------------------- is characterised by a distressing preoccupation with imagined defects in appearance, while a strong, persistent, and unwarranted fear of some specific object or situation characterises ------------------.

Mr. Khuliso, a 68-year-old retired teacher, is brought in by his daughter. Over the past six months, he has shown significant changes: he places inedible objects in his mouth, struggles to use common tools like a fork, and shows reduced concern for social rules. On examination, his cognition is moderately impaired. His MRI reveals cortical atrophy.

Which of the following terms best explains Mr. Khuliso's tendency to put objects in his mouth?

Which of the following

statements best highlights a key difference between Major Depressive Disorder

(MDD) and Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD)?

An insufficient care can be a traumatic experience for children. A pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn behaviour toward adult caregivers that manifests in the form of a child rarely seeking comfort when distressed or minimally responding to comfort when distressed refers to------------. 

According to the American

Psychiatric Association (2022, p. 349), Somatic Symptom Disorder is characterised

by a pattern of reporting and reacting to pain, distressing physical or bodily

symptoms. Which of the following statements is the most correct about Somatic

Symptom Disorder?

Mrs Mgomezulu lost her husband, to whom she was married for 36 years. A few months after her husband’s passing, Mrs Mgomezulu consulted a family physician who diagnosed her with uncontrollable hypertension and depression. After realising that the anti-depressants prescribed to Mrs Mgomezulu had little effect, the physician booked her into a psychiatric hospital in Hartbeespoort for further treatment. The treatment Mrs Mgomezulu will receive in the hospital is considered to be a form of ---------------------------.

During his lecture to a group

of third-year psychology students, Dr Bubbles said, “The role of a psychologist

is to help individuals experiencing psychological distress to gain insight into

their unconscious processes”.  This

statement refers to the--------------------model of mental disorders.

According to the multipath

model outlined by Sue et al. (2025), which combination of factors most

comprehensively explains the development of Substance Use Disorders?

Sipho and Siphokazi began working as telemarketers at an insurance company on the same day, and two weeks later ,

they started dating. Siphokazi constantly monitors Sipho at work and does not

like it when Sipho engages in light conversations with female colleagues in the

office. Siphokazi is convinced that her female colleagues are “after her man”,

which makes her feel threatened. Siphokazi tends to follow Sipho wherever he

goes. This makes him uncomfortable as he no longer enjoys interacting with

colleagues. One day, she accused Sipho of “taking too long in the bathroom

because he needed privacy to speak to one of his girlfriends”. Siphokazi made

it clear that Sipho is not allowed to have the phone numbers of female colleagues.

Hence, she constantly browsed his phone to check his call records, texts and

WhatsApp messages. Recently, Sipho realised that some of the important contact

numbers had been deleted from his phone, and when he asked Siphokazi, she

denied it, even though she had deleted them. Sipho and Siphokazi share the same

telecentre office. On one occasion, Sipho was laughing on a call with a

potential client, and Siphokazi accused her of flirting with clients. This made

him upset, and he decided to end the relationship with Siphokazi as he could no

longer keep up with her unreasonable jealousy and embarrassing stalking

behaviours.

If you were the Clinical

Psychologist managing Siphokazi's case, how would you classify her behaviour

according to the DSM-5-TR classification system?

The -------------model views abnormal behaviour as a result of childhood experiences, unconscious conflicts and instinctual drives.