ABNORMAL PSYCH TEST CH 4:
STRESS| Questions with Complete
Solutions
Factors that moderate stress - Answer -styles of coping (emotion or problem
focused) -self efficacy
-psychological hardiness
-optimism
-social support
-ethnic identity
types of adjustment disorders - Answer -Adjustment disorder w/ depressed mood
-Adjustment disorder w/ anxiety
-Adjustment disorder w/ anxiety & depressed mood
-Adjustment disorder w/ disturbance of conduct
-Adjustment disorder w/ disturbance of emotion and conduct
-Adjustment disorder unspecified
traumatic stress disorders - Answer maladaptive reactions to traumatic stress involving marked
personal distress, or significant impairment of daily f(x)ing
--acute stress disorder
, --PTSD
Acute stress disorder (ASD) - Answer (type of traumatic stress disorder)
-person shows maladaptive pattern of behavior for a period of 3 days to one month
following exposure to a traumatic event
--may feel theyre in a "daze"/ world seems dreamlike
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Answer (type of traumatic stress disorder)
-a prolonged maladaptive reaction that lasts longer than 1 month after the
traumatic experience
-can develop months/years after event
common features of traumatic stress disorders - Answer -avoidance behaviors
-re-experiencing the trauma
-emotional distress, negative thoughts, and impaired f(x)ing
heightened arousal
-emotional numbing
Learning perspective on traumatic stress disorders - Answer -traumatic experiences are
unconditioned stimuli that become paired with neutral stimuli (sights/sounds associated w/
trauma), which then become conditioned stimuli and anxiety becomes a conditioned response
to the trauma related stimuli
CBT for PTSD - Answer -very effective
-repeated exposure to cues/emotions associated with the trauma leads to extinction of
the anxiety
Prolonged exposure - Answer (treatment for PTSD)
STRESS| Questions with Complete
Solutions
Factors that moderate stress - Answer -styles of coping (emotion or problem
focused) -self efficacy
-psychological hardiness
-optimism
-social support
-ethnic identity
types of adjustment disorders - Answer -Adjustment disorder w/ depressed mood
-Adjustment disorder w/ anxiety
-Adjustment disorder w/ anxiety & depressed mood
-Adjustment disorder w/ disturbance of conduct
-Adjustment disorder w/ disturbance of emotion and conduct
-Adjustment disorder unspecified
traumatic stress disorders - Answer maladaptive reactions to traumatic stress involving marked
personal distress, or significant impairment of daily f(x)ing
--acute stress disorder
, --PTSD
Acute stress disorder (ASD) - Answer (type of traumatic stress disorder)
-person shows maladaptive pattern of behavior for a period of 3 days to one month
following exposure to a traumatic event
--may feel theyre in a "daze"/ world seems dreamlike
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Answer (type of traumatic stress disorder)
-a prolonged maladaptive reaction that lasts longer than 1 month after the
traumatic experience
-can develop months/years after event
common features of traumatic stress disorders - Answer -avoidance behaviors
-re-experiencing the trauma
-emotional distress, negative thoughts, and impaired f(x)ing
heightened arousal
-emotional numbing
Learning perspective on traumatic stress disorders - Answer -traumatic experiences are
unconditioned stimuli that become paired with neutral stimuli (sights/sounds associated w/
trauma), which then become conditioned stimuli and anxiety becomes a conditioned response
to the trauma related stimuli
CBT for PTSD - Answer -very effective
-repeated exposure to cues/emotions associated with the trauma leads to extinction of
the anxiety
Prolonged exposure - Answer (treatment for PTSD)
