Psych Chapter 13 – Flashcards

An intense fear of spiders isn't considered a psychological disorder unless:

Brian often interrupts his teacher while she is speaking and frequently forgets to complete his homework assignments. He also has difficulty taking turns in playground games with classmates. Brian most clearly exhibits symptoms of:

Dr. Brooks seeks to explain her patients' substance use disorder in terms of their abusive home environments, their limited sense of purpose, and problems in their neurotransmitter systems. Dr. Brooks is most clearly using the:

In one study, after one therapist was informed that a videotaped interviewee was a psychiatric patient, he characterized the person with phrases such as "a passive, dependent type" and "frightened of his own aggressive impulses." This study best illustrated the:

Symptoms that may be misperceived as a heart attack are most characteristic of:

Although Mark realizes that his behavior is unreasonable, he is so alarmed by high bridges or expressway overpasses that he avoids them by taking an unnecessarily lengthy route to and from work each day. Mark appears to suffer from:

Without success, Maxine spends hours each day trying to suppress intrusive thoughts that she might have forgotten to lock her house when she left for work. Her experience is most symptomatic of:

Clark needs to place increasingly larger amounts of money on his race track bets in order to experience the excitement he craves. When he tries to cut down on his betting habits, he feels restless and irritable. Clark is most clearly experiencing symptoms of:

Which of the following drugs is a stimulant that produces a very powerful rush of euphoria?

Mr. Hoffman has always been cautious with his money, but over the past two weeks he has developed grandiose plans to bet his entire life savings on a single horse race. With unrestrained exuberance he has also been giving everybody he sees unsolicited advice on how to make millions in the stock market. Mr. Hoffman's behavior is most indicative of:

Amanda's therapist suggests that her depression results from mistakenly blaming herself rather than a slumping economy for her recent job loss. Her therapist's suggestion best illustrates a:

Mrs. Higgins believes that aliens from another planet have removed her stomach and are watching her to see how long it takes her to grow another one. Mrs. Higgins is most likely suffering from:

Lindsey is extremely afraid of becoming obese even though she is underweight. She often checks her body in the mirror for any signs of fat and refuses to eat most foods because she insists they are fatty or high in calories. Lindsey most clearly demonstrates symptoms of:

The suggestion that dissociative identity disorder symptoms are created as defenses against the anxiety caused by one's own unacceptable impulses best illustrates the:

Low levels of anxiety are most characteristic of