Assessment of Psychological Disorders
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Psychological disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS Behavior patterns or mental processes
that interfere with a person's ability to cope with everyday life.
Dissociation - CORRECT ANSWERS The separation of some personality components or
mental processes from conscious thought.
Phobia - CORRECT ANSWERS An excessive irrational fear out of proportion to the
actual danger.
Depression - CORRECT ANSWERS A mood disorder that involves feelings of
helplessness, worthlessness, and sadness.
Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWERS A psychological disorder characterized by loss of
contact with reality.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS The
most widely used classification scheme for psychological disorders.
Agoraphobia - CORRECT ANSWERS Many people with panic disorder have this
condition.
Acute stress disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS The short-term anxiety disorder that may
occur almost immediately after a traumatic event.
, Anxiety disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS According to psychoanalytic theory, these are
the result of repressed childhood urges that surface abnormally.
Dissociative amnesia - CORRECT ANSWERS This condition is caused by a traumatic
event.
Dissociative identity disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS A person with this disorder has
two or more partial personalities.
Dissociative disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS These have been explained by brain
injuries, traumatic events, and a genetic predisposition.
Biological view - CORRECT ANSWERS The fact that schizophrenia tends to run in
families supports this view of mental disorders.
Paranoid symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS Characterized by delusions of persecution,
grandeur, jealousy, and reference.
Generalized anxiety disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS Burt suffers from this disorder as
he cannot pinpoint the source of his anxiety.
Obsessive compulsive disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS Sarah's constant hand washing
due to fear of germs is an example of this disorder.
Panic disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS Suffers from anxiety attacks but not directed at a
specific object.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Psychological disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS Behavior patterns or mental processes
that interfere with a person's ability to cope with everyday life.
Dissociation - CORRECT ANSWERS The separation of some personality components or
mental processes from conscious thought.
Phobia - CORRECT ANSWERS An excessive irrational fear out of proportion to the
actual danger.
Depression - CORRECT ANSWERS A mood disorder that involves feelings of
helplessness, worthlessness, and sadness.
Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWERS A psychological disorder characterized by loss of
contact with reality.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS The
most widely used classification scheme for psychological disorders.
Agoraphobia - CORRECT ANSWERS Many people with panic disorder have this
condition.
Acute stress disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS The short-term anxiety disorder that may
occur almost immediately after a traumatic event.
, Anxiety disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS According to psychoanalytic theory, these are
the result of repressed childhood urges that surface abnormally.
Dissociative amnesia - CORRECT ANSWERS This condition is caused by a traumatic
event.
Dissociative identity disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS A person with this disorder has
two or more partial personalities.
Dissociative disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS These have been explained by brain
injuries, traumatic events, and a genetic predisposition.
Biological view - CORRECT ANSWERS The fact that schizophrenia tends to run in
families supports this view of mental disorders.
Paranoid symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS Characterized by delusions of persecution,
grandeur, jealousy, and reference.
Generalized anxiety disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS Burt suffers from this disorder as
he cannot pinpoint the source of his anxiety.
Obsessive compulsive disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS Sarah's constant hand washing
due to fear of germs is an example of this disorder.
Panic disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS Suffers from anxiety attacks but not directed at a
specific object.
