Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

Many critics suggest that this disorder is not a valid disorder and may be the product of publicity and the expectations of psychotherapists.This disorder is called _________________.

Some researchers speculate that anxiety disorders may be caused by an autonomic nervous system that overreacts to perceived threats.

Due to unfortunate circumstances,Sally experienced many negative events growing up and was unable to control or change most of them.Because of her past,Sally presently expects bad things to happen,and even though she is capable of making a difference,she assumes that there is nothing she can do to change her life for the better.This example best demonstrates the assumed cognitive mechanisms involved in:

A person alive during the Middle Ages most likely held which of the following views on abnormal behaviour?

Modern research has somewhat supported Freud's explanation that when excessive anxiety from an unconscious conflict is redirected into a symbolic physical symptom,_________ is produced.

Someone who avoids social situations and refrains from speaking in class because of social anxiety is demonstrating the _______________ component of anxiety.

According to the social causation hypothesis:

When considering the term "insanity," it is important to remember that:

Abnormalities in which of the following brain areas have been found in people with anti-social personality disorder?

Regarding a diagnostic classification system for psychological disorders,reliability means that clinicians using the classification system should show high levels of agreement in their diagnostic classifications,whereas,if the categories accurately capture the essential features of the disorders this is called _______________.

Summarize Rosenhan's study on the consequences of individuals admitting themselves to mental hospitals.What are the implications of this study for psychiatric diagnoses?

George has been suffering from thoughts lately that involve aliens from outer space sending him secret messages and that the leader of the aliens had especially selected him to communicate with the Prime Minister of Canada.These false beliefs are probably delusions and often a symptom of ___________.

Underactivity of all of the following neurotransmitters have been linked to depression EXCEPT:

Karen is unfocused,her speech is pressured,and she appears to be in a state of euphoria.For the last week she has gotten no more than 2 hours of sleep a night.Yesterday,she took a second mortgage on her house,flew to Hawaii,and bought some property and a surf shop.Considering these behaviours and symptoms,a psychologist might diagnose Karen's problem as:

Aaron has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.He appears to be confused most of the time and it is very difficult to communicate with him because it is often hard to understand exactly what he means.He frequently acts childlike and also displays inappropriate affect,such as the time that he laughed throughout the funeral of his uncle.Aaron would most likely be diagnosed with which type of schizophrenia?

One of the primary differences between major depression and dysthymia is that:

People who have an intense fear of being fat and severely restrict their food intake,often to the point of starvation,have the eating disorder called ____________.

Of the alternatives below,the one that is NOT a characteristic of the anti-social personality disorder is:

Because of fearing a panic attack in public,people who have panic disorder will often also develop ______________.

Every day Jillian is late for work.She leaves the house in plenty of time but a half-mile away from her home she thinks that she has left the garage door open and must drive back to close it.Jillian cannot stop thinking that the garage door is open and makes an average of three trips back to her house every morning in order to check.Jillian may be diagnosed with: