Psychological Disorders (Ch. 12)

Question 1

Abnormal behavior

Answer 1

deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressing behavior that persists over a relatively long period of time

Question 2

deviant

Answer 2

atypical or statistically unusual behavior that deviates from what is acceptable in a culture

Question 3

maladaptive

Answer 3

the behavior/characteristic disrupts the person’s ability to function effectively and live a satisfying life

Question 4

personally distressful

Answer 4

the person engaging in the behavior finds it troubling

Question 5

hallucinations

Answer 5

sensory experiences that occur in the absence of real stimuli

Question 6

delusions

Answer 6

false, unusual, and sometimes magical beliefs that are not a part of an individual’s culture

Question 7

major depressive

Answer 7

involves a significant depressive episode and depressed characteristics for at least two weeks

Question 8

bipolar disorder

Answer 8

characterized by extreme mood swings that include one of more episodes of mania

Question 9

How much time is between cycles in the bipolar disorder

Answer 9

6 months to a year

Question 10

mania

Answer 10

an overexcited, unrealistically optimistic state where the individual is impulse and feels on top of the world

Question 11

generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 11

marked by persistent anxiety for at least six months and in which the individual is unable to specify the reasons for the anxiety

Question 12

physical symptoms of anxiety

Answer 12

fatigue, muscle tension, stomach problems, and difficulty sleeping

Question 13

panic disorder

Answer 13

a person experiences recurrent sudden onsets of intense terror, often without warning or cause

Question 14

specific phobia

Answer 14

an individual has an irrational, overwhelming persistent fear of a particular object or situation

Question 15

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Answer 15

anxiety-provoking thoughts that will not go away and urges to perform repetitive ritualistic behaviors to prevent or produce some future situation

Question 16

obsessions

Answer 16

recurrent thoughts

Question 17

compulsions

Answer 17

recurrent behaviors

Question 18

anorexia nervosa

Answer 18

the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation

Question 19

bulimia nervosa

Answer 19

when an individual consistently follows a binge-and-purge eating pattern

Question 20

binge eating disorders

Answer 20

recurrent episodes of consuming large amounts of food during which a person feels a lack of control over eating

Question 21

are schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder the same?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

illusory correlation

Answer 22

vivid cases of harmful behavior by mentally ill individuals perpetuating the stereotype that people with disorders are violent

Question 23

What act made it impossible to refuse employment or promotion based on a psychological disorder?

Answer 23

American with Disabilities act of 1990