PSY 3604-2

Question 1

Anhedonia

Answer 1

Inability to experience pleasure or joy.

Question 2

agoraphobia

Answer 2

Fear of being in places or situations where a panic attack may occur and from which escape would be physically difficult or psychologically embarrassing, or in which immediate help would be unavailable in the event that some mishap occurred.

Question 3

GAD

Answer 3

Generalized anxiety disorder

Chronic excessive worry about a number of events or activities, with no specific threat present, accompanied by at least three of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance.

Question 4

MMPI

Answer 4

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Widely used and empirically validated personality scales.

Question 5

Epigenetics

Answer 5

the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change

Question 6

Reliability

Answer 6

Degree to which a measuring device produces the same result each time it is used to measure the same thing or when two or more different raters use it.

Question 7

Rorschach Test

Answer 7

Use of 10 inkblot pictures to which a subject responds with associations that come to mind. Analysis of these responses enables a clinician to infer personality characteristics.

Question 8

Standardization

Answer 8

Procedure for establishing the expected performance range on a test.

Question 9

Social Determinant

Answer 9

Aspects of society and the social environment that impact on health, such as poverty, early life experiences, social networks and support.

Question 10

Subjective distress

Answer 10

emotion or internal experience that is distressing to the individual, but cannot be directly observed by others

Question 11

Behavior Genetics

Answer 11

Field that studies the heritability of mental disorders and other aspects of psychological functioning such as personality and intelligence.

Question 12

stress

Answer 12

Effects created within an organism by the application of a stressor.

Question 13

Allostatic load

Answer 13

The biological cost of adapting to stress. Under conditions of high stress our allostatic load is high. When we are calm, our allostatic load is low and our bodies are not experiencing any of the physiological consequences of stress (racing heart, high levels of cortisol, etc.).

Question 14

acute stress

Answer 14

a temporary bout of stress that calls forth alertness or alarm to prompt the person to deal with an event

Question 15

DNA

Answer 15

Deoxyribonucleic acid; principal component of genes.

Question 16

PKU

Answer 16

Phenylketonuria

Type of intellectual disability resulting from a baby’s lack of a liver enzyme needed to break down phenylalanine, an amino acid found in many foods.