Two DSM-5 categories are defined primarily by the presence
of extreme, intense, and long-lasting emotions in which the afflicted persons may be extremely depressed or alternate between mania and depression with some persons even having psychotic symptoms. Collectively, these two categories are sometimes referred to as
__________ disorders.
a. anxiety
b. somatic symptom
c. dissociative
d. mood
ANSWER: d
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Niwako has sustained an injury to her brain that causes her to have great difficulty in
following moving objects with her eyes, especially when she, too, is moving. For example, she has difficulty catching a baseball while on the run. Based on this information, we might best conclude that Niwako's __________ has been damaged. a. midbrain b. prefrontal cortex c. basal ganglia d. cerebellum e. hypothalamus
Which of the following statements best encapsulates the relationship between stress and physical illness according to psycho-neuroimmunologists?
a. Stress compromises the body's immune system, leaving a person vulnerable to illness. b. Stress increases the production of natural killer cells, which causes cell death and leads to illness. c. Stress causes high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer. d. Stress has no direct relationship to physical illness, though physicians tell us that these things are related so that we will be more willing to take unnecessary medications. e. Stress is the single biggest cause of cancer, and research has repeatedly confirmed this.