Question 1

Multiple personalities, or dissociative identity disorder, often begins

Accepted Answer

A)  as a result of combat exhaustion. 
B)  in adulthood as a response to unremitting phobias. 
C)  as a consequence of obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
D)  in childhood as a result of unbearable experiences. 
A)  as a result of combat exhaustion. 
B)  in adulthood as a response to unremitting phobias. 
C)  as a consequence of obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
D)  in childhood as a result of unbearable experiences.

Question 2

Regarding gender differences in anxiety disorders, it was found that

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A)  more women than men have both generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder. 
B)  more men than women have both generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder. 
C)  more women have generalized anxiety, while more men have panic disorder. 
D)  more men have generalized anxiety, while more women have panic disorder. 
A)  more women than men have both generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder. 
B)  more men than women have both generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder. 
C)  more women have generalized anxiety, while more men have panic disorder. 
D)  more men have generalized anxiety, while more women have panic disorder.

Question 3

Regarding adjustment disorders and anxiety disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adjustment disorder is a type of trauma-and stressor-related disorders. 
B)  Rest, sedation, and counseling are often sufficient to relieve the symptoms of adjustment disorders. 
C)  People with adjustment disorders generate their own misery, regardless of what is happening around them. 
D)  The term nervous breakdown has no formal meaning but comes closest to the clinical diagnosis of an adjustment disorder. 
A)  Adjustment disorder is a type of trauma-and stressor-related disorders. 
B)  Rest, sedation, and counseling are often sufficient to relieve the symptoms of adjustment disorders. 
C)  People with adjustment disorders generate their own misery, regardless of what is happening around them. 
D)  The term nervous breakdown has no formal meaning but comes closest to the clinical diagnosis of an adjustment disorder.

Question 4

Psychological dependence on mood- or behavior-altering drugs is classified in the DSM-5 as a

Accepted Answer

A)  drug psychosis. 
B)  substance use and addictive disorder. 
C)  paraphilic disorder. 
D)  disruptive, impulse control, and conduct disorder. 
A)  drug psychosis. 
B)  substance use and addictive disorder. 
C)  paraphilic disorder. 
D)  disruptive, impulse control, and conduct disorder.

Question 5

Regarding the causes of mood disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  When a depression appears to be produced from within, perhaps by chemical imbalances in the brain, rather than as a reaction to life events, it is said to be exogenous. 
B)  Heredity appears to be a major factor in the more severe (major)mood disorders, especially bipolar disorders. 
C)  People who have a particular version of a gene are more likely to become depressed when they are stressed. 
D)  If one identical twin is depressed, the other has a 67 percent chance of suffering from depression with a probability of 19 percent of both fraternal twins becoming depressed. 
A)  When a depression appears to be produced from within, perhaps by chemical imbalances in the brain, rather than as a reaction to life events, it is said to be exogenous. 
B)  Heredity appears to be a major factor in the more severe (major)mood disorders, especially bipolar disorders. 
C)  People who have a particular version of a gene are more likely to become depressed when they are stressed. 
D)  If one identical twin is depressed, the other has a 67 percent chance of suffering from depression with a probability of 19 percent of both fraternal twins becoming depressed.

Question 6

Which of the following is an outdated term that people use loosely to refer to problems involving excessive anxiety?

Accepted Answer

A)  neurosis 
B)  insanity 
C)  psychosis 
D)  depersonalization 
A)  neurosis 
B)  insanity 
C)  psychosis 
D)  depersonalization

Question 7

Culturally disapproved-of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels.The so-called "mental disorder" for a woman that had a healthy sexual appetite was known as

Accepted Answer

A)  anarchia. 
B)  nymphomania. 
C)  self-defeating personality. 
D)  drapetomania. 
A)  anarchia. 
B)  nymphomania. 
C)  self-defeating personality. 
D)  drapetomania.

Question 8

Negative symptoms of psychosis would include

Accepted Answer

A)  a flat affect. 
B)  delusions. 
C)  hallucinations. 
D)  all of these. 
A)  a flat affect. 
B)  delusions. 
C)  hallucinations. 
D)  all of these.

Question 9

An obsession is to a compulsion as an unwanted thought is to an unwanted

Accepted Answer

A)  emotion. 
B)  phobia. 
C)  behavior. 
D)  anxiety. 
A)  emotion. 
B)  phobia. 
C)  behavior. 
D)  anxiety.

Question 10

Emotional misery increases and health care providers have more difficulty in diagnosing and treating a person when he or she suffers from more than one mental disorder at the same time, a condition known as

Accepted Answer

A)  cyclothymia. 
B)  psychosis. 
C)  comorbidity. 
D)  a conversion reaction. 
A)  cyclothymia. 
B)  psychosis. 
C)  comorbidity. 
D)  a conversion reaction.

Question 11

Regarding the development of schizophrenia, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  The older a man is when he fathers a child, the more likely it is that his child will develop schizophrenia because of genetic mutations in aging male reproductive cells. 
B)  Schizophrenia is more common among close relatives and tends to run in families. 
C)  When children of schizophrenic parents are raised away from their chaotic home environment, they are significantly less likely to become psychotic. 
D)  The risk of developing schizophrenia for the general population is one percent. 
A)  The older a man is when he fathers a child, the more likely it is that his child will develop schizophrenia because of genetic mutations in aging male reproductive cells. 
B)  Schizophrenia is more common among close relatives and tends to run in families. 
C)  When children of schizophrenic parents are raised away from their chaotic home environment, they are significantly less likely to become psychotic. 
D)  The risk of developing schizophrenia for the general population is one percent.

Question 12

People with which of the following disorders are usually mothers who fabricate their children's illnesses and sometimes even deliberately harm their children to make them sick?

Accepted Answer

A)  somatization disorder 
B)  Klinefelter's syndrome 
C)  Munchausen syndrome by proxy 
D)  conversion disorder 
A)  somatization disorder 
B)  Klinefelter's syndrome 
C)  Munchausen syndrome by proxy 
D)  conversion disorder

Question 13

Gene's personality disintegration is extreme.He is experiencing fragmented delusions and auditory hallucinations and engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behaviors and speech.Gene's extreme form of schizophrenia is sometimes referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  disorganized. 
B)  borderline. 
C)  catatonic. 
D)  dissociative. 
A)  disorganized. 
B)  borderline. 
C)  catatonic. 
D)  dissociative.

Question 14

People who are impulsive, selfish, dishonest, emotionally shallow, and manipulative and who are poorly socialized and seem incapable of feeling guilt, shame, fear, loyalty, or love would be diagnosed with which type of personality disorder?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​antisocial 
B)  ​borderline 
C)  schizoid 
D)  ​paranoid 
A)  ​antisocial 
B)  ​borderline 
C)  schizoid 
D)  ​paranoid

Question 15

People with schizophrenia have a great deal of difficulty focusing on one item of information at a time with many of their symptoms being related to this problem with __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of People with schizophrenia have a great deal...

Question 16

Changing the thinking patterns of anxious individuals can greatly lessen their fears, according to __________ therapists.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive 
B)  behavioral 
C)  humanistic-existential 
D)  psychodynamic 
A)  cognitive 
B)  behavioral 
C)  humanistic-existential 
D)  psychodynamic

Question 17

Although the common term of "nervous breakdown" has no formal clinical meaning, it would come closest to which DSM-5 diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

A)  neurocognitive disorder 
B)  specific phobia 
C)  adjustment disorder 
D)  dissociative disorder 
A)  neurocognitive disorder 
B)  specific phobia 
C)  adjustment disorder 
D)  dissociative disorder

Question 18

In defining abnormality, theidea that judgments are made comparable to the values of the society in which one lives is called

Accepted Answer

A)  ​ethnocentricism. 
B)  ​social conformity. 
C)  ​cultural relativity. 
D)  ​behavioral norms. 
A)  ​ethnocentricism. 
B)  ​social conformity. 
C)  ​cultural relativity. 
D)  ​behavioral norms.

Question 19

Emotional disturbance caused by ongoing stressors within the range of common experience is referred to as a(n)__________ disorder.

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety 
B)  cyclothymic 
C)  adjustment 
D)  dissociative 
A)  anxiety 
B)  cyclothymic 
C)  adjustment 
D)  dissociative

Question 20

To correctly identify mental disorders and select the best therapies to treat them, psychologists use the

Accepted Answer

A)  WAIS-IV. 
B)  16 PF. 
C)  MBTI. 
D)  DSM-5. 
A)  WAIS-IV. 
B)  16 PF. 
C)  MBTI. 
D)  DSM-5.

Multiple personalities, or dissociative identity disorder, often begins

Regarding gender differences in anxiety disorders, it was found that

Regarding adjustment disorders and anxiety disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Psychological dependence on mood- or behavior-altering drugs is classified in the DSM-5 as a

Regarding the causes of mood disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is an outdated term that people use loosely to refer to problems involving excessive anxiety?

Culturally disapproved-of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels.The so-called "mental disorder" for a woman that had a healthy sexual appetite was known as

Negative symptoms of psychosis would include

An obsession is to a compulsion as an unwanted thought is to an unwanted

Emotional misery increases and health care providers have more difficulty in diagnosing and treating a person when he or she suffers from more than one mental disorder at the same time, a condition known as

Regarding the development of schizophrenia, which of the following statements is FALSE?

People with which of the following disorders are usually mothers who fabricate their children's illnesses and sometimes even deliberately harm their children to make them sick?

Gene's personality disintegration is extreme.He is experiencing fragmented delusions and auditory hallucinations and engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behaviors and speech.Gene's extreme form of schizophrenia is sometimes referred to as

People who are impulsive, selfish, dishonest, emotionally shallow, and manipulative and who are poorly socialized and seem incapable of feeling guilt, shame, fear, loyalty, or love would be diagnosed with which type of personality disorder?

People with schizophrenia have a great deal of difficulty focusing on one item of information at a time with many of their symptoms being related to this problem with __________.

Changing the thinking patterns of anxious individuals can greatly lessen their fears, according to __________ therapists.

Although the common term of "nervous breakdown" has no formal clinical meaning, it would come closest to which DSM-5 diagnosis?

In defining abnormality, theidea that judgments are made comparable to the values of the society in which one lives is called

Emotional disturbance caused by ongoing stressors within the range of common experience is referred to as a(n)__________ disorder.

To correctly identify mental disorders and select the best therapies to treat them, psychologists use the

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Multiple personalities, or dissociative identity disorder, often begins

Regarding gender differences in anxiety disorders, it was found that

Regarding adjustment disorders and anxiety disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Psychological dependence on mood- or behavior-altering drugs is classified in the DSM-5 as a

Regarding the causes of mood disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is an outdated term that people use loosely to refer to problems involving excessive anxiety?

Culturally disapproved-of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels.The so-called "mental disorder" for a woman that had a healthy sexual appetite was known as

Negative symptoms of psychosis would include

An obsession is to a compulsion as an unwanted thought is to an unwanted

Emotional misery increases and health care providers have more difficulty in diagnosing and treating a person when he or she suffers from more than one mental disorder at the same time, a condition known as

Regarding the development of schizophrenia, which of the following statements is FALSE?

People with which of the following disorders are usually mothers who fabricate their children's illnesses and sometimes even deliberately harm their children to make them sick?

Gene's personality disintegration is extreme.He is experiencing fragmented delusions and auditory hallucinations and engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behaviors and speech.Gene's extreme form of schizophrenia is sometimes referred to as

People who are impulsive, selfish, dishonest, emotionally shallow, and manipulative and who are poorly socialized and seem incapable of feeling guilt, shame, fear, loyalty, or love would be diagnosed with which type of personality disorder?​

People with schizophrenia have a great deal of difficulty focusing on one item of information at a time with many of their symptoms being related to this problem with __________.

Changing the thinking patterns of anxious individuals can greatly lessen their fears, according to __________ therapists.

Although the common term of "nervous breakdown" has no formal clinical meaning, it would come closest to which DSM-5 diagnosis?

In defining abnormality, theidea that judgments are made comparable to the values of the society in which one lives is called

Emotional disturbance caused by ongoing stressors within the range of common experience is referred to as a(n)__________ disorder.

To correctly identify mental disorders and select the best therapies to treat them, psychologists use the

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior.

Human Development

Sensation and Perception.

States of Consciousness.

Conditioning and Learning.

Memory.

Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

Intelligence.

Motivation and Emotion.

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.

Personality.

Health, Stress, and Coping.

Therapies.

Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.

Applied Psychology.

Filters

People who are impulsive, selfish, dishonest, emotionally shallow, and manipulative and who are poorly socialized and seem incapable of feeling guilt, shame, fear, loyalty, or love would be diagnosed with which type of personality disorder?