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A social phobia that inhibits someone from doing something specific in front of an audience is a: |
discrete performance anxiety |
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Glen has a poor self-image and refuses to eat in a restaurant or use public restrooms. He suffers from: |
social phobia |
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When referring to ________, the source of the irrational fear is a specific situation or object, such as heights. |
specific phobias |
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The films Three Faces of Eve and Sybil portray cases of a dissociative disorder known as: |
multiple personality |
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The chief psychological benefit derived from obsessive-compulsive behavior is: |
reduction of immediate anxiety |
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Both conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified as: |
somatoform disorders |
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A generalized feeling of dread and apprehension, typically accompanied by physiological reactions, is |
anxiety |
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All of the following are termed "anxiety disorders" except: |
conversion disorder |
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The anxiety disorder characterized by persistent, unwanted, and unshakable thoughts and/or irresistible repeated actions is: |
obsessive-compulsive disorder |
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With ________ disorders, people complain of physical problems, although no physical abnormality can be found. somatoform |
somatoform |
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Sexual abuse in childhood can have a significant role in the development of: |
multiple personality disorder |
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Conversion disorder is so named because it appears to convert a: |
source of stress into a physical problem. |
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________ is anxiety disorder characterized by an intense fear of being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult or in which help might not be available in the event of a panic attack |
Agoraphobia |
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According to the behaviorists, somatoform disorders: |
allow a person to escape from or avoid the negative reinforce. |
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The ________ phobias are the most common and the least disruptive of the phobias. |
simple |
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The most widely used scheme today for classifying and diagnosing psychological disorders throughout the world is: |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. |
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The primary difference between hypochondriasis and somatization disorder is that people manifesting hypochondriasis: |
are fearful that their symptoms indicate a serious disease. |
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An anxiety disorder that typically follows a very painful event and is characterized by a reliving of that event, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, or numbing of general responsiveness, is: |
posttraumatic stress disorder. |
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________ is a form of dissociative disorder in which a person alternates between a primary personality and one or more secondary or subordinate personalities. |
Multiple personality |
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Many veterans have flashbacks of traumatic war experiences and experience severe stress as a result of the memories. The veterans are experiencing ________ according to the DSM. |
posttraumatic stress disorder |