Exam 16: Psychological Disorders

Current estimates on the prevalence of depression indicate that the proportion of North Americans currently suffering from this disorder is:

Which of the following would be classified as part of the physiological component of anxiety?

A clinical psychologist is using a particular diagnostic classification system to diagnose a psychological disorder.She finds that her system yields consistent results but,unfortunately,it does not appear to be accurately assessing the disorder in which she is interested.This would mean that her classification system is:

______________ refers to the defendant's state of mind at the time of a hearing,whereas ______________ relates to the presumed state of mind of the defendant at the time the crime was committed.

The legal term "competency" refers to a person's state of mind at a trial or hearing,while the term ______________ is concerned with a person's mental state at the time a crime was committed.

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:

Aaron Beck argues that depressive individuals have a belief system called the _____________________ which involves negative thoughts about (1)the world, (2)oneself,and (3)the future.

The trauma-dissociation theory is used to account for the development of schizophrenia.

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

The neurotransmitters responsible for the symptoms of mania appear to be different from those responsible for clinical depression.

Exposure to negative experiences such as physical or sexual abuse during a person's early or middle childhood years contributes to the development of ____________.

Childhood exposure to traumas such as physical or sexual abuse is considered to be most central in the development of:

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

Robert recently became paralyzed from the waist down.Though mildly concerned,he does not show any of the typical anxiety or distress that we would usually expect from a person dealing with such a condition.A complete medical examination can locate no physical or physiological cause of the paralysis.Given the above information,it is most likely that Robert would be diagnosed with:

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.

The reliability of a diagnostic system refers to how the diagnostic categories accurately capture the essential features of the various disorders.

The ______________ perspective assumes that early traumatic losses create a vulnerability for depression,and modern research has generated results that are consistent with this claim.

Twin studies suggest that the variation in clinical depression can be accounted for by genetic factors approximately ________ of the time.

Biological,psychological,or environmental predispositions can combine with current or recent events to produce psychological disorders called ___________.

Cannibalism has been practiced in many countries around the world but would be considered extraordinarily pathological in North America.This would be an example of how ___________ is part of the criteria for defining what is abnormal.