SDC Psychology: Topic 9 - Psychological Disorders

When one states that behaviors are dysfunctional and maladaptive, this means that they ______.

• interfere with normal day-to-day life

• are socially unacceptable

• differ from those of most other people in your culture

• can result only from genetic changes

When one has an immediate and irrational anxiety response to the mere sight of blood, this response is indicative of _____.

• an obsession

• a compulsion

• a specific phobia

• a generalized anxiety disorder

Insanity is a(n) ____ term.

• legal

• psychological

• archaic

• medical

A fundamental problem with the diagnostic labeling of psychologically disordered behaviors is that the labels often ____.

• interfere with effective treatment of these disorders

• represent attempts by psychologists to explain behavior by simply naming it

• interfere with effective research on the causes of these disorders

• bias our perceptions of the labeled person

The number-one reason people seek mental health services is ____.

• bipolar disorder

• disruptive mood disorder

• depression

• mania

Which of the follwoing is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

• an expressionless face

• a lack of guilt feelings

• hallucinations

• flat affect

When viewing abnormal behavior and normal behavior, it is best to view these behaviors as ____.

• discrete categories

• absolute states

• marking two ends of a continuum

• two well-demarcated and non-overlapping terms

Multiple simultaneous psychological disorders in the same person is called ____.

• comorbidity

• amok

• agoraphobia

• ataque de nervios

Ravi brushes his teeth 18 times a day. Each time, he uses 83 strokes up and 83 strokes down. After he eats, he must brush twice with two different brands of toothpaste. Ravi suffers from ____.

• a phobia

• obsessive-compulsive disorder

• generalized anxiety disorder

• social anxiety disorder

According to a massive study done on the prevalence of psychological disorders in the United States. Which of the following is the most common disorder reported?

• depression

• alcohol dependence

• panic disorder

• posttraumatic stress disorder