unit 8

Question 1

Resistance

Answer 1

In psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material.

Question 2

Delusions

Answer 2

false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.

Question 3

Resilience

Answer 3

the personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity even trauma

Question 4

Schizophrenia

Answer 4

a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions

Question 5

Family Therapy

Answer 5

Therapy that treats the family as a system. Views an individual’s unwanted behaviors as influenced by or directed at other family members; attempts to guide family members toward positive relationships and improved communication

Question 6

Phobia

Answer 6

an anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

Question 7

ADHD

Answer 7

a psychological disorder marked by appearance by age seven of one or more of 3 key symptoms extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

Question 8

Somatoform

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Lobotomy

Answer 9

a now rare psychological procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional/violent patients. The procedure cut the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling center of the inner brain

Question 10

Hypochondriasis

Answer 10

a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensation as symptoms of a disease

Question 11

Mania

Answer 11

a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

Question 12

Psychosurgery

Answer 12

surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior

Question 13

PTSD

Answer 13

an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia, that linger for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

Question 14

Psychotherapy

Answer 14

treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions between trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth

Question 15

DSM

Answer 15

the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and statistical Manual of mental disorders, Fourth edition, updated as a 2000 “text revision”; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorder