PSYCH 405: Exam 2 Study Guide With
Complete Solutions
obsessions or compulsions (69% have both, 25% have only compulsions, 6% have only
compulsions) - answer diagnostic criteria for OCD?
obsessions - answer recurrent, persistent, intrusive, unwanted thoughts, urges, or
images; obsessive thoughts are unwelcome, often aggressive or nonsensical
(EGO-DYSTONIC)
compulsions - answer repetitive behaviors/rituals used to reduce anxiety that are
considered by the person to be senseless or irrational/not pleasurable (e.g. cleaning,
counting, checking)
adjustment disorder - answer diagnosis at onset of stressful life event, diagnosis lasts
for 180 days
acute stress disorder - answer cannot get diagnosis until day 3 from onset of stressful
life event, diagnose up until 30 days
PTSD - answer cannot get diagnosis until day 30 from onset of stressful life event,
ongoing to 365+ days
fixation at anal stage; reaction formation - answer psychological explanation of OCD
5-10 times higher than the general population - answer genetic risk of OCD in family
members of people with OCD is ?
orbitofrontal cortex, basal ganglia - answer What 2 areas of the brain are affected by
OCD?
compulsions negatively reinforced, yadasentience deficit - answer cognitive-behavioral
explanation of OCD
more general worry than phobias; phobias are more specific - answer How does
generalized anxiety disorder differ from phobias?
panic disorder - answer occurrence of recurrent panic attacks; must have 4 or more
panic attacks in a 4-week period and 1 of the attacks has been followed by 1 month of
persistent worry about panic attacks and/or a significant change in behavior related to
the attacks
panic attack - answer an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches
a peak within minutes; at least 4 symptoms of panic attacks occur
, anxiety - answer a general feeling of of apprehension about possible danger; no actual
threat to respond to
fear - answer a basic emotion that involves the activation of the "fight-or-flight"
response of the sympathetic nervous system; in response to an actual threat
exposure, systematic desensitization - answer psychological treatments of phobias
exposure - answer key element in the treatment of phobias
imaginal exposure - answer type of exposure; imagine the object or situation that causes
anxiety
in vivo exposure - answer exposure to the actual, real-life object or situation that causes
anxiety
systematic desensitization - answer reverses classical conditioning; behavior therapy
techniques for extinguishing maladaptive anxiety responses by teaching a person to
relax or behave, while in the presence of the anxiety-producing stimulus, in some other
way that is inconsistent with anxiety
panic control therapy, cognitive techniques (distraction, labeling feelings) - answer
psychological treatments for panic disorder
panic control therapy - answer exposure to somatic sensations associated with panic
attacks in a safe setting (e.g. increased heart rate, rapid breathing, dizziness) with the
use of coping strategies to control symptoms, such as relaxation and deep breathing
medications (anxiolytics, benzodiazepines), exposure - answer treatment options for
treatment of generalized anxiety disorder
dementia - answer gradual deterioration of abilities; deficits in memory for recent
events; caused by disease processes that are directly influencing the brain; usually
progressive and nonreversible; prevalence increases with age
delirium - answer rapid onset; trouble concentrating and staying with a train of thought;
secondary to another medical condition; fluctuations over the course of a day; usually
reversible by treating underlying condition; prevalence highest in the very young and
the old
anhedonia, alogia, affect, avolition, attentional impairment - answer negative symptoms
of schizophrenia (5)
Complete Solutions
obsessions or compulsions (69% have both, 25% have only compulsions, 6% have only
compulsions) - answer diagnostic criteria for OCD?
obsessions - answer recurrent, persistent, intrusive, unwanted thoughts, urges, or
images; obsessive thoughts are unwelcome, often aggressive or nonsensical
(EGO-DYSTONIC)
compulsions - answer repetitive behaviors/rituals used to reduce anxiety that are
considered by the person to be senseless or irrational/not pleasurable (e.g. cleaning,
counting, checking)
adjustment disorder - answer diagnosis at onset of stressful life event, diagnosis lasts
for 180 days
acute stress disorder - answer cannot get diagnosis until day 3 from onset of stressful
life event, diagnose up until 30 days
PTSD - answer cannot get diagnosis until day 30 from onset of stressful life event,
ongoing to 365+ days
fixation at anal stage; reaction formation - answer psychological explanation of OCD
5-10 times higher than the general population - answer genetic risk of OCD in family
members of people with OCD is ?
orbitofrontal cortex, basal ganglia - answer What 2 areas of the brain are affected by
OCD?
compulsions negatively reinforced, yadasentience deficit - answer cognitive-behavioral
explanation of OCD
more general worry than phobias; phobias are more specific - answer How does
generalized anxiety disorder differ from phobias?
panic disorder - answer occurrence of recurrent panic attacks; must have 4 or more
panic attacks in a 4-week period and 1 of the attacks has been followed by 1 month of
persistent worry about panic attacks and/or a significant change in behavior related to
the attacks
panic attack - answer an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches
a peak within minutes; at least 4 symptoms of panic attacks occur
, anxiety - answer a general feeling of of apprehension about possible danger; no actual
threat to respond to
fear - answer a basic emotion that involves the activation of the "fight-or-flight"
response of the sympathetic nervous system; in response to an actual threat
exposure, systematic desensitization - answer psychological treatments of phobias
exposure - answer key element in the treatment of phobias
imaginal exposure - answer type of exposure; imagine the object or situation that causes
anxiety
in vivo exposure - answer exposure to the actual, real-life object or situation that causes
anxiety
systematic desensitization - answer reverses classical conditioning; behavior therapy
techniques for extinguishing maladaptive anxiety responses by teaching a person to
relax or behave, while in the presence of the anxiety-producing stimulus, in some other
way that is inconsistent with anxiety
panic control therapy, cognitive techniques (distraction, labeling feelings) - answer
psychological treatments for panic disorder
panic control therapy - answer exposure to somatic sensations associated with panic
attacks in a safe setting (e.g. increased heart rate, rapid breathing, dizziness) with the
use of coping strategies to control symptoms, such as relaxation and deep breathing
medications (anxiolytics, benzodiazepines), exposure - answer treatment options for
treatment of generalized anxiety disorder
dementia - answer gradual deterioration of abilities; deficits in memory for recent
events; caused by disease processes that are directly influencing the brain; usually
progressive and nonreversible; prevalence increases with age
delirium - answer rapid onset; trouble concentrating and staying with a train of thought;
secondary to another medical condition; fluctuations over the course of a day; usually
reversible by treating underlying condition; prevalence highest in the very young and
the old
anhedonia, alogia, affect, avolition, attentional impairment - answer negative symptoms
of schizophrenia (5)
