Question 1

The behavioural model suggests that abnormal behaviour is the result of _______.

Accepted Answer

A) learning 
B) biology 
C) unconscious conflicts 
D) biochemical imbalances

Question 2

Nick was admitted to a mental institution because he heard voices talking to him that no one else could hear,and he saw demons attacking him,though no one else could see anything near him.Nick's symptoms are known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A) delusions 
B) obsessions 
C) hallucinations 
D) compulsions

Question 3

Which of the following is considered the most severe psychological disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) antisocial personality 
B) schizophrenia 
C) depression 
D) bipolar

Question 4

Which of the following theories can be used to explain the cause of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

A) biological 
B) learning 
C) cognitive 
D) all of the above

Question 5

Anxiety disorders run in families and are twice as common in _______ as in _______.

Accepted Answer

A) males; females 
B) females; males 
C) adolescents; young adults 
D) male adolescents; female adolescents

Question 6

The _______ approach to explaining psychological disorders stresses that events during childhood can lead to unresolved conflicts that manifest themselves as abnormal behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A) mythical 
B) medical 
C) learning 
D) psychoanalytic

Question 7

Your aunt prefers to stay in her home and avoid public places and social situations.She would be diagnosed with:

Accepted Answer

A) agoraphobia. 
B) ailurophobia. 
C) cynophobia. 
D) specific phobia.

Question 8

June often experiences episodes during which her heart rate accelerates by more than 50 beats per minute despite encountering no emergency.June suffers from:

Accepted Answer

A) obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
B) generalized anxiety disorder. 
C) acrophobia. 
D) panic disorder.

Question 9

Biological theorists note that there is strong evidence that __________ play an important role in depression.

Accepted Answer

A) secondary motives 
B) environmental cues 
C) primary drives 
D) genetic factors

Question 10

Phobias,obsessive-compulsive disorder,and post-traumatic stress disorder are all types of __________ disorders.

Accepted Answer

A) psychosomatic 
B) somatoform 
C) anxiety 
D) dissociative

Question 11

Harry has an intense,irrational fear of being in public places.He is probably suffering from __________.

Accepted Answer

A) conversion reaction 
B) learned helplessness 
C) paranoia 
D) agoraphobia

Question 12

Nancy smells smoke when there is no fire.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) a delusion. 
B) a hallucination. 
C) paranoia. 
D) olfactory inhibition.

Question 13

While Sid is sitting at his desk at work,an image of harming his young son pops into his mind.Each time this occurs,he touches all four corners of his desk in a particular order.Sid probably suffers from:

Accepted Answer

A) generalized anxiety disorder. 
B) agoraphobia. 
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
D) panic disorder.

Question 14

Which characteristic best describes an antisocial personality?

Accepted Answer

A) low intelligence 
B) lack of remorse or guilt 
C) depression 
D) both a and b

Question 15

The _______ approach to psychological disorders stresses that events occurring in childhood can lead to unresolved conflicts.

Accepted Answer

A) learning 
B) developmental 
C) psychoanalytic 
D) medical

Question 16

Which perspective was first used to explain abnormal behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A) mystical 
B) mythical 
C) medical 
D) psychoanalytic

Question 17

The cognitive model suggests that abnormal behaviour results from _______.

Accepted Answer

A) unconscious conflicts 
B) biochemical imbalances 
C) faulty reinforcement 
D) conscious mental processes

Question 18

The police found a man wandering through the downtown area.The man was dishevelled and seemed to be in a daze.When the police asked the man for his name,he seemed bewildered.A search of missing persons reports revealed that he had been reported missing three months ago in a town more than 1100 kilometres away.The man is most likely suffering from:

Accepted Answer

A) dissociative identity disorder. 
B) schizophrenia. 
C) generalized anxiety disorder. 
D) dissociative fugue.

Question 19

A compulsion is:

Accepted Answer

A) a recurring irrational thought that you cannot put out of your mind. 
B) a behaviour that you cannot control. 
C) an inability to express your emotions. 
D) all of the above

Question 20

Although most psychologists take into account all of the definitions of abnormal behaviour,many give SPECIAL attention to which of the following considerations?

Accepted Answer

A) maladjustment and personal distress dimensions 
B) the issue of control 
C) statistical definition 
D) cultural definition

Exam 15: Psychological Disorders