PSY 2012 EVALUATION TEST ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔personality inventory - ✔✔an objective test often using numbered scales or multiple
choice used to assess personality
✔✔MMPI - ✔✔an example of personality inventory
✔✔trait - ✔✔a stable personality characteristic
✔✔attribution - ✔✔a judgment about the cause of a person's behavior
✔✔dispositional attribution - ✔✔a judgment assigning the cause of a persons behavior
to personal qualities or characteristics
✔✔situational attribution - ✔✔a judgment assigning the cause of a persons behavior to
the envionment
✔✔abnormal psychology - ✔✔the study of psychological disorders
✔✔comorbid - ✔✔two or more disorders in the same individual
, ✔✔autism spectrum disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by deficits in social
relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by repetitive ritualistic
behavior
✔✔attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by either
unusual inattentiveness, hyperactivity with impulsivity or both
✔✔schizophrenia - ✔✔a disorder characterized by hallucinations delusions
disorganized thought and speech disorders of movement restricted affect and avolition
or asociality
✔✔delition - ✔✔a false illogical belief
✔✔hallucination - ✔✔a false perception
✔✔bipolar disorder - ✔✔a mood disorder characterized by altering periods of mania and
depression
✔✔major depression disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by length periods of
depression mood loss of pleasure in normal activities disturbance in sleep and appetite
difficulty concentrating feelings of hopelessness and possible thoughts of suicide
✔✔social anxiety disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by an unrealistic fear of being
scrutinized and criticized by others
✔✔generalized anxiety disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by executive anxiety and
worry that is not correlated with particular objects or situations
✔✔obsessive compulsive disorder - ✔✔a disorder associated with intrusive obsessions
and compulsion
✔✔compulson - ✔✔repetitive ritualistic behavior associated with high anxiety
✔✔posttraumatic stress disorder - ✔✔a disorder caused by the experience of trauma ,
which leads flashbacks , dreams, hypervigilance and avoidance of stimuli associated
with the traumatic event
✔✔personality disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by impairments in identity , in
personality traits, and establishment of empathy or intimact
✔✔antisocial personality disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by an unusual lack of
remorse empathy or regard for normal social rules and conventions
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔personality inventory - ✔✔an objective test often using numbered scales or multiple
choice used to assess personality
✔✔MMPI - ✔✔an example of personality inventory
✔✔trait - ✔✔a stable personality characteristic
✔✔attribution - ✔✔a judgment about the cause of a person's behavior
✔✔dispositional attribution - ✔✔a judgment assigning the cause of a persons behavior
to personal qualities or characteristics
✔✔situational attribution - ✔✔a judgment assigning the cause of a persons behavior to
the envionment
✔✔abnormal psychology - ✔✔the study of psychological disorders
✔✔comorbid - ✔✔two or more disorders in the same individual
, ✔✔autism spectrum disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by deficits in social
relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by repetitive ritualistic
behavior
✔✔attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by either
unusual inattentiveness, hyperactivity with impulsivity or both
✔✔schizophrenia - ✔✔a disorder characterized by hallucinations delusions
disorganized thought and speech disorders of movement restricted affect and avolition
or asociality
✔✔delition - ✔✔a false illogical belief
✔✔hallucination - ✔✔a false perception
✔✔bipolar disorder - ✔✔a mood disorder characterized by altering periods of mania and
depression
✔✔major depression disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by length periods of
depression mood loss of pleasure in normal activities disturbance in sleep and appetite
difficulty concentrating feelings of hopelessness and possible thoughts of suicide
✔✔social anxiety disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by an unrealistic fear of being
scrutinized and criticized by others
✔✔generalized anxiety disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by executive anxiety and
worry that is not correlated with particular objects or situations
✔✔obsessive compulsive disorder - ✔✔a disorder associated with intrusive obsessions
and compulsion
✔✔compulson - ✔✔repetitive ritualistic behavior associated with high anxiety
✔✔posttraumatic stress disorder - ✔✔a disorder caused by the experience of trauma ,
which leads flashbacks , dreams, hypervigilance and avoidance of stimuli associated
with the traumatic event
✔✔personality disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by impairments in identity , in
personality traits, and establishment of empathy or intimact
✔✔antisocial personality disorder - ✔✔a disorder characterized by an unusual lack of
remorse empathy or regard for normal social rules and conventions
