Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

Ursula has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and sent to a psychotherapist.Like Freud,this psychoanalytic thinker felt that Ursula developed schizophrenia as a result of:

Twenty to 35 percent of people with ______________ show mild to moderate brain atrophy.

Barlow and other researchers speculate that some people may have nervous systems that are overly sensitive to threat signals and may have a genetic predisposition to ____________.

Research studies suggest that there is a genetic predisposition for anxiety disorders,and it has been suggested that this vulnerability may take the form of:

In Latin,Chinese,and African cultures,___________ is characterized primarily by physical symptoms such as fatigue,loss of appetite,and sleeping difficulties.

According to the text,the most common types of phobias in Western society are:

The disorder in which a person loses all sense of personal identity,usually in response to a highly stressful event,is known as:

Internalizing disorders are disorders in which:

A study by Brown and Harris found that women who had lost their mothers prior to age 11 and had been exposed to a recent severe loss were more likely to develop:

In current cognitive explanations of panic attacks,one's exaggerated misinterpretations of normal anxiety symptoms trigger the panic attacks.

Describe the "learned helplessness theory" of depression.Outline the attributional pattern that is thought to play a central role in this theory.Provide an example of the type of attribution an individual might make for failing an exam that this theory would predict.

The underactivity of the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine has been found to be associated with ______________.

Define and distinguish between the disorders of major depression,dysthymia,and bipolar disorder.Discuss the possible neurological differences that may account for depression and bipolar disorder.Which of these two disorders appears to have the stronger genetic basis?

The belief that abnormal behaviour is the result of supernatural forces is known as trephination.

People who held the demonological perspective on psychological disorders would sometimes treat abnormal behaviours by chiselling a small hole in the head of the individual in an attempt to release the evil spirit trapped inside.This procedure was called:

Distinguish between externalizing and internalizing childhood disorders.Provide examples of each.

The set of emotion-based psychological disorders called mood disorders involves symptoms of:

The fact that many people with anti-social personality disorder come from families that exhibit a good deal of aggression and that tend to be quite inattentive to their children's needs was discussed to demonstrate the possible role of ___________ in this disorder.

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is an example of an externalizing childhood disorder.

Anxiety scores of twins can be accounted for by genetic factors.Heritability estimates suggest that the variation is between _____________ .