Question 1

When depression alternates with periods of mania, meaning the person is agitated, elated, and hyperactive, one would suspect that which type of disorder is involved?

Accepted Answer

A) anxiety disorder 
B) bipolar disorder 
C) depressive disorder 
D) dissociative disorder 
A) anxiety disorder 
B) bipolar disorder 
C) depressive disorder 
D) dissociative disorder

Question 2

Veronica has slowly lost her ability to work, cook, drive, read, and write and will eventually become mute and bedridden. Veronica's disorder is caused by unusual webs and tangles in the brain that have damaged areas important for memory and learning. Veronica most likely has

Accepted Answer

A) Munchausen syndrome. 
B) schizophrenia. 
C) lead or mercury poisoning. 
D) Alzheimer's disease. 
A) Munchausen syndrome. 
B) schizophrenia. 
C) lead or mercury poisoning. 
D) Alzheimer's disease.

Question 3

Carrie sometimes feels very depressed, while at other times she talks too loud and too fast and has a rush of ideas and feelings that others think are unreasonable. Carrie would most likely be diagnosed with a disorder within which DSM-5 category?

Accepted Answer

A) anxiety disorders 
B) bipolar and related disorders 
C) obsessive-compulsive and related disorders 
D) dissociative disorders 
A) anxiety disorders 
B) bipolar and related disorders 
C) obsessive-compulsive and related disorders 
D) dissociative disorders

Question 4

Research has shown that the right combination of inherited potential and environmental stress may produce mind-altering changes in the brain. These changes may cause psychotic behavior and various forms of psychopathology. This is called the __________ model.

Accepted Answer

stress vul

Question 5

When dealing with someone who has been hinting at suicide, which of the following is NOT a good approach?

Accepted Answer

A) Approach the person with support and acceptance, realizing that he or she probably feels misunderstood. 
B) Try to get day-to-day commitments from the person, such as meeting for lunch. 
C) If the person's mood abruptly improves, back off so that he or she is not reminded of earlier suicidal talk. 
D) Ask the person if he or she is considering suicide. 
A) Approach the person with support and acceptance, realizing that he or she probably feels misunderstood. 
B) Try to get day-to-day commitments from the person, such as meeting for lunch. 
C) If the person's mood abruptly improves, back off so that he or she is not reminded of earlier suicidal talk. 
D) Ask the person if he or she is considering suicide.

Question 6

Failure to match one's behavior to widely accepted norms or to the unusual minimum rules for social conduct describes the definition of normality referred to as __________.

Accepted Answer

social non

Question 7

Persons who are housebound because they fear that something extremely embarrassing will happen if they leave the security of their homes suffer from the anxiety disorder known as agoraphobia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the most severe cases of depression and\or mania, the person may even lose touch with reality and display psychotic symptoms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which category of disorders involves extreme preoccupation with certain thoughts and the repetitive performance of certain behaviors?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Unlike the paranoia exhibited in paranoid psychosis, the paranoia in schizophrenia involves

Accepted Answer

A) panic attacks and\or generalized anxiety. 
B) amnesia for the alternate personality. 
C) alternating moods from elation to deep depression. 
D) more bizarre delusions with auditory hallucinations. 
A) panic attacks and\or generalized anxiety. 
B) amnesia for the alternate personality. 
C) alternating moods from elation to deep depression. 
D) more bizarre delusions with auditory hallucinations.

Question 11

Arnold often daydreams about being a major CEO and being admired by the entire population. He cannot understand why his teachers and fellow students do not see his brilliance and his great potential, but he is sure that "someday, they will tell their grandchildren that they were in class with the great Arnold P." Arnold is exhibiting symptoms of which personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) histrionic 
B) paranoid 
C) antisocial 
D) narcissistic 
A) histrionic 
B) paranoid 
C) antisocial 
D) narcissistic

Question 12

When a person has a conversion disorder that person

Accepted Answer

A) still has the symptoms when asleep. 
B) still has the symptoms when hypnotized. 
C) is not disturbed by the disability. 
D) has a severe type of psychosomatic illness. 
A) still has the symptoms when asleep. 
B) still has the symptoms when hypnotized. 
C) is not disturbed by the disability. 
D) has a severe type of psychosomatic illness.

Question 13

If Marty is exhibiting maladaptive behavior, we would expect him to

Accepted Answer

A) exhibit behavior that is culturally relative but statistically rare. 
B) show social nonconforming behavior that may or may not be statistically rare. 
C) show a lack of consistent happiness and sociability in his life. 
D) have an underlying psychological or biological dysfunction that makes it difficult for him to meet the demands of day-to-day life. 
A) exhibit behavior that is culturally relative but statistically rare. 
B) show social nonconforming behavior that may or may not be statistically rare. 
C) show a lack of consistent happiness and sociability in his life. 
D) have an underlying psychological or biological dysfunction that makes it difficult for him to meet the demands of day-to-day life.

Question 14

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 15

Lewis Carroll's character of the Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is modeled after the hat makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who were heavily exposed to mercury used in the preparation of felt. Because of this mercury poisoning, these hat makers developed

Accepted Answer

A) conversion reactions. 
B) somatic symptom disorders. 
C) psychosis due to brain damage. 
D) dissociative disorders. 
A) conversion reactions. 
B) somatic symptom disorders. 
C) psychosis due to brain damage. 
D) dissociative disorders.

Question 16

Since emotional pain is what the suicidal person is seeking to escape, the goal of anyone hoping to prevent suicide should be to reduce the person's pain in any way possible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

If you have the false belief that other people are "out to get you," although there are no facts to support this belief, then you are experiencing

Accepted Answer

A) depressive delusions. 
B) somatic delusions. 
C) delusions of persecution. 
D) delusions of reference. 
A) depressive delusions. 
B) somatic delusions. 
C) delusions of persecution. 
D) delusions of reference.

Question 18

Which of the following persons would most likely be diagnosed with an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) Adam is a perfectionist, who follows a rigid routine and prefers to be in control at all times. 
B) Tommy is deeply mistrustful and suspicious of other's motives. 
C) Darden is charming but is irresponsible and lacks guilt or remorse. 
D) Walter is timid and uncomfortable in social situations and fears evaluation. 
A) Adam is a perfectionist, who follows a rigid routine and prefers to be in control at all times. 
B) Tommy is deeply mistrustful and suspicious of other's motives. 
C) Darden is charming but is irresponsible and lacks guilt or remorse. 
D) Walter is timid and uncomfortable in social situations and fears evaluation.

Question 19

According to behavioral theory, depression is caused by

Accepted Answer

A) learned helplessness. 
B) self-criticism and self-defeating thoughts. 
C) imbalances of serotonin and noradrenaline. 
D) repressed anger that is turned inward as self-hate. 
A) learned helplessness. 
B) self-criticism and self-defeating thoughts. 
C) imbalances of serotonin and noradrenaline. 
D) repressed anger that is turned inward as self-hate.

Question 20

When people fake their own medical problems in order to gain attention and sympathy from medical professionals, they would be diagnosed with

Accepted Answer

A) Munchausen syndrome. 
B) Prader-Willi syndrome. 
C) Munchausen syndrome by proxy. 
D) a conversion disorder. 
A) Munchausen syndrome. 
B) Prader-Willi syndrome. 
C) Munchausen syndrome by proxy. 
D) a conversion disorder.

When depression alternates with periods of mania, meaning the person is agitated, elated, and hyperactive, one would suspect that which type of disorder is involved?

Veronica has slowly lost her ability to work, cook, drive, read, and write and will eventually become mute and bedridden. Veronica's disorder is caused by unusual webs and tangles in the brain that have damaged areas important for memory and learning. Veronica most likely has

Carrie sometimes feels very depressed, while at other times she talks too loud and too fast and has a rush of ideas and feelings that others think are unreasonable. Carrie would most likely be diagnosed with a disorder within which DSM-5 category?

Research has shown that the right combination of inherited potential and environmental stress may produce mind-altering changes in the brain. These changes may cause psychotic behavior and various forms of psychopathology. This is called the __________ model.

When dealing with someone who has been hinting at suicide, which of the following is NOT a good approach?

Failure to match one's behavior to widely accepted norms or to the unusual minimum rules for social conduct describes the definition of normality referred to as __________.

Persons who are housebound because they fear that something extremely embarrassing will happen if they leave the security of their homes suffer from the anxiety disorder known as agoraphobia.

In the most severe cases of depression and\or mania, the person may even lose touch with reality and display psychotic symptoms.

Which category of disorders involves extreme preoccupation with certain thoughts and the repetitive performance of certain behaviors?

Unlike the paranoia exhibited in paranoid psychosis, the paranoia in schizophrenia involves

When a person has a conversion disorder that person

If Marty is exhibiting maladaptive behavior, we would expect him to

Negative symptoms of psychosis would include

Lewis Carroll's character of the Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is modeled after the hat makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who were heavily exposed to mercury used in the preparation of felt. Because of this mercury poisoning, these hat makers developed

Since emotional pain is what the suicidal person is seeking to escape, the goal of anyone hoping to prevent suicide should be to reduce the person's pain in any way possible.

If you have the false belief that other people are "out to get you," although there are no facts to support this belief, then you are experiencing

Which of the following persons would most likely be diagnosed with an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

According to behavioral theory, depression is caused by

When people fake their own medical problems in order to gain attention and sympathy from medical professionals, they would be diagnosed with

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Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

When depression alternates with periods of mania, meaning the person is agitated, elated, and hyperactive, one would suspect that which type of disorder is involved?

Veronica has slowly lost her ability to work, cook, drive, read, and write and will eventually become mute and bedridden. Veronica's disorder is caused by unusual webs and tangles in the brain that have damaged areas important for memory and learning. Veronica most likely has

Carrie sometimes feels very depressed, while at other times she talks too loud and too fast and has a rush of ideas and feelings that others think are unreasonable. Carrie would most likely be diagnosed with a disorder within which DSM-5 category?

Research has shown that the right combination of inherited potential and environmental stress may produce mind-altering changes in the brain. These changes may cause psychotic behavior and various forms of psychopathology. This is called the __________ model.

When dealing with someone who has been hinting at suicide, which of the following is NOT a good approach?

Failure to match one's behavior to widely accepted norms or to the unusual minimum rules for social conduct describes the definition of normality referred to as __________.

Persons who are housebound because they fear that something extremely embarrassing will happen if they leave the security of their homes suffer from the anxiety disorder known as agoraphobia.

In the most severe cases of depression and\or mania, the person may even lose touch with reality and display psychotic symptoms.

Which category of disorders involves extreme preoccupation with certain thoughts and the repetitive performance of certain behaviors?

Unlike the paranoia exhibited in paranoid psychosis, the paranoia in schizophrenia involves

When a person has a conversion disorder that person

If Marty is exhibiting maladaptive behavior, we would expect him to

Negative symptoms of psychosis would include

Lewis Carroll's character of the Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is modeled after the hat makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who were heavily exposed to mercury used in the preparation of felt. Because of this mercury poisoning, these hat makers developed

Since emotional pain is what the suicidal person is seeking to escape, the goal of anyone hoping to prevent suicide should be to reduce the person's pain in any way possible.

If you have the false belief that other people are "out to get you," although there are no facts to support this belief, then you are experiencing

Which of the following persons would most likely be diagnosed with an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

According to behavioral theory, depression is caused by

When people fake their own medical problems in order to gain attention and sympathy from medical professionals, they would be diagnosed with

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

Maximizing Learning through Reflective Processing and Active Thinking

Applied Psychology

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