You have read about many different mental disorders in this chapter. Choose two and provide the most common symptoms for each of the two disorders.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Anxiety: Symptoms: physical components (may include accelerated heart rate, difficulty breathing, digestive problems, trembling, sweating, muscle tension, difficulty sleeping, restlessness), cognitive components (distractibility, difficulty focusing, forgetfulness, racing thoughts, irritability).
Mood: Symptoms: Physical (low energy, depressed affect, fatigue, weight changes, trouble sleeping; Cognitive (worthlessness, inappropriate guilt, anhedonia, trouble focusing and/or concentrating, thoughts of death, suicidal ideation. Bipolar should be clearly identified as also including mania.
Psychotic Disorders: Symptoms: Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech or movement, avolition, diminished emotional expression, lack of linear thinking/loss of sense of reality.
Eating Disorders: Symptoms: Anorexia—restriction in nutritional intake, fear of gaining weight or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain, disturbance in perceived weight or body shape. Bulimia: binge eating followed by vomiting or excessive laxative use and poor self-concept. Binge eating: eating more rapidly than normal, eating to discomfort, eating large quantities of food when not hungry,
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Sternberg's three types of intelligence are creative, practical, and
a. visual-spatial. b. general. c. interpersonal. d. analytical.
How does the self-concept relate to others' perceptions? Research suggests that the self-concept ____
a. is very much in line with both how people think others regard them and how others actually do regard them b. is very much in line with how people think others regard them, but is very different from how others actually do regard them c. is very different from how people think others regard them, but is very much in line with how others actually do regard them d. is different from both how people think others regard them and how others actually do regard them
Which of the following is NOT true of action potentials?
a. They are generated according to an all-or-none principle. b. They all travel at the same speed. c. They are electrical charges that shoot down the axon. d. They are initiated when the axon is depolarized sufficiently. e. They are followed by a refractory period.
Which of the following is FALSE?
a. PTSD is found only in the U.S. and Canada. b. Extended stress can destroy neurons in the hippocampus. c. Stress that is chronic can interfere with the immune system. d. Psychologists have argued that PTSD can occur even if the stressful event is not experienced directly.