Question 1

In the DSM-5, the reliability of the ____ was considered low, calling into question the validity of diagnosing them.

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety disorders 
B)  personality disorders 
C)  sexual dysfunctions 
D)  trauma- and stressor-related disorders 
A)  anxiety disorders 
B)  personality disorders 
C)  sexual dysfunctions 
D)  trauma- and stressor-related disorders

Question 2

Describe the differences between dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.

Accepted Answer

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is

Question 3

Which statement could help explain the higher incidence of depression in women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women are less likely to use a ruminative coping strategy. 
B)  Women are more likely to have an interpersonal orientation. 
C)  Women are more likely to engage in activities to take their minds off their feelings. 
D)  Women are less likely to have experience with stressful life events. 
A)  Women are less likely to use a ruminative coping strategy. 
B)  Women are more likely to have an interpersonal orientation. 
C)  Women are more likely to engage in activities to take their minds off their feelings. 
D)  Women are less likely to have experience with stressful life events.

Question 4

Amina has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She is prescribed medication that will most likely influence the action of the neurotransmitter ____ in her brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  endorphin 
B)  acetylcholine 
C)  dopamine 
D)  GABA 
A)  endorphin 
B)  acetylcholine 
C)  dopamine 
D)  GABA

Question 5

If you have an intensely irrational fear of being negatively evaluated by others in a social situation, you may have ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  panic disorder 
B)  acrophobia 
C)  agoraphobia 
D)  social phobia 
A)  panic disorder 
B)  acrophobia 
C)  agoraphobia 
D)  social phobia

Question 6

People with schizophrenia who exhibit a catatonic stupor ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  remain totally motionless and rigid 
B)  are highly agitated and fidgety 
C)  talk in a word salad 
D)  behave as if talking to an imaginary person 
A)  remain totally motionless and rigid 
B)  are highly agitated and fidgety 
C)  talk in a word salad 
D)  behave as if talking to an imaginary person

Question 7

The concept of "not typical or culturally expected" in relation to distinguishing normal from abnormal behavior includes ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  both the instance of someone doing something that most others do not do and not doing something that most people do 
B)  only the instance of someone doing something that most others do not do 
C)  only the instance of someone not doing something that most others do 
D)  only the instance of someone doing something that involves personal distress 
A)  both the instance of someone doing something that most others do not do and not doing something that most people do 
B)  only the instance of someone doing something that most others do not do 
C)  only the instance of someone not doing something that most others do 
D)  only the instance of someone doing something that involves personal distress

Question 8

A DSM diagnosis can ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  tell us very clearly how a person will behave in the future 
B)  provide a detailed description of the person's unique characteristics 
C)  be used as a general label to understand a person's problem 
D)  tell us the factors that have created a particular problem behavior 
A)  tell us very clearly how a person will behave in the future 
B)  provide a detailed description of the person's unique characteristics 
C)  be used as a general label to understand a person's problem 
D)  tell us the factors that have created a particular problem behavior

Question 9

How are panic disorder and agoraphobia related?

Accepted Answer

Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder ch

Question 10

Aaron Beck is associated with a(n) ____ approach to depression.

Accepted Answer

A)  social learning 
B)  psychoanalytic 
C)  humanistic 
D)  cognitive 
A)  social learning 
B)  psychoanalytic 
C)  humanistic 
D)  cognitive

Question 11

Defining abnormal behavior as some behavior that is different than the way somebody is supposed to act invokes which criterion to establish abnormality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Violation of social and cultural norms 
B)  Personal distress 
C)  Dysfunction 
D)  Level of impairment 
A)  Violation of social and cultural norms 
B)  Personal distress 
C)  Dysfunction 
D)  Level of impairment

Question 12

A person who has anorexia nervosa and does not eat to the extent that most people do specifically fits the ____ criteria for distinguishing normal from abnormal behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  distress 
B)  not typical or culturally expected 
C)  dysfunction 
D)  level of impairment 
A)  distress 
B)  not typical or culturally expected 
C)  dysfunction 
D)  level of impairment

Question 13

Stress may influence depression by increasing the activity of stress hormones, thereby ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  inhibiting the activity of brain neurotransmitters related to mood 
B)  decreasing the levels of important hormones like testosterone 
C)  stimulating overactivity in the hypothalamus 
D)  increasing wear and tear on the major organs of the body 
A)  inhibiting the activity of brain neurotransmitters related to mood 
B)  decreasing the levels of important hormones like testosterone 
C)  stimulating overactivity in the hypothalamus 
D)  increasing wear and tear on the major organs of the body

Question 14

Which symptom is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disordered behavior 
B)  Avolition 
C)  Blunted affect 
D)  Alogia 
A)  Disordered behavior 
B)  Avolition 
C)  Blunted affect 
D)  Alogia

Question 15

As a suicide prevention counselor, it may be helpful to know that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  women are more likely than men to die by suicide 
B)  men are more likely than women to choose a drug overdose as the means to suicide 
C)  women are more likely than men to attempt suicide 
D)  women are more likely than men to choose hanging as the means to suicide 
A)  women are more likely than men to die by suicide 
B)  men are more likely than women to choose a drug overdose as the means to suicide 
C)  women are more likely than men to attempt suicide 
D)  women are more likely than men to choose hanging as the means to suicide

Question 16

Which of the following is commonly associated with the development of posttraumatic stress disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dealing with the long, slow, and painful death of a loved one from cancer 
B)  Retirement from a successful and deeply rewarding career 
C)  Experiencing a natural disaster such as an earthquake 
D)  Experiencing an "empty nest" 
A)  Dealing with the long, slow, and painful death of a loved one from cancer 
B)  Retirement from a successful and deeply rewarding career 
C)  Experiencing a natural disaster such as an earthquake 
D)  Experiencing an "empty nest"

Question 17

Identify the differences between major depression and persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia).

Accepted Answer

A diagnosis of major depressive disorder

Question 18

Samuel has agoraphobia. That means that he has a fear of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  closed spaces 
B)  being in places where escape would be difficult if panic were to occur 
C)  social situations in which negative evaluation could occur 
D)  heights 
A)  closed spaces 
B)  being in places where escape would be difficult if panic were to occur 
C)  social situations in which negative evaluation could occur 
D)  heights

Question 19

Which neurotransmitter level would be consistent with a diagnosis of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Depleted levels of serotonin 
B)  Depleted levels of glutamate 
C)  Excess levels of norepinephrine 
D)  Excess levels of endorphins 
A)  Depleted levels of serotonin 
B)  Depleted levels of glutamate 
C)  Excess levels of norepinephrine 
D)  Excess levels of endorphins

Question 20

Which individual is more likely to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sheila, a 21-year-old woman 
B)  Donald, a 45-year-old man 
C)  Pasha, a 50-year-old woman 
D)  Carlos, a 20-year-old man 
A)  Sheila, a 21-year-old woman 
B)  Donald, a 45-year-old man 
C)  Pasha, a 50-year-old woman 
D)  Carlos, a 20-year-old man

In the DSM-5, the reliability of the ____ was considered low, calling into question the validity of diagnosing them.

Describe the differences between dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.

Which statement could help explain the higher incidence of depression in women?

Amina has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She is prescribed medication that will most likely influence the action of the neurotransmitter ____ in her brain.

If you have an intensely irrational fear of being negatively evaluated by others in a social situation, you may have ____.

People with schizophrenia who exhibit a catatonic stupor ____.

The concept of "not typical or culturally expected" in relation to distinguishing normal from abnormal behavior includes ____.

A DSM diagnosis can ____.

How are panic disorder and agoraphobia related?

Aaron Beck is associated with a(n) ____ approach to depression.

Defining abnormal behavior as some behavior that is different than the way somebody is supposed to act invokes which criterion to establish abnormality?

A person who has anorexia nervosa and does not eat to the extent that most people do specifically fits the ____ criteria for distinguishing normal from abnormal behavior.

Stress may influence depression by increasing the activity of stress hormones, thereby ____.

Which symptom is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

As a suicide prevention counselor, it may be helpful to know that ____.

Which of the following is commonly associated with the development of posttraumatic stress disorder?

Identify the differences between major depression and persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia).

Samuel has agoraphobia. That means that he has a fear of ____.

Which neurotransmitter level would be consistent with a diagnosis of schizophrenia?

Which individual is more likely to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?

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In the DSM-5, the reliability of the ____ was considered low, calling into question the validity of diagnosing them.

Describe the differences between dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.

Which statement could help explain the higher incidence of depression in women?

Amina has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She is prescribed medication that will most likely influence the action of the neurotransmitter ____ in her brain.

If you have an intensely irrational fear of being negatively evaluated by others in a social situation, you may have ____.

People with schizophrenia who exhibit a catatonic stupor ____.

The concept of "not typical or culturally expected" in relation to distinguishing normal from abnormal behavior includes ____.

A DSM diagnosis can ____.

How are panic disorder and agoraphobia related?

Aaron Beck is associated with a(n) ____ approach to depression.

Defining abnormal behavior as some behavior that is different than the way somebody is supposed to act invokes which criterion to establish abnormality?

A person who has anorexia nervosa and does not eat to the extent that most people do specifically fits the ____ criteria for distinguishing normal from abnormal behavior.

Stress may influence depression by increasing the activity of stress hormones, thereby ____.

Which symptom is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

As a suicide prevention counselor, it may be helpful to know that ____.

Which of the following is commonly associated with the development of posttraumatic stress disorder?

Identify the differences between major depression and persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia).

Samuel has agoraphobia. That means that he has a fear of ____.

Which neurotransmitter level would be consistent with a diagnosis of schizophrenia?

Which individual is more likely to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?

The Science of Psychology

Neuroscience

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Consciousness

Motivation and Emotion

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Memory

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

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