Question 1

Ralph cleans and scrubs the cupboards in his house seven times each day. Which anxiety disorder does this describe?

Accepted Answer

A)  generalized anxiety disorder 
B)  phobic disorder 
C)  obsessive-compulsive disorder 
D)  panic disorder 
A)  generalized anxiety disorder 
B)  phobic disorder 
C)  obsessive-compulsive disorder 
D)  panic disorder

Question 2

Individuals with ____ typically maintain a reasonably normal weight.

Accepted Answer

A)  anorexia nervosa 
B)  bulimia nervosa 
C)  both anorexia and bulimia nervosa 
D)  neither anorexia or bulimia nervosa 
A)  anorexia nervosa 
B)  bulimia nervosa 
C)  both anorexia and bulimia nervosa 
D)  neither anorexia or bulimia nervosa

Question 3

Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although they may be superficially charming, antisocial personalities rarely experience genuine affection for anyone. 
B)  Antisocial personalities are, by definition, violent criminals. 
C)  Antisocial personalities act as they do out of terror of punishment or humiliation. 
D)  Antisocial personalities tend to have an excessively high tolerance for frustration. 
A)  Although they may be superficially charming, antisocial personalities rarely experience genuine affection for anyone. 
B)  Antisocial personalities are, by definition, violent criminals. 
C)  Antisocial personalities act as they do out of terror of punishment or humiliation. 
D)  Antisocial personalities tend to have an excessively high tolerance for frustration.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that have been linked to the development of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa in young women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mothers who model unhealthy dieting behaviors for their daughters. 
B)  Parents who are negligent or uninvolved in their children's lives. 
C)  The presence of rigid, all-or-none thinking and maladaptive beliefs. 
D)  A genetic vulnerability to eating disorders. 
A)  Mothers who model unhealthy dieting behaviors for their daughters. 
B)  Parents who are negligent or uninvolved in their children's lives. 
C)  The presence of rigid, all-or-none thinking and maladaptive beliefs. 
D)  A genetic vulnerability to eating disorders.

Question 5

The cognitive approach to explaining the etiology of depressive disorders maintains that people who are more likely to develop depressive disorders tend to do all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  attribute their setbacks to personal flaws instead of to situational factors. 
B)  ruminate about, or dwell over, their depression. 
C)  misinterpret harmless situations as threatening. 
D)  have a pessimistic explanatory style. 
A)  attribute their setbacks to personal flaws instead of to situational factors. 
B)  ruminate about, or dwell over, their depression. 
C)  misinterpret harmless situations as threatening. 
D)  have a pessimistic explanatory style.

Question 6

Inadequate social skills, and therefore a decrease in sources of social support, have been suggested as factors that contribute to the development of

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety disorders. 
B)  dissociative disorders. 
C)  schizophrenic disorders. 
D)  depressive disorders. 
A)  anxiety disorders. 
B)  dissociative disorders. 
C)  schizophrenic disorders. 
D)  depressive disorders.

Question 7

Killian lets her husband keep all the financial records for the family, and she expects him to make all the decisions that affect the family. She refuses to make any decisions on her own, and if anything unexpected occurs, she calls her husband at work to ask for his advice. If Killian has a personality disorder, her symptoms are most consistent with those associated with disorders in the

Accepted Answer

A)  anxious/fearful cluster. 
B)  odd/eccentric cluster. 
C)  dramatic/impulsive cluster. 
D)  neurotic/dissociative cluster. 
A)  anxious/fearful cluster. 
B)  odd/eccentric cluster. 
C)  dramatic/impulsive cluster. 
D)  neurotic/dissociative cluster.

Question 8

Phobic disorders are to anxiety disorders as ____ disorders are to somatoform disorders.

Accepted Answer

A)  depressive 
B)  multiple-personality 
C)  conversion 
D)  panic 
A)  depressive 
B)  multiple-personality 
C)  conversion 
D)  panic

Question 9

There is considerable cross-cultural agreement that ____ psychological disorders such as ____ are clearly abnormal.

Accepted Answer

A)  less severe; generalized anxiety disorder and hypochondriasis 
B)  less severe; somatization disorder and phobic disorder 
C)  more severe; schizophrenia and bipolar disorder 
D)  more severe; dissociative identity disorder and conversion disorder 
A)  less severe; generalized anxiety disorder and hypochondriasis 
B)  less severe; somatization disorder and phobic disorder 
C)  more severe; schizophrenia and bipolar disorder 
D)  more severe; dissociative identity disorder and conversion disorder

Question 10

Pick two of the anxiety disorders and briefly describe the symptoms associated with each.

Accepted Answer

Answers to this question will

Question 11

What do the avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  mistrustfulness and the inability to connect emotionally with others 
B)  maladaptive efforts to control anxiety and fear 
C)  highly impulsive behavior 
D)  a flair for overdramatizing events 
A)  mistrustfulness and the inability to connect emotionally with others 
B)  maladaptive efforts to control anxiety and fear 
C)  highly impulsive behavior 
D)  a flair for overdramatizing events

Question 12

The observation that the development of psychological disorders involves an interplay among a variety of psychological, biological and social factors BEST reflects which unifying theme in psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  behavior is determined by multiple causes 
B)  people's experience of the world is highly subjective 
C)  psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context 
D)  psychology is empirical 
A)  behavior is determined by multiple causes 
B)  people's experience of the world is highly subjective 
C)  psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context 
D)  psychology is empirical

Question 13

Which pair of classes of psychological disorders listed below both show a strong influence of genetic factors on the development of the disorders?

Accepted Answer

A)  somatoform and dissociative disorders 
B)  mood and somatoform disorders 
C)  schizophrenic and dissociative disorders 
D)  mood and schizophrenic disorders 
A)  somatoform and dissociative disorders 
B)  mood and somatoform disorders 
C)  schizophrenic and dissociative disorders 
D)  mood and schizophrenic disorders

Question 14

Relapse rates are higher for schizophrenic patients who

Accepted Answer

A)  show structural abnormalities in the brain. 
B)  experienced obstetrical complications at birth. 
C)  have families low in expressed emotion. 
D)  have families high in expressed emotion. 
A)  show structural abnormalities in the brain. 
B)  experienced obstetrical complications at birth. 
C)  have families low in expressed emotion. 
D)  have families high in expressed emotion.

Question 15

Susan has withdrawn from social contact with others. She spends most of her time alone in her bedroom. She has stopped going to her job and no longer talks to her family on the phone. Additionally, Susan neglects her personal hygiene and rarely bathes, brushes her teeth, or changes clothes. Susan's behavior BEST illustrates which symptom of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A)  deterioration of adaptive behavior 
B)  hallucinations 
C)  disturbed emotions 
D)  irrational thought 
A)  deterioration of adaptive behavior 
B)  hallucinations 
C)  disturbed emotions 
D)  irrational thought

Question 16

Anorexia nervosa is associated with all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  dangerous measures to lose weight. 
B)  a disturbed body image. 
C)  an awareness that the behavior is maladaptive. 
D)  serious medical complications such as cardiac arrest. 
A)  dangerous measures to lose weight. 
B)  a disturbed body image. 
C)  an awareness that the behavior is maladaptive. 
D)  serious medical complications such as cardiac arrest.

Question 17

There appear to be some similarities between posttraumatic stress disorder (Chapter 13) and the dissociative disorders in that most cases of each type of disorder are thought to result from extreme stress. How would you justify creating separate classifications for these disorders?

Accepted Answer

Students should demonstrate an understan

Question 18

At this time, one of the major neurotransmitters that has been linked to schizophrenia is

Accepted Answer

A)  norepinephrine. 
B)  dopamine. 
C)  GABA. 
D)  acetylcholine. 
A)  norepinephrine. 
B)  dopamine. 
C)  GABA. 
D)  acetylcholine.

Question 19

Sophia has always been preoccupied with schedules, lists, and trivial details. She plans everything down to the last detail, and becomes very upset if things don't work out the way she has planned. Last week Sophia went in for a psychological assessment, and based on that assessment, she was told that she might have a personality disorder. Based on her behavior, it is MOST likely that Sophia has

Accepted Answer

A)  schizotypal personality disorder. 
B)  obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. 
C)  borderline personality disorder. 
D)  histrionic personality disorder. 
A)  schizotypal personality disorder. 
B)  obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. 
C)  borderline personality disorder. 
D)  histrionic personality disorder.

Question 20

Mood disorders have been associated with abnormal levels of the neurotransmitters

Accepted Answer

A)  GABA and serotonin. 
B)  serotonin and norepinephrine. 
C)  norepinephrine and dopamine. 
D)  dopamine and GABA. 
A)  GABA and serotonin. 
B)  serotonin and norepinephrine. 
C)  norepinephrine and dopamine. 
D)  dopamine and GABA.

Exam 28: Psychological Disorders Part 2

Ralph cleans and scrubs the cupboards in his house seven times each day. Which anxiety disorder does this describe?

Individuals with ____ typically maintain a reasonably normal weight.

Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that have been linked to the development of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa in young women?

The cognitive approach to explaining the etiology of depressive disorders maintains that people who are more likely to develop depressive disorders tend to do all of the following EXCEPT

Inadequate social skills, and therefore a decrease in sources of social support, have been suggested as factors that contribute to the development of

Phobic disorders are to anxiety disorders as ____ disorders are to somatoform disorders.

There is considerable cross-cultural agreement that ____ psychological disorders such as ____ are clearly abnormal.

Pick two of the anxiety disorders and briefly describe the symptoms associated with each.

What do the avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders have in common?

The observation that the development of psychological disorders involves an interplay among a variety of psychological, biological and social factors BEST reflects which unifying theme in psychology?

Which pair of classes of psychological disorders listed below both show a strong influence of genetic factors on the development of the disorders?

Relapse rates are higher for schizophrenic patients who

Anorexia nervosa is associated with all of the following EXCEPT

There appear to be some similarities between posttraumatic stress disorder (Chapter 13) and the dissociative disorders in that most cases of each type of disorder are thought to result from extreme stress. How would you justify creating separate classifications for these disorders?

At this time, one of the major neurotransmitters that has been linked to schizophrenia is

Mood disorders have been associated with abnormal levels of the neurotransmitters

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