Final

Question 1

Mental illness

Answer 1

Something/disease that interrupts individuals life
Deviant
Defiant
Distress

Question 2

When should an individual see a mental health professional

Answer 2

When they’re a harm to themselves or others

Question 3

What causes mental illness

Answer 3

(Multiple causes)
Stress
Environment
Biological
Genetic

Question 4

Book used by professionals to identify mental illnesses

Answer 4

Diagnostic statistical manual

Question 5

Phobia

Answer 5

Overwhelmed by a specific object/event

Question 6

Agorophobia

Answer 6

Fear of open places

Question 7

An anxiety disorder in which person has recurrent, intrusive thoughts and urges to perform ritualistic actions

Answer 7

OCD

Question 8

When an individual has overwhelming attacks of anxiety they suffer from which disorder

Answer 8

Panic attacks

Question 9

List the symptoms of PTSD

Answer 9

Nightmares
Flashbacks
Insomnia
Depression

Question 10

Mood disorder characterized by unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day to day tasks

Answer 10

Bipolar disorder

Question 11

Symptoms of someone in manic state

Answer 11

Talking fast
Little sleep
Irresponsible w money/sex

Question 12

Symptoms of someone w depression

Answer 12

Worthlessness
Over/under eating
Too much/little sleep

Question 13

Dissociative identity disorder

Answer 13

(Multiple personality disorder)

Can switch between personalities

Question 14

Those w major depression what neurotransmitter are they often deficient in?

Answer 14

Seratonin

Question 15

Dysthymia

Answer 15

Mild form of depression

Question 16

When do symptoms of schizophrenia usually appear

Answer 16

Early adulthood/ early teens

Question 17

Difference btw catatonic and paranoid schizophrenia

Answer 17

Catatonic- weird bizarre position/movements

Paranoid- thinking someones out to get them

Question 18

Which neurotransmitter is usually associated with schizophrenia

Answer 18

Dopamine

Question 19

Personality disorder

Answer 19

Individual has trouble interacting w others

Impact relationships w others

Question 20

Describe bio psychological approach to mental illness

Answer 20

Looking at genetics, brain chemistry/damage

Question 21

Describe the psychoanalytic approach to mental illness

Answer 21

Look at unscious

Question 22

Humanistic theory

Answer 22

Everyone has power over their destiny

Question 23

Behavioral theory

Answer 23

Trying to unlearn behavior

Question 24

Foot in the door effect

Answer 24

Ask for something small then something big to increase probablity

Question 25

Describe when obedience tends to be highest

Answer 25

When authority figures are in room

Question 26

Diffusion of responsibility

Answer 26

More people in emergency, less likely to help

Question 27

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 27

When explaining someones behavior you overestimate personality and underestimate situation

Question 28

Explain what Solomon Asch experiment (lines) found regarding conformity

Answer 28

Most likely to conform in large groups

Question 29

3 essay topics

Answer 29

1. social learning unit, encoding, storage long/short term
   -mnemonic device help remember (PEMDAS) chunking, schema (list)
   -discussion on eye witness testimony due to misleading questions, misinfo effect
2. Crowds, cliques, gangs, watched Clueless
   Needing to conform at early adulthood, dangers of anorexia/bulimia
3. Answering traits packet, diff personality theories; 5 factor model OCEAN, Gordon Allport had 3 Cardinal (one main) Central(5-10), Secondary trait