Question 1

Schizotypal, schizoid, borderline, and histrionic are four types of

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A) psychoses. 
B) neuroses. 
C) schizophrenia. 
D) personality disorders. 
A) psychoses. 
B) neuroses. 
C) schizophrenia. 
D) personality disorders.

Question 2

The major features of psychotic disorders include

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A) anxieties, dissociations, obsessions, and compulsions. 
B) deceptive behavior and absence of conscience. 
C) delusions, hallucinations, and disturbances of emotion, communication, and personality. 
D) low intelligence, phobias, social nonconformance, and violence. 
A) anxieties, dissociations, obsessions, and compulsions. 
B) deceptive behavior and absence of conscience. 
C) delusions, hallucinations, and disturbances of emotion, communication, and personality. 
D) low intelligence, phobias, social nonconformance, and violence.

Question 3

When Sara returned from her tour of duty in Iraq, she experienced symptoms of a posttraumatic stress disorder, which is a part of which DSM-5 category of disorders?

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A) trauma- and stressor-related disorders 
B) somatic symptom and related disorders 
C) bipolar and related disorders 
D) dissociative disorders 
A) trauma- and stressor-related disorders 
B) somatic symptom and related disorders 
C) bipolar and related disorders 
D) dissociative disorders

Question 4

Joseph has just lost his job because of the company downsizing. He soon begins having trouble sleeping, loses his appetite, and begins having frequent headaches and an upset stomach. His symptoms decrease as he attends some job placement counseling. Joseph is most likely experiencing a(n)__________ disorder.

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A) acute stress 
B) persistent depressive 
C) generalized anxiety 
D) adjustment 
A) acute stress 
B) persistent depressive 
C) generalized anxiety 
D) adjustment

Question 5

Carl Rogers' approach emphasized that anxiety-related disorders were

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A) best explained by the anxiety reduction hypothesis. 
B) learned habits of self-defeating behaviors. 
C) the result of forbidden sexual and aggressive impulses that threatened a loss of control. 
D) the result of a faulty or inaccurate self-image and distorted self-perceptions. 
A) best explained by the anxiety reduction hypothesis. 
B) learned habits of self-defeating behaviors. 
C) the result of forbidden sexual and aggressive impulses that threatened a loss of control. 
D) the result of a faulty or inaccurate self-image and distorted self-perceptions.

Question 6

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

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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 7

Which of the following occurs when ordinary stresses, such as losing a job, intense marital strife, and chronic physical illness, push people beyond their ability to cope with life?

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A) generalized anxiety disorder 
B) adjustment disorder 
C) acute stress disorder 
D) cyclothymic disorder 
A) generalized anxiety disorder 
B) adjustment disorder 
C) acute stress disorder 
D) cyclothymic disorder

Question 8

An existentialist therapist would view unhealthy anxiety as

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A) a loss of meaning in one's life. 
B) a raging conflict among the id, ego, and superego. 
C) the effects of learning and conditioning. 
D) the result of distorted thinking. 
A) a loss of meaning in one's life. 
B) a raging conflict among the id, ego, and superego. 
C) the effects of learning and conditioning. 
D) the result of distorted thinking.

Question 9

Which of the following ethnic groups currently has the highest rate of suicide in the United States?

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A) European Americans 
B) Native Americans 
C) African Americans 
D) Hispanic Americans 
A) European Americans 
B) Native Americans 
C) African Americans 
D) Hispanic Americans

Question 10

Marta believes that her husband has been replaced by a space alien, while Tanya believes against all evidence that her husband is unfaithful. Marta would most likely be diagnosed with

Accepted Answer

A) schizophrenia, while Tanya would have a delusional disorder. 
B) multiple personalities, while Tanya would have schizophrenia. 
C) delusional disorder, while Tanya would have a conversion disorder. 
D) a conversion disorder, while Tanya would have multiple personalities. 
A) schizophrenia, while Tanya would have a delusional disorder. 
B) multiple personalities, while Tanya would have schizophrenia. 
C) delusional disorder, while Tanya would have a conversion disorder. 
D) a conversion disorder, while Tanya would have multiple personalities.

Question 11

Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders involve

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A) a loss of contact with reality. 
B) amnesia and an unresolved guilt. 
C) bodily complaints with no physical cause. 
D) preoccupation with thoughts and repetitive behavior. 
A) a loss of contact with reality. 
B) amnesia and an unresolved guilt. 
C) bodily complaints with no physical cause. 
D) preoccupation with thoughts and repetitive behavior.

Question 12

Failure to match one's behavior to widely accepted norms or to the usual minimum rules for social conduct describes what definition of normality?

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A) subjective discomfort 
B) statistical abnormality 
C) social nonconformity 
D) cultural relativity 
A) subjective discomfort 
B) statistical abnormality 
C) social nonconformity 
D) cultural relativity

Question 13

People with a specific phobic disorder

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A) are often unsure of what they fear. 
B) may have a mild fear of heights, for example, without experiencing overwhelming anxiety. 
C) usually recognize that their fears are unreasonable. 
D) are a very small minority with fewer than two percent of adults having a specific phobic disorder in any given year. 
A) are often unsure of what they fear. 
B) may have a mild fear of heights, for example, without experiencing overwhelming anxiety. 
C) usually recognize that their fears are unreasonable. 
D) are a very small minority with fewer than two percent of adults having a specific phobic disorder in any given year.

Question 14

Anxiety problems are due to individuals building up unrealistic mental images of themselves, which leaves them vulnerable to contradictory information, according to psychologist __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Anxiety problems are due to individuals building...

Question 15

Janice has trouble controlling the elimination of urine, which is a disorder known as

Accepted Answer

A) pica. 
B) encopresis. 
C) enuresis. 
D) trichotillomania. 
A) pica. 
B) encopresis. 
C) enuresis. 
D) trichotillomania.

Question 16

Sandy is a resident in a psychiatric facility, and she believes that she is Marilyn Monroe, wearing her hair and talking like this actress did. When other residents tell her that Marilyn Monroe died many years ago, she becomes very agitated and states that the government "faked her death" and put her in this institution to keep her away from the Kennedys. Sandy is exhibiting which type of delusional disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) erotomanic 
B) disorganized 
C) jealous 
D) grandiose 
A) erotomanic 
B) disorganized 
C) jealous 
D) grandiose

Question 17

If a person fakes the medical problems of someone in his or her care, he or she would be diagnosed with Munchausen __________ syndrome.

Accepted Answer

The answer of If a person fakes the medical problems...

Question 18

Regarding patterns of suicide, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Four times as many men complete suicide, but women make more attempts. 
B) Married individuals have lower suicide rates than divorced, widowed, or single persons, at least among men. 
C) Native Americans have the highest suicide rate in the United States. 
D) Suicide rates tend to decrease with advancing age. 
A) Four times as many men complete suicide, but women make more attempts. 
B) Married individuals have lower suicide rates than divorced, widowed, or single persons, at least among men. 
C) Native Americans have the highest suicide rate in the United States. 
D) Suicide rates tend to decrease with advancing age.

Question 19

Which of the following is the unavoidable anguish that comes from knowing we are personally responsible for our lives and need to make wise and courageous choices in order to find meaning in this impersonal world?

Accepted Answer

A) neurotic anxiety 
B) moral anxiety 
C) existential anxiety 
D) the anxiety reduction hypothesis 
A) neurotic anxiety 
B) moral anxiety 
C) existential anxiety 
D) the anxiety reduction hypothesis

Question 20

Pablo is seen walking down the street, shouting at imaginary individuals "to turn it down." When the police stop him and ask him why he is shouting, he tells them that the transmitter that the CIA implanted in his head is "not working properly" and is too loud. Pablo's disorder falls under which DSM-5 category?

Accepted Answer

A) schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 
B) obsessive-compulsive and related disorders 
C) somatic symptom and related disorders 
D) dissociative disorders 
A) schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 
B) obsessive-compulsive and related disorders 
C) somatic symptom and related disorders 
D) dissociative disorders

Schizotypal, schizoid, borderline, and histrionic are four types of

The major features of psychotic disorders include

When Sara returned from her tour of duty in Iraq, she experienced symptoms of a posttraumatic stress disorder, which is a part of which DSM-5 category of disorders?

Carl Rogers' approach emphasized that anxiety-related disorders were

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

Which of the following occurs when ordinary stresses, such as losing a job, intense marital strife, and chronic physical illness, push people beyond their ability to cope with life?

An existentialist therapist would view unhealthy anxiety as

Which of the following ethnic groups currently has the highest rate of suicide in the United States?

Marta believes that her husband has been replaced by a space alien, while Tanya believes against all evidence that her husband is unfaithful. Marta would most likely be diagnosed with

Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders involve

Failure to match one's behavior to widely accepted norms or to the usual minimum rules for social conduct describes what definition of normality?

People with a specific phobic disorder

Anxiety problems are due to individuals building up unrealistic mental images of themselves, which leaves them vulnerable to contradictory information, according to psychologist __________.

Janice has trouble controlling the elimination of urine, which is a disorder known as

If a person fakes the medical problems of someone in his or her care, he or she would be diagnosed with Munchausen __________ syndrome.

Regarding patterns of suicide, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is the unavoidable anguish that comes from knowing we are personally responsible for our lives and need to make wise and courageous choices in order to find meaning in this impersonal world?

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Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

Schizotypal, schizoid, borderline, and histrionic are four types of

The major features of psychotic disorders include

When Sara returned from her tour of duty in Iraq, she experienced symptoms of a posttraumatic stress disorder, which is a part of which DSM-5 category of disorders?

Carl Rogers' approach emphasized that anxiety-related disorders were

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

Which of the following occurs when ordinary stresses, such as losing a job, intense marital strife, and chronic physical illness, push people beyond their ability to cope with life?

An existentialist therapist would view unhealthy anxiety as

Which of the following ethnic groups currently has the highest rate of suicide in the United States?

Marta believes that her husband has been replaced by a space alien, while Tanya believes against all evidence that her husband is unfaithful. Marta would most likely be diagnosed with

Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders involve

Failure to match one's behavior to widely accepted norms or to the usual minimum rules for social conduct describes what definition of normality?

People with a specific phobic disorder

Anxiety problems are due to individuals building up unrealistic mental images of themselves, which leaves them vulnerable to contradictory information, according to psychologist __________.

Janice has trouble controlling the elimination of urine, which is a disorder known as

If a person fakes the medical problems of someone in his or her care, he or she would be diagnosed with Munchausen __________ syndrome.

Regarding patterns of suicide, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is the unavoidable anguish that comes from knowing we are personally responsible for our lives and need to make wise and courageous choices in order to find meaning in this impersonal world?

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

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