[E3] Chapter 12

Question 1

The definition of all psychological disorders is?

a. Impaired awareness and personality problems.
b. Out of touch with reality, hallucinations and delusions.
c. Uncontrolled neural activity resulting in neurotransmitter imbalances.
d. Behaviors and thoughts connected to distress and impaired functioning.

Answer 1

d. Behaviors and thoughts connected to distress and impaired functioning.

Question 2

Which is the important consideration in determining if someone has a psychological disorder?

a. Rate of such behavior is infrequent within the population.
b. The individual’s reality perception is impaired.
c. The person’s behavior is self-defeating or harmful to others.
d. All of the above

Answer 2

d. All of the above

Question 3

___________ is a legal term used when a defense lawyer is making the argument that the defendant was incapable of recognizing right from wrong.

a. Mental Disorder
b. Insanity
c. Idiosyncratic
d. Psychosis

Answer 3

b. Insanity

Question 4

Most psychologists now believe that a combination of cognitive, physical, and situational factors contribute to mental disorders. This is called the _______________ model of causality.

a. Classical conditioning
b. Psychodynamic
c. Biopsychosocial
d. Ethnocentric
e. Functional fixedness

Answer 4

c. Biopsychosocial

Question 5

When diagnosing a patient using the DSM, global assessment questions are used to determine?

a. Clinical syndrome
b. Prior levels of functioning
c. Personality problems
d. Medical conditions

Answer 5

b. Prior levels of functioning

Question 6

Slightly more than ____ of the population will experience a psychological disorder in any given year.

a. 1%
b. 15%
c. 25%
d. 55%

Answer 6

c. 25%

Question 7

A/an _____________ is an irrational or excessive fear of a specific object or event

a. Compulsion
b. Psychosis
c. Phobia
d. Delusion
e. Conversion

Answer 7

c. Phobia

Question 8

Reilly is anxious and irritable because he always thinks that something bad will happen. He worries how his day will go but everything is fine, he finds something else to worry about. It keeps him up at night and affects his daytime concentration. Reilly likely has _____________ disorder.

a. Dissociative identity
b. Generalized anxiety
c. Depression
d. Personality

Answer 8

b. Generalized anxiety

Question 9

Cindy wonders if she locked the door and she can’t stop thinking about this until she checks the door by locking and unlocking it five times. Cindy is showing symptoms of which disorder?

a. PTSD
b. GABA
c. ECT
d. OCD

Answer 9

d. OCD

Question 10

Social Cognitive theorists suggest that anxiety disorders are the result of

a. chemical or hormonal imbalances in the brain.
b. mentally exaggerating the degree of danger.
c. unconscious fears that manifest as physical symptoms.
d. expectations learned by observing fear reactions of others.

Answer 10

d. expectations learned by observing fear reactions of others.

Question 11

Dr. Thomas is unable to remember his name or that he is married with a family, but he did not forget that he is a dentist. If there is no damage to his brain it is possible this is_____________ disorder.

a. Bipolar
b. Generalized anxiety
c. Dissociative amnesia
d. Antisocial personality

Answer 11

c. Dissociative amnesia

Question 12

Dissociative Identity Disorder is diagnosed if it is confirmed that the patient has

a. uncontrollable repetitive thoughts and associated repetitive behaviors.
b. two or more distinct identities existing within the same person.
c. moved elsewhere, developed a new identity with no memory of their past.
d. consciously and persistently lied, cheated and violated the rights of others.

Answer 12

b. two or more distinct identities existing within the same person.

Question 13

Behaviorists suggest amnesias that are not organic in nature represent _______________. The person is avoiding bad consequences by not remembering who they are (and what they did).

a. Positive reinforcement
b. Negative reinforcement
c. Unconscious instinct
d. Universal archetypes

Answer 13

b. Negative reinforcement

Question 14

Randall insists he has a deadly illness but the medical tests come back negative and his doctor tells Randall that he is fine. If Randall persists in doctor visits for a non-existent illness then he may have?

a. Bipolar disorder
b. Somatoform disorder
c. Dissociative disorder
d. Panic disorder

Answer 14

b. Somatoform disorder

Question 15

If the person is focused on an imaginary physical problem to the point that they respond to their own self-suggestions and ignore reality, it suggests that ___________ is causing the conversion disorder.

a. Self-Hypnosis
b. Hormone imbalance
c. Operant conditioning
d. Repressed memory

Answer 15

a. Self-Hypnosis

Question 16

Key components of Major Depressive Disorder are

a. Poor reality testing and extreme mood changes from elation to depression.
b. Faulty perception of body image and failure to eat to the point of starvation.
c. Lack of energy, loss of self-esteem, unable to make decisions.
d. Repetitive negative thoughts and compulsive behaviors to try to control thought.

Answer 16

c. Lack of energy, loss of self-esteem, unable to make decisions.

Question 17

Tom has very high self-esteem and quickly starts on several different projects at once. Suddenly his self-esteem declines, he has no energy and he completely stops doing the projects as well as stops normal daily activities. If this cycle repeats itself, it is likely that Tom has

a. Dissociative disorder
b. Depression disorder
c. Obsessive Compulsive disorder
d. Bipolar disorder

Answer 17

d. Bipolar disorder

Question 18

According to the text, the biological perspective on depression is that it is associated with

a. underutilizing serotonin
b. excessive dopamine
c. lack of acetylcholine
d. excessive endorphins

Answer 18

a. underutilizing serotonin

Question 19

According to the cognitive approach, depression can be caused or made worse by

a. Reinforcement of attention for one’s problems and avoidance of responsibility.
b. Mentally attributing blame on internal and stable negative traits and behaviors.
c. A chemical imbalance causing underutilization of serotonin and norepinephrine.
d. Unconscious anger directed inward instead of outward toward the cause.

Answer 19

b. Mentally attributing blame on internal and stable negative traits and behaviors.

Question 20

In general all types of Schizophrenia involve problems with

a. Self-esteem and mood
b. Thoughts and reality perception
c. Levels of anxiety and stress
d. Identity and memory loss

Answer 20

b. Thoughts and reality perception

Question 21

Not surprisingly because schizophrenia primarily affects reasoning and reality perception, researchers are interested in brain scans of the

a. Prefrontal lobe
b. Parietal lobe
c. Hypothalamus
d. Cerebellum

Answer 21

a. Prefrontal lobe

Question 22

Catatonic Schizophrenia is characterized by which specific symptom listed below?

a. Disorganized delusions and inappropriate emotions.
b. Vivid hallucinations and organized complex delusions.
c. Severe impairment in motor function
d. Uncontrollable repetitive thoughts and behaviors.

Answer 22

c. Severe impairment in motor function

Question 23

Carol insists that her radio talks to her refrigerator and that’s why the food is all poisoned and she can’t eat it. The trouble is Carol is not telling you all this, you are there but she is arguing with someone who is not really there and only marginally recognizes you. Carol most likely has?

a. Paranoid schizophrenia
b. Dissociative disorder
c. Post-Traumatic stress disorder
d. Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 23

a. Paranoid schizophrenia

Question 24

Research on the causes of Schizophrenia utilizes ______________ methods defined as looking for consistent relationships between biological, genetic, and environmental stress factors.

a. Experimental
b. Correlational
c. Laboratory
d. Survey

Answer 24

b. Correlational

Question 25

Anyone diagnosed with a Personality disorder has

a. Low self-esteem, lack of energy, loss of motivation.
b. Inflexible, maladaptive thoughts, behaviors and motivations.
c. Hallucinations, delusions, and loss of touch with reality.
d. Extreme mood swings with no periods of mood stability.

Answer 25

b. Inflexible, maladaptive thoughts, behaviors and motivations.

Question 26

________________ personalities are characterized by peculiarities of thought such as excessive fantasy or suspicion but they can function in reality, they are not psychotic.

a. Antisocial
b. Generalized
c. Schizophrenic
d. Schizotypal

Answer 26

d. Schizotypal

Question 27

Paul has a long criminal record of breaking and entering. He has been caught many times and says he does it for the thrill, not the items taken. He has been punished repeatedly and this does not scare him. He feels no guilt about his behavior and says he will do it again. This suggests

a. Conversion disorder
b. Bipolar disorder
c. Antisocial personality disorder
d. Obsessive-Compulsive disorder

Answer 27

c. Antisocial personality disorder

Question 28

According to the psychoanalytic approach any personality disorder would reflect

a. Role modeling of inappropriate traits from parents, peers and the media.
b. Lack of neural activity in the associative areas of the prefrontal cortex
c. Poor social cognition, misinterpretation of other people’s intentions.
d. Failure to develop adequate ego mechanisms and moral conscience as a toddler.

Answer 28

d. Failure to develop adequate ego mechanisms and moral conscience as a toddler.