Assessment: Psychological Disorders

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The most widely used classification scheme for psychological disorders is the

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders

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Many people with panic disorder have

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agoraphobia.

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The short-term anxiety disorder that may occur almost immediately after a traumatic event

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acute stress disorder

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According to psychoanalytic theory, anxiety disorders are the result of: repressed childhood urges that surface abnormally, the overwhelming of the ego by the urges of the id, the failure to achieve individuation, or all of the above?

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all of the above

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Dissociative amnesia is caused by

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a traumatic event, genetic factors, a severe head injury.

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A person with dissociative identity disorder has

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two or more partial personalities.

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Dissociative disorders have been explained by

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a genetic predisposition.

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The fact that schizophrenia tends to run in families is evidence supporting the _____________ view of mental disorders.

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biological

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The _____ symptom of schizophrenia is characterized by delusions of persecution, grandeur, jealousy and reference

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paranoid

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Burt periodically suffers from extremely high levels of anxiety but he cannot pinpoint the source or otherwise say why he is so anxious. He is terrified at times, his heart often races, he feels wobbly, and has difficulty concentrating. What is Burt’s disorder?

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generalized anxiety disorder