Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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The term __________ means losing touch with reality.
a. | psychopathic | c. | manic | b. | psychotic | d. | neurotic |
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Jeanine does not like dirt or germs. In fact, she dislikes them so much that
she washes her hands 200 to 300 times a day to make sure she does not get
"infected". She has even developed a little ritual she performs each time she
washes her hands to make sure she gets them thoroughly clean. She is ddriven to perform this
hand-washing riual after touching anything in her house, or she suffers overwhelming anxiety.
Jeanine's behavior is typical of a(n) __________.
a. | hallucination | c. | obsession | b. | delusion | d. | compulsion |
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Which of the following is NOT an anxiety disorder?
a. | obsessive-compulsive disorder | c. | posttraumatic stress
disorder | b. | a phobia | d. | conversion disorder |
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Defining abnormality as deviation from normality
a. | is psychologically unhealthy. | c. | assumes that what most people do is
normal. | b. | is accepted under DSM-IV classification. | d. | allows abnormal people to adjust to the
label. |
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A phobia is characterized by
a. | fear of a particular object or situation. | c. | constant
unhappiness. | b. | feeling euphoric for no reason. | d. | a limited attention
span. |
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People who strive for self-actualization
a. | are always easy to get along with. | c. | strive to express their
individuality and maximize their potential. | b. | are interested only in
themselves. | d. | form the
majority of the population. |
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Most agoraphobics are __________.
a. | elderly | c. | children | b. | women | d. | men |
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When a person develops ____ a drug, he or she needs an increased amount in order
to produce the original effect.
a. | an addiction to | c. | withdrawal from | b. | tolerance to | d. | psychological dependence
on |
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A person with dissociative identity disorder has __________.
a. | impulses to commit socially unacceptable behavior | c. | amnesia about personal information
and past events | b. | frequent panic attacks | d. | two or more personalities |
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Conversion disorders involve a change in __________.
a. | mood from depression to mania | c. | body shape from compulsive
dieting | b. | physical functioning with no medical explanation | d. | levels of anxiety about an object associated
with a traumatic event |
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A dissociative disorder that involves flight from home and the assumption of a
new identity, with amnesia for past identity and events is called __________.
a. | dissociative fugue | c. | depersonalization disorder | b. | somatization
disorder | d. | dissociative
identity disorder |
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The classification system produced by the American Psychiatric Association and
used to describe abnormal behaviors is called the DSM-IV-TR. DSM is an abbreviation for
_____.
a. | Diagnosis and Symptoms Manual | c. | Diagnosis, Symptoms, and Management
Manual | b. | Diseases and Symptoms of Mental Disorders | d. | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders |
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The most widely accepted explanation for dissociative identity disorder is
that it is a response to __________.
a. | role diffusion | c. | childhood abuse | b. | neurotransmitter imbalances | d. | extreme
loneliness |
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DSM-IV was designed to provide a complete list of __________.
a. | psychologic disorders | c. | treatment models | b. | innate predisposition | d. | health
providers |
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In Rosenhan's study, the _____ detected the deception of the
pseudopatients.
a. | doctors | c. | patients | b. | everyone except the doctors | d. | nurses |
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A person with catatonic schizophrenia is most affected in __________.
a. | speech patterns | c. | bodily movements | b. | thought organization | d. | mood swings |
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This is NOT a cause of mental illness.
a. | exposure to stress | c. | family interactions | b. | genetics | d. | personal
weakness |
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A dissociative reaction occurs when a person
a. | loses identity or memory. | c. | has psychosomatic
symptoms. | b. | changes careers. | d. | gives up a lifelong friend. |
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Individuals with paranoid-type schizophrenia
a. | blame doctors for their distress. | c. | remain motionless for long
periods. | b. | have hallucinations and/or delusions. | d. | believe that no one else
exists. |
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The most common mood disorder is __________.
a. | bipolar disorder | c. | mania | b. | amnesia | d. | depression |
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__________ schizophrenia is characterized by giggling, grimaces, and frantic
gesturing.
a. | catatonic | c. | disorganized | b. | undifferentiated | d. | paranoid |
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The onset of schizophrenia generally takes place in __________.
a. | childhood | c. | infancy | b. | adolescence | d. | adulthood |
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The personality disorder that causes people to be distrustful and suspicious
of others is __________.
a. | avoidant personality disorder | c. | paranoid personality
disorder | b. | antisocial personality disorder | d. | schizoid personality
disorder |
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When a person feels very anxious and cannot stop thinking about something even
though it is unpleasant, he or she suffers from
a. | rigidity. | c. | an obsession. | b. | depression. | d. | a compulsion. |
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This is the current term for serious mental disorders characterized by a loss of
contact with reality and extreme mental disruptions.
a. | hysteria | c. | neurosis | b. | insanity | d. | psychosis |
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Psychologists determine whether a person has a psychological disorder based on
whether his or her behavior __________.
a. | is maladaptive | c. | causes emotional discomfort | b. | is socially
acceptable or not | d. | is all of
the above |
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Brain imaging techniques have shown that the brains of people who have
schizophrenia often show signs of
a. | overactive neurotransmitters. | c. | a shrinking
cerebellum. | b. | an enlarged frontal lobe. | d. | deteriorated brain tissue. |
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Which of the following was NOT a treatment for abnormal behavior in earlier
times?
a. | exorcism | c. | trephining | b. | burning or drowning | d. | phrenology |
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The __________ personality displays an early total self-absorption, grandiose
self-importance, and a need for constant attention and admiration.
a. | narcissistic | c. | inadequate | b. | histrionic | d. | borderline |
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Hypochondriasis is a type of __________.
a. | somatoform disorder | c. | anxiety disorder | b. | dissociative disorder | d. | mood disorder |
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Dissociative amnesia is caused by __________.
a. | a traumatic event | c. | a severe head injury | b. | genetic factors | d. | all of the
above |
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Transforming emotional difficulties into the loss of a physiological function is
known as
a. | a conversion reaction. | c. | fugue. | b. | an obsession. | d. | a dissociative
reaction. |
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A somatoform disorder in which a person interprets insignificant symptoms as
signs of serious illness in the absence of any organic evidence of such an illness is called
__________.
a. | a conversion disorder | c. | hypochondriasis | b. | body dysmorphic disorder | d. | somatization
disorder |
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The MAJOR importance of the Rosenhan study of pseudopatients is that
_____.
a. | staff may lose sight of a person's individuality once a diagnostic label is
assigned | c. | psychiatrists often misdiagnose people with abnormal behavior | b. | research like this
is unethical because it may harm the participants | d. | patients are better than trained professionals
at diagnosing mental disorders |
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The most widely used classification scheme for psychological disorders is the
__________.
a. | Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory | c. | California Personality
Inventory | b. | Social Readjustment Rating Scale | d. | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders |
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Rosenhan and his colleagues were admitted to mental hospitals with a diagnosis
of _____ because they claimed to have _____.
a. | multiple personality disorder; voices in their heads | c. | paranoia; auditory
hallucinations | b. | schizophrenia; auditory hallucinations | d. | bipolar disorder; delusions of
grandeur |
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Anxiety disorders are _____.
a. | characterized by unrealistic, irrational fear | c. | the least frequent of the mental
disorders | b. | twice as common in men as in women | d. | all of these
options |
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An extreme fear of being in a public place is called
a. | claustrophobia. | c. | agoraphobia. | b. | acrophobia. | d. | monophobia. |
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This is an outdated term for disorders characterized by unrealistic anxiety and
other associated problems.
a. | psychasthenia | c. | psychosis | b. | neurosis | d. | hysteria |
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A repetitive, ritualistic behavior that a person feels driven to perform is
called a(n) __________.
a. | impulse | c. | delusion | b. | obsession | d. | compulsion |
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A person in the manic phase may have __________.
a. | more than two personalities | c. | recurrent thoughts of death or
suicide | b. | delusions about superior abilities | d. | all of the
above |
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According to psychoanalytic theory, anxiety disorders are the result of
__________.
a. | repressed childhood urges | c. | the overwhelming of the ego by the
urges of the id | b. | the failure to achieve individuation | d. | all of the
above |
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Research suggests that a biological vulnerability to schizophrenia may lie in
excess amounts of __________.
a. | thyroxin | c. | dopamine | b. | vasopressin | d. | epinephrine |
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Disorders characterized by disturbances in a person's emotional stats are
known as __________ disorders.
a. | somatoform | c. | conversion | b. | dissociative | d. | mood |
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The purpose of the DSM-IV-TR is to provide ____.
a. | explanations of the causes of disorders | c. | treatment recommendations for
disorders | b. | descriptions of disorders | d. | all of these options |
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_____ is a legal term for
people with a mental disorder that implies a lack of responsibility for their behavior and an
inability to manage their affairs.
a. | Incompetence | c. | Psychosis | b. | Neurosis | d. | Insanity |
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A person with a bipolar disorder experiences alternating periods of
a. | a wild fantasy life and sadness. | c. | amnesia and
despair. | b. | frantic action and deep despair. | d. | mild sadness and severe
guilt. |
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Schizophrenics that have delusions of people following or watching them are
known as __________ schizophrenics.
a. | paranoid | c. | grandiose | b. | catatonic | d. | disorganized |
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In ancient primitive tribes, mental illness was nearly always attributed to
__________.
a. | improper diet | c. | supernatural powers | b. | social forces | d. | biological
disorders |
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People with personality disorders suffer disruptions in their social life or
work because of __________.
a. | patterns of inflexible traits | c. | hallucinations | b. | delusions of
grandeur | d. | all of the
above |
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