Psychological Disorders

Question 1

In the middle ages, when a person suffered from a mental illness, how were they treated (3)

Answer 1

incarcerated
retrained
given alcohol

Question 2

The biological approach to treating a mental illness focused on (3)

Answer 2

blood letting
blistering
purging

Question 3

The impact of mental illness is particularly strong on people who are (2)

Answer 3

poor
disadvantaged ethnic groups

Question 4

What is a psychological disorder

Answer 4

an ongoing dysfunctional pattern of thought, emotion, and behaviour that causes significant distress and is considered deviant in that person’s culture or society

Question 5

Psychological disorders share similarities with other medical orders, what are the similarities (2)

Answer 5

-they have a biological (nature) influence
-they have an environmental (nurture) influences

Question 6

The brains of people with severe mental disturbances often look identical to those of people without such disturbances

Answer 6

true

Question 7

How is whether a behaviour is considered a psychological disorder determined

Answer 7

by whether the beahaviour is unusual and maladaptive, causing distress and dysfunction to the individual

Question 8

An intense fear of spiders is considered a psychological disorder

Answer 8

false
only causes minutes if stress

Question 9

The stigma of a mental disorder affects people (4)

Answer 9

while they are ill
while they are healing
after they have healed
by slowing down recovery

Question 10

Anxiety is good and we need it to function in life

Answer 10

true

Question 11

A GAD is considered a psychological disorder when a person has excessive worrying about (4)

Answer 11

money
work
health
family

Question 12

shortness of breath, heart palpitations, trembling, dizziness, choking sensations, nausea, an intense feeling of dread and doom

Answer 12

panic disorder

Question 13

places that provoke the panic attacks are parking lots crowded streets or shops

Answer 13

agoraphobia

Question 14

a person who has thoughts of killing a child, or becoming contaminated by a handshake of constantly checking something

Answer 14

OCD

Question 15

People who were abused in childhood are more likely to be anxious than those who had normal childhoods

Answer 15

true

Question 16

switches from one personality to another tend to occur suddenly, often triggered by a stressful situation

Answer 16

dissociative disorder

Question 17

2 most common negative moods

Answer 17

sadness
depression

Question 18

major depressive disorder occurs about twice as often in women as it does in men

Answer 18

true

Question 19

Feeling bummed out about the future. Are sure that nothing good will ever happen

Answer 19

major depressive disorder

Question 20

swings in mood from overly high to sad and hopeless with periods of near-normal mood in between

Answer 20

bipolar disorder

Question 21

what disorder did vincent van gough suffer from

Answer 21

bipolar disorder

Question 22

People who have bipolar experience episodes of mania (how do they behave

Answer 22

they exhibit extreme happiness
high energy levels
engage in risky behaviours

Question 23

delusions, hallucinations, loss reality, disorganized speech

Answer 23

schizophrenia

Question 24

believe that they are famous or powerful, convinced they are someone else like a God

Answer 24

delusions of grandeur

Question 25

believe that a person or group seeks harm and there is a good chance that they will become violent

Answer 25

delusions of persecution

Question 26

mood swings, unstable relationships, threats of self-destructive behaviour, fears of abandonment, and impulsivity

Answer 26

borderline personality disorder

Question 27

disregard of the rights of others and a tendency to violate those rights without being concerned about doing so

Answer 27

antisocial personality disorder

Question 28

Why is anxiety good

Answer 28

energizes us to cope with danger

Question 29

When anxiety a disorder

Answer 29

when it continues when the danger has passed

Question 30

how do healthy people interprete panic attacks

Answer 30

a result of passing crisis or stress

Question 31

people with social phobias (2)

Answer 31

-experience physical symptoms in public (sweating, blushing, etc)
-think everybody notices these symptoms

Question 32

3 symptoms of OCD

Answer 32

thoughts of killing a child
afraid of being contaminated by a handshake
constantly checking on things

Question 33

cause of dissociative disorder

Answer 33

emotional childhood trauma

Question 34

what might cause schizophrenia (4)

Answer 34

disruptions of brain development
poverty
malnutrition
stress

Question 35

What is abnormal psychology

Answer 35

application of psychological science to understand and treating mental disorders

Question 36

prevalance

Answer 36

frequency of occurrences of a given condition in a population at a given time

Question 37

comorbidity

Answer 37

people who suffer from more than one disorder

Question 38

phobia

Answer 38

a specific fear of a certain object, situation, or activity

Question 39

dysthymia

Answer 39

condition characterized by mild, but chronic depressive symptoms that last for at least two years

Question 40

where are the highest rates of depression

Answer 40

European and North American countries

Question 41

what are the lowest rate of depression

Answer 41

asian countries

Question 42

hallucionations

Answer 42

imaginary sensations that occur in the absence of a real stimulus or which are gross distortions of a real stimulus

Question 43

delusions

Answer 43

false beliefs not commonly shared by others within ones culture and maintained even tough they are out of touch with reality