Question 1

Which of the following is a common misconception about suicide?

Accepted Answer

A)  People who attempt suicide are "crazy." 
B)  Talking to people who are suicidal about their thoughts will actually help them in reducing their suicidal impulses. 
C)  People who commit suicide were often very willing to seek help. 
D)  Someone determined to commit suicide can be stopped.

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes our knowledge of the level of the person in the development if bipolar disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  We know surprisingly little about how events at the level of the person contribute to the development of bipolar disorder. 
B)  Research has not been conducted about the effect on bipolar disorder of events at the level of the person. 
C)  It has been conclusively determined that bipolar disorder is exclusively contributed to by events at the level of the brain and by no events at the level of the person. 
D)  At the level of the person it has been found that a deficit of serotonin combined with an excess of norepinephrine contributes to the development of bipolar disorder.

Question 3

During his college years, Jacob often experienced episodes of intense fear accompanied by the physical sensations of a heart attack. Jacob might have experienced a ________ disorder while in college.

Accepted Answer

A)  personality 
B)  mood 
C)  panic 
D)  eating

Question 4

If you had an experience where you almost fell from a high place, being far off the ground in the future could elicit strong feelings of fear and turn into a phobia. This would explain a mental illness using _________ conditioning.

Accepted Answer

A)  operant 
B)  vicarious 
C)  observational 
D)  classical

Question 5

Disorders characterized by disturbances in emotion are known as ______ disorders.

Accepted Answer

A)  conversion 
B)  somatoform 
C)  mood 
D)  dissociative

Question 6

The primary purpose of the DSM-IV-TR is to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  help psychologists assess only normal behavior 
B)  keep the number of diagnostic categories of mental disorders to a minimum 
C)  help psychological professionals diagnose psychological disorders 
D)  describe the causes of common physiological disorders

Question 7

________ refers to the chronic psychological and social stresses of life in an urban environment, especially for the poor.

Accepted Answer

A)  Social selection 
B)  Social drift 
C)  Social causation 
D)  Social correlation

Question 8

Identify and discuss two important myths as well as the reality of suicide and important risk factors that predict suicide attempts.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and discuss two important myths as...

Question 9

Phobic disorders are a category of disorders whose hallmark is intense or pervasive anxiety or fear, or extreme attempts to avoid the triggers of these feelings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

David has just been diagnosed with MDD. As such, he may have which of the following symptoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  a compulsive need to check and recheck things 
B)  enhanced self-esteem and elation 
C)  heightened energy 
D)  intense restlessness

Question 11

If Jerry has some sort of psychological disorder about which there are relevant social and/or environmental problems, then his clinician will likely note those problems on Axis ________ of the DSM-based diagnosis.

Accepted Answer

A)  I 
B)  II 
C)  III 
D)  IV

Question 12

_______is used to help psychological professionals diagnose psychological disorders.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 
B)  The Physician's Desk Reference 
C)  The Textbook of Psychological Disorders 
D)  The Textbook of Physiological Disorders

Question 13

Steve's psychiatrist notes that Steve is experiencing a disruption of the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, and identity. Therefore, Steve most likely has a(n).________ disorder.

Accepted Answer

A)  schizophrenic 
B)  adjustment 
C)  dissociative 
D)  impulse-control

Question 14

Homosexuality ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  is still technically considered a mental disorder in the United States 
B)  was officially considered a mental disorder in the United States until the early 1920s 
C)  was officially considered a mental disorder in the United States until the early 1970s 
D)  is officially classified as a deviant, borderline mental disorder in the United States as of the early 1970s

Question 15

According to psychologist Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, differences in depressive symptoms between men and women in developed countries are due to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the social "permission" that women are given to be depressed versus the social "prohibition" men are given that prevents them from expressing depressed symptoms 
B)  the genetic differences in the ways depressive symptoms manifest between the sexes 
C)  the different stress-response strategies we are taught as children 
D)  such a variety of factors that it is impossible to speculate on just one or two

Question 16

A patient in a psychiatric hospital exhibits disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, and hallucinations. This person is probably suffering from___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  schizophrenia 
B)  bipolar disorder 
C)  a dissociative disorder 
D)  passive-aggressive personality

Question 17

Seetra is seeing a therapist for the first time. Her psychologist notes that her severe facial acne may contribute significantly to her depressive symptoms, since her high school classmates tend to be mean about her pimples. On which axis of a DSM diagnosis would Seetra's difficulties with her classmates be noted?

Accepted Answer

A)  Axis I 
B)  Axis II 
C)  Axis III 
D)  Axis IV

Question 18

As a serious dancer, Justine watches what she eats. She knows that she is underweight, but fears that if she starts eating more that she will get fat. In addition to a preoccupation with food she has also stopped menstruating. Her behaviors suggest that she might be suffering from ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  anorexia nervosa 
B)  bulimia nervosa 
C)  compulsive exercise 
D)  phobic disorder

Question 19

The restricting type is a subtype of bulimia nervosa.

Accepted Answer