Latest AP Psych Psychological Disorders and Treatment Practice Questions |100% Correct Answers|
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Psychological disorders
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Psychological Disorders
Latest AP Psych Psychological
Disorders and Treatment Practice
Questions |100% Correct Answers|
Agoraphobia *Ans*fear of open spaces
Anorexia nervosa *Ans*an eating disorder in which a normal-weight person diets and becomes
significantly underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to...
Latest AP Psych Psychological
Disorders and Treatment Practice
Questions |100% Correct Answers|
Agoraphobia *Ans*✨fear of open spaces
Anorexia nervosa *Ans*✨an eating disorder in which a normal-weight person diets and becomes
significantly underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve
Antianxiety drugs *Ans*✨drugs used to control anxiety and agitation
antidepressant drugs *Ans*✨drugs used to treat depression; also increasingly prescribed for anxiety;
different types work by altering the availability of various neurotransmitters
antipsychotic drugs *Ans*✨drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought
disorder
antisocial personality disorder *Ans*✨psychological disorder in which one demonstrates a lack of
conscience
Anxiety Disorders *Ans*✨psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or
maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
aversion therapy *Ans*✨A behavior therapy in which an aversive stimulus is paired with a stimulus
that elicits an undesirable response.
behavior therapies *Ans*✨therapies that apply the principles of classical and operant conditioning in
the treatment of psychological disorders
, biomedical therapies *Ans*✨the use of medications, electroconvulsive therapy, or other medical
treatments to treat the symptoms associated with psychological disorders
Bipolar Disorder *Ans*✨a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
Catatonic Schizophrenia *Ans*✨Type of schizophrenia characterized either by displays of excited or
violent motor activity or by stupor.
client-centered therapy *Ans*✨A humanistic therapy based on Carl Roger's beliefs that an individual
has an unlimited capacity for psychological growth and will continue to grow unless barriers are placed
in the way.
clinical psychologists *Ans*✨evaluate and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders
cognitive therapy *Ans*✨therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and
acting; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions
Comorbidity *Ans*✨the presence of two or more unrelated disease conditions at the same time in
the same person
Concordance Rate *Ans*✨indicates the percentage of twin pairs or other pairs of relatives who
exhibit the same disorder
Conjunction Fallacy *Ans*✨when people think that two events are more likely to occur together than
either individual event
conversion Disorder *Ans*✨a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific
genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
counseling psychologists *Ans*✨counsel people with milder problems than clinical psychologists
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