P1 Exam Flashcards
(60 cards)
Among the choices below, which is showcasing distress when diagnosing a mental disorder?
A. A person who feels occasional sadness but finds comfort in talking to friends and family about their feelings.
B. A person who experiences intense fear and anxiety when encountering small spaces, leading to
avoidance of elevators and crowded rooms.
C. A person who enjoys spending most of their time alone and feels rejuvenated after solitary activities like reading or gardening.
D. A person who has a strict daily routine and becomes agitated when unexpected changes occur, but adapts quickly without lasting emotional distress.
B. A person who experiences intense fear and anxiety when encountering small spaces, leading to avoidance of elevators and crowded rooms.
Which shows abnormal behavior from the choices below?
A) Deviates from cultural norms or expectations
B) Is influenced solely by unconscious conflicts
C) Results from biochemical imbalances
D) Is exhibited only by individuals with severe mental illnesses
A) Deviates from cultural norms or expectations
James, a psychologist, likes to incorporate new things especially those things that are not based on any theories or books from any psychological references from his patient. Which among the choices James is exhibiting?
A) James showing unethical practices since he is not following the guidelines from the book.
B) James loves to experiment things that’s why he is creating his own ways.
C) James as a scientist-practitioner loves to explore different areas to help his patients.
D) James does not really know the jobs and just wants to do it for money.
C) James as a scientist-practitioner loves to explore different areas to help his patients.
A 28-year-old woman has been experiencing overwhelming sadness, loss of interest in activities she once enjoyed, changes in appetite, and disrupted sleep patterns for the past three months. Because she often feels hopeless and has difficulty concentrating at work, she decides to seek help from a mental health
professional. Which of the following symptoms described in the scenario is MOST likely the presenting problem?
A) Overwhelming sadness and loss of interest in activities
B) Changes in appetite and disrupted sleep patterns
C) Feelings of hopelessness and difficulty concentrating
D) Seeking help from a mental health professional
C) Feelings of hopelessness and difficulty concentrating
15 new cases of dengue have been reported in the past few days. This is an example of?
A) Prevalence
B) Onset
C) Course
D) Incidence
D) Incidence
Since the outbreak of covid-19 people are constantly bringing alcohol, and facemask to avoid transmission of the disease. Oftentimes they get exaggerated when someone is coughing and high favor to the point that they want that family living in that household to be quarantined. The phenomenon leads to panic buying, where fear and anxiety spread rapidly among populations, leading to irrational behaviors such as excessive hoarding. These episodes underscored the psychological impact of the pandemic and highlighted the importance of clear communication and factual information in mitigating fear and promoting rational responses during times of crisis. This is an example of?
A) Mass hysteria
B) Panic
C) Anxiety
D) None of the above
A) Mass hysteria
What could be the reason why Grey and his colleagues lost their interest in treating patients?
A) Due to influx patient that was admitted
B) There’s no cure yet for pathology
C) Hospitalization is already enough
D) For people to not hope that they will get cured.
B) There’s no cure yet for pathology
A type of therapy in which it give emphasis on emotional or psychological factors rather than to a code of
conduct
A) Mental Hygiene Movement
B) Psychotherapy
C) Moral Therapy
D) Psychoanalytic
C) Moral Therapy
Among the choices below which does not show tactics that characterize psychodynamic psychotherapy?
A) a focus on patients’ personal experiences
B) a focus on affect and the expression of patients’ emotions
C) an exploration of patients’ wishes, dreams, or fantasies
D) an emphasis on past experiences.
A) a focus on patients’ personal experiences
A baby hears a sudden loud noise and immediately starts crying loudly. In this scenario, the baby’s loud crying in response to the sudden loud noise is an example of?
A) Unconditioned stimulus
B) Unconditioned response
C) Conditioned stimulus
D) Conditioned response
B) Unconditioned response
Why is the multidimensional model important in understanding psychological disorders?
A) It emphasizes biological factors as the sole determinants of mental health.
B) It integrates multiple factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of psychological
disorders.
C) It focuses exclusively on environmental influences on behavior.
D) It simplifies the complexity of human behavior into distinct categories.
B) It integrates multiple factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of psychological
disorders.
Which among the choices is not considered as a diathesis-stress model of psychopathology?
A) Genetic predisposition
B) Environmental stressors
C) Cognitive distortions
D) Neurochemical imbalances
C) Cognitive distortions
Due to a traumatic experience, an individual may develop depression, and cause anxiety every time there’s a recall of that event.
A) Resilience
B) Coping mechanisms
C) Vulnerability
D) Adaptive responses
C) Vulnerability
How do environmental factors influence epigenetic modifications?
A) They directly alter DNA sequences.
B) They affect gene expression without altering DNA sequence.
C) They cause mutations in the genetic code.
D) They induce changes in chromosome structure.
B) They affect gene expression without altering DNA sequence.
Which of the following is not primarily considered an excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous
system?
a) Glutamate
b) Dopamine
c) Acetylcholine
d) Norepinephrine
b) Dopamine
An inverse agonist can be best described as?
A) Enhance the binding agonist receptor
B) Produce response by binding its receptor and activates
C) Constituting the bind receptor and decrease its activity
D) This blocks the receptor by competing with the antagonist
C) Constituting the bind receptor and decrease its activity
The student with their fast approaching examination is giving them anxiety, together with the constant experience of several consecutive failures despite putting a significant effort. Over time, they begin to
believe that their efforts were just put in vain and they have no control over it. Which statement best
evaluates the concept of learned helplessness?
A) It highlights the importance of perseverance and resilience in overcoming challenges.
B) It suggests that Sarah lacks the necessary skills to succeed academically.
C) It emphasizes the role of genetics rather than environmental factors in Sarah’s academic outcomes.
D) It implies that Sarah’s learned helplessness is a temporary state and can be easily reversed.
A) It highlights the importance of perseverance and resilience in overcoming challenges.
Jenna without any other good reason is fearful of the dark alley since ghosts will appear there and will
take her. She has been told by her grandmother it is where the ghost is lurking. What could be the best explanation for this?
A) Jenna is having a specific phobia which is the fear of the dark.
B) Jenna is anxious in a dark alley that is why it is giving her extreme fear.
C) Jenna is afraid that a ghost might appear.
D) Jenna has developed the concept of prepared learning
D) Jenna has developed the concept of prepared learning
Bulimia, known as under the eating disorder category, has caused problems to people due to its purging activity according to the data the disorder is commonly occurring in young females. What makes bulimia nervosa a commonly occuring disorder in young females?
A) Due to they want to eat and maintaining their body figure by purging
B) They think it will make them look ugly if they get fat
C) They do not want to put effort in exercising since purging is the easiest way
D) They feel pressure because of the societal view.
D) They feel pressure because of the societal view.
An employee who has been in distress for a long period of time is hesitant to seek help from a
psychologist out of fear. What could be the cause of this fear?
A) He might not accept it if it will result into a disorder
B) He does not want anyone will know about his problem
C) He is resilient he can take of himself
D) He is afraid getting stigmatized and label due to the result
D) He is afraid getting stigmatized and label due to the result
What is the division of the hemisphere and lobes in our brain?
A) 2:4
B) 4:3
C) 2:3
D) 3:2
A) 2:4
Known as the first person to create an asylum in France and free mentally ill people from being chained.
A. Dorothea Dix
B. John P. Grey
C. Philippe Pinel
D. Eugen Bleueler
C. Philippe Pinel
People become conscious of their health due to the pandemic. Others keep sanitary wipes, and hand
sanitizers in their belongings. Some frequently wash their hands. Those behaviors that have been exhibited
due to the fear of Covid-19 Virus These behaviors are?
A) Normal. Because this has been practiced before covid era.
B) Abnormal. This is showing implication of obsessive-compulsive disorder related to covid
C) Normal. Especially during abnormal situations.
D) Abnormal. Anxiety has been prevalent during this time.
C) Normal. Especially during abnormal situations.
This is the result of the work done by Dorothea Dix.
A) Mental illness can be cured since it is caused by the environment.
B) People started to treat people in asylum humanely
C) Influx people getting admitted and causing an understaffed asylum.
D) It became the start of moral therapy.
C) Influx people getting admitted and causing an understaffed asylum.
