Abnormal Psychology Test with Verified Solutions Rated A
patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are mal-
adaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable for those who are
attected or for those with whom they come in contact
psychopathology
a view of mental disorders as caused by a combination
of interacting biological, psychological, and sociocultural
factors
biopsychosocial model
a modern name for the medical model, in which psycho-
logical disorders are seen as reflecting disturbances in the
neurobiological model
anatomy and chemistry of the brain and in other biological
processes
a view in which mental disorder is seen as arising from
psychological model
psychological processes
a way of looking at mental disorders in relation to gender,
sociocultural model
age, ethnicity, and other social and cultural factors
a condition in which intense feelings of apprehension are
anxiety disorder
long-standing and disruptive
1/9
, Abnormal Psychology Test with Verified Solutions Rated A
an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fear of an
phobia object or situation that does not objectively justify such a
reaction
a pattern of adverse reactions following a traumatic and
post-traumatic stress disorder
threatening event
an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fears relat-
social phobia
ing to social situations
an anxiety disorder involving strong fear of being alone or
agoraphobia
away from the security of home
a condition that involves relatively mild but long-lasting
generalized anxiety disorder anxiety that is focused on any particular object or situation;
also called free-floating anxiety
attacks marked by intense heart palpitations, pressure or
panic attacks pain in the chest, dizziness or unsteadiness, sweating, and
a feeling of faintness
an anxiety disorder involving repetitive thoughts and
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
urges to perform certain rituals
obsessions persistent, upsetting, and unwanted thoughts
compulsions ritualistic, repetitive behaviors
psychological problems in which there are symptoms of a
somatoform disorders
physical disorder without a physical cause
2/9
patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are mal-
adaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable for those who are
attected or for those with whom they come in contact
psychopathology
a view of mental disorders as caused by a combination
of interacting biological, psychological, and sociocultural
factors
biopsychosocial model
a modern name for the medical model, in which psycho-
logical disorders are seen as reflecting disturbances in the
neurobiological model
anatomy and chemistry of the brain and in other biological
processes
a view in which mental disorder is seen as arising from
psychological model
psychological processes
a way of looking at mental disorders in relation to gender,
sociocultural model
age, ethnicity, and other social and cultural factors
a condition in which intense feelings of apprehension are
anxiety disorder
long-standing and disruptive
1/9
, Abnormal Psychology Test with Verified Solutions Rated A
an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fear of an
phobia object or situation that does not objectively justify such a
reaction
a pattern of adverse reactions following a traumatic and
post-traumatic stress disorder
threatening event
an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fears relat-
social phobia
ing to social situations
an anxiety disorder involving strong fear of being alone or
agoraphobia
away from the security of home
a condition that involves relatively mild but long-lasting
generalized anxiety disorder anxiety that is focused on any particular object or situation;
also called free-floating anxiety
attacks marked by intense heart palpitations, pressure or
panic attacks pain in the chest, dizziness or unsteadiness, sweating, and
a feeling of faintness
an anxiety disorder involving repetitive thoughts and
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
urges to perform certain rituals
obsessions persistent, upsetting, and unwanted thoughts
compulsions ritualistic, repetitive behaviors
psychological problems in which there are symptoms of a
somatoform disorders
physical disorder without a physical cause
2/9
