Question: Match the depressive and bipolar disorders with their descriptions:
1. Persistent Depressive Disorder
2. Major Depressive Disorder
3. Bipolar I
4. Bipolar II
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Answer: 1.
2. sudden attacks of overwhelming terror
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4. fear of being negatively evaluated by others
5. fear of being in a situation from which one cannot escape
Question: Why are personality disorders controversial in modern clinical practice?
Answer: – The DSM does not specify the degree to which a trait needs to be abnormal to be considered a disorder
– There is overlap among the personality traits characteristic of each personality disorder
Question: Dissociative disorders and their descriptions:
1. Dissociative Amnesia
2. Dissociative Fugue
3. Dissociative Identity Disorder
Answer: 1. memory loss of a block of time or event
2. loss of identity and traveling to a new location
3. two or more distinct identities in one person
Question: Psychologists have identified a number of factors in the etiology of psychological disorders:
1. Environmental Factors
2. Biological Factors
3. Cognitive-Behavioral Factors
Answer: 1. traumatic events, difficult family life, socioeconomic status, cultural expectations
2. levels of neurotransmitters, size and connectivity of brain structures, genetics, influences to a developing fetus, toxins, and malnutrition
3. learning, distorted thoughts, and maladaptive behaviors
Question: What is the prevalence of psychopathology?
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Question: What examples might the sociocultural model use to describe the causes of disorders?
Answer: Low socioeconomic status makes being diagnosed with schizophrenia more likely.
Having many friends who do drugs contributes to substance abuse problems.
Growing up in a society that values thinness can contribute to developing anorexia.
Question: What factors may put a person at risk for developing borderline personality disorder? (definition on top)
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Question: What factors play a role in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
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Question: How can situational and cognitive factors lead to the development of depression?
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