Psych.G12.Ch.16-L1&2 HW

An extreme fear of being in an open, public place is called what?

• Acrophobia

• Claustrophobia

• Monophobia

• Agoraphobia

What is a psychological disorder?

• a harmful dysfunction in which behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

• chemical imbalances in the brain that cause people to act in harmful ways

• malformations of important brain segments

• a dysfunction that is not harmful but may consist of behaviors that are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

A maladaptive behavior is one that:

• is destructive to yourself or others and inhibits a person to adjust to particular situations

• occurs without a rational basis

• is troublesome to other people

• is so different it violates a norm

an intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation

• phobia

• anxiety

• hallucinations

• delusions

a vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger

• phobia

• anxiety

• hysteria

• insanity

When you can't stop thinking about something you might have a(n)

• obsession

• compulsion

• hallucinations

• delusions

When someone reties her shoes over and over until they are just right, they may have a(n)

• obsession

• compulsion

• hysteria

• phobia

When you are afraid you may embarrass yourself in public, you may have a

• social phobia

• dependence disorder

• avoidance disorder

• specific phobia

What do we use to diagnosis and classify disorders?

• Trained professionals (psychologist and counselors) do it

• The DSM-5

• Research Papers

• Intuition

Phobic disorder, panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder are specific

• mood disorders

• anxiety disorders

• personality disorders

• dissociative disorders