Chapter 14: Quiz Practice

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_____ is also known as "free-floating anxiety."

Generalized anxiety disorder

The eating disorder characterized by binges of overeating followed by self-induced purging is called:

bulimia nervosa.

Muhamed's psychologist has told him that his mood swings are not severe enough to qualify as bipolar disorder or major depression. Muhamed is MOST likely a person with:

cyclothymic disorder.

Kolby says that people are constantly talking about them. They also believe that everything that a prominent politician does is somehow related to them, and the politician is plotting against them. Kolby is exhibiting the range of _____ associated with schizophrenia.

delusions

An individual with schizoid personality disorder would be MOST likely to exhibit which of these behaviors?

emotional indifference and social detachment

Petra exhibits exaggerated, overly dramatic, attention-seeking behaviors at parties, making them the focus of other people's attention. They exhibit traits of _____ personality disorder.

histrionic

Unlike dissociative experiences, episodes involving dissociative disorder are:

more extreme and disrupt functioning.

When he is exiting the subway, Raj is suddenly filled with escalating feelings. He feels that he cannot breathe, that something bad is going to happen to him, and that he might die. What is Raj MOST likely experiencing?

panic attack

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, also known as "DSM-5," is used to describe the _____ for different psychological disorders.

symptoms and diagnostic guidelines

On average, a person with bulimia nervosa will experience eating binges_____ per week.

2 times

According to the Critical Thinking box titled "Should Social Media Help to Diagnose Disorders?" what is one ethical concern with using social media to help identify people who may have a psychological disorder?

People may be falsely identified due to exaggerated or untrue posts.

Why does researcher Susan Nolen-Hoeksema suggest that women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression than men?

Women experience more chronic stress than men.

Recently, Amit has lost so much weight that almost none of their clothes fit. When Amit goes to their doctor, they find out that Amit weighs well below the average weight for their height. Despite all this, Amit still sees themselves as someone who is morbidly obese. Amit is MOST likely a person with:

anorexia nervosa.

T.R. experiences frequent and unexpected attacks of extreme anxiety where their heart rate increases and they have trouble breathing. T.R. feels like the attacks "come out of nowhere." T.R. is most likely experiencing:

panic disorder.

Sometimes, dissociative experiences can be associated with:

particular religious ceremonies.

Inflexible and maladaptive personality traits consistent across a broad range of situations characterize a(n) _____ disorder.

personality

One of the MOST commonly reported conditions in the childhood history of those with dissociative identity disorder is:

physical or sexual abuse.

A 25-five-year-old woman has come to the local police precinct to complain that their neighbors are trying to kill them by poisoning their drinking water. They also report being concerned for their life because a TV anchor on the morning news warned them, "They are coming to get you, Esme." The woman appears to be exhibiting the _____ symptoms of schizophrenia.

positive

Anthony is away from home for their first year at college. A few months after classes begin, Anthony finds out that their girlfriend is pregnant. Already struggling to adjust to being on their own in college, Anthony now has to take on the responsibilities of being a father. One day while getting ready for class, Anthony is watching a national news show and is convinced that the news anchor is trying to send them a secret code. Anthony's doctor later concludes that they experienced a:

schizophrenic episode.

A study discussed in the Critical Thinking box titled "Should Social Media Help to Diagnose Disorders?" indicated that people who were depressed _____ than people who were not depressed.

were more likely to post black-and-white photos on Instagram


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