Chapter Twenty-Two Mental Illness
1. How would a behaviorist treat maladaptive behavior disorders? Choose the correct
option.
A) Extinction
B) Reinforcing new behaviors
C) Medication
D) Psychoanalysis
2. Which of the following statements describes the disorder called panic attacks?
Choose the correct option.
A) Sudden feelings of intense terror that occur without warning
B) Compulsions that neutralize anxiety
C) Anxiety provoked by exposure to certain performance situations
D) Reexperiencing an extremely traumatic event
3. What characterizes agoraphobia? Choose the correct option.
A) Sudden feelings of intense terror
B) Compulsions that neutralize anxiety
C) Anxiety provoked by exposure to certain performance situations
D) Anxiety about the difficulty of escaping a situation
4. Which of following are the common symptoms of OCD? Choose the correct option.
A) Avoidance of situations irrationally perceived as threatening, such as being alone
outside the house, in a crowd, or on a bridge
B) Palpitations, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea,
dizziness, tingling sensations, and chills
C) Overwhelming fear of dying or "going crazy," with a tendency to flee from the
place where the attack begins
D) Recurrent, intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses perceived as
inappropriate, grotesque, or forbidden
5. What is the role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in anxiety disorders?
Choose the correct option.
A) Inhibits the stress response
B) Activates the amygdala during the stress response
C) Activates the hippocampus during the stress responses
D) Activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the stress response
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1. How would a behaviorist treat maladaptive behavior disorders? Choose the correct
option.
A) Extinction
B) Reinforcing new behaviors
C) Medication
D) Psychoanalysis
2. Which of the following statements describes the disorder called panic attacks?
Choose the correct option.
A) Sudden feelings of intense terror that occur without warning
B) Compulsions that neutralize anxiety
C) Anxiety provoked by exposure to certain performance situations
D) Reexperiencing an extremely traumatic event
3. What characterizes agoraphobia? Choose the correct option.
A) Sudden feelings of intense terror
B) Compulsions that neutralize anxiety
C) Anxiety provoked by exposure to certain performance situations
D) Anxiety about the difficulty of escaping a situation
4. Which of following are the common symptoms of OCD? Choose the correct option.
A) Avoidance of situations irrationally perceived as threatening, such as being alone
outside the house, in a crowd, or on a bridge
B) Palpitations, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea,
dizziness, tingling sensations, and chills
C) Overwhelming fear of dying or "going crazy," with a tendency to flee from the
place where the attack begins
D) Recurrent, intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses perceived as
inappropriate, grotesque, or forbidden
5. What is the role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in anxiety disorders?
Choose the correct option.
A) Inhibits the stress response
B) Activates the amygdala during the stress response
C) Activates the hippocampus during the stress responses
D) Activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the stress response
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