Intro to Psychological Disorders

Psychiatrists and psychologists label behavior as disordered when it is

• aggressive, persistent, and intentional

• selfish, habitual, and avoidable

• maladaptive, distressful, and dysfunctional

• instinctual, obsessive, and harmful

To call psychological disorders "sicknesses" is especially likely to encourage research supporting the

• biopsychosocial approach

• learning perspective

• social-cognitive perspective

• medical model

John claims that alcohol dependence is a disease that, like pneumonia or meningitis, can be cured or prevented with proper treatment. His belief is most clearly consistent with

• the medical model

• the psychoanalytic model

• the biopsychosocial model

• the social-cognitive perspective

If research indicated that phobias result from a chemical imbalance in the central nervous system, this would most clearly give added credibility to

• learning theory

• psychoanalytic theory

• the DSM-5

• medical model

Both the inseparability of mind and body and the interaction of nature and nurture are most clearly emphasized by

• DSM 5

• the medical model

• psychoanalytic theory

• the biopsychosocial approach

Some psychological disorders occur primarily in one culture. However, _______ occurs worldwide.

• dissociative identity disorder

• anorexia nervosa

• schizophrenia

• bulimia

The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health has indicated that the development of ADHD is a consequence of

• genetic influences

• a high-sugar diet

• low-quality schools

• permissive parenting

To facilitate diagnostic reliability, the DSM-5 typically bases diagnoses on

• chemical analyses of blood and urine samples

• observable patterns of behavior

• brain scans

• analysis of genetic predispositions

Many clinicians diagnose disorders by using criteria listed in the

• MDMA

• DSM-5

• DSM-IV

• ADHD

When children are told that certain classmates are learning disabled, they may behave in ways that inhibit the success of these students in the classroom. This best illustrates the dangers of

• delusions

• linkage analysis

• self-fulfilling prophecies

• the psychoanalytic perspective