PSY Chip 18 Test

Behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering are known as ______ ______.

• bipolar disorder

• simple phobia

• psychological disorders

• panic attacks

____ is the degree to which a behavior is average, or typical of the behavior of the majority of people.

• Typicality

• Maladaptive`

• Compulsions

• Mania

The type of behavior that impairs an individual's ability to function adequately in everyday life is known as _____.

• typicality

• depression

• obsessions

• maladaptive

___ means to have extreme excitement, then hyperactivity, then depression.

• Depression

• Mania

• Panic attack

• Somatization

A general state of dread or uneasiness that occurs in response to a vague or imagined danger is called _____.

• depression

• mania

• paranoia

• anxiety

A(n) ______ is a persistently excessive or irrational fear of a particular object or situation.

• paranoid schizophreia

• somatization

• social phobia

• simple phobia

A persistent fear of social situations in which one might be exposed to the close scrutiny of others is known as _____.

• social phobia

• depression

• paranoia

• simple phobia

A(n) _____ is a relatively short period of intense fear or discomfort characterized by shortness of breath or other distressing physical symptoms.

• schizophrenia

• anxiety

• panic attack

• schizoid

____ is a fear of being in places or situations from which escape may be difficult or impossible.

• anxiety

• paranoia

• schizophrenia

• agoraphobia

An excessive or unrealistic worry about life circumstances that lasts for at least six months is known as ______

• generalized anxiety disorder

• schizophrenia

• paranoia

• delusions