Question 1

People who take the hallucinogenic drug PCP have symptoms that closely mimic schizophrenia because PCP affects which of the following neurotransmitters in the brain?

Accepted Answer

A) glutamate 
B) histamine 
C) acetylcholine 
D) schizotoxin 
A) glutamate 
B) histamine 
C) acetylcholine 
D) schizotoxin

Question 2

Regarding suicide, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Anyone may temporarily reach a state of depression severe enough to impulsively attempt suicide. 
B) When the impulse to harm others is turned inward, the risk for suicide increases dramatically. 
C) In North America, for every three people who die by homicide, two kill themselves. 
D) A diagnosable mental disorder, usually depression or substance use disorder, is a factor in 90 percent of all suicides. 
A) Anyone may temporarily reach a state of depression severe enough to impulsively attempt suicide. 
B) When the impulse to harm others is turned inward, the risk for suicide increases dramatically. 
C) In North America, for every three people who die by homicide, two kill themselves. 
D) A diagnosable mental disorder, usually depression or substance use disorder, is a factor in 90 percent of all suicides.

Question 3

Regarding the schizophrenic brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) MRIs on schizophrenic brains show the brain regions crucial for regulating motivation, emotion, perception, actions, and attention to be abnormal. 
B) On PET scans, the activity tends to be abnormally low in the frontal lobes of the schizophrenic brain. 
C) CT scans show tightly packed narrow surface fissuring of the schizophrenic brain. 
D) MRIs show that schizophrenic brains tend to have enlarged ventricles. 
A) MRIs on schizophrenic brains show the brain regions crucial for regulating motivation, emotion, perception, actions, and attention to be abnormal. 
B) On PET scans, the activity tends to be abnormally low in the frontal lobes of the schizophrenic brain. 
C) CT scans show tightly packed narrow surface fissuring of the schizophrenic brain. 
D) MRIs show that schizophrenic brains tend to have enlarged ventricles.

Question 4

Anxiety-based disorders are best understood by

Accepted Answer

A) using the psychodynamic approach. 
B) using the existential approach. 
C) using the cognitive approach. 
D) combining parts of each perspective with each viewpoint suggesting a different approach to treatment. 
A) using the psychodynamic approach. 
B) using the existential approach. 
C) using the cognitive approach. 
D) combining parts of each perspective with each viewpoint suggesting a different approach to treatment.

Question 5

Which pair of the following DSM-5 categories consists of psychotic disorders?

Accepted Answer

A) Dissociative disorders and Somatic Symptom disorders 
B) Schizotypal disorders and Neurodevelopmental disorders 
C) Personality disorders and Anxiety disorders 
D) Neurocognitive disorders and Schizophrenic Spectrum disorders 
A) Dissociative disorders and Somatic Symptom disorders 
B) Schizotypal disorders and Neurodevelopmental disorders 
C) Personality disorders and Anxiety disorders 
D) Neurocognitive disorders and Schizophrenic Spectrum disorders

Question 6

Which is the best example of agoraphobia?

Accepted Answer

A) Claude once had a panic attack in an elevator, but he never had another one. 
B) Karen is afraid of speaking to a large crowd but does not mind being part of a large audience. 
C) John has a persistent feeling of doom but has not experienced any panic attacks so far. 
D) Becky rarely leaves her home except to go to a few familiar places, such as the grocery store and church, and usually only if her adult daughter goes with her. 
A) Claude once had a panic attack in an elevator, but he never had another one. 
B) Karen is afraid of speaking to a large crowd but does not mind being part of a large audience. 
C) John has a persistent feeling of doom but has not experienced any panic attacks so far. 
D) Becky rarely leaves her home except to go to a few familiar places, such as the grocery store and church, and usually only if her adult daughter goes with her.

Question 7

Maria is under a great deal of stress due to added responsibilities at work and the stress of balancing her work with the demands of being a single parent to two children. Maria's stress falls under which risk factor for mental disorders?

Accepted Answer

A) family factors 
B) endogenous factors 
C) biological\organic factors 
D) psychological factors 
A) family factors 
B) endogenous factors 
C) biological\organic factors 
D) psychological factors

Question 8

People with which disorder typically interpret normal bodily sensations as proof that they have a terrible disease, express their anxieties through various bodily complaints, and\or experience disabling pain that has no identifiable physical basis?

Accepted Answer

A) somatic symptom disorder 
B) psychosomatic disorder 
C) adjustment disorder 
D) dissociative disorder 
A) somatic symptom disorder 
B) psychosomatic disorder 
C) adjustment disorder 
D) dissociative disorder

Question 9

Jasmine is undergoing phototherapy. Jasmine is most likely suffering from

Accepted Answer

A) postpartum depression. 
B) SAD. 
C) catatonic depression. 
D) affective psychosis. 
A) postpartum depression. 
B) SAD. 
C) catatonic depression. 
D) affective psychosis.

Question 10

In situations in which people who committed crimes are unable to appreciate that what they did was wrong because they have a severe intellectual disability, autism, or brain damage, these people may be found

Accepted Answer

A) guilty but impaired. 
B) not guilty by reason of insanity. 
C) not guilty by reason of diminished responsibility. 
D) guilty under exceptional circumstances. 
A) guilty but impaired. 
B) not guilty by reason of insanity. 
C) not guilty by reason of diminished responsibility. 
D) guilty under exceptional circumstances.

Question 11

The term "nervous breakdown"

Accepted Answer

A) refers to very severe psychotic behavior episodes. 
B) is a legal, not a psychological, term. 
C) has no formal psychological meaning. 
D) refers to a severe, but transient, depression. 
A) refers to very severe psychotic behavior episodes. 
B) is a legal, not a psychological, term. 
C) has no formal psychological meaning. 
D) refers to a severe, but transient, depression.

Question 12

Which type of disorders are rooted in a person's specific life circumstances and tend to improve as life circumstances improve?

Accepted Answer

A) anxiety disorders 
B) personality disorders 
C) trauma- and stressor-related disorders 
D) obsessive-compulsive and related disorders 
A) anxiety disorders 
B) personality disorders 
C) trauma- and stressor-related disorders 
D) obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

Question 13

The categories of depressive disorders and bipolar and related disorders are sometimes collectively referred to as __________ disorders.

Accepted Answer

A) anxiety 
B) mood 
C) somatic symptom 
D) dissociative 
A) anxiety 
B) mood 
C) somatic symptom 
D) dissociative

Question 14

Serious mental impairments in old age caused by the deterioration of the brain would be classified as __________ disorders.

Accepted Answer

A) dissociative 
B) neurocognitive 
C) neurodevelopmental 
D) somatic symptom 
A) dissociative 
B) neurocognitive 
C) neurodevelopmental 
D) somatic symptom

Question 15

Culturally disapproved of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels with the so-called "mental disorder" that caused slaves in the 1840s to run away from their masters being referred to as __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Culturally disapproved of behaviors in the past...

Question 16

How do persons with paranoid psychosis usually respond to suggestions that they need treatment?

Accepted Answer

A) They would be grateful to find someone who agrees that they have a problem. 
B) They would argue about it, but they would soon consent to treatment. 
C) They would agree to treatment, but they would be unable to find a therapist that they approved of. 
D) They would assume that the person making the suggestion is part of the conspiracy against them. 
A) They would be grateful to find someone who agrees that they have a problem. 
B) They would argue about it, but they would soon consent to treatment. 
C) They would agree to treatment, but they would be unable to find a therapist that they approved of. 
D) They would assume that the person making the suggestion is part of the conspiracy against them.

Question 17

Over the last week, Carmen has had several frightening episodes in which she feels that she is outside her body, sort of lost in a dream world, and behaving like a robot. Carmen is experiencing a dissociative condition known as

Accepted Answer

A) hysteria. 
B) dysthymic disorder. 
C) a conversion disorder. 
D) depersonalization. 
A) hysteria. 
B) dysthymic disorder. 
C) a conversion disorder. 
D) depersonalization.

Question 18

Which type of depression occurs only during the fall and winter and is presumably related to decreased exposure to sunlight?

Accepted Answer

A) seasonal affective disorder (SA
D)  
B) cyclothymic disorder 
C) dissociative interim depression (DI
D)  
D) bipolar II disorder 
A) seasonal affective disorder (SA
D)  
B) cyclothymic disorder 
C) dissociative interim depression (DI
D)  
D) bipolar II disorder

Question 19

Antipsychotic drugs given to people with schizophrenia bind to the same receptor sites as a particular neurotransmitter and block its action. This reduction in this neurotransmitter's activity can quiet the person's agitation and psychotic symptoms. This neurotransmitter whose action is blocked is

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

The CT scans of the brains of young individuals suffering from schizophrenia show their brains to have

Accepted Answer

A) wider than normal surface fissures. 
B) no surface fissures. 
C) smaller ventricles. 
D) tightly packed surface fissures. 
A) wider than normal surface fissures. 
B) no surface fissures. 
C) smaller ventricles. 
D) tightly packed surface fissures.

People who take the hallucinogenic drug PCP have symptoms that closely mimic schizophrenia because PCP affects which of the following neurotransmitters in the brain?

Regarding suicide, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding the schizophrenic brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Anxiety-based disorders are best understood by

Which pair of the following DSM-5 categories consists of psychotic disorders?

Which is the best example of agoraphobia?

Maria is under a great deal of stress due to added responsibilities at work and the stress of balancing her work with the demands of being a single parent to two children. Maria's stress falls under which risk factor for mental disorders?

People with which disorder typically interpret normal bodily sensations as proof that they have a terrible disease, express their anxieties through various bodily complaints, and\or experience disabling pain that has no identifiable physical basis?

Jasmine is undergoing phototherapy. Jasmine is most likely suffering from

In situations in which people who committed crimes are unable to appreciate that what they did was wrong because they have a severe intellectual disability, autism, or brain damage, these people may be found

The term "nervous breakdown"

Which type of disorders are rooted in a person's specific life circumstances and tend to improve as life circumstances improve?

The categories of depressive disorders and bipolar and related disorders are sometimes collectively referred to as __________ disorders.

Serious mental impairments in old age caused by the deterioration of the brain would be classified as __________ disorders.

Culturally disapproved of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels with the so-called "mental disorder" that caused slaves in the 1840s to run away from their masters being referred to as __________.

How do persons with paranoid psychosis usually respond to suggestions that they need treatment?

Over the last week, Carmen has had several frightening episodes in which she feels that she is outside her body, sort of lost in a dream world, and behaving like a robot. Carmen is experiencing a dissociative condition known as

Which type of depression occurs only during the fall and winter and is presumably related to decreased exposure to sunlight?

Antipsychotic drugs given to people with schizophrenia bind to the same receptor sites as a particular neurotransmitter and block its action. This reduction in this neurotransmitter's activity can quiet the person's agitation and psychotic symptoms. This neurotransmitter whose action is blocked is

The CT scans of the brains of young individuals suffering from schizophrenia show their brains to have

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People who take the hallucinogenic drug PCP have symptoms that closely mimic schizophrenia because PCP affects which of the following neurotransmitters in the brain?

Regarding suicide, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding the schizophrenic brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Anxiety-based disorders are best understood by

Which pair of the following DSM-5 categories consists of psychotic disorders?

Which is the best example of agoraphobia?

Maria is under a great deal of stress due to added responsibilities at work and the stress of balancing her work with the demands of being a single parent to two children. Maria's stress falls under which risk factor for mental disorders?

People with which disorder typically interpret normal bodily sensations as proof that they have a terrible disease, express their anxieties through various bodily complaints, and\or experience disabling pain that has no identifiable physical basis?

Jasmine is undergoing phototherapy. Jasmine is most likely suffering from

In situations in which people who committed crimes are unable to appreciate that what they did was wrong because they have a severe intellectual disability, autism, or brain damage, these people may be found

The term "nervous breakdown"

Which type of disorders are rooted in a person's specific life circumstances and tend to improve as life circumstances improve?

The categories of depressive disorders and bipolar and related disorders are sometimes collectively referred to as __________ disorders.

Serious mental impairments in old age caused by the deterioration of the brain would be classified as __________ disorders.

Culturally disapproved of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels with the so-called "mental disorder" that caused slaves in the 1840s to run away from their masters being referred to as __________.

How do persons with paranoid psychosis usually respond to suggestions that they need treatment?

Over the last week, Carmen has had several frightening episodes in which she feels that she is outside her body, sort of lost in a dream world, and behaving like a robot. Carmen is experiencing a dissociative condition known as

Which type of depression occurs only during the fall and winter and is presumably related to decreased exposure to sunlight?

Antipsychotic drugs given to people with schizophrenia bind to the same receptor sites as a particular neurotransmitter and block its action. This reduction in this neurotransmitter's activity can quiet the person's agitation and psychotic symptoms. This neurotransmitter whose action is blocked is

The CT scans of the brains of young individuals suffering from schizophrenia show their brains to have

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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

Maximizing Learning through Reflective Processing and Active Thinking

Applied Psychology

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