Quiz - Chapter 12

In the manic phase of bipolar disorder, a person may ____________.

Make huge contributions to charity

Among adolescents, your text discusses several contributing factors to suicide behavior, except concerns over ____________.

Athletics

Disaster victims may experience debilitating anxiety reactions months and years after the actual disaster. These patients are diagnosed with __________.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Kim and her family were involved in a road accident. Kim was the only survivor. Her son and husband were declared dead. When Kim returned home, she started having dreams about people dying in tragic accidents. These nightmares left Kim with a rapid heart rate and feelings of anxiety and helplessness. Kim is most likely suffering from ________.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Tom is a loner who shows little interest in making friends and does not exhibit much emotion. However, he is efficient at his job. His job involves updating a database to reflect the most recent events occurring in the world. He is showing signs of _________.

Schizoid Personality Disorder

True or False? People with antisocial personality disorder show instability in their relationships, self-image, and mood, and a lack of control over impulses.

False

True or False? Elevated blood pressure is a psychological symptom of anxiety disorders.

False

Flora had met with an accident a few day ago. She has forgotten everything about her life before the accident. Flora is suffering from ____________.

Generalized Dissociative Amnesia

Excessive fear of public speaking is a common __________.

Social Anxiety Disorder

Delmar believes that he has been sent to earth to save mankind. He believes that women are evil and that any male who speaks to a female is doomed to be a slave. He often tells people of his grand plan to save males from the influence of females. Nothing one says or does can convince him that his ideas are absurd. Delmar's behavior best exemplifies _________.

Delusions

Psychological disorders are behaviors or mental processes that are connected with various kinds of distress or significant impairment in functioning.

True

__________ is characterized by excessive worrying, fear of losing control, nervousness, and inability to relax.

Anxiety Disorder

Which of the following statements is true of somatoform disorders?

Tendencies toward perfectionism and rumination, which are found among many people with somatoform disorders, are thought to be at least partly heritable.

A man witnessed an explosion in which a coworker died, and soon after, he lost his vision. Despite many neurological tests, doctors could not find any organic basis for the man's loss of eyesight. The man is most likely suffering from _________.

Conversion Disorder

Harry is least interested in music. He tells his friends that playing a musical instrument is a waste of time. However, on several occasions, Harry's friends have noticed that he plays the guitar like a professional. When his friends question him on such occasions, Harry replies, "I am Joe and playing the guitar is my passion." In this scenario, Harry exhibits _______.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

In the context of the origins of dissociative disorders, both psychodynamic and learning theories suggest that:

Dissociative disorders help people keep disturbing memories or ideas out of mind.

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

False

True or False? People with body dysmorphic disorder have dual personalities.

False

Ryan, a teenager, exhibits erratic behavior. He is very happy at times and at other times he shows signs of extreme depression. Ryan's mother thinks he is possessed and takes him to an exorcist. In this scenario, Ryan's mother supports the __________ of psychological disorders.

Medical Model

Sanchez, an eight-year-old boy, suffers from unpredictable panic attacks and constantly talks to his imaginary friends. His mother confesses to the family doctor, "I probably drank too much alcohol during pregnancy and caused damage to Sanchez's brain." This statement supports the _____ on psychological disorders.

Medical Model