Question 1

What are typical symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder?

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Question 2

When individuals are diagnosed with OCD, are the obsessive thoughts usually positive or negative?
Illustrate your answer with an example of an obsessive thought.

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Question 3

Explain the role of the DSM in helping clinicians diagnose mental disorders.

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Question 4

Identify the symptoms of bipolar disorder.

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Question 5

Differentiate unusual behavior, mental disorder, and insanity.

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Question 6

People all over the world paint their bodies, but what defines whether a particular type of body art is normal or abnormal in a particular culture? If residents of the United States have visible tattoos over half of their bodies, is that normal? Is it abnormal? Explain your reasoning.

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Question 7

Describe two conditions in which anxiety would be an ordinary and adaptive response rather than a disorder.

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Question 8

Explain why one depression researcher wrote that "Women think and men drink."

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Question 9

What is the assumption behind projective tests?

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Question 10

Some psychologists argue that the whole enterprise of the DSM an inherently subjective process because clinicians vote on which diagnoses should be included or rejected. For example, new disorders have been voted in that reflect today's prejudice and values. Describe one of these changes in the DSM that reflects contemporary values.

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Question 11

Everyone experiences occasional shyness and social anxiety, but the person with a social phobia has intense reactions of fear. What are some of the common social phobias?

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Question 12

Although panic attacks seem to come out of nowhere, they usually occur in the aftermath of stress, prolonged emotion, exercise, specific worries, or frightening experiences. Delayed attacks after life-threatening scares are common. What is the essential difference between people who have panic attacks and develop panic disorder and those that do not?

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Question 13

Discuss briefly the genetic contribution to posttraumatic stress order.

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Question 14

A line of investigation in the study of depressive disorders emphasizes the life experiences and social circumstances that could lead to stress and depression. How do these researchers explain the gender differences in depression?

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Question 15

Although the MMPI is an objective test with fairly good reliability and validity, what problems have been
noted in regard to it?

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Question 16

Describe four serious problems with the effort to diagnose and label mental disorders.

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Question 17

The authors of the textbook point out several reasons for the low validity of projective tests. List some of the reasons for their low validity.

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Question 18

How might the hippocampal volume be related to posttraumatic stress disorder?

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Question 19

What are some behavioral changes seen in a depressed person?

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Question 20

What is the fundamental fear in agoraphobia?

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Quiz 15: Psychological Disorders