PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Cyclothymia
3 Jul 2018
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Lessons Twenty-One & Twenty-Two:
1. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) has been criticized for all of the
following EXCEPT:
1.a)Labelling an individual with a mental disorder can create stigma that in
turn causes distress
1.b)Associating some disorders with one sex more than the other causing
clinicians to look for what they expect to see
1.c) Determining the classification of participants for clinical research
purposes
1.d)Lumping together those with a mild form of a disorder with individuals
with a more severe form
2. Compulsions (repetitive behaviours or mental acts):
2.a)Serve to counteract the anxiety produced by obsessions
2.b)If untreated, lead to obsessions
2.c) Are not, on their own, distressing
2.d)Are a hallmark of anxiety disorders
3. The accurate classification of mental disorders leads to:
3.a)More fruitful research
3.b)Higher rates of diagnoses
3.c) A wider variety of available treatments
3.d)Lower rates of diagnoses
4. Which of the following make up the diathesis in the diathesis-stress model?
4.a)A person's early learning history
4.b)A person's genetic make-up and early learning history.
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4.c) A person's total amount of stress
4.d)A person's genetic make-up
5. Which of the following best characterizes the role that genes and environment
play in the development of a mental disorder?
5.a)Those exposed to significant stress are more likely to develop a mental
disorder than those with a genetic predisposition
5.b)Genetic predisposition and significant stress are additive such that the
more of one that exists the less of the other is required to develop a
mental disorder
5.c) Both a genetic predisposition and significant stress are necessary to
develop a mental disorder
5.d)Those with a genetic predisposition are more likely to develop a mental
disorder than those exposed to significant stress
6. Marie has just begun seeing a counsellor because she often forgets where she is
and feels 'out of it'. She also reports feeling as though she is watching herself and
not really in her body. Marie is experiencing some of the symptoms of a:
6.a)Conversion disorder
6.b)Generalized anxiety disorder
6.c) Post-traumatic stress disorder
6.d)Dissociative identity disorder
7. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
7.a)Difficulty concentrating
7.b)Constant worrying
7.c) Sleep problems
7.d)Flashbacks
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