Chapter 18

Question 1

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Answer 1

Psychology

Question 2

Behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with everyday life

Answer 2

Psychological disorders

Question 3

Almost __ of the adults in the US have experienced some type of psychological disorder.

Answer 3

1/3

Question 4

The degree that a behavior is used by the majority of people

Answer 4

Typicality

Question 5

The type of behavior that prevents people from functioning in everyday life; behavior that causes misery and distress rather than happiness and fulfillment

Answer 5

Maladaptivity

Question 6

DSM=?

Answer 6

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Question 7

What is the most widely used classification system today?

Answer 7

DSM

Question 8

A general state of dread or uneasiness that occurs in response to a vague or imagined danger

Answer 8

Anxiety

Question 9

Persistent excessive or irrational fear of an object or situation

Answer 9

Phobia

Question 10

Most common of all anxiety disorders

Answer 10

Phobia

Question 11

Characterized by persistent fear of social situations in which one might be exposed to the close scrutiny of others

Answer 11

Social Phobia

Question 12

A relatively short period of intense fear or discomfort

Answer 12

Panic attack

Question 13

A fear of being in places or situations in which escape may be difficult or impossible

Answer 13

Agoraphobia

Question 14

Includes excessive or unrealistic worry about life circumstances; must have symptoms for at least 6 months

Answer 14

Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 15

Unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again

Answer 15

Obsessions

Question 16

Repetitive ritual behaviors which often involve checking or cleaning to reduce the anxiety obsessions produce

Answer 16

Compulsions

Question 17

Intense, persistent feelings of anxiety that are cause by traumatic experience

Answer 17

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Question 18

A short-term disorder with similar symptoms to PTSD

Answer 18

Acute Stress Disorder

Question 19

The separation of certain personality components or mental processes from conscious thought

Answer 19

Dissociative Disorders

Question 20

Characterized by a sudden loss of memory as a result of a traumatic event

Answer 20

Dissociative Amnesia

Question 21

Characterized by forgetting personal information, past events and suddenly relocating from home or work and taking on a new identity & occupation

Answer 21

Dissociative Fugue

Question 22

Involves the existence of 2 or more personalities within a single person

Answer 22

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Question 23

Refers to feelings of detachment from one’s mental processes or body

Answer 23

Depersonalization Disorder

Question 24

Refers to the expression of psychological distress through physical symptoms

Answer 24

Somatization

Question 25

Experience in change in or loss of physical functioning in a major part of the body with no medical explanation

Answer 25

Conversion Disorder

Question 26

A person’s unrealistic preoccupation with the fear that he or she has a serious disease

Answer 26

Hypochondriasis

Question 27

Symptoms of major depression

Answer 27

1. Persistent depressed mood for most of the day 2. Loss of interest of pleasure in almost all activities 3. Significant weight loss or gain 4. Sleeping more or less than usual 5. Fatigue or loss of energy

Question 28

Symptoms must be present for ___________.

Answer 28

2 weeks and occur everyday

Question 29

_____ of severely depressed people commit suicide

Answer 29

15%

Question 30

Dramatic ups and downs in moods (mania to depression)

Answer 30

Bipolar Disorder

Question 31

Extreme excitement characterized by hyperactivity and chaotic behavior

Answer 31

Mania

Question 32

Loss of contact with reality; most serious psychology disorder

Answer 32

Schizophrenia

Question 33

Symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 33

Hallucinations, delusions, superior to others, believe they do not really exist, social withdraw

Question 34

An immobile, expressionless, coma-like state

Answer 34

Catatonic stupor