PSYC 301 Midterm Review Questions Answered Correctly
Abnormal Psychology - Answers an area of scientific study that attempts to describe, explain,
predict, and modify behaviors that are considered strange or unusual.
Social Phobia - Answers an intense fear of being scrutinized or doing something embarrassing
or humiliating in the presence of others.
Agoraphobia - Answers is an intense fear of at least two of the following situations: 1. being
outside of the home alone
2. traveling in public transportation
3. being in open spaces
4. being in stores or theaters
5. standing in line or being in a crowd
Systematic desensitization - Answers uses muscle relaxation to reduce the anxiety associated
with phobias.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder - Answers involves a preoccupation with a perceived physical defect
in a normal-appearing person or excessive concern over a slight physical defect that is
accompanied by repetitive behaviors such as checking appearance in mirror
Tension Headaches - Answers Most common form of headache, located on both sides of head,
often concentrated.
Acute stress-disorder - Answers is characterized by anxiety and dissociative symptoms that
occur within one month after exposure to a traumatic stressor.
Somatic Symptom Disorder - Answers conditions that involve physical complaints or bodily
symptoms that cannot be fully explained by a medical condition.
Dissociative Disorder - Answers which involve alterations in memory, consciousness, or identity
Illness Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondriasis) - Answers appears to be a cognitive disorder in
which the individual misinterprets bodily sensations and variations as indications that they have
a serious illness or are dying form an undetected disease
Function Neurological Symptom Disorder (Conversion Disorder) symptoms - Answers most
common are disturbances of stance and gait sensory symptoms such as blindness, loss of
voice, motor tics, dizziness, and psychogenic seizures
Factitious Disorder - Answers faking a disorder to achieve some goal such as an insurance
settlement
Abnormal Psychology - Answers an area of scientific study that attempts to describe, explain,
predict, and modify behaviors that are considered strange or unusual.
Social Phobia - Answers an intense fear of being scrutinized or doing something embarrassing
or humiliating in the presence of others.
Agoraphobia - Answers is an intense fear of at least two of the following situations: 1. being
outside of the home alone
2. traveling in public transportation
3. being in open spaces
4. being in stores or theaters
5. standing in line or being in a crowd
Systematic desensitization - Answers uses muscle relaxation to reduce the anxiety associated
with phobias.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder - Answers involves a preoccupation with a perceived physical defect
in a normal-appearing person or excessive concern over a slight physical defect that is
accompanied by repetitive behaviors such as checking appearance in mirror
Tension Headaches - Answers Most common form of headache, located on both sides of head,
often concentrated.
Acute stress-disorder - Answers is characterized by anxiety and dissociative symptoms that
occur within one month after exposure to a traumatic stressor.
Somatic Symptom Disorder - Answers conditions that involve physical complaints or bodily
symptoms that cannot be fully explained by a medical condition.
Dissociative Disorder - Answers which involve alterations in memory, consciousness, or identity
Illness Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondriasis) - Answers appears to be a cognitive disorder in
which the individual misinterprets bodily sensations and variations as indications that they have
a serious illness or are dying form an undetected disease
Function Neurological Symptom Disorder (Conversion Disorder) symptoms - Answers most
common are disturbances of stance and gait sensory symptoms such as blindness, loss of
voice, motor tics, dizziness, and psychogenic seizures
Factitious Disorder - Answers faking a disorder to achieve some goal such as an insurance
settlement
