Deck 8: Abnormal Psychology

Question 1

________ Tests are unstructured in that they rely on various ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots or picture.

A)Intelligence
B)Personality
C)Performance
D)Projective

Answer 1

Projective

Question 2

TAT was introduced by

A)Morgan and Murray
B)Rorschach and Morgan
C)Rorschach and Murray
D)Wechsler and Morgan

Answer 2

Morgan and Murray

Question 3

________ is one of the major structured inventory for personality assessment.

A)WAIS
B)Bhatia's Battery
C)MMPI
D)WISC

Answer 3

MMPI

Question 4

The scale that is not included in MMPI is

A)Hysteria
B)Depression
C)Paranoia
D)Extraversion

Question 5

The type of schizophrenia marked by increased suspicious and difficulties in interpersonal relations is__________

A)Simple
B)Undifferentiated
C)Paranoid
D)Disorganized

Question 6

The tendency to remain motionless for hours or even days in a single position is known as_________

A)Waxi-flexibility
B)Catatonic stupor
C)Echopraxia
D)Echolatia

Question 7

The condition in which patient may invent new words is

A)Neologism
B)Echopraxia
C)Echolatia
D)Catatonic stupor

Question 8

Schizophrenia like psychosis of less than 6 months duration is

A)Schezophreniform disorder
B)Schezo affective disorder
C)Seasonal affective disorder
D)Delusional disorder

Question 9

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

Question 10

Low frontal lob activation is called ________

A)Hyper frontality
B)Hypof rontality
C)Hyper thyroidism
D)Hypo thyroidism

Question 11

Parents were routinely assumed to have caused their children's disorder through hostility, deliberate rejection etc. are known as

A)Destructive parental interaction
B)Schezophrenogenic parents
C)Faulty communication
D)Schizophrenic offspring

Question 12

A much-feared outcome of Alzheimer's disease is

A)functional psychosis.
B)paranoia.
C)general paresis.
D)senile dementia.

Question 13

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.

Question 14

Retreat from reality by hallucinations and delusions and by social withdrawal typically characterizes

A)somatoform disorders.
B)anxiety disorders.
C)psychotic disorders.
D)personality disorders.

Question 15

Which of the following is one reason given that more women than men are treated for psychological 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

Question 16

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.

Question 17

A PET scan involves the injection of

A)radioactive sugar.
B)iodine.
C)metal particles.
D)xenon gas.