psych unit 12 mod quizzes

mania

A disorder in which an individual is overexcited, hyperactive, and wildly optimistic is known as

bias our perceptions of the labeled person

A fundamental problem with the diagnostic labeling of psychologically disordered behaviors is that the labels often

somatic symptom disorder

A psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause is a

stimulus generalization

A rape victim may experience a panic attack when she sees anyone wearing a coat that resembles the one worn by her attacker. This reaction best illustrates the process of

dissociation

A sense of being separated from your body and watching yourself with a sense of detachment is a symptom of

sense a lack of personal control over their lives

According to the social-cognitive perspective, women are more vulnerable to depression than men because they are more likely to

two years

Adults who are diagnosed with persistent depressive disorder (also called dysthymia) experience a mildly depressed mood more often than not for at least

agoraphobia

After Charles Darwin began suffering from panic disorder, he lived in relative seclusion and traveled only in his wife's company. His panic disorder was apparently accompanied by

an obsessive fear of becoming obese

Anorexia nervosa is typically characterized by

bipolar disorder

Between 1994 and 2003, adolescents with strong mood swings were increasingly likely to be diagnosed as suffering from

hippocampus

By boosting serotonin, antidepressant drugs stimulate the growth of neurons in the

facilitate the reliability of diagnoses

DSM-5 focuses on clinicians' reports of observable behavior in order to

classifying an excessively broad range of human behaviors as psychologically disordered

DSM-5 is most liekly to be criticized for

dissociative

Disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity are most characteristic of ________ disorders.

hallucinations

Dopamine overactivity appears to be most clearly related to

norepinephrine

Drugs that alleviate mania tend to reduce levels of the neurotransmitter

somatic symptom

Every week, Ruslan complains to a doctor about swollen glands, heart palpitations, constipation, or some other physical symptom. He is sure these symptoms are a sign of cancer, even though more than a dozen physicians have told him he is physically healthy. Ruslan's behavior is most characteristic of a(n) ________ disorder.

the medical model

If research indicated that phobias result from a chemical imbalance in the central nervous system, this would most clearly give added credibility to

the misinterpretation of normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

Illness anxiety disorder is characterized by

schizophrenia

In which type of disorder is a person's speech likely to be so full of unrelated words and phrases that it could be characterized as a "word salad"?

pessimism

Internal, stable, and global explanations of one's own failures are indicative of

biological

It is easy to condition but hard to extinguish fears of the types of stimuli that threatened our ancestors. This fact is best explained from a ________ perspective.

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Larry has difficulty organizing his daily schedule of work responsibilities. He often makes careless mistakes or fails to complete his work because he is easily distracted. Larry's behavior is most characteristic of

two weeks

Major depressive disorder is said to occur when signs of depression last at least

bipolar disorder

Mania is most likely to be associated with a(n)

social anxiety disorder

Manuel is extremely shy and is so easily embarrassed when he is with other people that he often misses his college classes just to avoid social interactions. Manuel appears to suffer from a(n)

learning

Melissa is fearful of men and refuses to go out on dates. Her therapist suggests that she is fearful because she was sexually abused by her father when she was young. The therapist's suggestion most clearly reflects a ________ perspective.

delusions

Mr. Hunt believes that he is the president of the United States and that he will soon become the "King of the Universe." Mr. Hunt is most clearly suffering from

psychoanalytic

Noah's therapist suggests that Noah developed a dissociative identity disorder in order to misbehave without feeling a strong sense of personal shame. The therapist's suggestion most directly reflects a ________ perspective.

schizophrenia

North Americans born during the winter and spring months are at a slightly increased risk for

hallucinations

One of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia includes

post-traumatic growth

Positive psychological changes that result from struggling with extremely challenging life crises demonstrate

PTSD

Repeated distressing dreams and intrusive memories of an intensely fearful and life-threatening experience are symptoms most commonly associated with

adrenaline

Researchers have found low levels of ________ in 13-year-old boys who were later convicted of a crime as 18- to 26-year-olds.

acute

Schizophrenia that develops rapidly, seemingly as a reaction to stress, is called ________ schizophrenia.

thalamus

Schizophrenia victims have difficulty focusing attention. This is most likely to be related to a smaller-than-normal

depression

Self-blaming attributions are most likely to be associated with

reared apart from an identical twin who suffers the disorder

The incidence of major depression is greatest among those

depression

The rise of Western individualism appears most clearly responsible for an increase in

begin to rebound from their depression

The risk of suicide is greatest when people

PTSD

The social withdrawal and haunting nightmares of battle-scarred war veterans best illustrate symptoms of

stressful life experiences

The vicious cycle of depression is often initiated by

observable patterns of behavior

To facilitate diagnostic reliability, the DSM-5 typically bases diagnoses on

linkage analysis

To identify genes that put people at risk for depression, researchers have used

bulimia nervosa

Twenty-two-year-old Tawana is slightly overweight and loves to eat, particularly snack foods and rich desserts. Fearful of becoming overweight, she frequently takes a laxative following episodes of binge eating. Tawana most clearly suffers from

hearing voices

Vigorous activity in the thalamus of schizophrenia patients has been found to be associated with

antisocial personality disorder

Which of the following disorders is more common among men than women?

hallucinations

Wilma is extremely agitated because she hears voices that tell her to seduce the male nurses in her hospital ward. Wilma is most clearly suffering from

a specific phobia

an immediate and irrational anxiety response to the mere sight of blood is indicative of

a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation

phobias are most likely to be characterized by