Abnormal Psychology Ch. 5-8 Exam
Questions with Latest Update
panic disorder - Answer-panic attacks on a regular basis
panic attack - Answer-*period of intense fear and physical discomfort accompanied by
the feeling that one is being overwhelmed and is about to lose control
agoraphobia - Answer-intense fear/anxiety about being outside the home alone,
travelling on public transportation, being in line or a crowd
-intense anxiety about being trapped or stranded in a situation without help if a panic
attack occurs
panic disorder with agoraphobia - Answer-agoraphobia is a subcategory
phobia - Answer-irrational fear associated with a particular object or situation
specific phobia - Answer-irrational and unabating fear of a particular object, activity, or
situation
generalized anxiety disorder - Answer-anxiety that is not associated with a particular
object, situation, or event
obsessive-compulsive disorder - Answer-recurrent obsessions that are inordinately
time-consuming that cause significant distress or impairment
compulsion - Answer-repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior performed in
response to uncontrollable urges to a ritualistic or stereotyped set of rules in an effort to
neutralize the obsession
obsession - Answer-persistent and intrusive idea, thought, impulse, or image causes
anxiety/stress
tic - Answer-rapid, recurring, involuntary movement, or vocalization
acute stress disorder - Answer-arrises within the month following the trauma and lasts
2-4 weeks
symptoms: intrusions, dissociative symptoms, avoidance
post-traumatic stress disorder - Answer-CL experiences several distressing symptoms
for more than a month following a traumatic event
symptoms: intrusions, dissociative symptoms, avoidance
, conversion disorder - Answer-involves the translation of unacceptable drives or
troubling content into physical symptoms
-CL experiences a change in bodily functions not due to underlying medical condition
somatization disorder - Answer-a disorder marked by a history of diverse physical
complaints that appear to be psychological in origin
-*involves multiple and recurrent bodily symptoms rather than single physical complaint
pain disorder - Answer-*one symptom is pain with no physiological basis (intense pain)
hypochondriasis - Answer-*misinterpretation of normal bodily functions as signs od
serious illness
malingering - Answer-fabrication of physical or psychological symptoms for some
ulterior motive
factitious disorder - Answer-people fake physical and/or psychological symptoms in
order to assume sick role and to get medical attention (primary gain).
Munchausen's syndrome - Answer-extreme form of factitious disorder in which the
individual goes to great lengths to maintain sick role
factitious disorder by proxy - Answer-person induces symptoms in another person who
is under that individual's care
BDD - Answer-*preoccupied with the idea that a part of their body is ugly or defective
dissociative identity disorder - Answer-a rare dissociative disorder in which a person
exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple
personality disorder
not aware that they inhabit other personalities
dissociative amnesia - Answer-A psychologically induced loss of memory for personal
information, such as one's identity or residence.
dissociative fugue - Answer-disorder in which one travels away from home and is
unable to remember details of his past, including often his identity
depersonalization disorder - Answer-feel that they are controlled by forces outside of
themselves or that they are observing themselves outside of the body
paraphilias - Answer-recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or
behaviors involving nonhuman objects, children/nonconsenting persons,
suffering/humiliation of self or partner
lasts at least 6 months
Questions with Latest Update
panic disorder - Answer-panic attacks on a regular basis
panic attack - Answer-*period of intense fear and physical discomfort accompanied by
the feeling that one is being overwhelmed and is about to lose control
agoraphobia - Answer-intense fear/anxiety about being outside the home alone,
travelling on public transportation, being in line or a crowd
-intense anxiety about being trapped or stranded in a situation without help if a panic
attack occurs
panic disorder with agoraphobia - Answer-agoraphobia is a subcategory
phobia - Answer-irrational fear associated with a particular object or situation
specific phobia - Answer-irrational and unabating fear of a particular object, activity, or
situation
generalized anxiety disorder - Answer-anxiety that is not associated with a particular
object, situation, or event
obsessive-compulsive disorder - Answer-recurrent obsessions that are inordinately
time-consuming that cause significant distress or impairment
compulsion - Answer-repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior performed in
response to uncontrollable urges to a ritualistic or stereotyped set of rules in an effort to
neutralize the obsession
obsession - Answer-persistent and intrusive idea, thought, impulse, or image causes
anxiety/stress
tic - Answer-rapid, recurring, involuntary movement, or vocalization
acute stress disorder - Answer-arrises within the month following the trauma and lasts
2-4 weeks
symptoms: intrusions, dissociative symptoms, avoidance
post-traumatic stress disorder - Answer-CL experiences several distressing symptoms
for more than a month following a traumatic event
symptoms: intrusions, dissociative symptoms, avoidance
, conversion disorder - Answer-involves the translation of unacceptable drives or
troubling content into physical symptoms
-CL experiences a change in bodily functions not due to underlying medical condition
somatization disorder - Answer-a disorder marked by a history of diverse physical
complaints that appear to be psychological in origin
-*involves multiple and recurrent bodily symptoms rather than single physical complaint
pain disorder - Answer-*one symptom is pain with no physiological basis (intense pain)
hypochondriasis - Answer-*misinterpretation of normal bodily functions as signs od
serious illness
malingering - Answer-fabrication of physical or psychological symptoms for some
ulterior motive
factitious disorder - Answer-people fake physical and/or psychological symptoms in
order to assume sick role and to get medical attention (primary gain).
Munchausen's syndrome - Answer-extreme form of factitious disorder in which the
individual goes to great lengths to maintain sick role
factitious disorder by proxy - Answer-person induces symptoms in another person who
is under that individual's care
BDD - Answer-*preoccupied with the idea that a part of their body is ugly or defective
dissociative identity disorder - Answer-a rare dissociative disorder in which a person
exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple
personality disorder
not aware that they inhabit other personalities
dissociative amnesia - Answer-A psychologically induced loss of memory for personal
information, such as one's identity or residence.
dissociative fugue - Answer-disorder in which one travels away from home and is
unable to remember details of his past, including often his identity
depersonalization disorder - Answer-feel that they are controlled by forces outside of
themselves or that they are observing themselves outside of the body
paraphilias - Answer-recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or
behaviors involving nonhuman objects, children/nonconsenting persons,
suffering/humiliation of self or partner
lasts at least 6 months
