Psychology

  1. Doctors may perscribe what for alcoholics, which makes them violently ill if they drink alcohol?
    Antabuse
  2. A person characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience most likely has a(n) what personality?
    Antisocial
  3. A transformation of emotional difficulties into the loss of a specific physiologcal function is called a(n) what?
    Conversion Disorder
  4. Flase beliefs maintained in the face of contrary evidence are called what?
    Delusions
  5. Drugs may lead to what, which is a state in which the user experiences physical dependence on drugs?
    Psychological Dependence
  6. The what suggests that people may inherit a predisposition to develop schizophrenia?
    Diathesis-stress Hypothesis
  7. Dissociative what involves in failure to remember personal events or information?
    Amnesia
  8. A person who exhibits more than one personality state, each with its own behavior and thinking patterns, most likely has a what disorder?
    Dissociative Identity
  9. The most serious drug problem is what?
    Alcoholism
  10. the view that whatever most people do is normal is the what approach to mental illness?
    Deviance
  11. Most people deal with a(n) what, by avoiding them?
    Phobia
  12. During a what, the person experiences intense anxiety with no explainable cause?
    Panic Attack
  13. Incoherrent language, inappropiate emotions, and disorganized motor movements distinguish the what type of schizophrenia?
    Disorganized Type
  14. Using the DSM-IV, the characteristics that define a disorder are known as its what?
    Axes
  15. A common symptom of schizophrenia is what characterized by inappropiate emotions for the circumstances?
    Disturbances of Effects
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Psychology
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