Psychology Test #5 part B

Question 1

What are the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder?

Answer 1

A chronic high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat

Question 2

Which of the three criteria for defining psychological disorders does generalized anxiety disorder meet?

Answer 2

This disorder meets the criteria of personal distress and maladaptive behavior.

Question 3

What are two causes of anxiety disorders?

Answer 3

1) Biological factors: genes, neurotransmitters
2) Stress: Stress before onset of panic disorder.
3) Cognitive Factors (ways of thinking): misinterpret harmless situations as threatening

Question 4

What are the symptoms of phobic disorder?

Answer 4

A persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger: crying, scared

Question 5

Which of the three criteria for defining psychological disorders does phobic disorder meet?

Answer 5

personal distress, maladaptive behavior, defiance

Question 6

What are three symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and two potential causes?

Answer 6

Symptoms
- multiple identities
- altered consciousness
- amnesia
Potential Causes
- childhood trauma
-sexual abuse

Question 7

What are three symptoms of schizophrenia, and two potential causes?

Answer 7

Symptoms
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
- Disorganized speech and behavior
Causes
- Genes
- Neurotransmitters: excess dopamine

Question 8

What are three symptoms of anti-social personality disorder?

Answer 8

Symptoms
- lack of empathy
- violent
- no conscience
Causes
- Reduced activity in frontal lobe
- premature birth or unstable family life

Question 9

What are three symptoms of depression and 2 causes of depression?

Answer 9

Symptoms
- suicidal
- low self-esteem
- low energy
Causes
- Lack of serotonin and norepinepherine
- negative life events

Question 10

How would you help someone with disassociate identity disorder?

Answer 10

Psychotherapy - psychoanalysis
Biomedical therapy - no medications

Question 11

How would you help someone with schizophrenia?

Answer 11

Psychotherapy - cognitive therapy
Biomedical therapy - antipsychotics

Question 12

How would you help someone with antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 12

No effective therapies or drugs

Question 13

How would you help someone with depression?

Answer 13

Psychotherapy - Cognitive therapy
Biomedical therapy - antidepressant

Question 14

In general, what are the pros and cons of using psychotherapy vs. biomedical therapy?

Answer 14

Biomedical Therapy
- Can be effective with severe disorders that other therapies can’t treat.
- some drugs can be addictive or have adverse side effects
- ETC: memory loss, or relapse of depression
Psychotherapy
- Therapies are superior to no treatment of placebo
- outcome judgments are subjective
- can effectively treat phobias, OCD, schizophrenia, eating disorders, etc

Question 15

What is stress?

Answer 15

Any circumstance that threatens one’s well-being and tax one’s coping

Question 16

What are some physiological responses to stress?

Answer 16

Increases heart rate, respirations and perspiration

Question 17

What diseases are people more susceptible to when they are stressed?

Answer 17

heart disease, lower back pain, diabetes, impaired immune function and the common cold.

Question 18

(Exam Question) Which of the following is a way to cope with stress?

Answer 18

All of the above

Question 19

What are the ways of coping?

Answer 19

• Emotion focus coping
• Problem focused coping

Question 20

What is emotion focus coping?

Answer 20

concentrates on the emotions the problem has caused

Question 21

What is problem-focused coping?

Answer 21

Learning as much as possible about the problem from others to increase sense of control

Question 22

What are some characteristics of a type A personality?

Answer 22

• strong competitive orientation
• Impatient
• angry and hostile (increased likelihood of heart disease)
• Type A leads to worse health problems

Question 23

What are some characteristics of type B personality?

Answer 23

• Relaxed, patient, easygoing

Question 24

What factors moderate the impact of stress?

Answer 24

• social support
• optimism

Question 25

What is the three criteria for defining a psychological disorder?

Answer 25

Defiance, Maladaptive behavior, personal distress

Question 26

What is therapy for the mind?

Answer 26

psychoanalysis
source of trouble
- unconscious defenses
- repressed memories
- early childhood
Solutions
- recover memories via
- free association
- resistance and transference
- dream analysis

Question 27

What is therapy for the soul?

Answer 27

Humanistic therapy
source of trouble
- conflicts that impede natural growth
- inconsistency between self-concept and reality
solution
- taking responsibility
- listening in supportive environment
- unconditional acceptance

Question 28

What is therapy for behavior?

Answer 28

Behavioral therapy
source of trouble
- learned disruptive behavior
- conditioned stimuli
solution
- learned new behavior
- alter conditioned associations

Question 29

What is systematic desensitization?

Answer 29

• teach person to relax
• anxiety hierarchy : picture doing it in mind then real life