Psychology Chapter 16 Review for Test

Question 1

In what bipolar phase does a person feel elation, confusion, distractibility, & racing thoughts

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Manic Phase

Question 2

What is a fear of public places?

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Agoraphobia

Question 3

In what Somatoform Disorder is a person in good health preoccupied with imagined ailments?

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Hypochondriasis Disorder

Question 4

What is a behavior that is repeatedly copied & preformed?

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Compulsion

Question 5

What personality disorder is desribed by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, & lack conscience?

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Anitsocial Personality Disorder

Question 6

What implies that psychological disorders or abnormalities are like a physical sickness?

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Psychological Health

Question 7

What are false beliefs that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence?

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Delusions

Question 8

In what Dissociative Disorder does a person travel away from home & cannot recall their past?

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Dissociative Fugue

Question 9

Disorder in which an individual alternates between feelings of mania & depression?

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Bipolar Disorder

Question 10

What is a feeling of sudden, helpless terror?

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Panic

Question 11

What disorder occurs when severe is focused on a particular object, animal, or situation?

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Phobic Disorder

Question 12

What DSM IV axis describes a person's mental functioning by measuring current stress levels?

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Axis IV

Question 13

Physical adaption to a drug so a person needs an increased amount to get the original effect.

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Tolerance

Question 14

What is a vague, generalized apprehension of feeling that one is in danger?

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Anxiety

Question 15

What DSM IV axis describes developmental disorders & longstanding personality disorders?

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Axis II

Question 16

In what Dissociative Disorder does a person exhibit two or more personality states?

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

Question 17

What DSM IV diagnostic category is used to distinguish one disorder from another?

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Differential Diagnosis

Question 18

In what bipolar phase does a person feel failure, sinfulness, worthlessness, & despair?

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Depressive Phase

Question 19

In what Somatoform Disorder are emotional difficulties changed into a loss of body function?

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Conversion Disorder

Question 20

What disorder occurs when a person feels anxiety constantly about unforeseeable circumstances?

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 21

What mean that normal people are able to function in the world, while abnormal people cannot?

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Adjustment

Question 22

What type of phobia do people fear they will embarrass themselves in a public place?

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Social Phobia

Question 23

In what Dissociative Disorder is a person unable to recall important personal events or info?

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Dissociative Amnesia

Question 24

What is the use of a drug to such an extent that a person feels nervous & anxious without it?

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Psychological Deprendence

Question 25

What is a group of disorders characterized by confused thoughts, emotions, & perceptions?

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Schizophrenia

Question 26

Means that behavior acceptable in one society may nit be acceptable in another?

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Cultural Context

Question 27

The fifth Version of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic & Statistical Manuel?

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DSM IV

Question 28

What disorder do victims of traumatic events re-experience the event in dreams & flashbacks?

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Question 29

What is an uncontrollable pattern of thought?

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Obsession

Question 30

What are perceptions that have no direct external cause?

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Hallucinations

Question 31

Symptoms that occur after a person discontinues the use of a drug that they are addicted to.

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Withdrawal

Question 32

Whatever most people do is defined as normal, while any major deviation is labeled abnormal.

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Deviation from Normality

Question 33

What DSM IV diagnostic category is a list of symptoms needed for a particular diagnosis?

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Diagnostic Criteria

Question 34

What disorder occurs when people develop deep depression in the midst of winter?

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

Question 35

Severe form of lowered mood with feelings of worthlessness & diminished interest in activities

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Major Depressive Disorder

Question 36

A pattern of drug abuse characterized by an overwhelming desire to get & use a drug.

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Addiction

Psychology Chapter 16 Review for Test

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Psychology Chapter 16 Review for Test

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