Abnormal Psychology Review

DSM-V is a widely used system for:

• classifying psychological disorders

• identifying the causes of psychological abnormality

• distinguishing sanity from insanity

• treating depression

According to the medical model, psychological disorders are

• sicknesses that need to be diagnosed and cured

• maladaptive responses to a troubling environment

• purely imaginary symptoms of distress

• learned habits that need to be extinguished

Julie is so alarmed by spiders and insects that she avoids most outdoor activities and even refuses to enter the basement of her own house alone.  She appears to suffer from:

• obsessive-compulsive disorder

• histrionic personality disorder

• phobia

• mood disorder

Frequent nightmares, insomnia, and the intrusion of painful memories are symptoms most commonly associated with:

• bipolar disorder

• dissociative disorder

• anorexia nervosa

• post-traumatic stress disorder

In which disorder do people alternate between states of lethargic hopelessness and wild overexcitement? 

• dissociative identity disorder

• bipolar disorder

• obsessive-compulsive disorder

• schizophrenia

Bill, an airplane pilot, is unable to remember anything of a bombing raid in which his plane was severely damaged and two crew members were killed.  He may be suffering from:

• panic disorder

• dissociative disorder

• phobia

• generalized anxiety disorder

Schizophrenia is associated with an excess of receptors for:

• norepinephrine

• dopamine

• serotonin

• acetylcholine

Those with narcissistic personality disorder are likely to be preoccupied with:

• an irrational fear of people

• their own self-importance

• physical symptoms of distress

• delusions of persecution

Isaac has an intense fear of injections. Although he realizes that this fear is irrational, he becomes fearful just going into a doctor's office for a check-up. Which disorder do these symptoms describe?

• Agoraphobia

• Specific Phobia

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

One cluster of personality disorders marked by noticeably odd or eccentric behavior is exemplified by the ________ personality disorder.

• avoidant
• narcissistic
• schizoid
• antisocial