Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

A person develops a dog phobia because he associates dogs with the fear that he experienced when he was bitten by a dog in the past.This example best demonstrates how anxiety disorders can be accounted for by:

Differentiate between the following anxiety disorders: phobias,generalized anxiety disorder,and panic disorder.

Adrian is returning home after spending several months in the hospital with schizophrenia.Research studies indicate that Adrian would have the highest likelihood of relapse if:

Marilynn and Maggie are identical twins.At the age of thirty,Maggie is diagnosed with clinical depression.According to research,genetic factors have been linked to depression.In the case of identical twins,the likelihood of Marilynn also developing depression is about:

The major difference between panic disorder and phobic disorder is:

The explanation that a neurotic anxiety from an unconscious conflict gets displaced and associated with an external stimulus is a psychodynamic interpretation of ___________.

Compulsions are often behavioural responses to cognitive obsessions and function to reduce the anxiety associated with _____________.

The _____________ approach to abnormal behaviour assumed that supernatural forces caused mental disorders.

Recent studies have found that some people with schizophrenia have brain abnormalities in the thalamus.This finding emphasizes the role of dysfunctional attentional filtering processes and is most consistent with the _____________ interpretation of the disorder.

Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly.

A diagnostic classification system is __________ if it produces consistent diagnoses and is ___________ if it adequately measures the essential features of various disorders.

Some critics question the validity of _______________ on the basis that normal people engaged in role-playing have been found to produce varying EEG patterns similar to people with the disorder.

The belief that depression is caused by such factors as losses,punishments,or dramatic decreases in positive reinforcement from the environment is postulated by _____________________.

Parasuicidal behaviour is most likely to involve which of the following motives?

The humanistic perspective views psychological disorders as the result of:

When dementia begins after the age of 65 years,it is labeled _______dementia.

A professor cleans the whiteboard before every class.He goes over the board at least three times before he considers it to be clean enough.Recently he has been late starting class because he is cleaning the whiteboard more and more.He is preoccupied with thoughts that previous markings are dirty and will contaminate his notes.A psychotherapist would say that this professor's _________ are compulsive.

Some researchers speculate that low levels of the neurotransmitter _____________ may be associated with the development of anxiety disorders.

The demonological perspective on abnormal behaviour assumes that psychological disorders are caused by:

Which of the following correctly lists all four major types of schizophrenia?