Question 1

Which of the following symptoms constitutes the active stage in schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) Delusions 
B) Disordered speech and communication 
C) Hallucinations 
D) All of the above 
A) Delusions 
B) Disordered speech and communication 
C) Hallucinations 
D) All of the above

Question 2

Long term studies of schizophrenia have suggested that around _______ will remit after one or more active stage:

Accepted Answer

A) 28% 
B) 50% 
C) 10% 
D) 5% 
A) 28% 
B) 50% 
C) 10% 
D) 5%

Question 3

In schizophrenia,in which of the following ways might hallucinations be experienced?

Accepted Answer

A) Auditory 
B) Olfactory 
C) Gustatory 
D) All of the above 
A) Auditory 
B) Olfactory 
C) Gustatory 
D) All of the above

Question 4

The Individual Placement and Support (IPS)model is an example of ____:

Accepted Answer

A) A sheltered workshop 
B) A government-sponsored apprentice scheme 
C) Supported employment 
D) A randomised controlled trial 
A) A sheltered workshop 
B) A government-sponsored apprentice scheme 
C) Supported employment 
D) A randomised controlled trial

Question 5

Delusions are commonly experienced by around ______ of those individuals hospitalised because of their psychotic symptoms:

Accepted Answer

A) 25% 
B) 10% 
C) 75% 
D) 50% 
A) 25% 
B) 10% 
C) 75% 
D) 50%

Question 6

In schizophrenia,symptoms such as delusions,hallucinations,disorganised speech (e.g.incoherence),and grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) Negative symptoms 
B) Positive symptoms 
C) Mediating symptoms 
D) Catastrophic symptoms 
A) Negative symptoms 
B) Positive symptoms 
C) Mediating symptoms 
D) Catastrophic symptoms

Question 7

Which of the following are examples of grossly disorganised behaviour in schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) Behaviour may be childlike and silly and inappropriate for the person's chronological age 
B) Behaviour may be inappropriate to the context 
C) Behaviour may be unpredictable and agitated 
D) All of the above 
A) Behaviour may be childlike and silly and inappropriate for the person's chronological age 
B) Behaviour may be inappropriate to the context 
C) Behaviour may be unpredictable and agitated 
D) All of the above

Question 8

Applied family management goes beyond education and support to include:

Accepted Answer

A) A live in counsellor 
B) Financial support 
C) Active behavioural training 
D) Housing benefit 
A) A live in counsellor 
B) Financial support 
C) Active behavioural training 
D) Housing benefit

Question 9

One of the main aims of assertive community treatment is to:

Accepted Answer

A) Encourage care in the community 
B) Educate communities about mental health issues 
C) Create specific community centres 
D) Decrease the number of people being treated in hospital for mental health problems 
A) Encourage care in the community 
B) Educate communities about mental health issues 
C) Create specific community centres 
D) Decrease the number of people being treated in hospital for mental health problems

Question 10

Supportive family management can be used to:

Accepted Answer

A) Elect a notional head of the family 
B) Provide reassurance and a network of social support 
C) Enrol family members in further education 
D) Provide sex education 
A) Elect a notional head of the family 
B) Provide reassurance and a network of social support 
C) Enrol family members in further education 
D) Provide sex education

Question 11

In schizophrenia,reality-monitoring deficit refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) Problems distinguishing between what actually occurred and what did not 
B) Problems distinguishing between thoughts and ideas they generated themselves 
C) Problems with memory loss 
D) Problems with spatial ability 
A) Problems distinguishing between what actually occurred and what did not 
B) Problems distinguishing between thoughts and ideas they generated themselves 
C) Problems with memory loss 
D) Problems with spatial ability

Question 12

Which of the following are features of social labelling in schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) Others will begin to behave differently towards sufferers,and define any deviant behaviour as a symptom of schizophrenia 
B) The person who is diagnosed may themselves assume a 'role' as someone who has a disorder,and play that role to the detriment of other - perhaps more adaptive - roles 
C) The individual generates a self-fulfilling prophecy,in which a diagnosis leads to the individual,their family and friends behaving in ways which are likely to maintain pathological symptom 
D) All of the above 
A) Others will begin to behave differently towards sufferers,and define any deviant behaviour as a symptom of schizophrenia 
B) The person who is diagnosed may themselves assume a 'role' as someone who has a disorder,and play that role to the detriment of other - perhaps more adaptive - roles 
C) The individual generates a self-fulfilling prophecy,in which a diagnosis leads to the individual,their family and friends behaving in ways which are likely to maintain pathological symptom 
D) All of the above

Question 13

Which of the following are examples of prodromal symptoms?

Accepted Answer

A) Inappropriate emotions 
B) Deterioration of grey matter 
C) Withdrawal from social interaction 
D) All of the above 
A) Inappropriate emotions 
B) Deterioration of grey matter 
C) Withdrawal from social interaction 
D) All of the above

Question 14

Which of the flowing statements describes the double-bind hypothesis in Schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) Both parents actively encourage the individual to remain childlike and dependant 
B) A mother may repel all displays of affection 
C) A mother may demand excessive public displays of affection 
D) A mother may both request and repel displays of affection 
A) Both parents actively encourage the individual to remain childlike and dependant 
B) A mother may repel all displays of affection 
C) A mother may demand excessive public displays of affection 
D) A mother may both request and repel displays of affection

Question 15

A seminal study by Heston (1966)compared which kinds of children in order to establish the heritability of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) MZ twins 
B) DZ twins 
C) Adopted 
D) Physically disabled 
A) MZ twins 
B) DZ twins 
C) Adopted 
D) Physically disabled

Question 16

Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia may be at increased risk of a violent death due to which of the following factors?

Accepted Answer

A) They are likely to live in places where crime is more prevalent 
B) They might provoke the hostility of others because of their psychotic symptoms 
C) Their appearance 
D) All of the above 
A) They are likely to live in places where crime is more prevalent 
B) They might provoke the hostility of others because of their psychotic symptoms 
C) Their appearance 
D) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following are constructs of expressed emotion in schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) High levels of criticism 
B) Hostility 
C) Emotional involvement between key family members 
D) All of the above 
A) High levels of criticism 
B) Hostility 
C) Emotional involvement between key family members 
D) All of the above

Question 18

In cognitive theories of schizophrenia,which of the following are normal orienting responses?

Accepted Answer

A) Changes in skin conductance 
B) Changes in brain activity 
C) Changes in heart rate and blood pressure 
D) All of the above 
A) Changes in skin conductance 
B) Changes in brain activity 
C) Changes in heart rate and blood pressure 
D) All of the above

Question 19

In schizophrenia,when an individual believes that messages are being sent directly to their brain,this is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) Delusions of control 
B) Delusions of persecution 
C) Delusions of reference 
D) Delusions of grandeur 
A) Delusions of control 
B) Delusions of persecution 
C) Delusions of reference 
D) Delusions of grandeur

Question 20

Amphetamine psychosis results in disturbed behaviour patterns by:

Accepted Answer

A) Increasing production of norepinephrine 
B) Blocking the brain's dopamine receptor sites 
C) Increasing brain dopamine activity 
D) Increasing levels of cortisol 
A) Increasing production of norepinephrine 
B) Blocking the brain's dopamine receptor sites 
C) Increasing brain dopamine activity 
D) Increasing levels of cortisol

Which of the following symptoms constitutes the active stage in schizophrenia?

Long term studies of schizophrenia have suggested that around _______ will remit after one or more active stage:

In schizophrenia,in which of the following ways might hallucinations be experienced?

The Individual Placement and Support (IPS)model is an example of ____:

Delusions are commonly experienced by around ______ of those individuals hospitalised because of their psychotic symptoms:

In schizophrenia,symptoms such as delusions,hallucinations,disorganised speech (e.g.incoherence),and grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour are referred to as:

Which of the following are examples of grossly disorganised behaviour in schizophrenia?

Applied family management goes beyond education and support to include:

One of the main aims of assertive community treatment is to:

Supportive family management can be used to:

In schizophrenia,reality-monitoring deficit refers to:

Which of the following are features of social labelling in schizophrenia?

Which of the following are examples of prodromal symptoms?

Which of the flowing statements describes the double-bind hypothesis in Schizophrenia?

A seminal study by Heston (1966)compared which kinds of children in order to establish the heritability of schizophrenia?

Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia may be at increased risk of a violent death due to which of the following factors?

Which of the following are constructs of expressed emotion in schizophrenia?

In cognitive theories of schizophrenia,which of the following are normal orienting responses?

In schizophrenia,when an individual believes that messages are being sent directly to their brain,this is referred to as:

Amphetamine psychosis results in disturbed behaviour patterns by:

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Exam 8: Experiencing Psychosis: Schizophrenia Spectrum Problems

Which of the following symptoms constitutes the active stage in schizophrenia?

Long term studies of schizophrenia have suggested that around _______ will remit after one or more active stage:

In schizophrenia,in which of the following ways might hallucinations be experienced?

The Individual Placement and Support (IPS)model is an example of ____:

Delusions are commonly experienced by around ______ of those individuals hospitalised because of their psychotic symptoms:

In schizophrenia,symptoms such as delusions,hallucinations,disorganised speech (e.g.incoherence),and grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour are referred to as:

Which of the following are examples of grossly disorganised behaviour in schizophrenia?

Applied family management goes beyond education and support to include:

One of the main aims of assertive community treatment is to:

Supportive family management can be used to:

In schizophrenia,reality-monitoring deficit refers to:

Which of the following are features of social labelling in schizophrenia?

Which of the following are examples of prodromal symptoms?

Which of the flowing statements describes the double-bind hypothesis in Schizophrenia?

A seminal study by Heston (1966)compared which kinds of children in order to establish the heritability of schizophrenia?

Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia may be at increased risk of a violent death due to which of the following factors?

Which of the following are constructs of expressed emotion in schizophrenia?

In cognitive theories of schizophrenia,which of the following are normal orienting responses?

In schizophrenia,when an individual believes that messages are being sent directly to their brain,this is referred to as:

Amphetamine psychosis results in disturbed behaviour patterns by:

Introducing Psychopathology: Concepts, Paradigms and Practices

Classification and Assessment in Clinical Psychology

Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

Treating Psychopathology

Clinical Practice

Anxiety and Stressor-Related Problems

Depression and Mood Disorders

Substance Use Disorders

Eating Disorders

Sexual and Gender Problems

Personality Disorders

Somatic Symptom Disorders

Dissociative Experiences

Neurocognitive Disorders

Childhood and Adolescent Psychological Problems

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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