Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia appear to be linked to good functioning before the person's breakdown and a ___________________.

Effective antipsychotic drugs that are used to treat schizophrenia appear to do so by decreasing the activity of the neurotransmitter _____________.

Ross and co-workers at the University of British Columbia reported that the limbic input to the frontal cortex was weaker in criminal psychopaths than in non-criminal psychopaths.

According to the behavioural perspective,psychological abnormalities are produced when environmental factors frustrate o our innate tendencies for growth,health,and development.

All of the following were discussed as potential limitations of the use of diagnostic systems such as the DSM-IV EXCEPT:

Hallucinations and delusions are central features of ____________.

Studies suggest that people suffering from anxiety disorders may be overly sensitive to signals of threat and have lower levels of ________ in their nervous systems.

Which of the following best demonstrates how modelling may account for the creation of an anxiety disorder?

The first historical demonstration of a psychological disorder with a clear biological cause was ______________.

John has been having difficulty falling and staying asleep for the past few months.He has lost some of his appetite,lost some weight,and feels physically fatigued a great deal of the time.These are all examples typically associated with major depression,called _________symptoms.

If we say that a diagnostic classification system,such as the DSM-IV,is reliable,this specifically means that:

What is dissociative identity disorder and what is the controversy behind it? What evidence is used to either support or contradict the validity of the disorder?

Which of the following is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly?

One adoption study focusing on behaviours related to anti-social personality disorder found the highest rates of criminal behaviour in sons when _______________ had criminal records.

The best predictor of suicide attempts in both men and women is:

Anxiety disorders are more prevalent in women than in men,and theorists speculate that this difference is most likely due ______________ factors.

Which of the following statements regarding schizophrenia is ? A.Twin studies show a higher concordance rate for schizophrenia for identical twins than for fraternal twins. B.Schizophrenia shows a concordance rate in identical twins of approximately 70 percent. C.Adoption studies show higher concordance rates with biological parents than with adoptive parents. D.Relatives who are direct relatives of a person diagnosed with schizophrenia are at greater risk for developing the disorder.

These repetitive behavioural responses are accompanied by obsessions and appear to serve the function of reducing the anxiety created by frequently disturbing thoughts:

The first evidence that psychological disorders may be caused by a physiological disorder came in the 1800s with the identification of a physical condition,resulted in bizarre behaviour called _________________.

Panic disorder is different from generalized anxiety disorder in that with panic disorder,the feelings of anxiety are usually more intense and are ______________.