Question 1

Marvis has to walk around his car five times in a row before he can drive it.If he doesn't,he believes that he will get into a car accident.What represents the compulsion in this scenario?

Accepted Answer

Walking around the car

Question 2

Ike just found out that his 17-year-old girlfriend is pregnant.Which of the following would illustrate his reaction as catastrophizing?

Accepted Answer

He decides that he will give up his football scholarship and drop out of school so he can help her with the baby.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a strongly supported finding in research into the causes of the various anxiety disorders?

Accepted Answer

Difficult interactions with one's parents during childhood lead people to develop compulsive rituals to exert control over their life.

Question 4

Mr.Carpenter is constantly afraid that he is going to oversleep and be late for work.As a result,he spends nearly an hour total each night making certain that his alarm clock is correctly set and saying "It's set,it's set,it's set" each of the times he checks it.This repetitive action is what clinical psychologists refer to as a(n)

Accepted Answer

compulsion.

Question 5

A strong intense fear of being in public or performing behaviors in public is characteristic of

Accepted Answer

social phobia.

Question 6

Behavioral theorists argue that anxiety disorders are conditioned through the process of

Accepted Answer

negative reinforcement.

Question 7

Aurelia is supposed to give a presentation in economics class today.As of right now,she cannot make herself leave her apartment.What is Aurelia likely suffering from?

Accepted Answer

Social phobia

Question 8

Which explanation of anxiety illustrates why Joan,who is a social phobic,takes all of her classes on-line?

Accepted Answer

Negative reinforcement

Question 9

What anxiety disorder became a psychological disorder shortly after veterans,returning from Vietnam,began to experience intense anxiety and flashbacks from stimuli that reminded them of the war zones where they were deployed?

Accepted Answer

Posttraumatic stress disorder

Question 10

Sierra is constantly worried that everyone whom she comes in contact with is full of germs,so she is constantly rushing off to wash her hands.Sierra suffers from what psychological disorder?

Accepted Answer

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Question 11

__________ are persistent ideas,thoughts,or impulses that are unwanted and inappropriate,causing marked distress.

Accepted Answer

Obsessions

Question 12

__________ is a repetitive behavior or mental act performed to reduce or prevent stress.

Accepted Answer

A compulsion

Question 13

Kathy is often distracted by the idea that her hands are dirty,even if she just washed them.Sometimes she has to wash them repeatedly and fears touching anything.She could be diagnosed with

Accepted Answer

obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 14

Lillian feels that she must turn around seven times in a circle before exiting or entering a doorway,or else her grandmother will become ill.What represents the obsession in her behavior?

Accepted Answer

Fear that her grandmother will become ill

Question 15

In her autobiography,It Ain't About Cookin',Paula Deen discusses her battle with agoraphobia,which caused her to

Accepted Answer

fear being in a place where escape was difficult or embarrassing.

Question 16

Victims of sexual assault may experience strong stress reactions,intense anxiety,and flashbacks to their attacks from environmental cues that remind them of being attacked and helpless.If these become frequent,intense,and debilitating,the person may be diagnosed as suffering from

Accepted Answer

posttraumatic stress disorder.

Question 17

__________ is marked emotional disturbance after experiencing or witnessing a severely stressful event.

Accepted Answer

Posttraumatic stress disorder

Question 18

During the day,Barb suffers from frequent,unwanted thoughts that she has left her front door unlocked and recurrent images that all her belongings have been taken.These thoughts and images are what psychologists refer to as a(n)

Accepted Answer

obsession.
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Question 19

Lenny is the bassist and vocalist for a band with his two brothers,cousin,and a college friend.Recently,he has begun to experience more and more intense anxiety as he sings in front of crowds.As a result,he has begun to ask his bandmates to sing the songs for him.Lenny's anxiety lessens when the focus of the crowd is not on him,demonstrating that Lenny's avoidance of singing is being

Accepted Answer

negatively reinforced.

Question 20

James has to check his alarm at least 15 times before bed each night.This is an example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

compulsion.

Quiz 13: Psychological Disorders

Marvis has to walk around his car five times in a row before he can drive it.If he doesn't,he believes that he will get into a car accident.What represents the compulsion in this scenario?

Ike just found out that his 17-year-old girlfriend is pregnant.Which of the following would illustrate his reaction as catastrophizing?

Which of the following is NOT a strongly supported finding in research into the causes of the various anxiety disorders?

A strong intense fear of being in public or performing behaviors in public is characteristic of

Behavioral theorists argue that anxiety disorders are conditioned through the process of

Aurelia is supposed to give a presentation in economics class today.As of right now,she cannot make herself leave her apartment.What is Aurelia likely suffering from?

Which explanation of anxiety illustrates why Joan,who is a social phobic,takes all of her classes on-line?

What anxiety disorder became a psychological disorder shortly after veterans,returning from Vietnam,began to experience intense anxiety and flashbacks from stimuli that reminded them of the war zones where they were deployed?

Sierra is constantly worried that everyone whom she comes in contact with is full of germs,so she is constantly rushing off to wash her hands.Sierra suffers from what psychological disorder?

__________ are persistent ideas,thoughts,or impulses that are unwanted and inappropriate,causing marked distress.

__________ is a repetitive behavior or mental act performed to reduce or prevent stress.

Kathy is often distracted by the idea that her hands are dirty,even if she just washed them.Sometimes she has to wash them repeatedly and fears touching anything.She could be diagnosed with

Lillian feels that she must turn around seven times in a circle before exiting or entering a doorway,or else her grandmother will become ill.What represents the obsession in her behavior?

In her autobiography,It Ain't About Cookin',Paula Deen discusses her battle with agoraphobia,which caused her to

Victims of sexual assault may experience strong stress reactions,intense anxiety,and flashbacks to their attacks from environmental cues that remind them of being attacked and helpless.If these become frequent,intense,and debilitating,the person may be diagnosed as suffering from

__________ is marked emotional disturbance after experiencing or witnessing a severely stressful event.

During the day,Barb suffers from frequent,unwanted thoughts that she has left her front door unlocked and recurrent images that all her belongings have been taken.These thoughts and images are what psychologists refer to as a(n)

James has to check his alarm at least 15 times before bed each night.This is an example of a(n)