Psychology Study Guide
Chapter 15 Test
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What must behavior be in our society for it to be labeled as disordered?
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Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective – Most health –care workers believe a combination from these 3 cause most mental illness.
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Medical Perspective
– replaced the earlier belief that demons and spirits were responsible for mental illness.
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Psychotic Disorder
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What is one problem with “labeling” people with disorders?
6.
Be able to apply what you know about the following: Anxiety
Disorders,(Generalized anxiety, Phobia, OCD, and panic disorder).
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List symptoms, according to the book, of PTSD .
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Learning and biological perspectives
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Be able to apply what you know about the following : Dissociative
Disorders: (Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, Dissociative Identity
Disorder).
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Be able to apply what you know about the following: (Mood Disorders,
Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder,).
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Know the following about depression: it leaves people inactive and unmotivated, very common, women are much more vunerable to major depression, depression comes and goes with time.
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Women are more vunerable to passive disorders (depression, anxiety, etc.), Men are more to active disorders (alcoholism, lack of impulse control,
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antisocial behavior, etc.).
Perspectives and Mood Disorders
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Schizophrenia: Be familiar with what it is, causes, symptoms, types of, brain chemical relationship to, genetics and psychological factors, name 1 or
2 early warning signs.
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READ AND STUDY THIS CLOSELY!!! Personality Disorders:
Antisocial Personality Disorder, Cold-blooded arousability and risk of crime.
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Rates of Psychological Disorders: general statistics on Psychological
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Disorders.
Look at Critical Thinking Exercise on pg. 485.
1. Atypical, disturbing to others, maladaptive, and unjustifiable
5. creates preconceptions, biases, and stigmatizes people.
7. social withdrawl, anxiety/depression, broken sleep & nightmares
I will include 2 or 3 cases from the DSM Casebook. In order to get the diagonose the cases correctly, you should know what each type of disorder is in this chapter.

Some possible questions:
1. A psychologist who is working from the biological perspective would be most likely to use _____ to explain mood disorders. a. linkage analysis c. meta-analysis b. psychoanalysis d. factor analysis
2. According to the psychoanalytic perspective, memory of losses or the internalization of unresolved anger toward parents may result in: a. dissociative disorder c. depression b. phobia d. learned helplessness
3. Clint, who has never been able to keep a job, has been in and out of jail for charges such as sexual assault and breaking and entering. Clint exhibits no signs of remorse for his behavior. He would probably be diagnosed as having: a. dissociative identity disorder. b. major depressive disorder
C. schizophrenia d. anti-social personality
4. During the manic phase of bipolar disorder, the neurotransmitter _____ is present in overabundant amounts. a. b.
Serotonin dopamine c. norepinephrine d. epinephrin
5. Jared's psychiatrist prescribed a drug that blocks the activity of dopamine receptors. The doctor obviously is attempting to alleviate Jared's symptoms of: a. Depression c. OCD b. Schizophrenia d. anxiety
6. Maria's therapist suggested that Maria's depression is a result of selfdefeating thoughts and maladaptive assumptions about her life. Evidently,
Maria's therapist is working within the _____ perspective. a. b.
Biological psycho-analytical c. social-cognitive d. learning

7. Most contemporary psychologists believe that most disordered behaviors: a. arise from the interaction of nature and nurture.
B. have symptoms that can be temporarily controlled but not eliminated. c. are inheireted d. are a product of learning and conditioning.
8. Recent research demonstrates that self-defeating beliefs feed the vicious cycle of depression. These self-defeating beliefs may arise from: a. cyclical variations in harmone levels b. an overabundance of norepinephrine. c. inherited traits. e. learned helplessness
9. Repeatedly arranging the items on your desk is to _____ as repeatedly thinking about germs and illness is to _____. a. phobia; delusion b. mania; depression c. neurosis; schizophrenia d. compulsion; obsession
10. When schizophrenia is fast to develop, it is called _____ schizophrenia and recovery is _____. a. reactive; likely b. process; unlikely c. reactive; unlikely d. process; likely
11. Which of the following is a plausible explanation for the disorganized thoughts characteristic of schizophrenia? a. a breakdown in selective attention b. the hallucionations that produce “voices in the head” c. the radip onset of the disorder d. distorted perception

12. While walking to class, Sheila is suddenly overcome by feelings of intense apprehension. For several minutes she has to stand still because her heart is pounding so hard she feels it will burst. Sheila's suffering would most likely be classified as an example of: a. bipolar disorder b. neurotic disorder c. panic disorder d. dissociative disorder
13. Which of the following is NOT a type of dissociative disorder? a. fugue b. phobia c. amnesia d. multiple personality
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According to Kerrie’s report yesterday, many people who engage in the
Mardi Gras syndrome, about which we researched, tend to: a. Blame their actions on their situations b. Blame themselves for their behaviors c. Enjoy it d. Do not enjoy it
15. According to Aaron’s report, Depersonalization has two parts:
Dominate & Submissive
16. Also according to Aaron’s report, the Mardi Gras Syndrome is more about establishing power than anything else.