AP Psychology - Abnormal Behavior & Treatment of Abnormal Behavior

According to the behaviorists, disordered behavior is a result of _____________.

• repressed thoughts and memories that try to resurface

• a set of learned responses

• maladaptive thinking patterns

• chemical imbalances and brain damage

Excessive or unrealistic fearfulness and worry are characteristic of ______.

• mood disorders

• dissociative neurosis

• anxiety disorders

• amnesia

Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when, without warning, her heart begins racing rapidly, she has a sensation of being “out of her body,” and she experiences dulled vision and hearing, rapid breathing, and sweating. She thinks she is having a heart attack. Nothing she is doing seems to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms MOST resemble ______.

• a phobic disorder

• a panic attack

• post-traumatic stress

• an affective disorder

An irrational, persistent fear of something is called a(n) ______.

• mania

• obsession

• phobia

• compulsion

A disorder in which intruding thoughts that occur again and again are followed by repetitive, ritualistic behavior meant to lower the anxiety caused by the thoughts is called____________ disorder.

• obsessive-compulsive

• delusional

• post-traumatic stress

• passive-aggressive

Which of the following is a disorder that takes the form of a bodily ailment that has no physical cause?

• anxiety

• somatic symptom

• dissociative

• psychophysiological

Disorders in which there is a break in conscious awareness, memory, the sense of identity, or some combination are called _________.

• paraphilias

• anxiety disorders

• somatoform disorders

• dissociative disorders

Major depression, dysthymia, and bipolar disorder are all examples of ______ disorders.

• neurotic

• somatoform

• psychotic

• mood

DSM is an acronym for...

• Diagnostic and Science Manual

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

• Diagnosis and Support manual

• Diagnosis and Statistical Manual

____ wanted to see if researchers could get admitted to mental hospitals when complaining of auditory hallucinations.

• Wundt

• Rosenhan

• Watson

• Rene