Modules 65-73

Question 1

social anxiety disorder

Answer 1

an anxiety disorder involving the extreme and irrational fear of being embarrassed, judged, or scrutinized by others in social situations

Question 2

general anxiety disorder

Answer 2

an anxiety disorder in which a person in continuously tense, apprehensive, and in a state of automatic nervous system arousal

Question 3

panic disorder

Answer 3

an anxiety disorder that consists of sudden, overwhelming attacks of terror

Question 4

mania

Answer 4

a mood disorder marked by hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

Question 5

bipolar disorder

Answer 5

a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of excessive energy

Question 6

serotonin

Answer 6

a neurotransmitter that affects hunger, sleep, arousal, and mood

Question 7

norepinephrine

Answer 7

a neurotransmitter that helps control alertness and arousal

Question 8

hallucinations

Answer 8

false sensory experiences (auditory or visual)

Question 9

delusions

Answer 9

false beliefs

Question 10

word salad

Answer 10

incoherent mixture of words, phrases, and sentences

Question 11

somatic symptom disorder

Answer 11

psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause

Question 12

conversion disorder

Answer 12

a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

Question 13

antisocial personality disorder

Answer 13

a personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless and ruthless or a clever con artist

Question 14

anorexia nervosa

Answer 14

an eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat, a distorted body image, and an intense fear of weight gain

Question 15

bulimia nervosa

Answer 15

an eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging

Question 16

David rosenhan

Answer 16

did a study which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; shown that once you are diagnosed with a disorder, the label, even when behavior indicated otherwise, is hard to overcome in a mental health setting

Question 17

Albert ellis

Answer 17

pioneer in rational-emotive therapy (RET), focuses on altering client’s patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions

Question 18

resistance

Answer 18

in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material

Question 19

transference

Answer 19

in psychoanalysis, the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love hatred for a parent)

Question 20

light exposure therapy

Answer 20

treats seasonal affective disorder (SAD); scientifically proven to be affective, exposure to daily doses of intense light. increases activity in the adrenal gland

Question 21

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Answer 21

an exposure treatment in which clients move their eyes in a rhythmic manner from side to side while flooding their minds with images of objects and situations they ordinarily avoid

Question 22

systemic desensitization

Answer 22

a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. commonly used to treat phobias

Question 23

virtual reality exposure therapy

Answer 23

an anxiety treatment that progressively exposes people to simulations of their greatest fears, such as airplane playing, spiders, or public speaking

Question 24

token economy

Answer 24

type of behavior modification in which desired behavior is rewarded with incentives

Question 25

Aaron beck

Answer 25

pioneer in cognitive therapy, suggested negative beliefs cause depression

Question 26

body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 26

involves excessive preoccupation with an imagined defect in physical appearance