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| 1051. |
A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks braincells, is called |
| A. | Korsakoff\s syndrome. |
| B. | delirium tremens. |
| C. | schizotypical psychosis. |
| D. | general paresis. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1052. |
__________ schizophrenia usually involves delusions of persecution and grandeur. |
| A. | Catatonic |
| B. | Disorganized |
| C. | Paranoid |
| D. | Undifferentiated |
| Answer» D. Undifferentiated | |
| 1053. |
Which of the following is characteristic of a dissociative disorder? |
| A. | phobic disorder |
| B. | amnesia |
| C. | paranoia |
| D. | depression |
| Answer» C. paranoia | |
| 1054. |
It has been discovered that all major anti-psychotic drugs |
| A. | block the action of dopamine. |
| B. | facilitate the action of dopamine. |
| C. | increase levels of dopamine. |
| D. | decrease levels of dopamine. |
| Answer» B. facilitate the action of dopamine. | |
| 1055. |
The term schizophrenia can be interpreted to mean |
| A. | a split between thought and emotion. |
| B. | having more than one personality. |
| C. | the same thing as a dissociative reaction. |
| D. | that a person is insane. |
| Answer» B. having more than one personality. | |
| 1056. |
When a person's sexual identity does not match his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is |
| A. | paraphilia. |
| B. | sexual dysfunction. |
| C. | gender identity disorder. |
| D. | androgyny. |
| Answer» D. androgyny. | |
| 1057. |
A researcher seeking an organic basis for schizophrenia would be well-advised to investigatethe role of |
| A. | amphetamines and amphetamine receptors. |
| B. | adrenaline and noradrenaline. |
| C. | histamine and antihistamine. |
| D. | dopamine and dopamine receptors. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1058. |
The most widely used system of psychological classification today is |
| A. | the Freudian Psychoanalytic System (FPS). |
| B. | found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). |
| C. | the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler. |
| D. | to be found in the Federal Uniform Code of Psychopathology (UCP). |
| Answer» C. the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler. | |
| 1059. |
True paranoids are rarely treated or admitted to hospitals because |
| A. | they are potentially harmful and dangerous to others. |
| B. | they resist the attempts of others to offer help. |
| C. | their severe hallucinations make reasoning with them impossible. |
| D. | psychiatric hospitals are primarily for psychotics. |
| Answer» C. their severe hallucinations make reasoning with them impossible. | |
| 1060. |
False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called |
| A. | fantasies. |
| B. | hallucinations. |
| C. | illusions. |
| D. | delusions. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1061. |
In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear thatjudgments of the normality of behavior are |
| A. | culturally relative. |
| B. | statistical. |
| C. | a matter of subjective discomfort. |
| D. | related to conformity. |
| Answer» B. statistical. | |
| 1062. |
Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger to a personare called |
| A. | anxieties. |
| B. | dissociation\s. |
| C. | phobias. |
| D. | obsessions. |
| Answer» D. obsessions. | |
| 1063. |
Which of the following medical conditions can produce a mild neurocognitive disorder andmild impairments in social/occupational functioning? |
| A. | Parkinson\s disease |
| B. | Huntington\s disease |
| C. | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| D. | HIV |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1064. |
An unusual state called "waxy flexibility" is sometimes observed in __________schizophrenia. |
| A. | borderline |
| B. | disorganized |
| C. | catatonic |
| D. | paranoid |
| Answer» D. paranoid | |
| 1065. |
In most anxiety disorders, the person's distress is |
| A. | focused on a specific situation. |
| B. | related to ordinary life stresses. |
| C. | greatly out of proportion to the situation. |
| D. | based on a physical cause. |
| Answer» D. based on a physical cause. | |
| 1066. |
DSM stands for |
| A. | diagnostic schedule of medicine. |
| B. | diagnostic and statistical manual. |
| C. | depressive scale modalities. |
| D. | doctor of surgical medicine. |
| Answer» C. depressive scale modalities. | |
| 1067. |
A core feature of all abnormal behavior is that it is |
| A. | culturally absolute. |
| B. | learned. |
| C. | maladaptive. |
| D. | dependent on age. |
| Answer» D. dependent on age. | |
| 1068. |
Conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified as |
| A. | physio-mental disorders. |
| B. | somatoform disorders. |
| C. | psychosomatic disorders. |
| D. | somatization disorders. |
| Answer» C. psychosomatic disorders. | |
| 1069. |
Parkinson's disease results from the death of neurons that produce |
| A. | serotonin |
| B. | acetylcholine |
| C. | dopamine |
| D. | norepinephrine |
| Answer» D. norepinephrine | |
| 1070. |
Schizophrenia is most commonly found in |
| A. | adolescents. |
| B. | young adults. |
| C. | the middle aged. |
| D. | the elderly. |
| Answer» C. the middle aged. | |
| 1071. |
Persons who are excessively narcissistic, dependent, or antisocial are characterized as having |
| A. | somatoform disorders. |
| B. | generalized anxiety. |
| C. | conversion reactions. |
| D. | personality disorders. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1072. |
If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin, that twin |
| A. | will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic. |
| B. | will be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic. |
| C. | is almost sure to become schizophrenic. |
| D. | is also likely to have more than one personality. |
| Answer» B. will be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic. | |
| 1073. |
The most severe psychological disorder is a(n) |
| A. | personality disorder. |
| B. | psychosomatic illness. |
| C. | anxiety disorder. |
| D. | psychosis. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1074. |
A rare condition in which separate personalities exist in the same person is called |
| A. | dissociative identity disorder. |
| B. | split personality. |
| C. | schizophrenia. |
| D. | amnesia. |
| Answer» B. split personality. | |
| 1075. |
A PET scan involves the injection of |
| A. | radioactive sugar. |
| B. | iodine. |
| C. | metal particles. |
| D. | xenon gas. |
| Answer» B. iodine. | |
| 1076. |
Statistical approaches to abnormality define as "abnormal" those who |
| A. | show evidence of loss of contact with reality. |
| B. | are unhappy, withdrawn, and depressed. |
| C. | deviate from typical or average patterns of behavior. |
| D. | are disabled by anxiety. |
| Answer» D. are disabled by anxiety. | |
| 1077. |
The Freudian explanation of anxiety disorders emphasizes |
| A. | the avoidance paradox. |
| B. | learned habits of self-defeating behavior. |
| C. | forbidden impulses that threaten a loss of control. |
| D. | the development of a faulty or inaccurate self-image and distorted self-perceptions. |
| Answer» D. the development of a faulty or inaccurate self-image and distorted self-perceptions. | |
| 1078. |
Which of the following is one reason given that more women than men are treated forpsychological problems? |
| A. | Women are subject to greater stress than men. |
| B. | As a result of cultural norms, women may be more willing to admit distress. |
| C. | Some forms of mental disorders are sex-linked recessive. |
| D. | Developmental tasks required of women are far more difficult than those required of |
| Answer» C. Some forms of mental disorders are sex-linked recessive. | |
| 1079. |
Which of the following is related to recent attempts to find biochemical explanations forschizophrenia? |
| A. | schizotaxin |
| B. | psychotropin |
| C. | dopamine |
| D. | diazepam |
| Answer» D. diazepam | |
| 1080. |
Persons who suffer from paraphilias are categorized as having |
| A. | somatoform disorders. |
| B. | generalized anxiety. |
| C. | sexual disorders. |
| D. | personality disorders. |
| Answer» D. personality disorders. | |
| 1081. |
Retreat from reality by hallucinations and delusions and by social withdrawal typicallycharacterizes |
| A. | somatoform disorders. |
| B. | anxiety disorders. |
| C. | psychotic disorders. |
| D. | personality disorders. |
| Answer» D. personality disorders. | |
| 1082. |
In south and east Asia, a man may experience Koro, which is |
| A. | schizophrenia. |
| B. | insanity. |
| C. | anxiety about his penis receding into his body. |
| D. | depression. |
| Answer» D. depression. | |
| 1083. |
A person who has an extreme lack of self-confidence and who allows others to run his or herlife is said to have a(n) __________ personality. |
| A. | dependent |
| B. | narcissistic |
| C. | paranoid |
| D. | antisocial |
| Answer» B. narcissistic | |
| 1084. |
Multiple personality or dissociative identity disorder often begins |
| A. | as a result of combat exhaustion. |
| B. | in adulthood as a response to unremitting phobias. |
| C. | as a consequence of post-traumatic stress disorders. |
| D. | in childhood as a result of unbearable experiences. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1085. |
A much-feared outcome of Alzheimer's disease is |
| A. | functional psychosis. |
| B. | paranoia. |
| C. | general paresis. |
| D. | senile dementia. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1086. |
Bob has never met Madonna but he is convinced that she is deeply in love with him. Bob issuffering from |
| A. | grandiose delusions. |
| B. | jealous delusions. |
| C. | obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
| D. | erotomanic delusions. |
| Answer» D. erotomanic delusions. | |
| 1087. |
The chief distinguishing feature of psychotic disorders is |
| A. | confusion of fantasy and reality. |
| B. | antisocial conduct. |
| C. | overwhelming anxiety. |
| D. | obsessive behavior. |
| Answer» B. antisocial conduct. | |
| 1088. |
Parents were routinely assumed to have caused their children’s disorder throughhostility, deliberate rejection etc. are known as |
| A. | Destructive parental interaction |
| B. | Schezophrenogenic parents |
| C. | Faulty communication |
| D. | Schizophrenic offspring |
| Answer» C. Faulty communication | |
| 1089. |
Low frontal lob activation is called ________ |
| A. | Hyper frontality |
| B. | Hypof rontality |
| C. | Hyper thyroidism |
| D. | Hypo thyroidism |
| Answer» C. Hyper thyroidism | |
| 1090. |
Schizophrenia like psychosis of less than 6 months duration is |
| A. | Schezophreniform disorder |
| B. | Schezo affective disorder |
| C. | Seasonal affective disorder |
| D. | Delusional disorder |
| Answer» B. Schezo affective disorder | |
| 1091. |
The condition in which patient may invent new words is |
| A. | Neologism |
| B. | Echopraxia |
| C. | Echolatia |
| D. | Catatonic stupor |
| Answer» B. Echopraxia | |
| 1092. |
The hypotheses that schizophrenia is the product of an excess of dopamine activity |
| A. | Serotonin hypotheses |
| B. | Norepinephein hypotheses |
| C. | Dopamine hypotheses |
| D. | Synaptic hypothesis |
| Answer» D. Synaptic hypothesis | |
| 1093. |
The tendency to remain motionless for hours or even days in a single position isknown as_________ |
| A. | Waxi-flexibility |
| B. | Catatonic stupor |
| C. | Echopraxia |
| D. | Echolatia |
| Answer» C. Echopraxia | |
| 1094. |
The type of schizophrenia marked by increased suspicious and difficulties ininterpersonal relations is__________ |
| A. | Simple |
| B. | Undifferentiated |
| C. | Paranoid |
| D. | Disorganized |
| Answer» D. Disorganized | |
| 1095. |
________ Tests are unstructured in that they rely on various ambiguous stimuli, suchas inkblots or picture. |
| A. | Intelligence |
| B. | Personality |
| C. | Performance |
| D. | Projective |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1096. |
The scale that is not included in MMPI is |
| A. | Hysteria |
| B. | Depression |
| C. | Paranoia |
| D. | Extraversion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1097. |
________ is one of the major structured inventory for personality assessment. |
| A. | WAIS |
| B. | Bhatia’s Battery |
| C. | MMPI |
| D. | WISC |
| Answer» D. WISC | |
| 1098. |
TAT was introduced by |
| A. | Morgan and Murray |
| B. | Rorschach and Morgan |
| C. | Rorschach and Murray |
| D. | Wechsler and Morgan |
| Answer» B. Rorschach and Morgan | |
| 1099. |
The sub-test that consist of a list of words to define that are presented orally to theindividual is |
| A. | Nonverbal |
| B. | Numerical |
| C. | Verbal |
| D. | Performance |
| Answer» D. Performance | |
| 1100. |
the most commonly used test for measuring adult intelligence is |
| A. | WISC |
| B. | WAIS |
| C. | HRSD |
| D. | BPRS |
| Answer» C. HRSD | |