Exam 15: Psychological Disorders

A) chronic uncontrollable anxiety or worry.
B) short-lived, but intense, feelings of spontaneous anxiety.
C) excessive fear of a particular situation.
D) repeated thoughts used to ward off anxious feelings.

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A) troubled people begin to have intense attacks of profound fear and impending doom and are unable to interpret these attacks as a normal response to great stress.
B) this diagnosis allows some people to account for past sexual or criminal behaviour that they now regret or find intolerably embarrassing.
C) individuals who have had insecure attachments during the first three years of life tend to experience MPD symptoms when adult relationships end.
D) this disorder is associated with abnormalities in the central nervous system, problems with impulse control, and damage to the prefrontal cortex.

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A) result from erratic, cold, rejecting mothers.
B) vary in severity, duration, and prognosis.
C) occur from living in an unpredictable environment.
D) are seldom associated with biological factors.

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A) losses of important relationships
B) recurring family quarrels
C) having a stressful day
D) high self-esteem

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A) MMPI
B) DSM
C) Rorschach test
D) clinical interview

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A) Trent has multiple personalities because he experienced sexual abuse as a child.
B) Trent developed a second personality so that committing sexual assaults on children would be less distressful.
C) Trent accepted the diagnosis of MPD because it was a socially acceptable way to explain his socially unacceptable behaviour.
D) Trent accepted the diagnosis of MPD in order to please his therapist.

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A) schizophrenia
B) psychopathy
C) dissociative identity disorder
D) antisocial personality disorder

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A) Psychopathy
B) Addiction
C) Schizophrenia
D) Psychosis

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A) whether a person's behaviour violates cultural standards.
B) whether a person is legally insane.
C) whether a person's behaviour causes him or her to feel distressed.
D) whether a person's behaviour is self-destructive or harmful to others.

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A) feelings of power
B) extreme euphoria
C) impulsive behaviour
D) angry rumination

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A) thalamus.
B) amygdala.
C) prefrontal cortex.
D) hippocampus.

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A) in order to experience a generalized anxiety disorder, a person must have lived through a specific anxiety-producing event.
B) it is normal for an individual to feel anxious, be in a general state of apprehension, or experience psychological tension for a period of time.
C) the majority of people who live through a traumatic experience continue to have posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms for many years.
D) if loss of interest in familiar activities and a sense of detachment from others persist for two weeks after a trauma, then posttraumatic stress disorder is diagnosed.

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A) hallucinations
B) disorganized, incoherent speech
C) grossly disorganized and inappropriate behaviour
D) rumination

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A) the reason for their misery is external.
B) this bleak despair is terrible, but it will pass.
C) their misery is permanent and uncontrollable.
D) if they just had the energy, they could control the situation.

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A) panic disorder.
B) a somatoform disorder.
C) PTSD.
D) hypochondria.

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A) they feel hopeless.
B) they feel manic.
C) they have unsatisfying jobs.
D) they have unsatisfying family lives.

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