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Ch 16 Psychological Disorders Test

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of 21 available terms

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5 Matching Questions

  1. psychotic disorder
  2. dissociative identity disorder
  3. personality disorders
  4. phobia
  5. DSM-IV
  1. a psychological disorders charcterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
  2. b a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities aka multiple personality disorder
  3. c an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation
  4. d a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions
  5. e the american psychiatric association's Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. Presently distributed in an updated text revision

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. an anxiety disorder marked by a minutes to long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking or other frightening sensations.
  2. a contemporary perspective which assumes that biological, psychological, and sociocultural factos combine and interact to produce psychological disorders
  3. a personality disorder in which the person usually a man exhibits a lack of conscience of wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever on artist
  4. an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
  5. false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorder

5 True/False Questions

  1. neurotic disordera psychological disorder that is usually distressing but that allows one to think rationally and function socially

          

  2. major depressive disordera mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

          

  3. medical modela mood disorder marched by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic stage

          

  4. disassociative disordersdisorders in which conscious awareness becomes seperated from previous memories, thoughts and feelings

          

  5. obsessive compulsive disorderan anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and or actions