Question 1

What perspective suggests that depression develops because the person engages in faulty thinking and holds negative views about self, the world, and the future?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humanistic 
B)  Biological 
C)  Psychoanalytic 
D)  Cognitive 
A)  Humanistic 
B)  Biological 
C)  Psychoanalytic 
D)  Cognitive D

Question 2

In conversion disorder, "la belle indifference" refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the patient being uninterested women's opinions. 
B)  the part of the body that is paralyzed. 
C)  the actual concern that is convertedto a physical problem. 
D)  the patient showing little concern about symptoms 
A)  the patient being uninterested women's opinions. 
B)  the part of the body that is paralyzed. 
C)  the actual concern that is convertedto a physical problem. 
D)  the patient showing little concern about symptoms D

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the probable causes of phobia given in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  Genetic predisposition 
B)  Faulty perceptions of highly traumatic experiences 
C)  Observational learning 
D)  Learning based on actual experience 
A)  Genetic predisposition 
B)  Faulty perceptions of highly traumatic experiences 
C)  Observational learning 
D)  Learning based on actual experience B

Question 4

Sufferers of bipolar disorder rarely have periods of normal moods, and are either very high and energetic or very low and depressed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which is a suggested cause of abnormal behaviour from the learning perspective?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unconscious, unresolved conflicts 
B)  Faulty learning 
C)  Faulty thinking 
D)  Early childhood experiences 
A)  Unconscious, unresolved conflicts 
B)  Faulty learning 
C)  Faulty thinking 
D)  Early childhood experiences

Question 6

The primary symptom of dissociative amnesia is

Accepted Answer

A)  the suddenability to recall personalformation 
B)  repeated out-of-body experiences. 
C)  anability to remember facts andformation learned school. 
D)  loss of well-practiced motor skills. 
A)  the suddenability to recall personalformation 
B)  repeated out-of-body experiences. 
C)  anability to remember facts andformation learned school. 
D)  loss of well-practiced motor skills.

Question 7

One form of treatment for schizophrenia involves

Accepted Answer

A)  blocking dopamine action 
B)  elevating serotonin levels. 
C)  increasing GABA output. 
D)  hydrotherapy. 
A)  blocking dopamine action 
B)  elevating serotonin levels. 
C)  increasing GABA output. 
D)  hydrotherapy.

Question 8

For three months, Laura has not been able to speak although physicians have found no physical cause for her problem. Laura has been repeatedly abused by her husband and she has been unable to testify against him in court because of her voice. Laura is probably suffering from

Accepted Answer

A)  an anxiety disorder. 
B)  a dissociative disorder. 
C)  conversion disorder 
D)  a phobia. 
A)  an anxiety disorder. 
B)  a dissociative disorder. 
C)  conversion disorder 
D)  a phobia.

Question 9

One significant contributing factor to schizophrenia appears to be that people who suffer from schizophrenia are particularly

Accepted Answer

A)  invulnerable to stress. 
B)  sensitive to anxiety. 
C)  insensitive to anxiety. 
D)  vulnerable to stress 
A)  invulnerable to stress. 
B)  sensitive to anxiety. 
C)  insensitive to anxiety. 
D)  vulnerable to stress

Question 10

What are the four subtypes of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

Catatonic, disorgani

Question 11

What is the term for a catch-all category for any phobia other than agoraphobia and social phobia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Specific phobia 
B)  Social phobia 
C)  Complex phobia 
D)  Agoraphobia 
A)  Specific phobia 
B)  Social phobia 
C)  Complex phobia 
D)  Agoraphobia

Question 12

Paranoid schizophrenia has as its major symptom the person being frozen in one position for hours, which is believed to result from extreme fear of persecution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Maurice suffers from a schizophrenia characterized by silliness and incoherence. He has strange facial expressions and mannerisms, and his behaviour is quite bizarre. Maurice most likely suffers from

Accepted Answer

A)  catatonic schizophrenia. 
B)  undifferentiated schizophrenia. 
C)  paranoid schizophrenia. 
D)  disorganized schizophrenia 
A)  catatonic schizophrenia. 
B)  undifferentiated schizophrenia. 
C)  paranoid schizophrenia. 
D)  disorganized schizophrenia

Question 14

Which of the following would not be categorized as a mood disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bipolar disorder 
B)  Seasonal affective disorder 
C)  Major depression 
D)  Conversion disorder 
A)  Bipolar disorder 
B)  Seasonal affective disorder 
C)  Major depression 
D)  Conversion disorder

Question 15

Dissociative amnesia is classified as

Accepted Answer

A)  an affective disorder. 
B)  a dissociative disorder 
C)  a somatoform disorder. 
D)  an anxiety disorder. 
A)  an affective disorder. 
B)  a dissociative disorder 
C)  a somatoform disorder. 
D)  an anxiety disorder.

Question 16

Visual hallucinations are the most common form of hallucination in people who suffer from schizophrenia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is not a class of phobias?

Accepted Answer

A)  Complex phobia 
B)  Social phobia 
C)  Specific phobia 
D)  Agoraphobia 
A)  Complex phobia 
B)  Social phobia 
C)  Specific phobia 
D)  Agoraphobia

Question 18

Graham consults with a patient who is complaining of hearing voices and having strange thoughts. He asks the patient to undergo a series of tests, including a brain scan and a complete blood test. The perspective that Graham has on abnormal behaviour is most likely the

Accepted Answer

A)  learning perspective. 
B)  cognitive perspective. 
C)  psychodynamic perspective. 
D)  biological perspective 
A)  learning perspective. 
B)  cognitive perspective. 
C)  psychodynamic perspective. 
D)  biological perspective

Question 19

Which of these statements is true of personality disorders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Persons with these disorders typically have problems social relationships and at work 
B)  Personality disorders usually begin adulthood. 
C)  Persons with these disorders typically seek professional help. 
D)  Persons with these disorders usually realize their problem. 
A)  Persons with these disorders typically have problems social relationships and at work 
B)  Personality disorders usually begin adulthood. 
C)  Persons with these disorders typically seek professional help. 
D)  Persons with these disorders usually realize their problem.

Question 20

Marita is seeing a therapist because she is hearing voices telling her to do bad things to her neighbour. The doctor prescribes medication for the hallucinations and explores her family history for signs of mental illness. Which of the following perspectives is the therapist using?

Accepted Answer

A)  The cognitive perspective. 
B)  The biological perspective 
C)  The psychodynamic perspective. 
D)  The learning perspective. 
A)  The cognitive perspective. 
B)  The biological perspective 
C)  The psychodynamic perspective. 
D)  The learning perspective.

What perspective suggests that depression develops because the person engages in faulty thinking and holds negative views about self, the world, and the future?

In conversion disorder, "la belle indifference" refers to

Which of the following is not one of the probable causes of phobia given in the text?

Sufferers of bipolar disorder rarely have periods of normal moods, and are either very high and energetic or very low and depressed.

Which is a suggested cause of abnormal behaviour from the learning perspective?

The primary symptom of dissociative amnesia is

One form of treatment for schizophrenia involves

For three months, Laura has not been able to speak although physicians have found no physical cause for her problem. Laura has been repeatedly abused by her husband and she has been unable to testify against him in court because of her voice. Laura is probably suffering from

One significant contributing factor to schizophrenia appears to be that people who suffer from schizophrenia are particularly

What are the four subtypes of schizophrenia?

What is the term for a catch-all category for any phobia other than agoraphobia and social phobia?

Paranoid schizophrenia has as its major symptom the person being frozen in one position for hours, which is believed to result from extreme fear of persecution.

Maurice suffers from a schizophrenia characterized by silliness and incoherence. He has strange facial expressions and mannerisms, and his behaviour is quite bizarre. Maurice most likely suffers from

Which of the following would not be categorized as a mood disorder?

Dissociative amnesia is classified as

Visual hallucinations are the most common form of hallucination in people who suffer from schizophrenia.

Which of the following is not a class of phobias?

Graham consults with a patient who is complaining of hearing voices and having strange thoughts. He asks the patient to undergo a series of tests, including a brain scan and a complete blood test. The perspective that Graham has on abnormal behaviour is most likely the

Which of these statements is true of personality disorders?

Marita is seeing a therapist because she is hearing voices telling her to do bad things to her neighbour. The doctor prescribes medication for the hallucinations and explores her family history for signs of mental illness. Which of the following perspectives is the therapist using?

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What perspective suggests that depression develops because the person engages in faulty thinking and holds negative views about self, the world, and the future?

In conversion disorder, "la belle indifference" refers to

Which of the following is not one of the probable causes of phobia given in the text?

Sufferers of bipolar disorder rarely have periods of normal moods, and are either very high and energetic or very low and depressed.

Which is a suggested cause of abnormal behaviour from the learning perspective?

The primary symptom of dissociative amnesia is

One form of treatment for schizophrenia involves

For three months, Laura has not been able to speak although physicians have found no physical cause for her problem. Laura has been repeatedly abused by her husband and she has been unable to testify against him in court because of her voice. Laura is probably suffering from

One significant contributing factor to schizophrenia appears to be that people who suffer from schizophrenia are particularly

What are the four subtypes of schizophrenia?

What is the term for a catch-all category for any phobia other than agoraphobia and social phobia?

Paranoid schizophrenia has as its major symptom the person being frozen in one position for hours, which is believed to result from extreme fear of persecution.

Maurice suffers from a schizophrenia characterized by silliness and incoherence. He has strange facial expressions and mannerisms, and his behaviour is quite bizarre. Maurice most likely suffers from

Which of the following would not be categorized as a mood disorder?

Dissociative amnesia is classified as

Visual hallucinations are the most common form of hallucination in people who suffer from schizophrenia.

Which of the following is not a class of phobias?

Graham consults with a patient who is complaining of hearing voices and having strange thoughts. He asks the patient to undergo a series of tests, including a brain scan and a complete blood test. The perspective that Graham has on abnormal behaviour is most likely the

Which of these statements is true of personality disorders?

Marita is seeing a therapist because she is hearing voices telling her to do bad things to her neighbour. The doctor prescribes medication for the hallucinations and explores her family history for signs of mental illness. Which of the following perspectives is the therapist using?

Introduction to Psychology

Biology and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Conciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Development

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Personality Theory and Assessment

Health and Stress

Therapies

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