Psych Vocabulary Chapter 16

1. DSM-IV 12. Delusions

2. Anxiety 13. Hallucinations

3. Phobia 14. Major depressive disorder

4. Panic disorder 15. Bipolar disorder

5. Post traumatic stress disorder 16. Personality disorder

6. Somatoform stress 17. Antisocial personality

7. Conversion disorder 18. Psychological dependence

8. Dissociative amnesia 19. Addiction

9. Dissociative fugue 20. Tolerance

10. Dissociative identity disorder 21. withdrawal

11. Schizophrenia

24. Psych Questions Chapter 16

1. At what areas do psychologists draw the line between normal and abnormal behavior?

2. Why is it important to consider the culture context of a behavior when determining whether the behavior is normal?

3. List and describe each of the diagnostic categories defined by the DSM-IV.

4. What are impulse control disorders?

5. How does the DSM-IV categorize psychological disorders? Describe each of the five major dimensions of a person’s mental functioning.

6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of categorizing people by the DSM-IV?

7. Identify the anxiety disorders defined in the DSM-IV.

8. What are some characteristics of people who suffer from anxiety disorders?

9. What is a panic attack?

10. Explain how excessive anxiety may lead to phobias or panic disorders?

11. What is anxiety? When is it normal? Abnormal?

12. Identify and explain the two major types of somatoform disorders. How do they differ?

13. How is dissociative fugue different from dissociative amnesia? 14. Define and describe three dissociative disorders. Explain how these disorders differ from one another.

15. What causes dissociative identity disorder?

16. What is Manchausen’s Syndrome? What are some possible causes?

17. How is the paranoid type of schizophrenia characterized?

18. Define schizophrenia and list five symptoms of the disorder.

19. At what point does depression become a psychological disorder?

20. What is the difference between a major depressive disorder and a bipolar disorder?

21. Which age group has the highest number of suicides? Which gender has the highest number of suicides?

22. What is the diathesis-stress hypothesis? How does it explain the development of schizophrenia?

23. When do psychologists consider someone to have a personality disorder?

24. What is the major characteristic of an antisocial personality disorder?

25. What are the characteristics of an individual with a paranoid personality disorder?

26. How are personality disorders different from anxiety disorders?

27. How are addiction, tolerance, and withdrawal related to drug abuse?

28. What are the three stages of alcoholism? How can alcohol lead to psychological dependence?

29. How do personality disorders differ from other psychological disorders?