Abnormal Psychology

Isaac has an intense fear of injections. Although he realizes that this fear is irrational, he becomes fearful just going into a doctor's office for a check-up. Which disorder do these symptoms describe?

• Agoraphobia

• Specific Phobia

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Neta cuts her arms when overwhelmed by emotion, abruptly changes from laughter to anger, and needs constant reassurance from others to feel any sense of self worth. She most likely has ____ disorder.

• Dissociative Identity

• Major Depressive

• Borderline Personality

• Bipolar

Mental health professionals agree that all of the following are criteria for abnormal behavior EXCEPT ____.

• Difference

• Dysfunction

• Deviance

• Danger

Ryan’s social phobia has led him to lose jobs and relationships.  In this case, Ryan has a disorder because his behavior is:

•  dangerous.
•  common.
•  medically based.
• dysfunctional. 

If researchers discovered that genetically influenced abnormalities in brain structure contribute to bipolar disorder, this would most clearly add credibility to: 

•  the DSM-V.
•  the medical model.
•  the social-cognitive perspective.
•  psychoanalytic theory.

Years after he barely survived a terrorist attack that killed his wife and two children, Mr. Puskari suffers recurring flashbacks and frequent nightmares of the event that render him incapable of holding a steady job. Mr. Puskari is most clearly showing signs of: 

•  obsessive-compulsive disorder.
•  generalized anxiety disorder.
•  post-traumatic stress disorder.
• dysthymic disorder.

From a learning perspective, phobias likely develop as a result of ___________, and ____________ helps to maintain them.

•  operant conditioning; observational learning
• classical conditioning; reinforcement
• operant conditioning; reinforcement
•  classical conditioning; observational learning 

Mr. James believes that people are constantly laughing at him and that FBI agents are trying to steal his life savings. Mr. James is most clearly suffering from: 

•   compulsions.
•   catatonia.
•  delusions.
•    hallucinations.

Low levels of anxiety are most characteristic of: 

•  antisocial personality disorder.
•  dissociative identity disorder.
• obsessive-compulsive disorder.
•  paranoid schizophrenia.

One cluster of personality disorders marked by noticeably odd or eccentric behavior is exemplified by the ________ personality disorder.

• avoidant
• narcissistic
• schizoid
• antisocial