Question 1

Trenton was diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome.This means that he

Accepted Answer

A)  tends to fake his own medical problems to gain attention. 
B)  tends to fake the medical problems of someone in his care in order to gain attention. 
C)  has severe emotional conflicts that produce symptoms that resemble a physical disability. 
D)  has frequent episodes of depersonalization with accompanying amnesia. 
A)  tends to fake his own medical problems to gain attention. 
B)  tends to fake the medical problems of someone in his care in order to gain attention. 
C)  has severe emotional conflicts that produce symptoms that resemble a physical disability. 
D)  has frequent episodes of depersonalization with accompanying amnesia.

Question 2

A person,who experiences a long series of imagined physical complaints,feels ill much of the time,and visits doctors repeatedly,would most likely be suffering from

Accepted Answer

A)  a conversion reaction. 
B)  somatization disorder. 
C)  a traumatic disorder. 
D)  an obsession. 
A)  a conversion reaction. 
B)  somatization disorder. 
C)  a traumatic disorder. 
D)  an obsession.

Question 3

Regarding stress disorders,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eight percent of military veterans still suffer post-traumatic stress decades after they were in combat. 
B)  Acute stress disorder lasts more than three months but less than a year. 
C)  Stress disorders occur when people experience stresses outside the range of normal human experience. 
D)  Symptoms of stress disorders may include insomnia, nightmares, irritability, explosive anger, or blunted emotions. 
A)  Eight percent of military veterans still suffer post-traumatic stress decades after they were in combat. 
B)  Acute stress disorder lasts more than three months but less than a year. 
C)  Stress disorders occur when people experience stresses outside the range of normal human experience. 
D)  Symptoms of stress disorders may include insomnia, nightmares, irritability, explosive anger, or blunted emotions.

Question 4

A minister who finds profanities popping into her mind starts counting her heartbeats in order to prevent thinking about the "dirty" words.She most likely has

Accepted Answer

A)  agoraphobia. 
B)  somatization disorder. 
C)  social phobia. 
D)  obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
A)  agoraphobia. 
B)  somatization disorder. 
C)  social phobia. 
D)  obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 5

A person who is deeply distrustful and suspicious of others,as well as being guarded and hypersensitive,would be classified as having which personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

If your thoughts make you extremely nervous and compel you to rigidly repeat certain actions or routines,you would mostly likely have a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  social phobia. 
B)  obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
C)  generalized anxiety disorder. 
D)  delusional disorder. 
A)  social phobia. 
B)  obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
C)  generalized anxiety disorder. 
D)  delusional disorder.

Question 7

Discomfort in social situations,fear of evaluation,and timidity are characteristic of which personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  histrionic 
B)  antisocial 
C)  schizoid 
D)  avoidant 
A)  histrionic 
B)  antisocial 
C)  schizoid 
D)  avoidant

Question 8

Which of the following persons would most likely be diagnosed with a schizotypal 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)  Willis is a loner, who exhibits extremely odd behavior and has bizarre thought patterns, but is not actively psychotic. 
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)  Willis is a loner, who exhibits extremely odd behavior and has bizarre thought patterns, but is not actively psychotic. 
D)  Walter is timid and uncomfortable in social situations, and fears evaluation.

Question 9

Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who displays social isolation,extremely odd behavior,and disturbed thought patterns,but who is not actively psychotic?

Accepted Answer

A)  dependent 
B)  schizotypal 
C)  narcissistic 
D)  schizoid 
A)  dependent 
B)  schizotypal 
C)  narcissistic 
D)  schizoid

Question 10

Suicidal behavior usually progresses from which of the following to suicide attempts?

Accepted Answer

A)  apathy to irrationality 
B)  suicidal thoughts to suicide threats 
C)  dependency to despondency 
D)  suicidal thoughts to dependency 
A)  apathy to irrationality 
B)  suicidal thoughts to suicide threats 
C)  dependency to despondency 
D)  suicidal thoughts to dependency

Question 11

Hypochondriasis,pain disorders,and conversion disorders are types of __________ disorders.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychosomatic 
B)  dissociative 
C)  somatoform 
D)  organic mental 
A)  psychosomatic 
B)  dissociative 
C)  somatoform 
D)  organic mental

Question 12

Behaviorists believe that the symptoms of anxiety are the result of

Accepted Answer

A)  faulty self-image. 
B)  existential anxiety. 
C)  forbidden id impulses. 
D)  inappropriate conditioning. 
A)  faulty self-image. 
B)  existential anxiety. 
C)  forbidden id impulses. 
D)  inappropriate conditioning.

Question 13

Armand has been in therapy for two months.He has been unable to keep a steady job because he reacts so angrily to ordinary criticism and quits his job only to experience intense self-hatred.He has felt like he was making progress in therapy.However,when the therapist introduces Armand to the therapist that will be taking over her cases while she is on vacation,Armand angrily storms out of the office and takes a brick and breaks the window of his therapist's office.Armand is showing symptoms of which personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  schizoid 
B)  borderline 
C)  narcissistic 
D)  histrionic 
A)  schizoid 
B)  borderline 
C)  narcissistic 
D)  histrionic

Question 14

Ben was usually in the hospital at least 15 times a year.He was taking 19 different medications,and his mother said that she desperately wanted him to be healed.The doctors discovered that there was nothing wrong with Ben.It was determined that Ben's mother had a pathological need to seek attention and sympathy from medical professionals by "keeping her child sick." Ben's mother had which of the following disorders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Munchausen syndrome by proxy 
B)  an obsessive-compulsive disorder 
C)  Prader-Willi syndrome 
D)  a conversion disorder 
A)  Munchausen syndrome by proxy 
B)  an obsessive-compulsive disorder 
C)  Prader-Willi syndrome 
D)  a conversion disorder

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Married individuals have higher rates of suicide than single persons. 
B)  More than half of all suicide victims are over 45 years old. 
C)  Caucasians generally have higher suicide rates than do non-Caucasians with the exception of Native Americans. 
D)  Men have a higher suicide death rate than women do. 
A)  Married individuals have higher rates of suicide than single persons. 
B)  More than half of all suicide victims are over 45 years old. 
C)  Caucasians generally have higher suicide rates than do non-Caucasians with the exception of Native Americans. 
D)  Men have a higher suicide death rate than women do.

Question 16

Adolescents may experience considerable which of the following as they develop their identity and realize that they are personally responsible for their lives?

Accepted Answer

A)  moral anxiety 
B)  existential anxiety 
C)  inappropriate conditioning 
D)  forbidden id impulses 
A)  moral anxiety 
B)  existential anxiety 
C)  inappropriate conditioning 
D)  forbidden id impulses

Question 17

Major risk factors for suicide include

Accepted Answer

A)  hopelessness. 
B)  narcissism. 
C)  high blood pressure. 
D)  marriage. 
A)  hopelessness. 
B)  narcissism. 
C)  high blood pressure. 
D)  marriage.

Question 18

The powerful reward of immediate relief from anxiety keeps self-defeating avoidance behaviors alive,according to the

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety reduction hypothesis. 
B)  frustration-aggression hypothesis. 
C)  living in "bad faith" postulate. 
D)  irrational belief system. 
A)  anxiety reduction hypothesis. 
B)  frustration-aggression hypothesis. 
C)  living in "bad faith" postulate. 
D)  irrational belief system.

Question 19

Regarding dissociative identity disorders,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  A history of heavy drug use as teenagers was found in over 95 percent of persons whose personalities later split into multiple identities. 
B)  The goal of therapy is integration and fusion of the identities into a single, balanced personality. 
C)  Therapy for dissociative identity disorders makes use of hypnosis, which allows contact with the various personality states. 
D)  A majority of psychologists continue to believe that multiple identity is a real, but rare problem. 
A)  A history of heavy drug use as teenagers was found in over 95 percent of persons whose personalities later split into multiple identities. 
B)  The goal of therapy is integration and fusion of the identities into a single, balanced personality. 
C)  Therapy for dissociative identity disorders makes use of hypnosis, which allows contact with the various personality states. 
D)  A majority of psychologists continue to believe that multiple identity is a real, but rare problem.

Question 20

A friend has called you to "say goodbye" and tells you she is alone and how she plans to carry out the act using a drug overdose.She then hangs up on you,and you cannot get her back on the phone.What should you do?

Accepted Answer

A)  Do not overreact because she is trying to manipulate you. 
B)  If she does not call back in 15 minutes, call her. 
C)  Call another friend to accompany you to this "suicidal" friend's house. 
D)  Call the police or a rescue unit and tell them what happened. 
A)  Do not overreact because she is trying to manipulate you. 
B)  If she does not call back in 15 minutes, call her. 
C)  Call another friend to accompany you to this "suicidal" friend's house. 
D)  Call the police or a rescue unit and tell them what happened.

Exam 14: C: Psychological Disorders

Trenton was diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome.This means that he

A person,who experiences a long series of imagined physical complaints,feels ill much of the time,and visits doctors repeatedly,would most likely be suffering from

Regarding stress disorders,which of the following statements is FALSE?

A minister who finds profanities popping into her mind starts counting her heartbeats in order to prevent thinking about the "dirty" words.She most likely has

A person who is deeply distrustful and suspicious of others,as well as being guarded and hypersensitive,would be classified as having which personality disorder?

If your thoughts make you extremely nervous and compel you to rigidly repeat certain actions or routines,you would mostly likely have a(n)

Discomfort in social situations,fear of evaluation,and timidity are characteristic of which personality disorder?

Which of the following persons would most likely be diagnosed with a schizotypal personality disorder?

Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who displays social isolation,extremely odd behavior,and disturbed thought patterns,but who is not actively psychotic?

Suicidal behavior usually progresses from which of the following to suicide attempts?

Hypochondriasis,pain disorders,and conversion disorders are types of __________ disorders.

Behaviorists believe that the symptoms of anxiety are the result of

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

Adolescents may experience considerable which of the following as they develop their identity and realize that they are personally responsible for their lives?

Major risk factors for suicide include

The powerful reward of immediate relief from anxiety keeps self-defeating avoidance behaviors alive,according to the

Regarding dissociative identity disorders,which of the following statements is FALSE?

A friend has called you to "say goodbye" and tells you she is alone and how she plans to carry out the act using a drug overdose.She then hangs up on you,and you cannot get her back on the phone.What should you do?

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