Chapter 31 Vocab

Question 1

Affect

Answer 1

a person’s visible emotional state

Question 2

Behavior

Answer 2

a person’s observable actions

Question 3

Catatonic

Answer 3

a motor disorder with extreme muscle rigidity or flaccidity due to a psychological cause

Question 4

Delirium tremens

Answer 4

syndrome that occurs due to the withdrawal of alcohol in a physically dependent individual

Question 5

Delusions

Answer 5

false beliefs maintained despite evidence to the contrary, like being followed or having super powers

Question 6

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

Answer 6

guidelines published by American Psychological Association to provide criteria for the diagnosis of mental illnesses

Question 7

Hallucinations

Answer 7

perceptions of sensation in the absence of actual stimuli

Question 8

Illusions

Answer 8

misinterpretations of stimuli

Question 9

Paranoid

Answer 9

falsely believing that there is a threat to oneself, such as being spied on

Question 10

Phobias

Answer 10

intense, unrealistic fears of a specific object of situation.

Question 11

Psychotic

Answer 11

mental state in which reality is distorted, referred to as having lost touch with reality