Psychological disorders have biological causes, symptoms, and cures

Psychological disorders are due to unconscious conflict

Psychological disorders are the result of nonsecure parental attachments

Psychological disorders have to do with incorrect conditioning

Psychological disorders are caused by unhelpful thought patterns

Fate

Biochemical imbalances

Cognitive biases

Unconscious conflict

Failure of self-realization

Psychodynamic theorists believe that OCD develops when children come to fear their own id impulses and use ego defense mechanisms to lessen the resulting anxiety. The id impulses usally take the form of obsessive thoughts, and the ego defenses appear as compulsive actions.

Psychodynamic theorists believe that abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter seratonin are responsible for obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions.

Psychodynamic theorists believe that all people have intrusive and unwanted thoughts. Some people, however, blame themselves for such thoughts; these people then start acting compulsively to neutralize the unwanted thoughts.

Psychodynamic theorists believe that certain people are predisposed to develop this disorder. Essentially, genetics is the determining factor and is solely responsible for this pattern of thinking/doing in certain people and not others.

None of these answers accurately represents the psychodynamic perspective on obsessive-compulsive disorder

Cognitive theorists believe that people with unipolar depression persistently view events and situations in life in negative ways. As a result of these defeatist perceptions, people sink into feelings of gloom, helplessness, and depression.

Cognitive theorists believe that depression results when a person's relationships leave them feeling insecure and unsafe.

Cognitive theorists believe that unipolar depression results from significant changes in the number of rewards and punishments people receive in their lives.

Cognitive theorists believe that, due to over-active neurotransmitters in the brain, people gradually begin to experience stronger and stronger depressive thoughts.

None of these answers represent the cognitive model for explaining unipolar depression

Developmental psychopathology

Adult psychopathology

Psychoanalysis

Humanism

Existential psychopathology

Biological theorists believe that generalized anxiety disorder is caused chiefly by biological factors. One associated belief is that, due to low activity of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), excessive worrying and anxiety manifests in a person.

Biological theorists believe that generalized anxiety stems from the unhealthy thinking patterns in a person. When a person has maladaptive assumptions (inaccurate and inappropriate beliefs), they tend to worry excessively and inappropriately.

Biological theorists believe that generalized anxiety arises when people stop looking honestly and acceptingly at themselves. Repeated denials of their true thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviors make these people extremely anxious and unable to fulfill their potential as human beings.

Biological theorists believe that generalized anxiety occurs when there are inadequacies in early relationships between children and their parents.

None of these answers accurately represents the biological perspective on generalized anxiety disorder

All of these answers are likely reasons why a person might develop post-traumatic stress disorder

Sexual assualt

Torture

Combat

Natural disaster

Diathesis-stress model: a model dependent on the idea that psychological disorders occur when a person is predisposed to the disorder and experiences significant stress.

Humanistic model: a model dependent on the idea that people are good, creative, and have free will.

Psychoanalytic theory: a theory that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are the result of conscious and subconscious interactions in the mind.

Learning model: a psychological approach dependent on the idea that behaviors result from learning and observation.

Cognitive psychology: a psychological approach dependent on the idea that mental processes affect thinking, memory, behavior, and problem solving.

Women have lower levels of aggression

Hormonal differences between the sexes

Women are sexually assaulted at higher rates than men

Women are more likely to seek help for their disorders than men

Societal power and control differences between the sexes

Thomas's family has a history of bipolar disorder, and he developed it after a trauma in his teen years.

Logan had several stressful life events, but does not develop depression.

Cara developed OCD at age 10, with a strong predisposition to the disorder and no clear external factors or life events contributing to it.

David's schizophrenia seems to stem from his abuse of psychoactive drugs, rather than a genetic predisposition to the disorder.

Ben has a family history of depression but does not develop it.