Exam 14: Extension D: Psychological Disorders

Women who are exposed to a flu virus or rubella during the middle of pregnancy have children who are more likely to develop schizophrenia.

Although doctors can find no physical reason for his symptoms, Emile reports that he is unable to feel anything with any part of his left hand from the wrist to his fingertips.This is an example of an organic psychosis.

A psychologist who treats phobic disorders by focusing on the client's distorted patterns of thinking would probably advocate a(n) ____________________ approach to psychological disorders.

Fleeing from familiar surroundings to escape extreme threat is called dissociative fugue.

The story of Sybil, a woman who had 16 separate personalities, illustrates a split personality, or schizophrenia.

Amok, Dhat, Zar, Susto, and Koro are examples of _____________________. or ____________________ or ____________________ or ____________________ or ____________________

Joseph has a lack of interest in friends or lovers and experiences very little emotion; thus, he might be described as having a schizoid personality disorder.

Neurosis is an outdated term that person still use to loosely refer to problems involving excessive anxiety.

The legal definition of ____________________ means the inability to manage one's affairs or to be aware of the consequences of one's actions.

Exhibitionism, fetishism, and voyeurism are example of ____________________.

Many self-styled reformers, crank letter writers, conspiracy theorists, and "UFO abductees" suffer from the delusional disorder known as paranoid psychosis.

The disorder commonly known as multiple personalities is now referred to as a(n) _____________________ disorder.

Alex has been under a vague but persistent "cloud" of worry and a constant state of nervousness for nearly a year.Alex most likely is suffering from panic disorder.

A friend of yours mistakenly thinks that an antisocial personality disorder refers to a shy person.Explain to your friend why he or she is wrong.Discuss the true characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder, and explain what personality disorder a "shy person" is more likely to have.

Your representative in the state assembly is supporting a bill that would cut funding for mental health.Using what you have learned in Chapter 14, convince him or her of the need for better mental health care.

What does the term nervous breakdown mean? Name and describe the disorder that comes closest to the term nervous breakdown.

According to behaviorists, anxiety disorders result from self-defeating, paradoxical behaviors that begin with avoidance learning.

Bob served in Iraq and was injured in a roadside bomb incident.Although he has recovered from his physical wounds, he is still having nightmares of this episodes as well as excessive nervousness over a year later.Bob is showing symptoms of ____________________ disorder. or or

According to the psychoanalytic theory, depression is caused by repressed anger that is turned inward as self-hate.

Imaginary sensations, such as seeing, hearing, or smelling things that do not exist in the real world are known as _____________________.