review questions

1. 1
Abnormal Psychology
Review Game

2. 2
• Jerry believes he is George
Washington and is making plans to
attack the English. Jerry is suffering
a(n): _____. (Hint: not a disorder)
• Delusion
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3. 3
• Which neurotransmitter most likely
impacts schizophrenia?
• Dopamine
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4. 4
• Which Anxiety disorder is related to
high stress levels involving the
hormone cortisol after experiencing an
intense, emotional event?
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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5. 5
• What current & specific text is used to
assist in classifying mental disorders?
• DSM-V
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6. 6
• Nathan, who has experienced an acute
stressful event, suddenly forgets who
he is and travels from Florida to New
York to start a new life with a new
identity. Nathan has just experienced
a(n): ______.
• Dissociative Fugue
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7. 7
• Which personality disorder would be
characterized by being an extreme
loner?
• Schizoid Personality Disorder
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8. 8
• What are behavior patterns and mental
processes that interfere with our coping
of daily life?
• Psychological Disorders
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9. 9
• Not on Test: Which Axis of the DSM do
personality disorders fall under?
• Axis II
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10. 10
• Which gender is most likely to suffer
from simple phobias?
• Females
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11. 11
• Not on Test: (From article) Which
disorder was Sybil’s mother suffering
from?
• Schizophrenia (undifferentiated)
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12. 12
• About what percentage of Americans
have suffered a mental disorder at
some point in their life?
• 33% or 1/3
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13. 13
• Which disorder is considered the
“common cold” of psychology?
• Depression
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14. 14
• Bipolar and unipolar depression are
considered which classification of
disorders?
• Mood/affective Disorders
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15. 15
• Gary wants to be around other people,
but is afraid of being rejected. He is a
nice guy, but extremely shy. Gary is
suffering from _____.
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
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16. 16
• What is the most common obsession
among OCD clients? (Hint: 55% of all
OCD clients fear this)
• Fear of contamination OR dirt
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17. 17
• When a client claims to not feel pain in
just in their hand, even though nothing
is medically wrong with them, they are
suffering a(n) ____ disorder.
• Somatic symptom disorder
(conversion)
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18. 18
• SKIP: A person suffering from
dissociative identity disorder
sometimes has a personality that
remembers everything (even
blackouts). The term for that
personality is a(n) _____. (Hint: two
words)
• Memory Trace
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19. 19
• Tami is has been spending excessive
amounts of money in the past few
days, not sleep more than two hours a
night and has started writing a novel.
To a psychologist, this might indicate
that Tami is _____.
• Manic (bipolar)
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20. 20
• Ritualistic behaviors performed to rid
the mind of anxiety are known as ____.
• Compulsions
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21. 21
• In Schizophrenia, the symptoms of
hearing voices are examples of _____.
• Hallucinations
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22. 22
• Contracting the flu virus while in utero
is said to contribute to the cause of
____.
• Schizophrenia
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23. 23
• Dennis believes that he is a true lady’s
man, even though he secretly suffers
from low self esteem. When he hits on
a woman and is “denied” he can’t
understand why. Dennis most likely is
suffering from:
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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24. 24
• Unwanted thoughts that are repeated in
a person’s mind are called:
• Obsessions
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25. 25
• Which of the following would explain a
psychological cause of anxiety
disorders?
A. A phobia that is conditioned
B. A lack of serotonin in the brain
C. Reduced brain cells in the frontal lobe
D. The idea that phobia help keep us safe
based on evolution and genetics
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26. 26
• Agoraphobia is most likely comorbid
with this disorder:
• Panic Disorder
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27. 27
• According to the DSM’s Global
Functioning Scale (Axis V), a score of
___ (#) would mean that a person is a
threat to themselves or others.
• 1-20
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28. 28
• What did Freud believe was the cause
of schizophrenia?
• A cold, uncaring mother OR the id was
overpowering
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29. 29
• Not on test: What is the term used to
describe mild mania?
• Hypomanic
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30. 30
• Not on test: A general medical
condition would be classified under
what Axis of the DSM?
• Axis III
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31. 31
• Which type of schizophrenia is
characterized by a person who sits
motionless in odd positions?
• Catatonic
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32. 32
• Name two personality disorders from
Cluster B (Dramatic-Emotional):
• Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic,
Antisocial
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33. 33
• To be considered Bipolar I, a person
will cycle from mania to depression
about ___ (#) times per year.
• 2-4 times
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34. 34
• About how many people in the United
States suffer from schizophrenia?
• 2-3 million
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35. 35
• What chemical is related to the cause
of depression?
• Serotonin
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36. 36
• Which of the following is NOT
associated with a panic attack?
A) Sweating
B) Increased Heart Rate
C) Light-headedness
D) Delusions
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37. 37
• Which disorder is characterized by
excessive worry and free floating
anxiety that is not caused by one
specific event or situation?
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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38. 38
• The fear of eating in public is an
example of a(n): ______.
• Social Phobia
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39. 39
• The main symptom of PTSD is:
• Flashbacks OR Nightmares
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40. 40
• The unrealistic preoccupations with a
serious disease that one does not have
is known as:
• Hypochondria (Illness anxiety disorder?
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41. 41
• Which type of schizophrenia is
characterized by using words that
rhyme or have random words
interjected into the sentence (word
salad)?
• Disorganized Schizophrenia
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