Ch.16 Psych Disorders

Psychological Disorders A. ________________ can be defined as any deviation from the average or what the majority of people do.

• social norm

• physical illness

• psychological disorder

• cultural tradition

A mentally unhealthy person is one who is unable to ________________ to the rules of society.

• conform

• object

• ignore

• adapt

What is considered acceptable in one society may not be considered acceptable in another because of differences in ________________.

• weather

• culture

• technology

• language

Personality theorists describe the process of striving toward functioning ideally in society as ________.

• projection

• regression

• fixation

• self-actualization

The American psychiatrist ________________ is the foremost spokesman of the view that most people who are considered mentally ill are not ill but have “problems in living.”

• B.F. Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

• Thomas Szasz

What does DSM stand for in the context of classifying psychological problems?

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

• Developmental and Social Model

• Disorder and Symptom Matrix

• Diagnostic System for Medicine

Before 1980, ________________ and ________________ were the two most commonly used ways of classifying mental problems.

• neuroses; psychoses

• anxiety; depression

• bipolar; schizophrenia

• personality; mood disorders

In the DSM classification system, ________________ features are the main features that define a disorder, and ________________ features are additional features that are present.

• essential; associated

• associated; essential

• primary; secondary

• core; peripheral

In the DSM classification system, the ________________ distinguishes a disorder from similar disorders, and the diagnostic criteria is a list of ________________ of a disorder.

• differential diagnosis; symptoms

• etiology; treatments

• prognosis; causes

• assessment; interventions

In the DSM, Axis II is used to describe ________________ disorders, while Axis III is used to describe ________________ disorders.

• personality; physical

• mood; anxiety

• psychotic; developmental

• cognitive; behavioral