Final Exam: Chapter 14

Question 1

Abnormal Psychology is the study of?

Answer 1

Psychological Disorders

Question 2

Pattern of behavior or psychological symptom that cause personal distress?

Answer 2

Psychological Disorder

Question 3

Scientific study of origins, symptoms, and development of psychological disorders

Answer 3

Psychopathology

Question 4

What are the 4 Ds of Psychological Behavior?

Answer 4

Deviance
Dysfunction
Distress
Danger

Question 5

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders

Answer 5

DSM; universal authority to define, diagnose, and treat psychological disorders

Question 6

What is Schizophrenia?

Answer 6

General lack of touch with reality and difficulty to think clearly, making good judgements, and communicating effectively

Question 7

What are some positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer 7

Negative include diminished emotional expression and social disinterest

Positives include psychological behaviors added including delusions and hallucinations

Question 8

What is hypomania?

Answer 8

less intense form of mania

Question 9

What is manic?

Answer 9

High energy and an increase of activity

Question 10

What is one of the most common mental health disorders in the US?

Answer 10

Major Depressive Disorder

Question 11

The worry about future thoughts?

Answer 11

Anxiety

Question 12

Agoraphobia outlines someones fear of _______

Answer 12

Having a panic attack

Question 13

What is an Obsession?

What is a compulsion?

Answer 13

Obsession = persistent, intrusive thoughts or impulses 
Compulsion = repetitive and ritualistic behaviors

Question 14

Trichotillomania:

Answer 14

people fail to resist urges to pul out their own hair

Question 15

Excoriation Disorder:

Answer 15

Repetitive and compulsive picking of the skin

Question 16

Disconnection from memory, identity, emotion, behavior, and sense of self

Answer 16

Dissociative Disorder

Question 17

Sense of Detachment from ones self and ones identity:

Answer 17

Depersonalization

Question 18

What is derealization?

Answer 18

things around you feels unreal; you have an outer body feeling and a sense that things are not real

Question 19

When 2 or more personalities are present in one person?

Answer 19

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Question 20

What are the main difference between feeding and eating disorders?

Answer 20

• Feeding disorders usually occur in infants and children whereas eating disorders occur in adolescents and adults
• Eating disorders are usually an emotional response involving food

Question 21

For personality disorders, what is included in Cluster A?

Answer 21

1. Schizoid
2. Paranoid
3. Schizotypical

Question 22

For personality disorders, what is included in Cluster B?

Answer 22

1. Borderline
2. Anti-Social
3. Histrionic
4. Narcissistic

Question 23

For personality disorders, what is included in cluster C?

Answer 23

Includes Anxious and Fearful

1. Dependent
2. Obsessive Compulsive personality Disorder
3. Avoidant