Question 1

People with schizophrenia often have other psychological disorders as well.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

A child who truly believes that if she steps on a crack she'll break her mother's back exhibits

Accepted Answer

A)  perceptual disturbances. 
B)  referential ideas. 
C)  magical thinking. 
D)  wishful thinking.

Question 3

Gary, a schizophrenic patient at a psychiatric hospital, hums very loudly when others are around. He explained to staff that this helps limit the ability of others to read his mind. What type of delusions is Gary experiencing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Influence 
B)  Self-significance 
C)  Persecution or paranoid 
D)  Somatic

Question 4

The onset of schizophrenia occurs after age 40 in ____ of patients.

Accepted Answer

A)  13% 
B)  23% 
C)  33% 
D)  43%

Question 5

The surgical procedure once administered in the hope of severing faulty neural connections that were thought to cause psychotic behavior is known as a

Accepted Answer

A)  lobotomy. 
B)  trephination. 
C)  craniotomy. 
D)  craniectomy.

Question 6

The two structural brain abnormalities that are consistently found in schizophrenics are

Accepted Answer

A)  decreased size of brain ventricles and increased amounts of gray matter. 
B)  decreased size of brain ventricles and decreased amounts of gray matter. 
C)  increased size of brain ventricles and increased amounts of gray matter. 
D)  increased size of brain ventricles and decreased amounts of gray matter.

Question 7

Social skills training has been demonstrated to improve the ______ of persons suffering from schizophrenia despite the chronicity of the disorder.

Accepted Answer

A)  achievement motivation 
B)  delusional symptoms 
C)  social functioning 
D)  aggressive tendencies

Question 8

Delusions and hallucinations are distracters for schizophrenics that keep them from being able to attend to their environmental surroundings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The retrospective design of collecting information on patients suffering from schizophrenia has a serious limitation in that it can result in inaccurate or biased recollections of previous events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Select the statement below that is TRUE of schizophrenia in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A)  Both rates and symptoms are equally common across all ethnic groups. 
B)  Rates of diagnosis for African Americans are lower than for whites. 
C)  Both rates and symptoms are higher for Latino patients than other ethnic groups. 
D)  Rates of diagnosis are not equally common among ethnic groups.

Question 11

MRI studies have demonstrated that changes in ventricle size and gray matter quantity among people with schizophrenia

Accepted Answer

A)  occur before the emergence of the disorder. 
B)  occur as a result of the disorder. 
C)  always lead to the development of the disorder. 
D)  never lead to the development of the disorder.

Question 12

Treatment of schizophrenia should begin as soon as possible after symptoms appear because

Accepted Answer

A)  drug treatments are less effective over time. 
B)  delay increases the severity of the functional impairment. 
C)  early treatment is often completely curative. 
D)  prompt intervention always leads to fewer inpatient hospitalizations.

Question 13

Compared with people who do not have schizophrenia, synaptic pruning occurs ________ in people who do have the disorder.

Accepted Answer

A)  at a slower rate 
B)  at a faster rate 
C)  at the same rate 
D)  irregularly

Question 14

Research on the biological causes of schizophrenia has mainly focused on neurotransmitters associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  negative symptoms. 
B)  positive symptoms. 
C)  cognitive impairments. 
D)  social cognition.

Question 15

In the neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia, many different biological and environmental factors are thought to contribute to the onset of the disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Retrospective studies of schizophrenia are problematic. Discuss the problems inherent in this design and the prospective methodology used in the Danish study presented in the text that helps overcome these limitations.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

The term schizophrenia refers to the splitting of an individual's personality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Researchers have conclusively demonstrated that people with schizophrenia use drugs and/or alcohol to relieve the already present negative symptoms of the disorder, which confirms the self-medication hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The case of Elyn Saks, a college professor described in Real People, Real Disorders, in your text highlights

Accepted Answer

A)  manageability of schizophrenia through active control. 
B)  a tragic story of schizophrenia developing late in life. 
C)  the effectiveness of shock treatment for schizophrenia. 
D)  the importance of family as social support in overcoming schizophrenia.

Question 20

The word schizophrenia is a combination of two Greek words that mean

Accepted Answer

A)  multiple minds. 
B)  multiple thought processes. 
C)  split mind. 
D)  multiple personalities.

Exam 10: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

People with schizophrenia often have other psychological disorders as well.

A child who truly believes that if she steps on a crack she'll break her mother's back exhibits

Gary, a schizophrenic patient at a psychiatric hospital, hums very loudly when others are around. He explained to staff that this helps limit the ability of others to read his mind. What type of delusions is Gary experiencing?

The onset of schizophrenia occurs after age 40 in ____ of patients.

The surgical procedure once administered in the hope of severing faulty neural connections that were thought to cause psychotic behavior is known as a

The two structural brain abnormalities that are consistently found in schizophrenics are

Social skills training has been demonstrated to improve the ______ of persons suffering from schizophrenia despite the chronicity of the disorder.

Delusions and hallucinations are distracters for schizophrenics that keep them from being able to attend to their environmental surroundings.

The retrospective design of collecting information on patients suffering from schizophrenia has a serious limitation in that it can result in inaccurate or biased recollections of previous events.

Select the statement below that is TRUE of schizophrenia in the U.S.

MRI studies have demonstrated that changes in ventricle size and gray matter quantity among people with schizophrenia

Treatment of schizophrenia should begin as soon as possible after symptoms appear because

Compared with people who do not have schizophrenia, synaptic pruning occurs ________ in people who do have the disorder.

Research on the biological causes of schizophrenia has mainly focused on neurotransmitters associated with

In the neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia, many different biological and environmental factors are thought to contribute to the onset of the disorder.

Retrospective studies of schizophrenia are problematic. Discuss the problems inherent in this design and the prospective methodology used in the Danish study presented in the text that helps overcome these limitations.

The term schizophrenia refers to the splitting of an individual's personality.

Researchers have conclusively demonstrated that people with schizophrenia use drugs and/or alcohol to relieve the already present negative symptoms of the disorder, which confirms the self-medication hypothesis.

The case of Elyn Saks, a college professor described in Real People, Real Disorders, in your text highlights

The word schizophrenia is a combination of two Greek words that mean