Chapter Fifteen: Psychological Disorders

Question 1

What is a condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?

Answer 1

Psychological Disorders

Question 2

What is the study of psychological disorders, including their symptoms, causes, and treatment?

Answer 2

Psychopathology

Question 3

What are the causes of psychological disorders called?

Answer 3

Etology

Question 4

What is it called when you deviate from the norm?

Answer 4

Atypical

Question 5

Who defined psychological disorders as harmful dysfunctions?

Answer 5

Wakefield

Question 6

According to the ____ ____ ____, a psychological disorder consists of significant disturbances in thoughts and behaviors, disturbances that lead to distress or disability, and disturbances that do not reflect expected responses.

Answer 6

American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Question 7

What is the appropriate identification or label of a set of defined symptoms?

Answer 7

Diagnosis

Question 8

What is the co-occurrence of two disorders called?

Answer 8

Comorbidity

Question 9

What is the label that psychological disorders are attributed to a force beyond scientific reasoning?

Answer 9

Supernatural

Question 10

What integrates biological and psychosocial factors to predict the likelihood of a disorder?

Answer 10

Diathesis-Stress Model

Question 11

What is the disorder characterized by excessive and persistent fear and by related disturbances in behavior?

Answer 11

Anxiety Disorder

Question 12

What are the excessive, persistent fears about specific objects or situations?

Answer 12

Phobias

Question 13

What is the extreme fear of social situations?

Answer 13

Social Anxiety Disorder

Question 14

What are the mental or behavioral acts that reduce anxiety in social situations?

Answer 14

Safety Behaviors

Question 15

What is the anxiety disorder where regular, unexpected panic attacks occur?

Answer 15

Panic Disorder

Question 16

What is a period of extreme fear that develops abruptly and reaches a peak within 10 minutes?

Answer 16

Panic Attack

Question 17

What is a region of the brain that plays a part in panic disorders?

Answer 17

Locus Coeruleus

Question 18

What is a relatively continuous state of excessive, worry and apprehension?

Answer 18

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 19

What are the disorders characterized by intrusive, unpleasant thoughts and repeated behaviors?

Answer 19

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Question 20

What is the preoccupation with a flaw in physical appearance that is either non-existent or barely noticeable to others?

Answer 20

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Question 21

When people cannot bare to part with valueless, physical possessions, it is called:

Answer 21

Hoarding Disorder

Question 22

The ____ ____ plays a critical role in OCD.

Answer 22

Orbitofrontal Cortex

Question 23

What are intrusive, distressing memories of a past event?

Answer 23

Flashbacks

Question 24

What are the disturbances in mood, severe depression, mania, and elation called? Examples include depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.

Answer 24

Mood Disorders

Question 25

What is the state of extreme elation and agitation?

Answer 25

Mania

Question 26

What are the thoughts of death, thinking or planning suicide, or attempting suicide called?

Answer 26

Suicidal Ideation

Question 27

When a person experiences symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder during a particular time of year, it is called:

Answer 27

Seasonal Pattern

Question 28

What are the symptoms of depression called after having a baby?

Answer 28

Postpartum or Peripartum Onset

Question 29

What is the experience of depressed moods for most of the day, nearly every day for at least two years?

Answer 29

Persistent Depressive Disorder

Question 30

What is the erratic talking and/or jumping between ideas or thoughts called?

Answer 30

Flight of Ideas

Question 31

What is the particular style of negative thinking to a sense of hopelessness to depression?

Answer 31

Hopelessness Theory

Question 32

What is the repetitive and passive focus on the fact that one is depressed?

Answer 32

Rumination

Question 33

What are the perceptual experiences that occur in the absence of external stimulation?

Answer 33

Hallucination

Question 34

What are the beliefs that are contrary to reality and are firmly held even with contradictory evidence?

Answer 34

Delusions

Question 35

What is the belief that others are plotting against them?

Answer 35

Paranoid Delusion

Question 36

What is the belief that something highly abnormal is happening to one's body?

Answer 36

Somatic Delusion

Question 37

What is the belief that one holds special powers, unique knowledge, or is extremely important?

Answer 37

Grandiose Delusion

Question 38

What is the disjointed and incoherent thought process, usually detected by what a person says?

Answer 38

Disorganized Thinking

Question 39

What are unusual, child-like movements and behaviors like giggling and self-absorbed smiling?

Answer 39

Disorganized Motor Behavior

Question 40

What is decreased reactivity to the environment?

Answer 40

Catatonic Behavior

Question 41

What reflects decreases and absences in certain behaviors, emotions, or drives?

Answer 41

Negative Symptoms

Question 42

When an overabundance of dopamine or dopamine receptors is responsible for the onset and maintenance of schizophrenia, it is called:

Answer 42

Dopamine Hypothesis

Question 43

Early signs of Schizophrenia like paranoia, delusions, and problems at work or school are called ____ ____.

Answer 43

Prodromal Symptoms

Question 44

People will Schizophrenia have enlarged ____.

Answer 44

Ventricles

Question 45

What is the inability to recall important information following traumatic experiences?

Answer 45

Dissociative Amnesia

Question 46

What is it called when someone wanders from home, experience confusion about their identity, or adopt a new identity?

Answer 46

Dissociative Fugue

Question 47

What are recurring episodes of unfamiliarity with one's self or the world?

Answer 47

Depersonalization or Derealization Disorder

Question 48

What is it called when a person exhibits two or more separate personalities, distinct from each other?

Answer 48

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Question 49

What is the instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, mood, and marked impulsivity?

Answer 49

Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 50

What is it called when someone shows no regard for others' rights or feelings?

Answer 50

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 51

What disorders involve developmental problems in personal, social, academic, and intellectual functioning?

Answer 51

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Question 52

What is a behavioral condition that makes focusing on everyday routines challenging?

Answer 52

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Question 53

What is a complex developmental condition with persistent challenges with social communication, restricted interests, and repetitive behavior?

Answer 53

Autism Spectrum Disorder