Ch. 18 Psychological Disorders Vocabulary Quiz

Behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person's ability to cope with everyday life.

• Culture-bond syndromes

• Phobia

• Obsession

• Psychological disorders

Clusters of symptoms that define or describe an illness.

• Psychological disorders

• Culture-bound syndromes

• Compulsions

• Obsessions

A general state of dread or uneasiness tat occurs in response to a vague or imagined danger.

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Phobia

• Compulsions

Derives from the Greek root phobos, which means "fear".

• Simple phobia

• Phobia

• Social phobia

• Agoraphobia

Persistent excessive or irrational fear of a particular objec or situation.

• Phobia

• Simple phobia

• Social phobia

• Agoraphobia

Characterized by persistent fear of social situations which one might be exposed to the close scrutiny of of others and thus be observed doing something embarrassing or humiliating.

• Phobia

• Simple phobia

• Social phobia

• Agoraphobia

A relatively short period of intense fear or discomfort, characterized by shortness of breath, dizziness, rapid heart rate, trembling or shaking, sweating, choking, nausea, or other distressing physical symptoms.

• Anxiety

• Panic attack

• Depression

• Agoraphobia

A fear of being in places or situations in which escape may be difficult or impossible.

• Social phobia

• Post-traumatic stress disorder

• Anxiety

• Agoraphobia

Unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again.

• Compulsions

• Obsessions

• Phobias

• Mania

Repetitive ritual behaviors, often involving checking or cleaning something.

• Compulsions

• Obsessions

• Mania

• Anxiety