Abnormal Psych

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etiology

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cause of disease

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central nervous system

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brain and spinal cord

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peripheral nervous system

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all other ****

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sensory somatic nervous system

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voluntary motor output

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autonomic nervous system

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vegetative functions

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sympathetic

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fight or flight and norepinephrine

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parasympathetic

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rest and digest and acetylcholine

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cortisol

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stress hormone released by adrenal glands, increase bodily energy

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frontal lobe

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executive function

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parietal lobe

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aesthetics and spatial relations

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temporal

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speech, auditory processing, visual memory

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occipital

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visual processing

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amygdala

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emotion

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hippocampus

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memory

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cerebellum

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"little brain"

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hypothalamus

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sleep cycles and body temp

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people with dysthymic disorder view their symptoms as an integral part of themselves(TF)

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true

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the probability that both twins will have a characterstic or disorder, given that one of them has it is known as a rate

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concordance rate

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studies of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder have found abnormalities in the

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hippocampus

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according to one theory, the brains of people who experience panic attacks have a low threshold for detecting decreased oxygen in the blood (TF)

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True

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gender differences in specific phobias may reflect a reporting bias (TF)

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True

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Researchers have discovered that some genes predispose individuals to develop particular specific phobias (TF)

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False

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(Blank) involves sensory or motor symptoms that do not correspond with those that arise from known medical conditions

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conversion disorder

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this theory posits that an executive monitoring system normally coordinates various cognitive systems, which operate seperately, resulting int he executive system no longer having access to information stored or processed by the seperate cognitive systems

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neo-dissociation theory

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the blank of the brain has been found to play a key role in the development of dissociative identity disorder

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orbital frontal cortex

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the only somatoform disorder that does not include an actual somatic symptom

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body dysmorphic disorder

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for a given patient with DID, each alter can have unique medical problems and histories (TF)

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true

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symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder are generally similar across cultures (TF)

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true

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the desire for the gratifying effects of using a substance is known as

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addiction

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the hallucinogens LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin are chemically similar to the neurotransmitter

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serotonin

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which one of the following drugs is a narcotic analgesic

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heroin

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narcotics

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depress central nervous system

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people with anorexia have low activity in the BLANK which may play a key role in representing body size

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parietal lobe

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The neurotransmitter BLANK is involved in regulating a wide variety of behaviors and characteristics that are associated with eating disorders

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serotonin

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The BLANK is a family treatment for anorexia that focuses on supporting parents as they dtermine how to lead their child to eat appropriately

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Maudsley

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Of those who survive anorexia, less than BLANK fully recover

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50%

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According to Hippocrates, psych disorders

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are caused by brain abnormalities

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In BLANK an uncomfortable stimulus is removed after a behavior to increase the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated in the future

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classical conditioning

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the various aspects of personality that reflect a person's typical emotional state and emotional reactivity is called

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affect

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The BLANK slows down nonessential functions during an emergency

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sympathetic

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BLANK controls the production of particular proteins

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Genes

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Neurotransmitters are released from axon terminal interact with specialized proteins on the postsynaptic neuron called

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dendrites

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The only mental health professionals who are allowd to administer drugs in each of the 50 states are psychiatrists (TF)

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true

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The thematic apperception test is an example of a

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projective test

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neuropsychological testing uses behavioral responses to test items to draw inferences about brain functioning (TF)

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True

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Psychodynamic therapy

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pays more attention to present experiences than past experiences

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BLANK involves the use of reinforcers and punishers to change maladaptive behavior

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Behavior modification

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One way to limit the effects of confounds in an experiment is to

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have a control group

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sampling bias needs to be avoided if the researcher wants to

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be able to generalize the stdy's findings to the general population

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Statistical significance refers to the

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likelihood that the value of a statistical test is greater than would be expected by chance

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most commonly, individuals with GID are heterosexual relative to their gender ID (TF)

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True

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Believing that you are being controlled by aliens is an example of

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delusions of control

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BLANK are repetitive behaviors that don't serve a function

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stereotyped behaviors

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Which of the following neurtotransmitters has been associated witht eh development of ADHD

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dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine

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what is the most common cause of dementia

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alzheimers