4th-Psychiatry-Exam-Batch-2024

Question 1

Match each of the items with the appropriate answer:

The child is often anxious and angry

A. Disorganized attachment
B. Ambivalent attachment
C. Avoidant attachment
D. Secure attachment

Answer 1

B. Ambivalent attachment

Question 2

Match each of the items with the appropriate answer:

The child happily explores his/her environment

A. Disorganized attachment
B. Ambivalent attachment
C. Avoidant attachment
D. Secure attachment

Answer 2

D. Secure attachment

Question 3

Match each of the items with the appropriate answer:

The mother is inconsistent

A. Disorganized attachment
B. Ambivalent attachment
C. Avoidant attachment
D. Secure attachment

Answer 3

B. Ambivalent attachment

Question 4

Match each of the items with the appropriate answer:

The mother is sensitive and consistent

A. Disorganized attachment
B. Ambivalent attachment
C. Avoidant attachment
D. Secure attachment

Answer 4

D. Secure attachment

Question 5

Match each of the items with the appropriate answer:

The mother is erratic

A. Disorganized attachment
B. Ambivalent attachment
C. Avoidant attachment
D. Secure attachment

Answer 5

A. Disorganized attachment

Question 6

Match each of the items with the appropriate answer:

The child is completely passive

A. Disorganized attachment
B. Ambivalent attachment
C. Avoidant attachment
D. Secure attachment

Answer 6

A. Disorganized attachment

Question 7

Match each of the items with the appropriate answer:

The mother is disengaged

A. Disorganized attachment
B. Ambivalent attachment
C. Avoidant attachment
D. Secure attachment

Answer 7

C. Avoidant attachment

Question 8

Match each of the items with the appropriate answer:

The child is emotionally distant

A. Avoidant attachment
B. Secure attachment
C. Ambivalent attachment

Answer 8

C. Avoidant attachment

Question 9

Match the following types of adult attachment with their corresponding types of attachment in childhood.

Confident in one’s partner

A. Avoidant attachment
B. Secure attachment
C. Ambivalent attachment

Answer 9

B. Secure attachment

Question 10

Match the following types of adult attachment with their corresponding types of attachment in childhood.

Does not open up emotionally to one’s partner

A. Avoidant attachment
B. Secure attachment
C. Ambivalent attachment

Answer 10

A. Avoidant attachment

Question 11

Match the following types of adult attachment with their corresponding types of attachment in childhood.

Feels comfortable asking help from one’s partner

A. Avoidant attachment
B. Secure attachment
C. Ambivalent attachment

Answer 11

B. Secure attachment

Question 12

Match the following types of adult attachment with their corresponding types of attachment in childhood.

Always fears rejection from one’s partner

A. Avoidant attachment
B. Secure attachment
C. Ambivalent attachment

Answer 12

C. Ambivalent attachment

Question 13

Match the following types of adult attachment with their corresponding types of attachment in childhood.

Possessive towards one’s partner

A. Avoidant attachment
B. Secure attachment
C. Ambivalent attachment

Answer 13

C. Ambivalent attachment

Question 14

Match the following types of adult attachment with their corresponding types of attachment in childhood.

Prefers to be alone in life

A. Avoidant attachment
B. Secure attachment
C. Ambivalent attachment

Answer 14

A. Avoidant attachment

Question 15

14. The founder of the attachment theory is
    A. Erik Erikson
    B. Sigmund Freud
    C. Mary Ainsworth
    D. John Bowlby

Answer 15

D. John Bowlby

Question 16

15. Which of the following statements about the attachment theory is correct?
    A. There is no empirical evidence for it
    B. The child develops attachment by becoming dependent on its caregiver
    C. The child seeks attachment to a caregiver in order to feel secure
    D. There is no biological basis to it

Answer 16

C. The child seeks attachment to a caregiver in order to feel secure

Question 17

16. Secure attachment with another person is believed to occur when
    A. A psychological closeness is transformed to physical closeness
    B. There is a biological predisposition for proximity with the caregiver
    C. Physical closeness is transformed to psychological closeness
    D. The caregiver has developed secure attachment himself/herself

Answer 17

C. Physical closeness is transformed to psychological closeness

Question 18

17. Which of the following are considered as aspects of a secure attachment?
    A. Safe haven and secure base
    B. Safe and secure environment
    C. Consistent and predictable caregiver
    D. Physical and psychological closeness

Answer 18

A. Safe haven and secure base

Question 19

18. Which of the following statements best describes a safe haven?
    A. It is an environment that provides physical nourishment to the child in times of hunger
    B. It is an attachment figure who has developed secure attachment in childhood
    C. It is an attachment figure who provides a sense of security to the child in times of distress
    D. It is an environment that does not pose any physical dangers

Answer 19

C. It is an attachment figure who provides a sense of security to the child in times of distress

Question 20

19. This allows the infant to explore its world because of its confidence that the attachment figure can be relied upon if:
    A. Safe attachment
    B. Secure attachment
    C. Safe haven
    D. Secure base

Answer 20

D. Secure base

Question 21

20. Secure base and safe haven are synonymous with
    A. Nurturance and protection
    B. Psychological proximity and physical proximity
    C. Physical closeness and psychological closeness
    D. Love and care

Answer 21

A. Nurturance and protection

Question 22

21. At what age will the child’s attachment style be predictive of their responses to internal and external stimuli in adulthood?
    A. 2 years
    B. 1 year
    C. 5 years
    D. 13 years

Answer 22

B. 1 year

Question 23

22. The attachment style of child of a caregiver whose adult attachment style is insecure-anxious will most likely be
    A. Insecure-ambivalent
    B. Insecure-disorganized
    C. Secure
    D. Insecure-avoidant

Answer 23

A. Insecure-ambivalent

Question 24

23. Which type of attachment style in childhood may most likely lead to psychiatric illness in adulthood?
    A. Secure
    B. Anxious
    C. Disorganized
    D. Ambivalent

Answer 24

C. Disorganized

Question 25

24. At which age will the capacity to truly mentalize become established?
    A. 8 to 10 years
    B. 3 to 4 years
    C. 1 to 2 years
    D. 4 to 6 years

Answer 25

D. 4 to 6 years

Question 26

25. Match the following stages of cognitive development to their appropriate timelines.

Concrete operational stage

A. Birth to 2 years old
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 2 to 7 years old
D. 11 to 12 years old and beyond

Answer 26

B. 7 to 11 years old

Birth to 2 years old :Sensorimotor stage
2 to 7 years old : Preoperational stage
7 to 11 years old : Concrete operational stage
11 to 12 years old and beyond : Formal operational stage

Question 27

26. Match the following stages of cognitive development to their appropriate timelines.

Formal operational stage

A. Birth to 2 years old
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 2 to 7 years old
D. 11 to 12 years old and beyond

Answer 27

D. 11 to 12 years old and beyond

Birth to 2 years old :Sensorimotor stage
2 to 7 years old : Preoperational stage
7 to 11 years old : Concrete operational stage
11 to 12 years old and beyond : Formal operational stage

Question 28

27. Match the following stages of cognitive development to their appropriate timelines.

Preoperational stage

A. Birth to 2 years old
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 2 to 7 years old
D. 11 to 12 years old and beyond

Answer 28

C. 2 to 7 years old

Birth to 2 years old :Sensorimotor stage
2 to 7 years old : Preoperational stage
7 to 11 years old : Concrete operational stage
11 to 12 years old and beyond : Formal operational stage

Question 29

28. Match the following stages of cognitive development to their appropriate timelines.

Sensorimotor stage

A. Birth to 2 years old
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 2 to 7 years old
D. 11 to 12 years old and beyond

Answer 29

A. Birth to 2 years old

Birth to 2 years old :Sensorimotor stage
2 to 7 years old : Preoperational stage
7 to 11 years old : Concrete operational stage
11 to 12 years old and beyond : Formal operational stage

Question 30

26. Match the following types of thinking with their appropriate timelines.

Cause and effect

A. 11 years old to adolescence
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 18 to 24 months
D. 9 to 12 months
E. 2 to 7 years old

Answer 30

A. 11 years old to adolescence

Question 31

Match the following types of thinking with their appropriate timelines.

Symbolic thought

A. 11 years old to adolescence
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 18 to 24 months
D. 9 to 12 months
E. 2 to 7 years old

Answer 31

E. 2 to 7 years old

Question 32

Match the following types of thinking with their appropriate timelines.

Thinking about thoughts

A. 11 years old to adolescence
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 18 to 24 months
D. 9 to 12 months
E. 2 to 7 years old

Answer 32

B. 7 to 11 years old

Question 33

Match the following types of thinking with their appropriate timelines.

Object permanence

A. 11 years old to adolescence
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 18 to 24 months
D. 9 to 12 months
E. 2 to 7 years old

Answer 33

C. 18 to 24 months

Question 34

Match the following types of thinking with their appropriate timelines.

Magical thinking

A. 11 years old to adolescence
B. 7 to 11 years old
C. 18 to 24 months
D. 9 to 12 months
E. 2 to 7 years old

Answer 34

D. 9 to 12 months

Question 35

27. Jim, a 3-year old boy, is enthusiastically sharing his first visit to the zoo to his teacher. When his teacher asks him when this happened he replies” when my parents brought me there.” Among children of Jim’s age group, which type of thinking is this reflective of?
    A. Phenomenalistic causality
    B. Egocentrism
    C. Animistic thinking
    D. Immanent justice

Answer 35

B. Egocentrism

Question 36

28. While running around their living room Mitch, a 5-year old girl, accidentally trips and hits her forehead on the tabletop. She cries intensely and her mom runs to her rescue. In order to calm her down, Mitch’s mom slaps the tabletop and says, “Bad table, don’t hurt my darling Mitch!” Among children of Mitch’s age group, which type of thinking is this reflective of?
    A. Reversibility
    B. Immanent justice
    C. Animistic thinking
    D. Object permanence

Answer 36

C. Animistic thinking

Question 37

29. The works of Jean Piaget centered on the mechanisms by which thinking and knowledge acquisition come about
    A. True
    B. False

Answer 37

A. True

Question 38

30. Adults who are under great stress may regress to preoperational, egocentric, & animistic thinking.
    A. True
    B. False

Answer 38

A. True

Question 39

31. Steve, a 5-year old boy who is presented with a ball of clay. The clay is later rolled into a long, thin sausage shape and Steve is asked which form has more clay. He responds by saying that there is more clay in the sausage-shaped form. Which stage of cognitive development is Steve at?
    A. Sensorimotor
    B. Preoperational
    C. Concrete operations
    D. Formal operations

Answer 39

B. Preoperational

Question 40

32. Kevin is a grade schooler. He knows that water can turn into ice and vice-versa. What ability is Kevin demonstrating?
    A. Syllogistic reasoning
    B. Reversibility
    C. Conversation
    D. Animistic thinking

Answer 40

B. Reversibility

Question 41

33. Robert is a 3-year old boy. One day, his dog scratched his hand while they were playing. He was in terrible pain that he wished his dog would die. Several months later, Robert’s dog died from a heart infection. He believed that his dog’s death was caused by his wish that it would die. What type of thinking is Robert demonstrating?
    A. Immanent justice
    B. Object permanence
    C. Animistic thinking
    D. Phenomenalistic causality

Answer 41

D. Phenomenalistic causality

Question 42

34. Bea is a 2-year old girl. Whenever her mother disappears from sight, she no longer becomes agitated. This is best explained by Bea’s achievement of
    A. Animistic thinking
    B. Immanent justice
    C. Object permanence
    D. Phenomenalistic causality

Answer 42

C. Object permanence

Question 43

35. Nina is a 6-year old girl. When asked to draw a bird, she comes up with a figure that represents the animal. This ability of Nina is called
    A. Egocentric thinking
    B. Animistic thinking
    C. Animistic thinking
    D. Semiotic function

Answer 43

D. Semiotic function

Question 44

36. According to Jean Piaget, a schema is a
    A. Process of improving one’s self esteem
    B. Building block of intellectual development
    C. Mechanism by which one learns to talk
    D. Plan to outwits one’s opponents

Answer 44

B. Building block of intellectual development

Question 45

37. Jean Piaget defined assimilation as the process of
    A. Learning how to think
    B. Remembering old schemas
    C. Changing old schemas
    D. Fitting new objects into schemas

Answer 45

D. Fitting new objects into schemas

Question 46

38. Ben is a 2-year old boy who has learned from the books he has read about dogs, cows, fish, and birds. When he visited his grandmother in the farm he saw a goat for the first time. He joyfully pointed it and screamed, “Doggie! Doggie!” His mom corrected him by saying, “No honey, that’s not a doggie. That’s a goat.” Later on, when young Ben went to the farm and saw a goat he exclaimed, “Goat! Goat!” What process of thinking did Ben demonstrate when he called the goat a dog?
    A. Accommodation
    B. Assimilation
    C. Delusion
    D. Hallucination

Answer 46

B. Assimilation

Question 47

39. Ben is a 2-year old boy who has learned from the books he has read about dogs, cows, fish, and birds. When he visited his grandmother in the farm he saw a goat for the first time. He joyfully pointed it and screamed, “Doggie! Doggie!” His mom corrected him by saying, “No honey, that’s not a doggie. That’s a goat.” Later on, when young Ben went to the farm and saw a goat he exclaimed, “Goat! Goat!” What process of thinking did Ben demonstrate when he was able to identify the goat?
    A. Insight
    B. Assimilation
    C. Accommodation
    D. Adaptation

Answer 47

C. Accommodation

Question 48

40. Jean Piaget defined accommodation as the process of
    A. Changing schemas to fit new objects
    B. Establishing compassion for others
    C. Becoming flexible with other people
    D. Learning right from wrong

Answer 48

A. Changing schemas to fit new objects

Question 49

41. Cheryl is a 1-year old girl who learns about objects around her by grasping them and putting them inside her mouth.
    A. Reflexive symbol action
    B. Preoperational stage
    C. Sensorimotor stage
    D. Formal operations

Answer 49

C. Sensorimotor stage

Question 50

42. Which of the following statements best describes object permanence?
    A. An object exists in the mind of a child even if it is out of sight
    B. An object can only exist if a child has normal sensorimotor functioning
    C. An object ceases to exist in the mind of a child when it disappears from sight
    D. An object can only exist in the mind of a child if its within sight

Answer 50

A. An object exists in the min

Question 51

43. Ms. D is a 45-year old bank manager who develops a depression after her restaurant business went bankrupt. She has always been proud of her material possessions and continues to motivate herself in increasing her economic status in life. She believes that this is her main source of fulfillment in life. Which models of mental health is most appropriate to us in assessing her case?
    A. Mental health as social and emotional intelligence
    B. Mental health as positive psychology
    C. Mental health as above normal
    D. Mental health as resilience

Answer 51

D. Mental health as resilience

Question 52

44. Ms. D is a 45-year old bank manager who develops a depression after her restaurant business went bankrupt. She has always been proud of her material possessions and continues to motivate herself in increasing her economic status in life. In using the model of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, her needs may best be classified as
    A. Safety
    B. Biological and physiological
    C. Self-actualization
    D. Belongingness and love

Answer 52

C. Self-actualization

Question 53

45. All of the following are considered components of positive mental health except for
    A. Good family support
    B. High intelligence quotient
    C. An anxiety provoking workplace
    D. Openness

Answer 53

C. An anxiety provoking workplace

Question 54

46. Which of the following statements best describes a good clinician?
    A. He/she uses a particular model of mental health for particular patients
    B. He/she consistently espouses one model of mental health for all of his/her patients
    C. He/she remains faithful to the biomedical model
    D. He/she knows when to use a particular model of mental health at a particular point in time

Answer 54

A. He/she uses a particular model of mental health for particular patients

Question 55

47. “Anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not easy.” These words capture of _____ the essence f social-emotional intelligence (SEI).
    A. George Vaillant B. Aristotle
    C. Sigmund Freud
    D. Voltaire

Answer 55

B. Aristotle

Question 56

48. Who provided the first model of adult social development and used this model to define mental health?
    A. Sigmund Freud
    B. George Vaillant
    C. Harry Stack Sullivan
    D. Erik Erikson

Answer 56

D. Erik Erikson

Question 57

49. The highest indication of mental health or maturity according to Erik Erikson is
    A. Integrity
    B. Trust
    C. Identity
    D. Autonomy

Answer 57

A. Integrity

Question 58

50. Joey is a 16-year old high school boy who starts to adopt colloquial words from his peers that his parents find inappropriate for their social status. According to Erik Erikson, Joey is manifesting which task of human development?
    A. Integrity
    B. Generativity
    C. Trust
    D. Identity

Answer 58

D. Identity

Question 59

51. Mr. Reyes is a 75-year old man who heads a big family. In his old age, he ensures that religious rituals are preserved in his family especially among his grandchildren. Mr. Reyes is demonstrating which task of adult development?
    A. Integrity
    B. Career consolidation
    C. Generativity
    D. Keeper of the meaning

Answer 59

D. Keeper of the meaning

Question 60

52. Karen has no difficulty acknowledging and “laughing” at her own mistakes and incapacities. What kind of defense mechanism is she most likely using?
    A. Humor
    B. Sublimation
    C. Anticipation
    D. Altruism

Answer 60

A. Humor

Question 61

53. Match the models of mental health with their appropriate descriptions or examples.

Mental health as positive psychology

A. Accurate recognition of and response to emotions in others
B. Consciously seeking strategies to cope with stresses
C. Raises global assessment of functioning from a score of 75 to 90
D. The Nun Study
E. Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of life

Answer 61

C. Raises global assessment of functioning from a score of 75 to 90

Question 62

54. Match the models of mental health with their appropriate descriptions or examples.

Mental health as subjective well-being

A. Accurate recognition of and response to emotions in others
B. Consciously seeking strategies to cope with stresses
C. Raises global assessment of functioning from a score of 75 to 90
D. The Nun Study
E. Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of life

Answer 62

D. The Nun Study

Question 63

55. Match the models of mental health with their appropriate descriptions or examples.

Mental health as maturity

A. Accurate recognition of and response to emotions in others
B. Consciously seeking strategies to cope with stresses
C. Raises global assessment of functioning from a score of 75 to 90
D. The Nun Study
E. Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of life

Answer 63

E. Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of life

Question 64

56. Match the models of mental health with their appropriate descriptions or examples.

Mental health as socio-emotional intelligence

A. Accurate recognition of and response to emotions in others
B. Consciously seeking strategies to cope with stresses
C. Raises global assessment of functioning from a score of 75 to 90
D. The Nun Study
E. Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of life

Answer 64

A. Accurate recognition of and response to emotions in others

Question 65

57. Match the models of mental health with their appropriate descriptions or examples.

Mental health as resilience

A. Accurate recognition of and response to emotions in others
B. Consciously seeking strategies to cope with stresses
C. Raises global assessment of functioning from a score of 75 to 90
D. The Nun Study
E. Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of life

Answer 65

B. Consciously seeking strategies to cope with stresses