Question 1

Which of the following is the term used to describe a sudden onset of extreme panic with various symptoms including racing heart,rapid breathing,and sweating?

Accepted Answer

A) Obsessive-compulsive disorder 
B) Generalized anxiety disorder 
C) Panic attack 
D) Posttraumatic stress disorder

Question 2

Leo worries all of the time.He worries about his money,his children,and his dog.His muscles are always tense and sore;he has trouble sleeping,is often irritable,and has difficulty concentrating.Leo's symptoms sound most like

Accepted Answer

A) agoraphobia. 
B) major depressive disorder. 
C) social anxiety disorder. 
D) generalized anxiety disorder.

Question 3

Which type of phobia is the most debilitating of all phobias?

Accepted Answer

A) Social anxiety disorders 
B) Arachnophobia 
C) Agoraphobia 
D) Hydrophobia

Question 4

Marty is moody,manipulative,and unstable,and he lacks a clear sense of identity,and often clings to others.He wants to have close relationships but is unable to do so because he is untrusting of others.Marty is suffering from ______ personality disorder.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

The development of modern psychiatric treatments,such as medications like Thorazine,was associated with

Accepted Answer

A) the hospitalization and humane treatment of mental patients rather than imprisonment. 
B) a movement toward deinstitutionalization which released patients and closed mental hospitals. 
C) a push toward moral treatment of mental patients and the provision of better care in asylums. 
D) the closure of community mental health centres and halfway houses as disorders were treated with medication.

Question 6

The symptoms of ________ are often mistaken for those of a heart attack.

Accepted Answer

A) obsessive-compulsive disorder 
B) generalized anxiety disorder 
C) a panic attack 
D) posttraumatic stress disorder

Question 7

_____________ is associated with moods that alternate between numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms and numerous periods of depressive symptoms.

Accepted Answer

A) Bipolar disorder 
B) Dysthymic disorder 
C) Seasonal affective disorder 
D) Cyclothymic disorder

Question 8

In a condition called _______,some First Nations residents in Central Canada report a morbid fear of becoming a cannibal.

Accepted Answer

A) windigo 
B) latah 
C) brain fog 
D) mal de ojo

Question 9

In ancient times,signs of mental illness were believed to be caused by

Accepted Answer

A) imbalance of neurotransmitters. 
B) social forces. 
C) demons. 
D) improper diet.

Question 10

Which of the following is a criterion for defining mental disorders?

Accepted Answer

A) Environmental dysfunction 
B) Societal approval 
C) Bizarre behaviour 
D) Statistical rarity

Question 11

Ellie is a graduate student in psychology at the local university.She is interested in one day specializing in the study of abnormal behaviour.What area of psychology should she focus on in school?

Accepted Answer

A) Psychobiology 
B) Developmental psychology 
C) Psychopathology 
D) Health psychology

Question 12

Individuals with a psychopathic personality may have a history of what childhood disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) Autism 
B) Conduct disorder 
C) ADHD 
D) Bipolar disorder

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true about the DSM-5?

Accepted Answer

A) It is used to diagnose all kinds of medical conditions. 
B) It is used to diagnose medical conditions that may have an impact on mental health. 
C) It lists information regarding symptoms but does not include a checklist of criteria that must be met for diagnosis. 
D) It describes symptoms and includes a checklist of specific criteria for diagnosis.

Question 14

The most frequent type of hallucinations involves

Accepted Answer

A) experiencing taste in the absence of the appropriate food. 
B) hearing voices or sounds that are not real. 
C) seeing objects or persons that are not real. 
D) feeling objects on one's body that are not really present.

Question 15

A disorder in which intruding thoughts that occur again and again are followed by repetitive,ritualistic behaviour meant to lower the anxiety caused by the thoughts is called

Accepted Answer

A) obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
B) social anxiety disorder. 
C) paranoid schizophrenia. 
D) clinical depression.

Question 16

Most people with panic disorder also develop what other anxiety disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) Posttraumatic stress disorder 
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder 
C) Agoraphobia 
D) Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 17

The reported prevalence of DID diagnoses has increased along with popular media coverage of the disorder.This fact supports the __________ model of dissociative identity disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) posttraumatic 
B) sociocognitive 
C) psychoanalytic 
D) sociocultural

Question 18

After being passed up for a promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son,a man disappears.He shows up two weeks later in another town with no memory of who he is or how he got there.He appears to be suffering from

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

Each day,while Sid is sitting at his desk at work,he continually thinks about germs.Each time this occurs,he washes his hands.Sid probably suffers from

Accepted Answer