Abnormal Psychology: Chapter 8 - OCD

Question 1

A disorder characterized by both repetitive vocal tics or vocalizations and motor acts and tics

Answer 1

tourettes’s disorder

Question 2

The involuntary shouting or repeating of obscene words

Answer 2

coprolalia

Question 3

A mental disorder in which individuals have persistent difficulties have discarding or partying with possessions, regardless of their actual value, leading to severe cluttering of their personal living spaces.

Answer 3

hoarding disorder

Question 4

hoarding is more commonly correlated with symptoms of ___________ rather than OCD symptoms.

Answer 4

depression

Question 5

A mental disorder in which individuals are preoccupied with one or more perceived defects in their physical appearance and perform repetitive behaviors or mental acts in response to these appearance-related concerns

Answer 5

body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

Question 6

A mental disorder that involves recurrent pulling out of one’s hair, resulting in distress and hair loss, along with repeated attempts to decrease or stop the pulling

Answer 6

trichotillomania (TTM; hair-pulling disorder)

Question 7

A mental disorder that involves recurrent skin picking, resulting in distress and skin lesions, with repeated attempts to decrease or stop the picking.

Answer 7

excoriation (skin picking disorder)

Question 8

As for anxiety disorders, ________ and _________ behavioral theories are currently the leading explanations for how OCD develops.

Answer 8

biological and cognitive

Question 9

The body’s most prominent neurotransmitter, the brain’s main excitatory neurotransmitter, and also the precursor for GABA, the brain’s main inhibitory neurotransmitter.

Answer 9

glutamate

Question 10

A neurotransmitter that influences emotion, sleep, and behavioral control.

Answer 10

serotonin

Question 11

A type of drug used to treat mental disorders such as depression and that works by slowing the reuptake of serotonin.

Answer 11

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)

Question 12

Clusters of the brain cells (nuclei) that are situated at the base of the forebrain and that are associated with a variety of functions, including control of voluntary motor movements, procedural learning, routine behaviors or “habits,” cognition, and emotion. 🥬

Answer 12

basal ganglia

Question 13

The area of the cerebral cortex that controls executive functions, such as planning and carrying out goal directed activities.

Answer 13

frontal lobe

Question 14

A person with ____ almost believes thinking intrusive thoughts is just as bad as doing them.

Answer 14

OCD

Question 15

Clomipramine (sold as Anafranil)

Answer 15

a drug that inhibits the reuptake of serotonin

other SSRIs are: Prozac and Zoloft

Question 16

A behavior treatment for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders that involves having individuals face (rather than avoid) their anxiety-provoking obsessions, material possessions, or body concerns without engaging in their usual compulsive or avoidant behavioral rituals.

Answer 16

exposure and response prevention (ERP)

Question 17

In addition to the basal ganglia, researchers believe that these 2 connections are implicated in OCD 🦷

Answer 17

orbitofrontal cortex and congulate gyrus

Question 18

cognitive-behavioral treatment used for hair pulling, skin picking, tics, or other problem “habits” and that involves awareness training, competing response training, and social support.

Answer 18

habit reversal training