Psychology Final Review Pt.2

About what percentage of people living in the United States would qualify for a DSM diagnosis at some time in their lives?

12%

If one fraternal twin is diagnosed with major depressive disorder what percentage chance does the other twin have of developing depression?

48%

If one identical twin is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, what percentage chance does the other twin have of developing bipolar disorder?

50%

A psychological disorder is what?

A harmful dysfunction in which behaviors are maladaptive unjustifiable disturbing and a typical

What is the best definition of personality disorder?

A psychological disorder characterized by rigid and lasting behavior patterns that disrupt social functioning

Skeptical psychologist might offer what explanations for their rise in the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder over the last 30 years?

Age, sex, and self perception

What is the primary purpose of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders?

Assist trained clinicians in the diagnosis of their patients mental disorders as a part of a case formulated leads to a treatment an for each individual

Modern research on classical conditioning has been heavily influenced by

Behaviorism and the school of thought in psychology

The biopsychosocial perspective assumes that which three factors interact to produce psychological disorders?

Biological psychological and social cultural factors

A man who behaves in clingy, submissive ways and displays a strong need to have others take care of him might be diagnosed with which personality disorders?

Dependent personality disorder

A low level of serotonin is associated with which category of disorders?

Depression

A person who can't find any pleasure in activities and feels worthless might have decreased activity in which brain areas?

Frontal lobes

Which kind of statistics does DSMIVTR provide about mental disorders?

It list and describe all the currently excepted categories of mental disorders

Behaviorist define learning as what?

It's defined as a lasting change in behaviors or believes that results from experience

Psychological disorders, like Alzheimer's disease, that are known to be link to specific biological problems, support which perspective on disorders?

Maladaptive, Unjustifiable, disturbing, atypical

Which models of psychological disorders would examine how cultural explanations affect the diagnosis of a psychological disorder?

Mental disorders

Which Freudian terms from the original DSM was dropped in a later DSM revision?

Neurosis

Is a woman who has episodes of severe, disruptive anxiety tied to a specific object or situation more likely to be diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder or a phobia?

Phobia

Which disorder includes the symptoms of unwanted, repetitive thoughts or actions?

Obsessive compulsive disorder

A sudden wave of terror and fear that something bad is going to happen can be what?

Panic disorder

Someone diagnosed with schizophrenia is likely to have what physical brain differences?

People with schizophrenia have smaller amounts of brain tissue, large fluid filled spaces, and a small thalamus

Stress, trauma, and memories would be considered a part of which factor in the biopsychosocial perspective?

Psychological disorders

Any consequence that decreases the future likelihood of a behavior is called?

Punishment

Depressed people are likely to make what kinds of attributions?

Stable the bad situation will last for a long time, internal they are at fault, global all of life is bad

PET scan's studies show that the brain is______ during a major depressive episode

The brain frontal lobe that is less active and extroverts then in introverts

When an organism has been conditioned to distinguish between similar stimuli behaviorist say the organism can do what?

The organism learns the association between two stimuli

Which type of reinforcement schedules requires multiple responses from the learner before reinforcement occurs?

Variable ratio

In rare cases, some people with schizophrenia will maintain their physical position when their limbs are moved into a position. What is this condition called?

Waxy flexibility

Which two psychological perspective's are most often used to explain the causes of anxiety disorders?

Where anxiety begins to take control and dominate a persons life