presence of abnormality; the absence of normality

To receive a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a child must have displayed symptoms before age __________.

twelve