<p>Psych Vocabulary Chapter 16</p><p>1. DSM-IV 12. Delusions</p><p>2. Anxiety 13. Hallucinations</p><p>3. Phobia 14. Major depressive disorder</p><p>4. Panic disorder 15. Bipolar disorder</p><p>5. Post traumatic stress disorder 16. Personality disorder</p><p>6. Somatoform stress 17. Antisocial personality</p><p>7. Conversion disorder 18. Psychological dependence</p><p>8. Dissociative amnesia 19. Addiction</p><p>9. Dissociative fugue 20. Tolerance</p><p>10. Dissociative identity disorder 21. withdrawal</p><p>11. Schizophrenia</p><p>22.</p><p>23.</p><p>24. Psych Questions Chapter 16</p><p>1. At what areas do psychologists draw the line between normal and abnormal behavior?</p><p>2. Why is it important to consider the culture context of a behavior when determining whether the behavior is normal?</p><p>3. List and describe each of the diagnostic categories defined by the DSM-IV.</p><p>4. What are impulse control disorders?</p><p>5. How does the DSM-IV categorize psychological disorders? Describe each of the five major dimensions of a person’s mental functioning.</p><p>6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of categorizing people by the DSM-IV?</p><p>7. Identify the anxiety disorders defined in the DSM-IV.</p><p>8. What are some characteristics of people who suffer from anxiety disorders?</p><p>9. What is a panic attack?</p><p>10. Explain how excessive anxiety may lead to phobias or panic disorders?</p><p>11. What is anxiety? When is it normal? Abnormal?</p><p>12. Identify and explain the two major types of somatoform disorders. How do they differ?</p><p>13. How is dissociative fugue different from dissociative amnesia? 14. Define and describe three dissociative disorders. Explain how these disorders differ from one another.</p><p>15. What causes dissociative identity disorder?</p><p>16. What is Manchausen’s Syndrome? What are some possible causes?</p><p>17. How is the paranoid type of schizophrenia characterized?</p><p>18. Define schizophrenia and list five symptoms of the disorder.</p><p>19. At what point does depression become a psychological disorder?</p><p>20. What is the difference between a major depressive disorder and a bipolar disorder?</p><p>21. Which age group has the highest number of suicides? Which gender has the highest number of suicides?</p><p>22. What is the diathesis-stress hypothesis? How does it explain the development of schizophrenia?</p><p>23. When do psychologists consider someone to have a personality disorder?</p><p>24. What is the major characteristic of an antisocial personality disorder?</p><p>25. What are the characteristics of an individual with a paranoid personality disorder?</p><p>26. How are personality disorders different from anxiety disorders?</p><p>27. How are addiction, tolerance, and withdrawal related to drug abuse?</p><p>28. What are the three stages of alcoholism? How can alcohol lead to psychological dependence?</p><p>29. How do personality disorders differ from other psychological disorders?</p><p>25.</p>
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