Question 1

Selective perceptions,magnification,and overgeneralizations are known as ___.

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Question 2

People with ___ often describe their lives as an emotional roller coaster.

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Question 3

___ is a low,sad state in which life seems dark and its challenges seem overwhelming.___ is a state of breathless euphoria,or at least frenzied energy,in which people may have an exaggerated belief that the world is theirs for the taking.

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Question 4

Match the appropriate words in the left column to the definitions in the right column.

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Question 5

When clinicians conclude that a person's symptoms fit a particular category of disorder,they can make a ___.

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Question 6

The ___ approach to understanding and treating mental illnesses encourages a search for patterns in the symptoms people present with the goal of first identifying a syndrome that is recognized,and about which one can make predictions.

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Question 7

Sam's depression has caused him to have difficulty getting out of bed in the morning.After many warnings,his employer has fired him.This example demonstrates the characteristic of mental illness known as ___.

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Question 8

Societies undergoing the process of ___ usually show a rise in mental disorders due to overcrowding and migration.

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Question 9

When Yegor was a small child,he and his father were in a serious car accident while driving over a bridge.Now Yegor finds that whenever he drives over a bridge he becomes extremely frightened.According to the ___ perspective,Yegor's fear is the result of ___ conditioning.

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Question 10

Neuroscience studies show that depression is linked with low levels of ___.

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Question 11

Major depressive disorder is to ___,as bipolar disorder is to ___.

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Question 12

Dr.Chickley is a neuroscientist that believes that a person with depression probably had a genetic predisposition to the disorder and was at some point exposed to an external stressful event.Dr.Chickley subscribes to the ___ perspective/model.

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Question 13

Although it is often cited as a feature of abnormal behaviour,becoming ___ to oneself or to others is the exception rather than the rule.

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Question 14

Theorists who believe that individuals are motivated by a need to establish relationships with others are referred to as ___ theorists.

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Question 15

A person who deviates from common behaviour patterns or displays odd or whimsical behaviour is called an ___.

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Question 16

Dr.Egley is a neuroscientist that believes that psychological disorders are the result of biological,social,psychological,and cultural variables.Dr.Egley subscribes to the ___ perspective/model.

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Question 17

Major depressive disorder often seems to be triggered by ___.

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Question 18

Gergana has been admitted to the hospital after taking an overdose of sleeping pills.This is an example of the criteria of ___ of abnormal behaviour

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Question 19

Object relations theorists propose that severe problems in ___ may result in abnormal development and psychological problems during adulthood.

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Question 20

Dr.Diskler believes that mental illness can be explained solely by biological factors.Dr.Diskler subscribes to the ___ perspective/model.

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Quiz 15: Psychological Disorders