Question 1

What is the general trend in the treatment of schizophrenia today?

Accepted Answer

A) The trend is toward the use of fewer biological therapies and more psychosocial interventions. 
B) The trend is toward early intervention. 
C) The trend is toward new psychosurgery techniques. 
D) The trend is toward the use of more biological therapies and fewer psychosocial interventions. 
A) The trend is toward the use of fewer biological therapies and more psychosocial interventions. 
B) The trend is toward early intervention. 
C) The trend is toward new psychosurgery techniques. 
D) The trend is toward the use of more biological therapies and fewer psychosocial interventions.

Question 2

Janet has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.What is the likelihood Janet will have delusions and hallucinations?

Accepted Answer

A) between 5 percent and 20 percent 
B) between 20 percent and 40 percent 
C) between 50 percent and 70 percent 
D) between 80 percent and 90 percent 
A) between 5 percent and 20 percent 
B) between 20 percent and 40 percent 
C) between 50 percent and 70 percent 
D) between 80 percent and 90 percent

Question 3

Mark was diagnosed with schizophrenia.Recently, he has been standing for hours in unusual postures.What is this symptom called?

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive slippage 
B) inappropriate affect 
C) hebephrenia 
D) catatonic immobility 
A) cognitive slippage 
B) inappropriate affect 
C) hebephrenia 
D) catatonic immobility

Question 4

What percentage of individuals with schizophrenia display negative symptoms?

Accepted Answer

A) 25 
B) 50 
C) 75 
D) 100 
A) 25 
B) 50 
C) 75 
D) 100

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a typical clinical feature seen in children who go on to develop schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) poor motor coordination 
B) psychosis 
C) mild cognitive and social problems 
D) mild physical abnormalities 
A) poor motor coordination 
B) psychosis 
C) mild cognitive and social problems 
D) mild physical abnormalities

Question 6

Which term refers to the argument that life in the lower social classes is stressful, thus predisposing those from the lower social classes to an increased likelihood of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) societal hypothesis 
B) sociogenic hypothesis 
C) socioeconomic explanation 
D) social selection hypothesis 
A) societal hypothesis 
B) sociogenic hypothesis 
C) socioeconomic explanation 
D) social selection hypothesis

Question 7

How is the genetic basis of schizophrenia best understood?

Accepted Answer

A) Schizophrenia is primarily genetically caused. 
B) Researchers have discovered the gene responsible for causing schizophrenia. 
C) Genes are responsible for making some individuals vulnerable to schizophrenia. 
D) Some forms of schizophrenia are influenced by genes; others are not. 
A) Schizophrenia is primarily genetically caused. 
B) Researchers have discovered the gene responsible for causing schizophrenia. 
C) Genes are responsible for making some individuals vulnerable to schizophrenia. 
D) Some forms of schizophrenia are influenced by genes; others are not.

Question 8

What is the negative symptom of schizophrenia known as "avolition"?

Accepted Answer

A) an inability to initiate and persist in activities 
B) a lack of speech content and/or slowed speech response 
C) a lack of emotional response and a blank facial expression 
D) an inability to experience pleasure 
A) an inability to initiate and persist in activities 
B) a lack of speech content and/or slowed speech response 
C) a lack of emotional response and a blank facial expression 
D) an inability to experience pleasure

Question 9

Use of antipsychotic medications can cause tardive dyskinesia.When they have been used long-term, what is the possible outcome on these symptoms?

Accepted Answer

A) The symptoms are often irreversible. 
B) When the drugs are discontinued, the symptoms will take months disappear. 
C) If the dosages of these medications are reduced, the symptoms can disappear within months. 
D) The symptoms can disappear within weeks when these drugs are discontinued. 
A) The symptoms are often irreversible. 
B) When the drugs are discontinued, the symptoms will take months disappear. 
C) If the dosages of these medications are reduced, the symptoms can disappear within months. 
D) The symptoms can disappear within weeks when these drugs are discontinued.

Question 10

Alberto believes that his computer comes to life at night and transmits messages about humans to Pluto.Assuming Alberto's computer does not do this, what is Alberto's belief an example of?

Accepted Answer

A) negative symptoms 
B) disorganization 
C) a delusion 
D) hallucination 
A) negative symptoms 
B) disorganization 
C) a delusion 
D) hallucination

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT recommended as a helpful addition to biological treatment for schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) family intervention 
B) social skills training 
C) psychoanalysis 
D) programs in vocational rehabilitation 
A) family intervention 
B) social skills training 
C) psychoanalysis 
D) programs in vocational rehabilitation

Question 12

In the latter half of the 20th century, which factor did NOT reduce the rate at which persons with schizophrenia were institutionalized?

Accepted Answer

A) patient advocacy groups 
B) court rulings 
C) cutbacks in health care funding 
D) increased use of antipsychotic medications 
A) patient advocacy groups 
B) court rulings 
C) cutbacks in health care funding 
D) increased use of antipsychotic medications

Question 13

What type of symptoms are associated with the phenomenon of hypofrontality?

Accepted Answer

A) positive symptoms 
B) negative symptoms 
C) disorganized symptoms 
D) psychosis symptoms 
A) positive symptoms 
B) negative symptoms 
C) disorganized symptoms 
D) psychosis symptoms

Question 14

In the 1970s, Paul and Lentz applied behavioural principles in the form of a token economy to a traditional inpatient environment.What was the result?

Accepted Answer

A) Fewer patients recovered from severe schizophrenic symptoms. 
B) Fewer patients were able to be discharged. 
C) More patients were able to be discharged. 
D) More patients recovered from severe schizophrenic symptoms. 
A) Fewer patients recovered from severe schizophrenic symptoms. 
B) Fewer patients were able to be discharged. 
C) More patients were able to be discharged. 
D) More patients recovered from severe schizophrenic symptoms.

Question 15

If expressed emotion is a cause of schizophrenia, we would expect to see a positive correlation between the rates of schizophrenia and the rates of expressed emotions across cultural groups.What does the research on this subject show?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no correlation; levels of expressed emotion do not vary by cultural group, but rates of schizophrenia do. 
B) There is a positive correlation; most cultural groups with higher levels of expressed emotion show higher rates of schizophrenia. 
C) There is no correlation; levels of expressed emotion vary by cultural group, but rates of schizophrenia do not. 
D) There is a negative correlation; most cultural groups with higher levels of expressed emotion show lower rates of schizophrenia. 
A) There is no correlation; levels of expressed emotion do not vary by cultural group, but rates of schizophrenia do. 
B) There is a positive correlation; most cultural groups with higher levels of expressed emotion show higher rates of schizophrenia. 
C) There is no correlation; levels of expressed emotion vary by cultural group, but rates of schizophrenia do not. 
D) There is a negative correlation; most cultural groups with higher levels of expressed emotion show lower rates of schizophrenia.

Question 16

Chris has schizophrenia and been receiving cognitive-behavioural therapy.What does Chris most likely have now?

Accepted Answer

A) better self-esteem 
B) fewer visual and auditory hallucinations 
C) reduced conviction in his delusional beliefs 
D) better social skills 
A) better self-esteem 
B) fewer visual and auditory hallucinations 
C) reduced conviction in his delusional beliefs 
D) better social skills

Question 17

Current research suggests that at least three specific neurochemical abnormalities are involved in the development of schizophrenic symptoms.What are they?

Accepted Answer

A) overactive striatal D2 receptors; underactive prefrontal D1 receptors; alterations in glutamate transmission 
B) underactive striatal D2 receptors; underactive prefrontal glutamate receptors; alterations in serotonin transmission 
C) underactive striatal D2 receptors; overactive prefrontal D1 receptors; underactive glutamate transmission 
D) overactive striatal D2 receptors; underactive prefrontal serotonin receptors; underactive glutamate transmission 
A) overactive striatal D2 receptors; underactive prefrontal D1 receptors; alterations in glutamate transmission 
B) underactive striatal D2 receptors; underactive prefrontal glutamate receptors; alterations in serotonin transmission 
C) underactive striatal D2 receptors; overactive prefrontal D1 receptors; underactive glutamate transmission 
D) overactive striatal D2 receptors; underactive prefrontal serotonin receptors; underactive glutamate transmission

Question 18

In working with patients with schizophrenia, mental health professionals typically distinguish between two types of symptoms-an excess or distortion of normal behaviour and deficits in normal behaviour.What are these symptoms called, respectively?

Accepted Answer

A) dysmorphic and dysfunctional symptoms 
B) acute and passive symptoms 
C) manic and depressive symptoms 
D) positive and negative symptoms 
A) dysmorphic and dysfunctional symptoms 
B) acute and passive symptoms 
C) manic and depressive symptoms 
D) positive and negative symptoms

Question 19

Who introduced the term "schizophrenia" in 1908?

Accepted Answer

A) Emil Kraepelin 
B) Heinz Lehmann 
C) Phillipe Pinel 
D) Eugen Bleuler 
A) Emil Kraepelin 
B) Heinz Lehmann 
C) Phillipe Pinel 
D) Eugen Bleuler

Question 20

Which statement does NOT accurately describe the theories of auditory verbal hallucinations?

Accepted Answer

A) Individuals may be misinterpreting their inner speech as other's voices. 
B) Auditory verbal hallucinations may arise from abnormal activation of the primary auditory cortex. 
C) There is increased metabolic activity in the left primary auditory cortex. 
D) Individuals with schizophrenia have been found to be missing the Wernicke's area in the brain, the area responsible for speech comprehension. 
A) Individuals may be misinterpreting their inner speech as other's voices. 
B) Auditory verbal hallucinations may arise from abnormal activation of the primary auditory cortex. 
C) There is increased metabolic activity in the left primary auditory cortex. 
D) Individuals with schizophrenia have been found to be missing the Wernicke's area in the brain, the area responsible for speech comprehension.

What is the general trend in the treatment of schizophrenia today?

Janet has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.What is the likelihood Janet will have delusions and hallucinations?

Mark was diagnosed with schizophrenia.Recently, he has been standing for hours in unusual postures.What is this symptom called?

What percentage of individuals with schizophrenia display negative symptoms?

Which of the following is NOT a typical clinical feature seen in children who go on to develop schizophrenia?

Which term refers to the argument that life in the lower social classes is stressful, thus predisposing those from the lower social classes to an increased likelihood of schizophrenia?

How is the genetic basis of schizophrenia best understood?

What is the negative symptom of schizophrenia known as "avolition"?

Use of antipsychotic medications can cause tardive dyskinesia.When they have been used long-term, what is the possible outcome on these symptoms?

Alberto believes that his computer comes to life at night and transmits messages about humans to Pluto.Assuming Alberto's computer does not do this, what is Alberto's belief an example of?

Which of the following is NOT recommended as a helpful addition to biological treatment for schizophrenia?

In the latter half of the 20th century, which factor did NOT reduce the rate at which persons with schizophrenia were institutionalized?

What type of symptoms are associated with the phenomenon of hypofrontality?

In the 1970s, Paul and Lentz applied behavioural principles in the form of a token economy to a traditional inpatient environment.What was the result?

If expressed emotion is a cause of schizophrenia, we would expect to see a positive correlation between the rates of schizophrenia and the rates of expressed emotions across cultural groups.What does the research on this subject show?

Chris has schizophrenia and been receiving cognitive-behavioural therapy.What does Chris most likely have now?

Current research suggests that at least three specific neurochemical abnormalities are involved in the development of schizophrenic symptoms.What are they?

In working with patients with schizophrenia, mental health professionals typically distinguish between two types of symptoms-an excess or distortion of normal behaviour and deficits in normal behaviour.What are these symptoms called, respectively?

Who introduced the term "schizophrenia" in 1908?

Which statement does NOT accurately describe the theories of auditory verbal hallucinations?

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What is the general trend in the treatment of schizophrenia today?

Janet has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.What is the likelihood Janet will have delusions and hallucinations?

Mark was diagnosed with schizophrenia.Recently, he has been standing for hours in unusual postures.What is this symptom called?

What percentage of individuals with schizophrenia display negative symptoms?

Which of the following is NOT a typical clinical feature seen in children who go on to develop schizophrenia?

Which term refers to the argument that life in the lower social classes is stressful, thus predisposing those from the lower social classes to an increased likelihood of schizophrenia?

How is the genetic basis of schizophrenia best understood?

What is the negative symptom of schizophrenia known as "avolition"?

Use of antipsychotic medications can cause tardive dyskinesia.When they have been used long-term, what is the possible outcome on these symptoms?

Alberto believes that his computer comes to life at night and transmits messages about humans to Pluto.Assuming Alberto's computer does not do this, what is Alberto's belief an example of?

Which of the following is NOT recommended as a helpful addition to biological treatment for schizophrenia?

In the latter half of the 20th century, which factor did NOT reduce the rate at which persons with schizophrenia were institutionalized?

What type of symptoms are associated with the phenomenon of hypofrontality?

In the 1970s, Paul and Lentz applied behavioural principles in the form of a token economy to a traditional inpatient environment.What was the result?

If expressed emotion is a cause of schizophrenia, we would expect to see a positive correlation between the rates of schizophrenia and the rates of expressed emotions across cultural groups.What does the research on this subject show?

Chris has schizophrenia and been receiving cognitive-behavioural therapy.What does Chris most likely have now?

Current research suggests that at least three specific neurochemical abnormalities are involved in the development of schizophrenic symptoms.What are they?

In working with patients with schizophrenia, mental health professionals typically distinguish between two types of symptoms-an excess or distortion of normal behaviour and deficits in normal behaviour.What are these symptoms called, respectively?

Who introduced the term "schizophrenia" in 1908?

Which statement does NOT accurately describe the theories of auditory verbal hallucinations?

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

Mood Disorders and Suicide

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

Neurocognitive Disorders

Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues

Legal and Ethical Issues in Mental Health

The Psychology of Health and Illness

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