Midterm 2 practise Flashcards
After getting a bad grade on an exam, Bradly assumes that he will get bad grades on all his future exams. This illustrates the cognitive distortion of
a) all-or-nothing thinking
b) overgeneralization
c) magnification
d) jumping to conclusions
e) disqualifying the positive
b) overgeneralization
What is the diathesis in Meehl’s theory of the etiology of schizophrenia?
a) rejecting mothers
b) bullying peers
c) cognitive slippage
d) hypokrisia
e) genetics
d) hypokrisia
One criticism of the diagnosis of schizophrenia is . . .
a) there are only two objective tests used in its diagnosis
b) patients often lie about their disorder
c) it relies on subjective reports of patients
d) patients are too dangerous to approach
e) it overlaps with other disorders
c) it relies on subjective reports of patients
If psychotic symptoms last for less than 1 month, this is known as ___________, whereas if they last between 1 and 6 months, it is called ___________.
a) schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder
b) schizophreniform disorder, brief psychotic disorder
c) schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder
d) brief psychotic disorder, schizoaffective disorder
e) brief psychotic disorder, schizophreniform disorder
e) brief psychotic disorder, schizophreniform disorder
Which of the following is NOT a type of delusion commonly experienced by schizophrenic patients?
a) sensory
b) persecutory
c) grandiose
d) referrential
e) somatic
a) sensory
Which of the following perspectives is currently most popular for explaining the etiology of schizophrenia?
a) diathesis-stress
b) social drift
c) psychodynamic
d) behavioural
e) biological
a) diathesis-stress
The textbook indicates that the common pathway to schizophrenia involves
a) damage to the brain
b) trauma in childhood
c) genetic predisposition
d) the dopamine system
e) learned behaviour
d) the dopamine system
Potential markers being researched for schizophrenia diagnosis include _________ and _________
a) hallucinations; delusions
b) positive symptoms; negative symptoms
c) eye tracking; continuous performance tests
d) genetics; environment
e) diathesis; stress
c) eye tracking; continuous performance tests
Which of the following is NOT a common cognitive deficit in schizophrenic patients?
a) working memory
b) processing speed
c) attention
d) regulation
e) learning
e) learning
The brain changes seen in schizophrenia include changes in all of the following areas EXCEPT
a) hippocampus
b) amygdala
c) brain stem
d) temporal lobe
e) prefrontal cortex
c) brain stem
The least common of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia is
a) disorganized speech
b) hallucinations
c) delusions
d) psychosis
e) impulsivity
a) disorganized speech
Which of the following correctly matches the perspective to the theory?
a) diathesis-stress; social drift
b) psychodynamic; collective unconscious
c) biological; schizophrenogenic
d) behavioural; hypokrisia
e) cognitive: social drift
c) biological; schizophrenogenic
“If both parents of a child have schizophrenia, then the child will have schizophrenia.”
a) yes because schizophrenia is passed on genetically
b) yes because these parents will traumatize their child
c) yes because social drift causes schizophrenia
d) no because stress is needed to exacerbate this vulnerability
e) no because schizophrenia is caused by brain damage that happens after birth
d) no because stress is needed to exacerbate this vulnerability
Which of these is NOT part of Meehl’s theory?
a) diathesis
b) schizogenic
c) hypokrisia
d) cogntiive slippage
e) aversive drift
b) schizogenic
When evaluating a patient, a clinician notices mania in addition to psychotic symptoms. This might indicate a diagnosis of
a) depression
b) bipolar
c) schizophreniform
d) schizoaffective
e) brief psychotic disorder
d) schizoaffective
The current accepted treatment for schizophrenia consists of __________, ideally given before the _________ phase.
a) medicines: first psychotic
b) medicines; premorbid
c) social support; first psychotic
d) therapy; prodromal
e) therapy; premorbid
a) medicines: first psychotic
Which of the following is a common antipsychotic medicine?
a) sertraline
b) olanzapine
c) lamotrigine
d) diazepam
e) methylphenidate
b) olanzapine
Modern treatment for schizophrenia involves all of the following EXCEPT
a) cognitive-behavioural therapy
b) social skills training
c) family therapy
d) early intervention
e) addressing sleep dysfunctions
e) addressing sleep dysfunctions
What are the three components of “mood”?
a) preference, interest, and decision
b) affective, cognitive, and behavioural
c) positive, negative, and neutral
d) biological, cognitive, and psychodynamic
e) attention, repetition, association
b) affective, cognitive, and behavioural
All of the following are specifiers for depression EXCEPT
a) peripartum onset
b) seasonal pattern
c) with psychotic symptoms
d) with anxious symptoms
e) persistent
e) persistent
[PDD is a separate disorder, not a specifier]
A ___________ theory of depression proposes that people develop ____________ that make them more vulnerable to depression.
a) psychodynamic; diathesis
b) biological; genetics
c) cognitive; learned behaviours
d) psychodynamic; personality traits
e) interactionist; genetics
d) psychodynamic; personality traits
When assessing a client for depression, one needs to
a) indicate a specifier if there has been a manic or hypomanic episode
b) make a different diagnosis if there has been a manic or hypomanic episode
c) exclude mania or hypomania
d) take episodes of mania or hypomania into consideration
e) not look at any episodes of mania or hypomania
c) exclude mania or hypomania
According to the text, a family history of a mood disorder
a) does not guarantee the presence of disorder
b) guarantees the presence of disorder
c) has no effect on the presence of disorder
d) is not taken into consideration during diagnosis
e) has to do more with the client’s childhood trauma than their genetics
a) does not guarantee the presence of disorder
A genetic vulnerability likely
a) is more important in depression than in bipolar
d) is more important than trauma or stressful life events
c) is less important than trauma or stressful life events
d) needs to be expressed as a vulnerable personality or cognitive trait and triggered by stress in the environment in order for depression to develop
e) is more important in depression than in schizophrenia
c) needs to be expressed as a vulnerable personality or cognitive trait and triggered by stress in the environment