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PSY 657 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Anxiety - Answer✔A general feeling of apprehension about possible future danger; Future
oriented
Neurosis - Answer✔A maladaptive and self-defeating but reality testing remains intact. Mild
illness not caused by organic disease involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety,
obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality,
Neurotic behavior (Exasperated Behavior) - Answer✔An automatic, unconscious effort to
manage deep anxiety. Exaggerated use of avoidance behaviors or defense mechanisms
Phobias - Answer✔Persistent and disproportionate fear of object or situation that presents
little to no real danger yet leads to avoidance of these feared situations
Components of Fear and Panic - Answer✔Cognitive/Subjective: Fear "I'm in danger" Anxiety
"I'm worried about what might happen"
Physiological: Fear=Increased heart rate, sweating; Anxiety=tension, chronic overarousal
Behavioral: Fear=Desire to escape or run; Anxiety=General avoidance
Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) - Answer✔Fear of social situations or negative
evaluation by others in which individual is going to be scrutinised, embarrassed or humiliated
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Specific Phobia - Answer✔A strong and persistent fear triggered by the presence of a specific
object or situation that leads to significant distress or impairment of someone's ability to
function
Panic Disorder - Answer✔A person experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks that create
a sense of stark terror and numerous other physical symptoms of the fight-or-flight response.
(worries regarding future attacks)
Agoraphobia - Answer✔Fear of places or situations from which escape would be difficult or
embarrassing, or in which immediate help would be unavailable if something bad happened
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Answer✔Excessive and chronic anxiety and worry (apprehensive
expectation), occurring for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities. Worry,
anxiety, physical symptoms that cause impairment in social, occupational, or other important
areas of functioning; individuals find it difficult to control worry.
Anxiety Symptoms - Answer✔Restlessness or feeling on edge, easily fatigued, difficulty
concentrating/mind goes blank, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Answer✔A person experiences unwanted and intrusive
distressing thoughts or images that are accompanied by compulsive behaviors performed to
neutralize those thoughts
Obsession - Answer✔Unwanted, recurrent, and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that
cause marked anxiety or distress. Disturbing or inappropriate.
Compulsion - Answer✔Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to
perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be followed rigorously.
Aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or prevent a dreaded situation
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Somatization Disorder (DSM-IV -TR) - Answer✔A mental disorder characterized by recurring,
multiple, and current, clinically significant complaints about somatic symptoms.
Somatic Symptom Disorder (DSM-5) - Answer✔Person has a significant focus on physical
symptoms that results in major distress and/or problems functioning. The individual has
excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors relating to physical symptoms. Even if the
symptoms do not seem to have a medical explanation, the person suffering is regarded as
authentic.
Hypochondriasis (Illness Anxiety Disorder) - Answer✔Individuals are preoccupied by fears of
contracting a serious disease or with the idea that they have a disease even though they do not
Malingering - Answer✔Consciously faking symptoms for secondary gain / Intentional
production of symptoms or exaggeration of symptoms motivated by external factors (Gypsy
Rose Blanchard) External. Personal gain.
Factitious Disorder - Answer✔Faking symptoms to play "sick role" / The person intentionally
produces psychological and/or physical symptoms to obtain and maintain the benefits of
playing the "sick role". Internal.
Conversion Disorder ("Hysteria") - Answer✔Symptoms or deficits affect sensory or voluntary
motor functioning but no medical problem (example: numbness in legs WW1 and couldn't fight,
man sees wife cheating and then loses sight), not consistent with medical issue. Overlaps with
trauma
Conversion Disorder Symptoms Categories (4) - Answer✔Sensory, motor, seizures, mix of all 3
Dissociative Fugue - Answer✔A person loses awareness of their identity (amnesic) or other
important autobiographical information and also departs from their home surroundings.
Accompanied by confusion over personal identity or assumption fo a new identity. Individuals
are unaware of memory loss from prior stages in life, but their memory for what happens
during the fugue state itself is intact
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PSY 657 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Anxiety - Answer✔A general feeling of apprehension about possible future danger; Future
oriented
Neurosis - Answer✔A maladaptive and self-defeating but reality testing remains intact. Mild
illness not caused by organic disease involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety,
obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality,
Neurotic behavior (Exasperated Behavior) - Answer✔An automatic, unconscious effort to
manage deep anxiety. Exaggerated use of avoidance behaviors or defense mechanisms
Phobias - Answer✔Persistent and disproportionate fear of object or situation that presents
little to no real danger yet leads to avoidance of these feared situations
Components of Fear and Panic - Answer✔Cognitive/Subjective: Fear "I'm in danger" Anxiety
"I'm worried about what might happen"
Physiological: Fear=Increased heart rate, sweating; Anxiety=tension, chronic overarousal
Behavioral: Fear=Desire to escape or run; Anxiety=General avoidance
Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) - Answer✔Fear of social situations or negative
evaluation by others in which individual is going to be scrutinised, embarrassed or humiliated
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Specific Phobia - Answer✔A strong and persistent fear triggered by the presence of a specific
object or situation that leads to significant distress or impairment of someone's ability to
function
Panic Disorder - Answer✔A person experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks that create
a sense of stark terror and numerous other physical symptoms of the fight-or-flight response.
(worries regarding future attacks)
Agoraphobia - Answer✔Fear of places or situations from which escape would be difficult or
embarrassing, or in which immediate help would be unavailable if something bad happened
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Answer✔Excessive and chronic anxiety and worry (apprehensive
expectation), occurring for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities. Worry,
anxiety, physical symptoms that cause impairment in social, occupational, or other important
areas of functioning; individuals find it difficult to control worry.
Anxiety Symptoms - Answer✔Restlessness or feeling on edge, easily fatigued, difficulty
concentrating/mind goes blank, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Answer✔A person experiences unwanted and intrusive
distressing thoughts or images that are accompanied by compulsive behaviors performed to
neutralize those thoughts
Obsession - Answer✔Unwanted, recurrent, and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that
cause marked anxiety or distress. Disturbing or inappropriate.
Compulsion - Answer✔Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to
perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be followed rigorously.
Aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or prevent a dreaded situation
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Somatization Disorder (DSM-IV -TR) - Answer✔A mental disorder characterized by recurring,
multiple, and current, clinically significant complaints about somatic symptoms.
Somatic Symptom Disorder (DSM-5) - Answer✔Person has a significant focus on physical
symptoms that results in major distress and/or problems functioning. The individual has
excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors relating to physical symptoms. Even if the
symptoms do not seem to have a medical explanation, the person suffering is regarded as
authentic.
Hypochondriasis (Illness Anxiety Disorder) - Answer✔Individuals are preoccupied by fears of
contracting a serious disease or with the idea that they have a disease even though they do not
Malingering - Answer✔Consciously faking symptoms for secondary gain / Intentional
production of symptoms or exaggeration of symptoms motivated by external factors (Gypsy
Rose Blanchard) External. Personal gain.
Factitious Disorder - Answer✔Faking symptoms to play "sick role" / The person intentionally
produces psychological and/or physical symptoms to obtain and maintain the benefits of
playing the "sick role". Internal.
Conversion Disorder ("Hysteria") - Answer✔Symptoms or deficits affect sensory or voluntary
motor functioning but no medical problem (example: numbness in legs WW1 and couldn't fight,
man sees wife cheating and then loses sight), not consistent with medical issue. Overlaps with
trauma
Conversion Disorder Symptoms Categories (4) - Answer✔Sensory, motor, seizures, mix of all 3
Dissociative Fugue - Answer✔A person loses awareness of their identity (amnesic) or other
important autobiographical information and also departs from their home surroundings.
Accompanied by confusion over personal identity or assumption fo a new identity. Individuals
are unaware of memory loss from prior stages in life, but their memory for what happens
during the fugue state itself is intact
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