PSYC 101 Quiz 8 Psychological Disorders
PSYC 101 Quiz 8: Psychological Disorders and Treatments
- A classification of medications that treats depression through regulating neurotransmitters like serotonin.
- Therapist has the patient focus on his or her immediate interpretation of the meanings of environmental events, rather than obscure historical causes.
- An essential feature of ______ is a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity- impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development.
- A legal term defined by law and determined by a court in consultation with mental health experts.
- ____ means fear of open or public places.
- A technique used in psychoanalysis where the patient is encouraged to say whatever comes to mind without evaluating or discarding material.
- Individuals with ____ may display repetitive patterns of behavior, interest, or activity.
- Psychodynamic theory suggests that conflict existing among the id, ego, and superego produces anxiety in an individual.
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can be linked to which of the following?
- Contemporary cognitive models take into account the interaction of _____ and ____ events with cognitive problems.
- False beliefs or opinions are ____.
- Defined as guides, or ways of looking at things, ____ tell us what to look for when we’re trying to understand, explain, and define what we mean by mental disorders.
- models lead to treatment concentrating on “unlearning” unacceptable behavior and learning (or relearning) more acceptable forms of behavior.
- A major disturbance in an individual’s thinking, feelings, or behavior that reflects a problem in mental function.
- Dissociative ____ is a sudden and temporary loss of memory not attributable to any organic cause.
- Systematic processes for helping individuals overcome their psychological problems.
- The _____model is primarily useful as a descriptive tool but does not help explain why an individual may display abnormal behavior.
- A disorder marked by excessive anxiety and worry, as a general state rather than episodic subjective sensation of anxiety.
- A neuro-developmental disorder characterized by deficits in general intellectual functioning, involving things such as reasoning, problem solving, abstract thinking, judgment, academic learning, and learning from experience.
- When a therapist attempts to attach negative feelings and bring about avoidance behavior with respect to certain situations.
- Defense mechanisms (i.e. denial, regression, sublimation, etc.) emerge to reduce this anxiety.
- ___ involves fear of being alone.
- Dissociative ___ is a loss of memory characterized by wandering and sometimes assuming a new identity.
- A disorder that appears following exposure to an extremely traumatic event where fear is experienced long after the traumatic event.
- This form of intervention is designed to shape and establish new behaviors, such as learning to speak and play, and reduce undesirable ones.
- The ego’s defenses against revealing sensitive issues.
- An episode occurring for no apparent reason involving intense fear and anxiety, often accompanied by physical symptoms such as shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
- When a therapist exposes a patient to fear- or anxiety-producing stimuli.
- Recent use of a substance that induces a maladaptive and impairing state but is reversible.
- In _____, the behavioral part helps people change the way they react to anxiety- provoking situations.
- therapies are directed toward altering individuals’ perceptions of the world and of themselves.
- What percentage of all Americans aged 12 and up have tried one or more drugs?
- Phobias are intense, irrational ____, recognized by the person as unreasonable, and often leading to avoidance of certain objects or situations.
- According to the text, ____ is among the most devastating and the most baffling of human emotions.
- In _____, the cognitive part helps people change the thinking patterns supporting their fears.