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Clinical Psychology

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Psychiatrists and psychologists label behavior as disordered when it is
maladaptive, distressful, and dysfunctional.
Learning theorists have suggested that compulsive behaviors are
reinforced by anxiety reduction.
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes are called
mood disorders.
Norby, an 18-year-old college freshman, has missed almost all his classes during the past month. He spends most of his time in his bedroom, frequently not even bothering to get dressed or eat meals. He thinks his whole life has been a failure and blames himself for being a social misfit. Norby is most likely suffering from
major depressive disorder.
In which disorder do people alternate between states of lethargic hopelessness and wild overexcitement?
bipolar disorder
Seeing one-eyed monsters would be a(n) ________. Believing that you are Christopher Columbus would be a ________.
hallucination; delusion
A psychotherapist is most likely to use the DSM-5 in order to ________ various psychological disorders.
identify
Maladaptive behaviors that reduce worry and fear are most indicative of
an anxiety disorder.
Which of the following disorders is characterized by the most sudden and unpredictable episodes of distress?
panic disorder
A person who has agoraphobia is most likely to
stay close to home.
Which of the following pairs of personality disorders are in the same cluster?
Antisocial and narcissistic
A personality disorder characterized by an individual who displays a consistent pattern of unstable relationships, self-image, behaviors, and moods and who is likely to engage in self-damaging behaviors.
Borderline Personality Disorder
A symptom typically associated with dissociated disorders that involves amnesia accompanied by sudden unexpected travel.
Fugue.
Saul frequently feels like he has a lump in his throat that makes it difficult for him to speak or swallow. Medical examinations, however, indicate that there is no apparent physical cause for these symptoms. Saul appears to be suffering from a
somatic symptom disorder.
Illness anxiety disorder is characterized by
the misinterpretation of normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.
Disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity are most characteristic of ________ disorders.
dissociative
Several weeks after being fired from a job he had held for more than 20 years, Landon awoke one morning in a state of bewildered confusion. He had little sense of who he was and even failed to recognize his wife. Landon's experience is most indicative of
dissociative disorder.
Anorexia nervosa is typically characterized by
an obsessive fear of becoming obese.
Twenty-two-year-old Tawana is slightly overweight and loves to eat, particularly snack foods and rich desserts. Fearful of becoming overweight, she frequently takes a laxative following episodes of binge eating. Tawana most clearly suffers from
bulimia nervosa.
Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible, enduring, and socially maladaptive behavior patterns are called ________ disorders.
personality
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