Exam 2

Question 1

relation between physical illness and stress

Answer 1

slows recovery time, immunosuppression, exacerbates illness, and problematic for cardiovascular illness, IBS, and chronic pain

Question 2

DSM-5 trauma and stressor-related disorders

Answer 2

reactive attachment, disinhibited social engagement (new), PTSD, acute stress, and adjustment disorder

Question 3

risk factors

Answer 3

chronic, continuous vs. acute stress, intrafamilial stress, separation from caregivers, interpersonal vs. random trauma

Question 4

ACC

Answer 4

anxiety; damage can induce panic disorder. detects and monitors errors (visual). reward-based. regulates bp and hr

Question 5

ofc

Answer 5

emotion and decision-making. critical for adaptive/reward-based learning. damage causes problems in decision-making, emotion-processing, and reward expectation

Question 6

hippocampus

Answer 6

memory consolidation. damage causes severe disruptionin memory

Question 7

yerkes-dodson law

Answer 7

some anxiety is good and makes you perform better. too little or too much impairs

Question 8

PANAS

Answer 8

positive affect, negative affect, and autonomic sensitivity

Question 9

anxious people are high on ________ affect and autonomic sensitivity, but generally have no problems with ________ affect

Answer 9

negative; positive

Question 10

negative affect =

Answer 10

negative emotionality

Question 11

autonomic sensitivity

Answer 11

body responds more severely to anxious stimuli

Question 12

separation anxiety

Answer 12

worry about being apart from loved one

Question 13

selective mutism

Answer 13

too scared to talk

Question 14

specific phobias

Answer 14

scared of something specific

Question 15

panic disorder

Answer 15

panic attacks for no reason

Question 16

agoraphobia

Answer 16

too scared to leave house

Question 17

social anxiety

Answer 17

excessively nervous in social situations

Question 18

generalized anxiety

Answer 18

worries about everything

Question 19

females are _____ as likely to have ___

Answer 19

twice; GAD

Question 20

treatment of choise is

Answer 20

CBT and exposure

Question 21

what makes ocd different from anxiety disorders

Answer 21

compulsive nature of symptoms–feeling that compulsions are outside of person’s normal

Question 22

DMDD (disruptive mood dysregulation disorder)

Answer 22

diagnosable 7-18, chronic irritability, temper outbursts, not bipolar

Question 23

MDD (major depressive disorder)

Answer 23

most commonly diagnosed, higher rates in adolescence and young adulthood, requires depressed mood or anhedonia, cognitive slowing, negative attributional bias, and suicidality

Question 24

persistent depressive disorder

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> 2 years in adults
1 in children

less severe than MDD

Question 25

premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Answer 25

x

Question 26

PANAS in depression

Answer 26

depressives low on PA, high on na, AND SOMEWHAT HIGH ON AS

Question 27

antidepressants work by

Answer 27

allowing neurotransmitters to stay for longer periods in synapse

Question 28

sleep problems in depressed people

Answer 28

earlier onset REM sleep and increased intensity and frequency of REM sleep

Question 29

negative cognitive tried

Answer 29

self, world, future

Question 30

slective abstraction

Answer 30

focusing only on one negative detail

Question 31

arbitrary inference

Answer 31

jumping to conclusions

Question 32

3 dimensions of explanations for events

Answer 32

internal vs external, global vs specific, stable vs unstable

Question 33

depressed people lean toward

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internal global and stable explanations

Question 34

interpersonal theory

Answer 34

others dont like depressed people and depressed opeople have social skills deficits

Question 35

biological treatments for depression

Answer 35

electroconvulsive therapy

Question 36

T/F Bipolar is common

Answer 36

f

Question 37

bd treatment

Answer 37

medication, psychotherapy only during depressed moods and to help prevent manic episodes

Question 38

conversion disorder

Answer 38

conversion of psychological symptoms (stress) into neurological symptoms

Question 39

conversion disorder is also called

Answer 39

functional neurological symptom disorder

Question 40

patients are _______ of psychological connection in conversion disorder

Answer 40

unaware (not faking)

Question 41

malingering

Answer 41

same as factitious but in order to obtain external reward

Question 42

DID (dissociative identity disorder)

Answer 42

multiple identities and switches back and forth among identities

Question 43

DID is

Answer 43

usually associated with early trauma

Question 44

alter identites (when genuine)

Answer 44

show very distinct characteristics

Question 45

Battered Women's Syndrome

Answer 45

Type of PTSD rested to domestic violence

Question 46

3 phases of a "battering cycle"

Answer 46

Tension building phase, explosion or acute battering incident, and calm,loving respite (honeymoon phase)

Question 47

Separation anxiety

Answer 47

Begins 6-8 mos, peaks 10-18 mos; disorder rarely diagnosed in <6 yo

Question 48

Specific fears in early childhood (3-6 yrs)

Answer 48

Loud noises, darkness, monsters, and certain animals

Question 49

Specific fears in middle childhood (7-12 yrs)

Answer 49

Animals, darkness/nighttime, storms/disasters; more prominent 7-9 than 4-6, but decrease 10-12

Question 50

Normal anxiety in adolescence

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Social comparison, all-or-none thinking, looking-glass self

Question 51

How to evaluate faking?

Answer 51

Do symptoms for? Is there external gain to symptoms? Has patient been to too many doctors? Does patient appear to be reciting textbook definitions?

Question 52

Reactive attachment disorder

Answer 52

Lack of attachment to any specific caregiver at an early age, results in inability to form normal relationships

Question 53

Disinhibited social engagement disorder

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Behavior in which a child actively approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults

Question 54

Acute stress disorder

Answer 54

Development of sever anxiety within one month of extreme traumatic stressor

Question 55

Adjustment disorder

Answer 55

Group of symptoms like stress, feeling sad or hopeless