Psychology Final Test 15

Front 1

The most common psychological disorders in the United States are ________ disorders.

Back 1

anxiety

Front 2

The DSM-IV-TR was published in:

Back 2

2000

Front 3

Behaviorists explain obsessive-compulsive disorder as a result of:

Back 3

negative reinforcement.

Front 4

Multiple personality disorder ________ in women than in men.

Back 4

is nine times more likely

Front 5

Jason tells a counselor that, at least once a week, he feels intense apprehension with labored breathing and shaking hands for no apparent reason. The counselor might conclude that Jason suffers from

Back 5

a panic disorder

Front 6

The brain structure associated with the acquisition of conditioned fear is the:

Back 6

amygdala

Front 7

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the:

Back 7

American Psychiatric Association

Front 8

A sensory conversion, such as one presented in the text in Phil's case study, does not include:

Back 8

physical symptoms.

Front 9

Psychological states such as anxiety, depression, and agitation are labeled as ________ criteria for defining abnormal behavior.

Back 9

emotional discomfort

Front 10

An anxiety disorder in which an individual experiences numerous (four or more in a four-week period) emotional attacks, which are characterized by overwhelming terror and often a feeling of unreality or depersonalization, is a/an:

Back 10

panic disorder

Front 11

A difference between a phobia and a normal fear is that the phobia:

Back 11

is out of proportion to the real danger

Front 12

A somatoform disorder that manifests itself by a detailed concern for imagined symptoms is known as:

Back 12

somatization disorder

Front 13

Biological predispositions:

Back 13

do not play a significant role in the development of dissociative disorders.

Front 14

A person who complains of stomach pain, headaches, and dizziness, although doctors cannot find anything physically wrong, may be suffering from a/an:

Back 14

somatization disorder

Front 15

The somatoform disorders include:

Back 15

somatization disorder, hypochondriasis, and conversion disorder

Front 16

Little Hans was a famous patient of Freud whose phobic fear of horses represented to Freud:

Back 16

an unconscious fear of his father

Front 17

Loss of function, such as paralysis, vision, or feeling, with no physical damage, is known as:

Back 17

conversion disorder

Front 18

From the biological perspective, people develop anxiety disorders as a result of:

Back 18

abnormalities in GABA activity.

Front 19

Symptoms of generalized anxiety do not include:

Back 19

hallucinations.

Front 20

According to the ________ perspective, dissociative disorders involve massive repression.

Back 20

psychoanalytic