Psychology Unit 7 test review

A behavior could be seen as "deviant" if it

• goes against the

  norm of behavior (may be

  abnormal in one culture, but normal in another)

• cause the person (or others) distress…it disturbs them

• must cause dysfunction in the person’s life (alter daily life)

• cause harm to self or others

The book we use to classify disorders is the

• Big Book On Mental Health (BBMH)

• Treatments and Symptoms of Abnormal Behavior (TSAB)

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

  (DSM)

• Abnormal Psychology Treatments Manual (ABTM)

Which of the following is NOT one of the categories of disorders?

• Anxiety Disorders

• Somatoform Disorders

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Personality Disorders

excessive or irrational fear out of proportion to the actual danger

• Panic attack

• depression

• Phobia disorder

• OCD

individuals are unable to stop thinking the same thoughts or performing the same tasks

• PTSD

• OCD

• GAD

• NYC

This type of anxiety disorder is the result of a past intense experience and can cause nightmares, flashbacks, and irritability

• Arachnophobia

• PTSD

• Schizophrenic disorder

• Agoraphobia

separation of certain personality components or mental processes from conscious thought

• Schizophrenic disorder

• Anxiety Disorder

• Somatoform disorder

• Dissociative Disorder

A sudden loss of memory, usually following a particularly stressful or traumatic event.

• Dissociative Amnesia

• Dissociative Fugue

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Depersonalization Disorder

Amnesia characterized by a loss of their personal identity, which can result in traveling to another location and the assumption of a new identity.

• Dissociative Amnesia

• Dissociative Fugue

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Depersonalization Disorder

Involves the existence of two or more personalities within a single individual

• Dissociative Amnesia

• Dissociative Fugue

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Depersonalization Disorder