Abnormal, Clinical, Personality Flashcards
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The DSM-5 is a diagnostic guide that:
Describes psychological disorders and their prevalence.
Prevalence: refers to the total number of individuals in a population who have a disease or health condition at a specific period of time, usually expressed as a percentage of the population.
According to the most recent edition of the DSM, which of the following is/are no longer classified as an anxiety disorder?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Considerable research has demonstrated that PTSD entails multiple emotions (e.g., guilt, shame, anger) outside of the fear/anxiety spectrum
The most common type of mental disorder is
Anxiety
In contrast with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder is characterized by periods of distress that are:
more intense and less prolonged
An incapacitating and highly distressing fear about being embarrassed in the presence of others is most characteristic of:
social phobia
Which of the following is not classified as a subtype of specific phobia?
social
Obsessions are:
offensive and unwanted thoughts that persistently preoccupy a person
Obsessive thoughts typically ________ anxiety and compulsive behaviors typically ________ anxiety.
increase; decrease
Learning theorists have suggested that compulsive behaviors are
negatively reinforced by anxiety reduction
Symptoms that may be misperceived as a heart attack are most characteristic of
panic disorder
Jeremy experiences so much anxiety about taking the elevator that he climbs 16 flights of stairs to get to his office each workday. He appears to suffer from a(n):
specific phobia
In which of the following disorders is a person continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic arousal for no particular reason:
generalized anxiety disorder
Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible, enduring, and socially maladaptive behavior patterns are called ________ disorders.
personality
An antisocial personality disorder is most likely to be characterized by:
a lack of conscience and remorse
Women are ________ likely than men to attempt suicide. Men are ________ likely than women to actually end their lives.
more; more
Which perspective suggests that explaining our own failures in terms that are global, stable, and internal contributes to depression?
cognitive
After several weeks of feeling apathetic and dissatisfied with his life, Mark has suddenly become extremely cheerful and so talkative he can’t be interrupted. He seems to need less sleep and becomes irritated when his friends tell him to slow down. Mark’s behavior is indicative of
bipolar disorder
Mr. Hunt believes that he is the president of the United States and that he will soon become the “King of the Universe.” Mr. Hunt is most clearly suffering from:
Delusions of grandeur are one of the more common ones. It’s when you believe that you have more power, wealth, smarts, or other grand traits than is true.: Considerable research has demonstrated that PTSD entails multiple emotions (e.g., guilt, shame, anger) outside of the fear/anxiety spectrum
Claiming that she heard a voice commanding her to warn other people that eating is harmful, Sandy attempts to convince others in a restaurant not to eat. The psychiatrist to whom she is referred finds that Sandy’s thinking and speech are often fragmented and incoherent. In addition, Sandy has an unreasonable fear that someone is “out to get her” and consequently trusts no one. Her condition is most indicative of:
schizophrenia
Research on the causes of schizophrenia strongly suggests that:
There is a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia
Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
social withdrawl
Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
hallucinations
Seeing one-eyed monsters would be an example of a(n) ________; believing that you are Napoleon would be and example of a(n) ________.
hallucination; delusion
When schizophrenia is slow to develop, called _________ schizophrenia, recovery is ________.
chronic (process); unlikely
