Chat 2 Exam 3 part 2
Understanding Personality and Mental Health
Explore the intricacies of personality traits, mental health disorders, and their impact on our lives through this comprehensive quiz. Whether you are a student or simply interested in psychology, this quiz will help deepen your understanding of complex psychological concepts.
- Test your knowledge on personality theories.
- Learn about mental health conditions and their characteristics.
- Enhance your awareness of psychological terms and their implications.
What kinds things might a parent to help instill this in his child?
Nonjudgemental appreciation
Judgmental appreciation
The Big Five theory identifies 5 main characteristics that account for what?
Personality
For most individual differences in personality
What are the limits of the general trait approach?
They are clustered together
Situations could exert a stronger influence on people
There are two dimensions or temperament which appear by many professionals to be quite important for a healthy adult personalty to develop. What are those two dimensions?
Parents wishing to promote egotism would encourage their children and accept their personalities.
Reactivity and self-regulation
Why are personality tests, as well as other psychological tests, standardized?
To avoid the pitfall of observation or non scientific studies
Good tests require validity and reliability
Freud's theory spawned a particular testing method. What is that type of method?
Projective tests
Personality tests
How do most people respond when they talk about themselves, look at themselves in a mirror, watch a video of themselves, or “stand out from the crowd” in some way?
Negative
They have a heightened awareness of themselves
Perhaps a more expanded answer would be with heightened self-awareness and an unpleasant feeling but negatively would be a great answer.
A meta-analysis by Kling, Hyde and Showers suggested what? 5:36 PMAs it relates to self-esteem. 5:36 PMThink about differences between males and females.
Female might have lower self esteem than males
Because of higher rates of depression
It is a small difference
Self-esteem works with a cultural worldview to do what?Based on terror management theory
To drive you and make you feel accomplished
Buffers our fear of death
If someone grows up in a collectivistic culture, what is their main focus with regard to interacting in society?
They value being "part of the team"
They like individualism
Do they strive to be the center of attention or the person in charge?
They might avoid standing out from the group by giving themselves highly positive ratings
Might avoid standing out from the group by giving themselves highly positive ratings.
Which part of the brain shows excess activity during delusions of control in a person with schizophrenia?
Right hemisphere
Left hemisphere
What kind of person feels comfortable to provide constructive criticism within a group?In order to provide constructive criticism in a "group" setting, how do you need to feel about yourself in order to feel safe to do that? Stand up to a group?
Neurotism.
Someone with a high self esteem(most correct)
Self- confidence. Stable personality.
Why is it important to develop a diagnosis of an individual?
Because symptoms can vary widely, and show up in "normal" behavior as well as abnormal behavior
Because you can't treat something if you don't know what it is
There are no blood tests or scans or other diagnostic procedures used to determine a diagnosis
Are college students more, less, or about he same with respect to non-college students with respect to the rates of psych disorders?
Yes
About the same
What are some of the symptoms of ADHD according to the DSM-5?
Impulsivity
Inability to focus
Hyperactivity
Why has there been an increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism compared to years ago?
An awareness makes it easier to diagnose
Improved awareness of diagnostic criteria
Rise in cases, an imporved awareness of diagnostic criteria or a combination of both
An increase in the awareness makes folks more aware of the disorder.
What then is the difference between a hallucination and a delusion?
Hallucinations are perceptions of what is happening
A delusion is an unrealistic belief, a hallucination is a false perception, most hallucinations are auditory
Hallucinations are when you see or hear something that is not actually there, delusions are false thoughts
Delusion- false belief. Hallucination-false perception
What is generalized anxiety disorder? (GAD)Choose the most correct
A general fear of what might happen with no specific phobia
An exaggeration of what is normally a useful response
Excessive anxiety or worry for 6 months+ that isn't situational
Having anxiety when there is no stimulus or very little stimulus
A dissociative disorder is characterized by disruptions in a person's what?
Identity, memory, or consciousness
Just identity
What are some characteristics of PTSD?
Flashbacks, hypervigilance
Intrusive thoughts
Caused by experience of trauma, leads to flashbacks, dreams, hyper-vigilance
Flashbacks, dreams, avoiding situations that trigger memories
Avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma
What is a compulsion and give me some examples?
Repetitive behavior, washing hands 20 times before leaving the bathroom ritualistic
Lining up objects
Repetitive behavior associated with high anxiety. Checking for locked windows or faucets off
What about a continued image of yourself hitting your professor?
Would be an obsession
Inappropriate imagery
A compulsion involves a repetitive action.
What is agoraphobia?
Fear of open spaces
Fear of public transportation
Fear of having a panic attack in public so you just stay home
Leaving home
What is a Somatic Symptom Disorder?
Physical symptoms with no underlying cause... pain, sickness
Having multiple symptoms but no cause
Disorder characterized by physical symptoms with no underlying medical cause.
What are personality disorders characterized by?
Impairments in identity, personality traits, and in establishing empathy or intimacy
Depression
Is there an age requirment for a person to be diagnosed with a personality disorder?
Yes,18.
Yes,17.
No
Ell me some of the symptoms of an Antisocial Persoanlity Disorder
Lack of empathy
Disregard for the rights of others
Little regard for normal social rules, risky and irresponsible behavior
Patterns of disregard for people , violent at times
Rules don't apply to them
Give me some of the symptoms of that disorder.
Instability with emotions, self image, and relationships
Impulsive, self-destructive behavior
Suicide or self mutilation are symptoms
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