Final Exam Flashcards
In general, a trait is a long standing component of your personality, while a state is a temporary position you are in or a transient component of your personality?
A. True
B. False
A
The signs and symptoms of dependent personality disorder include an excessive need to be taken care of, difficulty making independent decisions, and fear of disagreeing with others
A. True
B. False
A
You can have more than one personality disorder even though you have one personality.
A. True
B. False
A
Fidelity, a principle contained in the OT Code of Ethics, embraces the idea that OTs should treat colleagues with respect and should use conflict resolution techniques to resolve interpersonal and organization conflicts.
A. True
B. False
A
List five ways the activity of gardening might help a person diagnosed with schizophrenia in the areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context, and environments, and client factors. Give one way for each of these 5 categories.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SHORT ANSWER QUESTION.
The most common personality disorder is:
A. Histrionic
B. Borderline
C. Schizoid
D. Not otherwise specified
D
NOS-She said that the lecturer said this during the lecture, we couldn’t find it in the notes!
Beginning in early adulthood a client begins expressing suspiciousness of others, becoming preoccupied with doubts about the loyalty of his friends, and reading threatening meanings to benign remarks. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Paranoid personality disorder
B. Antisocial Personality disorder
C. Schizoid Personality Disorder
D. Schizotypal Personality Disorder
A
To diagnose a personality disorder, the most indicative method is through using
A. Cluster of symptoms
B. MRI
C. Blood test
D. PET scan
A
When a person suffers from a Cluster A Personality Disorder, this person will generally experience avoidance tendencies.
A. True
B. False
B
- Cluster A is “odd/eccentric behaviors” such as paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal while cluster C would be avoidant (OCD, avoidant and dependent personality disorders. Cluster B is “dramatic and erratic” which are narcissistic, borderline, histrionic, and antisocial personality disorder.*
Tarasoff Law mandates outpatient treatment.
A. True
B. False
B
Tarasoff requires duty to protect or warn a third party only if the therapist believes or predicts the patient posed serious risk of injury to others
When a patient with schizophrenia expresses thoughts that shift from one subject to another in an incoherent fashion, which has no connection to reality this is best described as which of the following?
A. Loosening of associations
B. Flight of ideas
C. Circumstantiality
D. Tangentiality
A
Beneficence is a principle of the OT Code of Ethics, which means that the therapist must refrain from engaging in any sexual relationship or activity with a service recipient or their family even if it is consensual.
A. True
B. False
B
This describes nonmaleficence
Idealizing and devaluing a therapist by a client, which is also called splitting is a symptom that is associated with the follow two disorders.
A. Eating and schizoid personality disorder
B. Borderline and substance use disorders
C. Social anxiety and mild neurocognitive disorders
D. Antisocial and personality and PTSD
B
What severity level of autism would someone have who is requiring “very substantial support”?
A. Level 1
B. Level 2
C. Level 3 (There is no level 4!)
D. Level 4
C
Schizophrenia affects individuals from some ethnic and racial groups more than others.
A. True
B. False
B
Some racial and ethnic groups are more likely to be DIAGNOSED with schizophrenia, but it affects/is prevalent among all groups equally - 1% of the population.