Abnormal Psych Ch. 5

In fight-or-flight he features of arousal and fear are set in motion by the HIPPOCAMPUS

What two systems are activated in fight-or-flight responses?

Which system when activated, stimulates some organs and inhibits others
 with the result of a state of general arousal.

SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM excited by dangerous situation PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM facilitates return of bodily processes to normal

When facing stressors, the hypothalamus signals the pituitary gland, which stimulates the adrenal cortex to release

With POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) symptoms begin immediately or soon after the traumatic event and last for less than one month

Which is true of Acute and Posttraumatic 
Stress Disorders

Which of the following is FALSE about rape and PTSD?

To understand the development of these disorders, researcher focus includes

Trauma-related physical changes in the brain and body Abnormal neurotransmitter and hormone activity (NOREPINEPHRINE and CORTISOL) Biochemical arousal and damage may also occur (HIPPOCAMPUS and AMYGDALA)

Which is NOT a factor of why people develop Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders?

What a set of positive attitudes protective against developing stress disorders

Mutilation and severe injury and witnessing the injury or death of others carry low risk of developing PTSD

About half of all PTSD cases improve within a year; remainder may persist for years
 after that

General goals for all PTSD programs include all BUT

Treatment for combat veterans include all but

What are a group of disorders in which some parts of one’s memory or identity seem to be dissociated, or separated, from other parts of one’s memory or identity

The key to our identity – the sense of who we are and where we fit in our environment is

Individuals with dissociative disorders typically experience the significant arousal, negative emotions, and other symptoms associated with the stress disorders

Which is not a Dissociative Disorder

Characteristics include inability to recall important information, usually of a stressful, personal nature and loss of memory not caused by physical factors, but directly triggered by a specific upsetting event

All forms of the disorder interferes mostly with memory for personal material but memory for abstract or encyclopedic information usually remains intact

Personal identities and details of their past are forgotten and fleeing to an entirely different location occurs. For some, the it is brief – a matter of hours or days for others, it is more severe: people may travel far from home, take a new name and establish new relationships, and even a new line of work; some display new personality characteristics. Tend to end abruptly

Two or more distinct subpersonalities develop with a unique set of memories, behaviors, thoughts, and emotions for each. One subpersonality dominates at any given time and transition to next personality is usually abrupt (switching)

Cases of this disorder were first reported almost three centuries ago
. Most cases are first diagnosed in late adolescence or early adulthood
. Women receive the diagnosis three times as often as men

Most common type of Dissociative Amnesia; loss of all memory of events occurring within a limited period

Type of Dissociative Amnesia dealing with loss of memory for some, but not all, events occurring within a period

Type of Dissociative Amnesia that involves loss of memory beginning with an event, but extending back in time; may lose sense of identity; may fail to recognize family and friends

Type of Dissociative Amnesia when forgetting continues into the future; quite rare in cases of dissociative amnesia

What is a mutually cognizant pattern?

How do sub-personalities differ?

Dissociative amnesia is a single episode of massive repression DID is thought to result from a lifetime of excessive repression, motivated by very traumatic childhood events

Which view states dissociative amnesia is a single episode of massive repression, while DID is thought to result from a lifetime of excessive repression, motivated by very traumatic childhood events


Which view states dissociation grows from normal memory processes and is a response learned through operant conditioning and dissociation is an escape behavior

People with dissociative amnesia often recover on their own
 and people with DID usually require treatment to regain their lost memories and develop an integrated personality