Question 1

One of the features of anxiety disorders is a tendency to __________ , which means to think that the worst will happen, no matter how low the probability.

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Question 2

Repeated altnerations between elevated and depressed mood is associated with bipolar disorder, as well as the milder version called __________ .

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Question 3

A chronic or recurrent state of low mood, diminished interest in pleasurable activities, as well as symptoms like sleep difficulties and weight loss, is called __________ disorder.

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Question 4

The category of __________ disorders involves disruptions in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception.

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Question 5

Physical signs of schizophrenia includes enlarged __________ in the brain, because other brain areas tend to shrink.

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Question 6

Seligman provided evidence that depressed people tend to have internal, global, and stable __________ for bad things that happen to them.

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Question 7

Felix has a strong feeling of grandiosity, experiences racing thoughts throughout the day, and is much more active and agitated than normal. Felix appears to be experiencing a __________ episode.

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Question 8

disorder involves an intense fear of public situations in which embarrassment or humiliation is likely.

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Question 9

Using examples, demonstrate how each of the four main criteria for defining abnormality are insufficient on their own, and that multiple perspectives may be necessary for defining abnormality.

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Question 10

Riddick constantly speaks in a manner that is hard to follow because he quickly skips from topic to topic, sometimes even within a single sentence. This is most clearly the schizophrenic symptom of __________ speech.

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Question 11

The disorder of __________ involves compulsive buying or collecting and anxiety associated with getting rid of possessions.

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Question 12

It seems that __________ is an even better predictor of suicide than is depressed mood, because people are most likely to kill themselves when they see no escape.

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Question 13

Differentiate how learning theorists and cognitive theorists differ in their explanations for the causes of anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder.

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Question 14

Marc is often consumed by the thought that he is unclean despite the fact that he has bathed. He also becomes extremely anxious when other people want to shake hands with him or touch him because all he can think about is the germs that may get passed from them to him. Marc's thoughts are consistent with the symptom of __________ .

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Question 15

Differentiate how the posttraumatic model and the sociocognitive model differ in their explanations of the causes of dissociative identity disorder (DID). Identify which view has been empirically supported and list at least two observations that have provided support for this view.

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Question 16

One serious symptom of schizophrenia is __________ , in which people tend to hear or see things that aren't there.

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Question 17

Instability in mood, identity, and impulse control are symptoms of __________ personality disorder.

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Question 18

Marvel is often anxious and tense, across many aspects of her life, though there is no specific reason for these feelings. As a result, she is often irritable with her family, friends, and coworkers without meaning to be. These symptoms are consistent with __________ disorder.

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Question 19

Provide an example of how a patient with a diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder might fit with each of the four criteria for defining abnormality: statistical rarity, subjective distress, impairment, and biological dysfunction.

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Question 20

Some people who have experienced trauma will continue to relive it because their memories of those events come to mind very easily. These __________ are a hallmark symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Quiz 15: Psychological Disorders