Psychology - Fill-in-the-Blanks - Psychological Disorders

In ancient times, holes wer cut in an ill person’s head to let out evil spirits in a process called _________.

__________ believed that mental illness cam from an imbalance in the body’s four humours

The study of abnormal behaviour is called __________.

A pattern of behaviour that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm others, or harms their ability to function in daily life is called a ___________ ___________.

Anything that does not allow a person to function within or adapt to the stresses and everyday demands of life is called ____________.

The _____________ model explains behaviour as caused by biological changes in the chemical, structural, or genetic systems of the body.

_____________ _____________ assume that abnormal behaviour stems from repressed conflicts and urges that are fighting to become conscious.

___________ believe that abnormal behaviour is learned.

____________ ____________ see abnormal behaviour as coming from irrational beliefs and illogical patterns of thought.

______________ _____________ is the need to consider the unique characteristics of the culture in which behaviour takes place.

Disorders found only in particular cultures are known as ___________ ______________.

A manual pf psychological disorders and their symptoms is called the __________ ____________ __________ __________.

One of the most common psychological disorders worlwide is _________.

Disorders in which the main symptoms are excessive or unrealistic anxiety and fearfulness are called _________ disorders.

A _________ is an irrational, persistent fear of an object, situation, or social activity.

The fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or impossible is called _________.

The disorder in which intruding, recurring thoughts or obsessions created anxiety that is relieved by performing repetitive, ritualisitc behaviour (compulsion is called ___________-_____________ ____________.

A person is said to have a ______________ ____________ when panic attacks occur frequently enough to cause the person difficulty in adjusting to daily life.

_____________ _____________ _____________ is a disorder in which a person has feelings of dread and impending doom along with physical symptoms of stress, which lasts six months or more.

A _____________ _____________ is a disorder that takes the form of bodily illnesses and symptoms but for which there are no real physical disorders.

A _____________ _____________ is a disorder in which psychological stress causes a real physical disorder or illness.

_____________ _____________ _____________ is a somatic symptom disorder in which the person is terrified of being sick and worries constantly, going to doctors repeatedly, and becoming preoccupied with every sensation of the body.

The somatic symptom disorder in which the person experiences a specific symptom in the somatic nervous system’s functioning, such as paralysis, numbness, or blindness, for which there is no physical cause is called _____________ _____________.

A loss of memory for personal information, either partial or complete is known as _____________ _____________.

_ _ is travelling away from familiar surroundings with amnesia for the trip and possible amnesia for personal information.

_ _ _ is a disorder occuring when a person seems to have two or more distinct personalities within one body.

In psychology, an emotional reaction is called the _.

A disorder that consists of mood swings from moderate depression to hypomania and lasts two years or more is called _.

_ _ is severe depression that comes on suddenly and seems to have no external cause.

_ _ is severe mood swings between major depressive episodes and manic episodes..

When an individual has excessive excitement, energy, and elation or irritability, it is known as _.

A severe disorder in which the person suffers from disordered thinking, bizarre behaviour, hallucinations, and is unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality is called _.

When someone does not have the ability to perceive what is real and what is fantasy we say they are _.

The _ _ of schizophrenia are excesses of behaviour or occur in addition to normal behaviour,; hallucinations, delusions, and distorted thinking.

The _ _ of schizophrenia are lacks of behaviours or less-than-normal behaviour like poor speech or loss of affect.

False sensory perceptions, such as hearing voices that do not really exist, are called _ .

False beliefs held by a person who refuses to accept evidence of their falseness are called _ .

The type of schizophrenia in which behaviour is bizarre and childish and thinking, speech, and motor actions are very disorderd is called schizophrenia

The type of schizophrenia in which the person suffers from delusions of persecution, grandeur, and jealousy, together with hallucinations is called _ schizophrenia.

A disorder in which a person adopts a persistent, rigid, and maladaptive pattern of behaviour that interferes with normal social interactions is a _ _.

_ _ is a disorder in which a person has no morals or conscience and often behaves in an impulsive manner without regard for the consequences of that behaviour.

_ _ _ is a maladptive personality pattern in which the person is moody, unstable, lacks a clear sense of identity, and often clings to others.

_ _ _ is a mood disorder caused by the body's reaction to low levels of sunlight in the winter months.