Psychological Disorders – Flashcards

Psychiatrists and psychologists label behavior as disordered when it is

Psychiatrists and psychologists are most likely to consider socially unusual behavior as disordered if it is

Individuals diagnosed with ________ experience a normal but delayed thinning of the frontal cerebral cortex.

The greatest shortcoming associated with explanations of psychological disorders in terms of demon possession is that these explanations

A biopsychosocial approach to substance abuse would be most likely to emphasize

Using DSM-5 guidelines, two different clinicians are likely to give a specific patient the same diagnosis. This indicates that the DSM-5 is

The DSM-5 does NOT

In a study by David Rosenhan (1973), researchers were admitted as patients into various mental hospitals after they falsely claimed to be “hearing voices.” This study best illustrated the negative effects of

If individuals expect someone labeled as mentally ill to be hostile, they may act in unfriendly ways that provoke that person to respond with hostility. This illustrates the dangers of

Judicial systems are responsible for making decisions regarding

The symptoms of ________ are likely to appear at an earlier age than the symptoms of ________.

A person who has agoraphobia is most likely to

Some people are more vulnerable to PTSD because they have a sensitive ________, which floods the body with stress hormones.

According to the ________ perspective, anxiety is sometimes produced by the submerged mental energy associated with repressed impulses.

A rape victim may experience a panic attack when she sees anyone wearing a coat that resembles the one worn by her attacker. This reaction best illustrates the process of

Learning theorists have suggested that compulsive behaviors are

It is easy to condition but hard to extinguish fears of the types of stimuli that threatened our ancestors. This fact is best explained from a ________ perspective.

The anterior cingulate cortex, a brain region that monitors our actions, seems especially likely to be hyperactive in those with

Fear-learning experiences can traumatize the brain by creating fear circuits within the

Major depressive disorder is said to occur when signs of depression last at least

To identify genes that put people at risk for depression, researchers have used

Which perspective has emphasized the impact of learned helplessness on depression

According to the social-cognitive perspective, women are more vulnerable to depression than men because they are more likely to

Which perspective suggests that explaining our own failures in terms that are global, stable, and internal contributes to depression?

People who suffer chronic depression are at high risk for experiencing

Although Mrs. Petrides usually sits passively in a motionless stupor, she sometimes repetitiously shakes her head or waves her arms. She most likely suffers from

The chances for recovery from schizophrenia are considered to be greatest when the disorder develops

Vigorous activity in the thalamus of schizophrenia patients has been found to be associated with

Among schizophrenia patients, the fluid-filled areas of the brain are

A PET scan study of people with ________ found increased activity in the amygdala.

Psychologists are LEAST likely to suggest that ________ contribute(s) to the development of schizophrenia.

Experiencing physical symptoms, such as blindness or paralysis, that make no physiological sense is indicative of

Misinterpreting normal physical sensations as symptoms of a dreaded disease is indicative of

Dissociative disorders are most likely to be characterized by