Disturbances in mood that are serious enough to impair daily functioning are called ______.

Disturbances in mood that are serious enough to impair daily functioning are called ______.
 
  a. adjustment disorders c. anxiety disorders
   b. personality disorders d. mood disorders

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of phobias?
 
  a. They usually involve fears of out-of -the-ordinary things.
  b. Phobic individuals do not usually recognize that their fears are excessive or unreasonable.
  c. Different types of phobias usually appear at different ages.
  d. Phobic individuals experience fear typical proportional to the actual threat posed
   by what they fear.

Question 3

Randy's father recently died in an automobile accident. Since his father's death, Randy has appeared emotionally unchanged but is now frequently truant from school, engages in reckless driving, and fights with other teens.
 
  A suitable diagnosis for Randy might be a (n) ___________.
   a. adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotion and conduct
   b. adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
   c. adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
   d. adjustment disorder unspecified

Question 4

Enduring states of feeling that color our psychological lives are called ______.
 
  a. motivational states c. drives
   b. moods d. traits

Question 5

Don is shy, inhibited, and withdrawn. He is quiet, reserved, and lacks self-confidence.
   He does not like crowds or parties and tends to be anxious in social situations. He is
   most likely to score high on the ______ scale of the MMPI.
 
  a. depression c. social introversion
   b. masculinity-femininity d. psychasthenia

Question 6

Mel has an excessive, unrealistic fear of tight, enclosed spaces. His phobia is ______.
 
  a. agoraphobia c. claustrophobia
   b. acrophobia d. hydrophobia