ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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having a phobia
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having major depressive disorder
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having a language disorder
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having generalized anxiety disorder
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sharon is continually tense, jittery, and apprehensive for no specific reason. She would probably be diagnosed as suffering a(n): D) generalized anxiety disorder. 16.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anxiety Disorders (cont.) An anxiety disorder in which a person is continuously tense, apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal (“free-floating” anxiety).
Detailed explanation-3: -Generalized Anxiety Disorder, GAD, is an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic anxiety, exaggerated worry and tension, even when there is little or nothing to provoke it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Antisocial personality disorder is a particularly challenging type of personality disorder characterised by impulsive, irresponsible and often criminal behaviour. Someone with antisocial personality disorder will typically be manipulative, deceitful and reckless, and will not care for other people’s feelings.
Detailed explanation-5: -Generally, the worries are future oriented-– about what might happen rather than what is happening. Even when there is no cause for alarm, a person with GAD might worry about health, finances, family issues, and work or study performance.