Question 1

False beliefs held by a person who has no evidence to support such beliefs are known as

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

Question 2

People with _________ disorders have an excessively rigid,maladaptive pattern of behaviour and ways of relating to others.

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A) personality 
B) mood 
C) affective 
D) schizophrenic

Question 3

People who have a(n)__________ are afraid of being evaluated in some negative way by others,so they tend to avoid situations that can be embarrassing.

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A) obsessive-compulsive disorder 
B) social phobia 
C) specific phobia 
D) interactive phobia

Question 4

The tendency to think in "all-or-none" terms is characteristic of

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A) antisocial personality disorder. 
B) borderline personality disorder. 
C) paranoid schizophrenia. 
D) a dissociative fugue.

Question 5

Kendra is a 10-year-old musical prodigy.If she hears a piece of music once,she can play it perfectly on the piano from memory.Kendra's abilities would be accurately described using which of the following terms?

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A) abnormal 
B) unusual 
C) maladaptive 
D) stigmatized

Question 6

During the day,Barb suffers from frequent,unwanted thoughts that she has left her front door unlocked and recurrent images that all her belongings have been taken.These thoughts and images are what psychologists refer to as a

Accepted Answer

A) compulsion. 
B) delusion. 
C) hallucination. 
D) obsession.

Question 7

People diagnosed with schizophrenia are more likely to have been born during the winter months.One explanation for this phenomenon is that

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A) people born during these months are more likely to be exposed to the flu virus while still in the womb. 
B) cold temperatures slow down neuronal development. 
C) summer heat negatively affects the genetic maternal in sperm at the time of conception (9 months earlier). 
D) eggs released during the summer-9 months earlier-are more likely to contain genetic errors.

Question 8

People with which personality disorder are most likely to be arrested for violent or destructive crimes?

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

Question 9

DSM stands for

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A) Diagrammatic and Statistical Manual. 
B) Deviance and Sadism Manual. 
C) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. 
D) Developmental Sickness Model.

Question 10

According to family,twin,and adoption studies,a person is at greatest risk for developing schizophrenia if he or she has a(n)

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A) identical twin diagnosed with the disorder. 
B) nonidentical twin diagnosed with the disorder. 
C) adoptive parent diagnosed with the disorder. 
D) biological parent diagnosed with the disorder.

Question 11

A psychiatric patient repeatedly breaks the law,behaves impulsively,and generally demonstrates a disregard for,and violation of,the rights of others.It is most likely that this patient will be diagnosed with

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A) borderline personality disorder. 
B) antisocial personality disorder. 
C) bipolar disorder. 
D) schizophrenia.

Question 12

Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when,without warning,her heart begins racing rapidly,she starts sweating profusely,and she is gripped with a terrifying fear that she is about to go crazy.Nothing she is doing seems to have caused such an episode.Her symptoms most resemble

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A) a phobic disorder. 
B) a panic attack. 
C) post-traumatic stress. 
D) a compulsion

Question 13

Marty is moody,often switching from one extreme emotion to its opposite.He wants to have close relationships but is unable to do so because he is untrusting of others.Marty is most likely suffering from ______ personality disorder.

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A) antisocial 
B) avoidant 
C) dependent 
D) borderline

Question 14

Prolonged periods of sadness,feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness,social withdrawal,and cognitive and physical sluggishness best describes which disorder?

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A) major depression 
B) OCD 
C) bipolar disorder 
D) DID

Question 15

Mr.Carpenter is constantly afraid that he is going to oversleep and be late for work.As a result,he spends nearly an hour total each night making certain that his alarm clock is correctly set and saying "It's set,it's set,it's set" each of the times he checks it.This repetitive action is what clinical psychologists refer to as a

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