disorders questions

Question 1

the core feature of abnormal behaviour is that it is
a. statistically unusual 
b. maladaptive 
c. socially nonconforming 
d. a source of subjective 
discomfort

Answer 1

b maladaptive

Question 2

one of the most powerful contexts in which judgments of 
normality and abnormality are made is
a. the family 
b. occupational settings 
c. religious systems 
d. culture

Answer 2

d culture

Question 3

People are said to have “retreated from reality” when they 
suffer from
a. psychotic disorders 
b. mood disorders 
c. somatic symptom 
disorders 
d. personality disorders

Answer 3

a psychotic disorders

Question 4

someone who engages in one of the paraphilias has what type 
of disorder?
a. dissociative 
b. somatic symptom 
c. substance 
d. sexual

Answer 4

d sexual

Question 5

Comorbidity is said to occur when a person suffers from

_________________________

Answer 5

multiple diagnoses / more than one disorder

Question 6

angela wrongly believes that her body is “rotting away.” she is 
suffering from
a. depressive hallucinations 
b. a delusion 
c. flat affect 
d. alzheimer’s disease

Answer 6

b delusions

Question 7

colin, who has suffered a psychotic break, is hearing voices. 
This symptom is referred to as
a. flat affect 
b. hallucination 
c. a word salad 
d. an organic delusion

Answer 7

b hallucinations

Question 8

a psychosis caused by lead poisoning would be regarded as an
organic disorder. T or F?

Answer 8

t

Question 9

environmental explanations of schizophrenia emphasize 
emotional trauma and
a. manic parents 
b. schizoaffective interactions 
c. psychedelic interactions 
d. disturbed family relationships

Answer 9

d disturbed family

Question 10

Biochemical explanations of schizophrenia have focused on
excessive amounts of _________ in the brain.
a. radioactive sugar
b. webs and tangles
c. PcP
d. dopamine and glutamate

Answer 10

d da and glutamate

Question 11

The stress-vulnerability model of mental disorders explains them
as a product of environmental stresses and
a. psychological trauma
b. deviant communication
c. exposure to the flu virus during pregnancy
d. heredity

Answer 11

d heredity

Question 12

enlarged surface fissures and ventricles are frequently found
in the brains of chronic schizophrenics. Why is it a mistake to
conclude that such features cause schizophrenia

Answer 12

Correlation =/= causation, and unsure if these are a result or a cause of schiziophrenia

Question 13

dysthymic disorder is to depression as cyclothymic disorder is to
manic depression. T or F?

Answer 13

t

Question 14

Mood disorders often appear to be endogenous. T or F?

Answer 14

t

Question 15

learned helplessness is emphasized by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 
theories of depression.
a. humanistic
b. biological
c. behaviourist
d. psychoanalytic

Answer 15

c behaviorist

Question 16

according to the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ view, anxiety disorders are the 
end result of a loss of meaning.
a. psychodynamic 
b. humanistic 
c. behaviourist
d. cognitive

Answer 16

b humanist

Question 17

Which of the following is not a dissociative disorder?

a. fugue
b. amnesia
c. conversion reaction
d. multiple identity

Answer 17

conversion reaction