Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

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8. Self-absorption is a distinguishing feature of
   a. obsessive-compulsive disorder
   b. narcissistic personality disorder
   c. organic mental disorders
   d. anxiety disorders


9. An older name for alcohol amnestic disorder is
   a. dementia of the Alzheimer’s type
   b. general paresis
   c. Korsakoff’s psychosis
   d. Psychogenic dementia


10. The observation that a genetic tendency can play a part in a mental disorder is
    associated primarily with what viewpoint?
    a. The biological viewpoint
    b. The psychodynamic viewpoint
    c. The learning viewpoint
    d. The humanistic viewpoint

ANSWERS TO THE SELF-TEST

1-c 2-d 3-b 4-d 5-b 6-c 7-a 8-b 9-c 10-a

ANSWERS TO THE TRUE-OR-FALSE PREVIEW QUIZ

1. False. It takes more than deviation alone for a behavior pattern to be considered patho-
   logical. The chapter lists five additional criteria.


2. True.


3. False. Anxiety disorders are characterized by a core of irrational fear.


4. False. Dissociative identity disorder (DID), not schizophrenia, is characterized by the
   presentation to others of two or more selves.


5. True.

KEY TERMS

abnormal behavior

acrophobia

agoraphobia

alcohol amnestic disorder

Alzheimer’s disease

amyloid plaques

antisocial personality disorder

anxiety disorders