Question 1

What does cognitive therapy seek to correct in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) negative assumptions about the trauma 
B) relief of the anxiety and panic attacks often associated with the disorder 
C) reluctance to discuss the event 
D) fear associated with the event 
A) negative assumptions about the trauma 
B) relief of the anxiety and panic attacks often associated with the disorder 
C) reluctance to discuss the event 
D) fear associated with the event

Question 2

The diagnostic criteria for dissociative identity disorder includes a fragmentation of identity and which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) a history of sexual abuse 
B) a lack of awareness about the distinct personalities 
C) the existence of three or more alter personalities 
D) amnesia for important personal information 
A) a history of sexual abuse 
B) a lack of awareness about the distinct personalities 
C) the existence of three or more alter personalities 
D) amnesia for important personal information

Question 3

Why were there lower rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than expected in citizens who endured bombing and shelling in wartime England?

Accepted Answer

A) Many people may not have directly experienced the horrors of death or direct attack during the wartime air raids. 
B) Social cohesion during wartime minimizes its traumatic impact. 
C) Effective treatments for PTSD were made available immediately following the bombings. 
D) Many did not come forward to report their symptoms. 
A) Many people may not have directly experienced the horrors of death or direct attack during the wartime air raids. 
B) Social cohesion during wartime minimizes its traumatic impact. 
C) Effective treatments for PTSD were made available immediately following the bombings. 
D) Many did not come forward to report their symptoms.

Question 4

What is the most common type of dissociative disorder in non-Western cultures?

Accepted Answer

A) dissociative amnesia 
B) trance and possession 
C) dissociative derealization disorder 
D) depersonalization-derealization disorder 
A) dissociative amnesia 
B) trance and possession 
C) dissociative derealization disorder 
D) depersonalization-derealization disorder

Question 5

Which dissociative disorder is suggested to be the most prevalent?

Accepted Answer

A) a dissociative fugue state 
B) dissociative amnesia 
C) depersonalization-derealization 
D) dissociative identity disorder 
A) a dissociative fugue state 
B) dissociative amnesia 
C) depersonalization-derealization 
D) dissociative identity disorder

Question 6

In a study conducted by Loftus and colleagues (1996), individuals were told about false events that had supposedly occurred when they were children.What did the results of this study reveal?

Accepted Answer

A) Individuals with previously diagnosed disorders can be convinced of events that never happened. 
B) People cannot be convinced of events that did not happen. 
C) People can become quite convinced they experienced events that never happened. 
D) People can become convinced of events that did not happen, but only during hypnosis or other dissociative states. 
A) Individuals with previously diagnosed disorders can be convinced of events that never happened. 
B) People cannot be convinced of events that did not happen. 
C) People can become quite convinced they experienced events that never happened. 
D) People can become convinced of events that did not happen, but only during hypnosis or other dissociative states.

Question 7

Stephen experienced an episode of dissociation.His doctor asks him if he has experienced a list of events to try to determine what may have caused the episode.Which event would NOT be on that list?

Accepted Answer

A) being extremely tired 
B) an episode of binge drinking 
C) an extremely stressful event 
D) staying up late to study for an exam 
A) being extremely tired 
B) an episode of binge drinking 
C) an extremely stressful event 
D) staying up late to study for an exam

Question 8

Cathy claims to have 16 different personalities, each with its own unique traits and memories, living inside her.If her claims are accurate, what condition is she most likely suffering from?

Accepted Answer

A) dissociative depersonalization 
B) dissociative identity disorder 
C) dissociative fugue 
D) dissociative trance disorder 
A) dissociative depersonalization 
B) dissociative identity disorder 
C) dissociative fugue 
D) dissociative trance disorder

Question 9

What is the average length of time between an individual's first symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and the identification and diagnosis of the disorder by a professional?

Accepted Answer

A) less than a month 
B) one year 
C) seven years 
D) 20 years 
A) less than a month 
B) one year 
C) seven years 
D) 20 years

Question 10

Which traumatic event seems to have the most significant emotional impact?

Accepted Answer

A) accident 
B) robbery 
C) aggravated assault 
D) rape 
A) accident 
B) robbery 
C) aggravated assault 
D) rape

Question 11

Mary, who is 40, appears to believe she is a 20-year-old woman.Suddenly, however, she starts to speak and behave very differently, and says she no longer thinks of herself as "Mary." Instead, she claims to be Elise, a 10-year-old child.What has Mary most likely just experienced?

Accepted Answer

A) an alter trance 
B) a switch 
C) a conversion reaction 
D) a host reaction 
A) an alter trance 
B) a switch 
C) a conversion reaction 
D) a host reaction

Question 12

In their study of individuals with depersonalization-derealization, Guralnick and colleagues (2000) found that those with the disorder showed cognitive deficits in many areas.Which of the following was NOT one of those areas?

Accepted Answer

A) intelligence 
B) attention 
C) short-term memory 
D) spatial reasoning 
A) intelligence 
B) attention 
C) short-term memory 
D) spatial reasoning

Question 13

Tracey has localized amnesia, what does she likely have no memory of?

Accepted Answer

A) events prior to a trauma 
B) anything, including who she is 
C) events following a trauma 
D) selective events, particularly those involving trauma 
A) events prior to a trauma 
B) anything, including who she is 
C) events following a trauma 
D) selective events, particularly those involving trauma

Question 14

Which technique for treating PTSD facilitates rapid reprocessing of the traumatic event?

Accepted Answer

A) prolonged exposure therapy 
B) cognitive-behavioural therapy 
C) eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing 
D) exposure and ritual prevention 
A) prolonged exposure therapy 
B) cognitive-behavioural therapy 
C) eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing 
D) exposure and ritual prevention

Question 15

Sue has dissociative identity disorder.What does she most likely also have?

Accepted Answer

A) depression 
B) at least one other psychological disorder 
C) antisocial personality disorder 
D) a history of problems with the law 
A) depression 
B) at least one other psychological disorder 
C) antisocial personality disorder 
D) a history of problems with the law

Question 16

What sort of behaviour do the "impulsive alters" often exhibit?

Accepted Answer

A) They handle sexuality. 
B) They engage in self-harm. 
C) They refuse treatment. 
D) They instigate the switches. 
A) They handle sexuality. 
B) They engage in self-harm. 
C) They refuse treatment. 
D) They instigate the switches.

Question 17

In the "Hillside Strangler" case, what did Kenneth Bianchi claim to be suffering from?

Accepted Answer

A) dissociative identity disorder 
B) dissociative trance disorder 
C) dissociative fugue 
D) dissociative derealization 
A) dissociative identity disorder 
B) dissociative trance disorder 
C) dissociative fugue 
D) dissociative derealization

Question 18

When is a dissociative trance disorder diagnosed?

Accepted Answer

A) only when the trance is undesirable and considered pathological in the individual's culture 
B) only when the trance causes harm to the individual or others 
C) whenever an individual repeatedly enters a trance state 
D) only when the trance is unpredictable in terms of when it appears (e.g., if individual goes into a trance without prior religious ritual) 
A) only when the trance is undesirable and considered pathological in the individual's culture 
B) only when the trance causes harm to the individual or others 
C) whenever an individual repeatedly enters a trance state 
D) only when the trance is unpredictable in terms of when it appears (e.g., if individual goes into a trance without prior religious ritual)

Question 19

What do we call the model that suggests that most symptoms of dissociative identity disorder can be accounted for by therapists who inadvertently suggest the existence of alters to suggestible individuals?

Accepted Answer

A) the observational learning model 
B) the psychosocial model 
C) the sociocognitive model 
D) the therapeutic induction model 
A) the observational learning model 
B) the psychosocial model 
C) the sociocognitive model 
D) the therapeutic induction model

Question 20

Angie has dissociative identity disorder (DID).What is most likely part of Angie's history?

Accepted Answer

A) drugs and alcohol abuse 
B) delusions 
C) child abuse 
D) a family history of DID 
A) drugs and alcohol abuse 
B) delusions 
C) child abuse 
D) a family history of DID

What does cognitive therapy seek to correct in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder?

The diagnostic criteria for dissociative identity disorder includes a fragmentation of identity and which of the following?

Why were there lower rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than expected in citizens who endured bombing and shelling in wartime England?

What is the most common type of dissociative disorder in non-Western cultures?

Which dissociative disorder is suggested to be the most prevalent?

In a study conducted by Loftus and colleagues (1996), individuals were told about false events that had supposedly occurred when they were children.What did the results of this study reveal?

Stephen experienced an episode of dissociation.His doctor asks him if he has experienced a list of events to try to determine what may have caused the episode.Which event would NOT be on that list?

Cathy claims to have 16 different personalities, each with its own unique traits and memories, living inside her.If her claims are accurate, what condition is she most likely suffering from?

What is the average length of time between an individual's first symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and the identification and diagnosis of the disorder by a professional?

Which traumatic event seems to have the most significant emotional impact?

Mary, who is 40, appears to believe she is a 20-year-old woman.Suddenly, however, she starts to speak and behave very differently, and says she no longer thinks of herself as "Mary." Instead, she claims to be Elise, a 10-year-old child.What has Mary most likely just experienced?

In their study of individuals with depersonalization-derealization, Guralnick and colleagues (2000) found that those with the disorder showed cognitive deficits in many areas.Which of the following was NOT one of those areas?

Tracey has localized amnesia, what does she likely have no memory of?

Which technique for treating PTSD facilitates rapid reprocessing of the traumatic event?

Sue has dissociative identity disorder.What does she most likely also have?

What sort of behaviour do the "impulsive alters" often exhibit?

In the "Hillside Strangler" case, what did Kenneth Bianchi claim to be suffering from?

When is a dissociative trance disorder diagnosed?

What do we call the model that suggests that most symptoms of dissociative identity disorder can be accounted for by therapists who inadvertently suggest the existence of alters to suggestible individuals?

Angie has dissociative identity disorder (DID).What is most likely part of Angie's history?

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Exam 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide

What does cognitive therapy seek to correct in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder?

The diagnostic criteria for dissociative identity disorder includes a fragmentation of identity and which of the following?

Why were there lower rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than expected in citizens who endured bombing and shelling in wartime England?

What is the most common type of dissociative disorder in non-Western cultures?

Which dissociative disorder is suggested to be the most prevalent?

In a study conducted by Loftus and colleagues (1996), individuals were told about false events that had supposedly occurred when they were children.What did the results of this study reveal?

Stephen experienced an episode of dissociation.His doctor asks him if he has experienced a list of events to try to determine what may have caused the episode.Which event would NOT be on that list?

Cathy claims to have 16 different personalities, each with its own unique traits and memories, living inside her.If her claims are accurate, what condition is she most likely suffering from?

What is the average length of time between an individual's first symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and the identification and diagnosis of the disorder by a professional?

Which traumatic event seems to have the most significant emotional impact?

Mary, who is 40, appears to believe she is a 20-year-old woman.Suddenly, however, she starts to speak and behave very differently, and says she no longer thinks of herself as "Mary." Instead, she claims to be Elise, a 10-year-old child.What has Mary most likely just experienced?

In their study of individuals with depersonalization-derealization, Guralnick and colleagues (2000) found that those with the disorder showed cognitive deficits in many areas.Which of the following was NOT one of those areas?

Tracey has localized amnesia, what does she likely have no memory of?

Which technique for treating PTSD facilitates rapid reprocessing of the traumatic event?

Sue has dissociative identity disorder.What does she most likely also have?

What sort of behaviour do the "impulsive alters" often exhibit?

In the "Hillside Strangler" case, what did Kenneth Bianchi claim to be suffering from?

When is a dissociative trance disorder diagnosed?

What do we call the model that suggests that most symptoms of dissociative identity disorder can be accounted for by therapists who inadvertently suggest the existence of alters to suggestible individuals?

Angie has dissociative identity disorder (DID).What is most likely part of Angie's history?

Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context

An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Research Methods

Anxiety, Trauma, and Stressor-Related and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders

Physical Disorders and Health Psychology

Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria

Substance-Related, Addictive, and Impulse-Control Disorders

Personality Disorders

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues

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