Exam 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

People who have many social contacts and live their lives continually interacting with others

Extremely low levels of GABA are associated with .

Political strife, war, and suffering in a country tend to the rate of psychological disorders in the country.

Drugs that decrease the activity of a neurotransmitter are called .

In a study conducted by Haber and Barchas (1983), monkeys were injected with amphetamine, a central nervous system stimulant. Comparison of the drug's effects on the dominant versus submissive monkeys demonstrated that the effects of brain chemicals such as drugs are

The fact that some behaviors can be symptoms of many different disorders (e.g., delusions can be a result of amphetamine abuse or of schizophrenia) is an example of .

Placing a rat in a cage where electrical shocks over which the rat has no control are occasionally administered through the floor is a way to create .

Functions of the limbic system include control or regulation of

According to your text's discussion of how neurotransmitters such as serotonin work, the term "biochemical imbalance" for the cause of disorders such as depression is probably .

In the diathesis-stress model, "stress" refers to

In an experiment by Kolb, Gibb, and Gorny (2003), animals of varying ages were placed in complex environments. Their findings suggest that

The neurotransmitter associated with regulation of mood, behavior, and thought processes is .

The part(s) of the brain most associated with memory, thought, and reasoning is(are) the .

According to the multidimensional integrative approach to psychopathology, the following statement is true for most psychological disorders:

Depression and schizophrenia seem to appear in all cultures but tend to be characterized by different symptoms within individual cultures. For example, depression in Western culture is generally characterized by feelings of guilt and inadequacy, whereas in developing countries it is characterized by physical distress such as fatigue or illness. This is most likely due to

Children who are resistant to stress are considered to be .

The neurotransmitter thought to regulate or moderate certain behavioral tendencies rather than directly influencing specific patterns of behavior or psychological disorders is .

Amanda learned to fear snakes after seeing one for the first time at the zoo. However, it took many exposures to the sound of tapping dancing shoes before she learned to fear that sound. The concept that would explain the fact that we learn to fear some objects more easily than others is

The brain and the spinal cord comprise the

The influences of culture and gender on psychopathology are most clearly evident in the disorder of .