Deck 14: Section 5: Therapies

Question 1

Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by:

A)a rigid preoccupation with orderliness, cleanliness, and rituals that interfere with completing tasks.
B)erratic, unstable relationships and desperate efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.
C)extreme social inhibition due to feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to criticism or disapproval.
D)pervasive but unwarranted distrust and suspiciousness, and assumptions that other people intend to deceive, exploit, or harm them.

Answer 1

pervasive but unwarranted distrust and suspiciousness, and assumptions that other people intend to deceive, exploit, or harm them.

Question 2

In the movie As Good As It Gets, actor Jack Nicholson plays the character of Melvin Udall, a gifted writer who always eats in the same restaurant, brings his own plastic utensils, and engages in strict patterns of behavior, such as repetitive hand washing or walking carefully on the sidewalk to avoid stepping on a crack. Failure to follow these ritual behaviors results in extreme anxiety and distress. The character Nicholson was portraying would probably be diagnosed with _____ disorder.

A)autism spectrum
B)Tourette's
C)borderline personality
D)obsessive-compulsive

Answer 2

obsessive-compulsive

Question 3

Zink is a clinical psychologist. Zink explains to his patient, Dave, that the reason Dave is so prone to panic attacks after he walks up three flights of stairs is that Dave is oversensitive to sensations of physical arousal and tends to irrationally distort the meaning of these sensations as calamitous or disastrous. From reading the chapter, you know that Dr. Zink is actually describing the _____ of panic disorder to Dave.

A)abnormal brain chemistry explanation
B)catastrophic cognitions theory
C)biosocial developmental model
D)triple vulnerabilities model

Answer 3

catastrophic cognitions theory

Question 4

Which of the following statements about social anxiety disorder is TRUE?

A)People with social anxiety disorder typically are unaware that their fears are unreasonable or excessive.
B)Social anxiety disorder is also referred to as phonophobia.
C)People with social anxiety disorder are intensely afraid of having a panic attack in a public place.
D)More women than men experience social anxiety disorder.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor associated with suicide?

A)flexible thinking and rational beliefs
B)a family history of suicide
C)exposure to cyberbullying
D)presence of a firearm in the home

Question 6

Which of the following statements about bipolar disorder is FALSE?

A)A small percentage of people with bipolar disorder experience only manic episodes.
B)There are no differences between the sexes in the rate at which bipolar occurs.
C)A small percentage of people with bipolar disorder display rapid cycling, experiencing four or more manic or depressive episodes every year.
D)For both men and women, the lifetime risk of being affected by the symptoms of bipolar disorder is about 15 percent.

Question 7

The viral infection theory of schizophrenia:

A)contends that schizophrenia is caused by the same virus that causes bipolar disorder.
B)suggests that men who are over 45 years of age, and who have had a history of viral infections, are more likely to have children who go on to develop schizophrenia.
C)contends that the development of schizophrenia is related to exposure to a virus during prenatal development or early infancy.
D)suggests that a viral infection can cause inflammation that reduces or blocks dopamine activity in the brain.

Question 8

In terms of suicidal behavior, one consistent gender difference is that men:

A)are less likely than women to tell someone that they are planning to commit suicide.
B)outnumber women in suicide deaths because men use more lethal methods.
C)are more likely than women to attempt suicide after a failed relationship.
D)outnumber women in the number of suicide attempts.

Question 9

A commonly seen _____ symptom that occurs in schizophrenia is _____.

A)negative; delusions
B)positive; hallucinations
C)positive; flat affect
D)negative; sensory distortion

Question 10

Some people experience a less severe form of depressive disorder that is characterized by chronic low-grade depression with symptoms persisting for two years or longer. This less intense type of depression is called _____ disorder.

A)seasonal affective
B)cyclothymic
C)persistent depressive
D)dissociative

Question 11

Taijin kyofusho is:

A)a form of meditation used in collectivistic cultures that has been found to be highly effective in treating social anxiety disorders.
B)a variation of major depressive disorder seen primarily in Asian countries that is characterized by despondency over failing to live up to family or community expectations.
C)the Japanese word used to describe a disorder that is very similar to dissociative identity disorder.
D)a form of social anxiety that usually affects young Japanese males.

Question 12

A(n) _____ is a brief, sudden, uncontrollable episode of acute anxiety and fear that rapidly escalates in intensity and usually includes physical symptoms like a pounding heart, rapid breathing, trembling, and feeling as if you are choking or cannot breathe.

A)panic attack
B)manic episode
C)episode of rapid cycling
D)dissociative experience

Question 13

_____ personality disorder involves exaggerated, overly dramatic expression of emotions and attention-seeking behavior that often includes sexually seductive or provocative behaviors.

A)Antisocial
B)Histrionic
C)Dependent
D)Narcissistic

Question 14

An eating disorder in which the individual refuses to maintain a minimally normal body weight, is extremely afraid of gaining weight or becoming fat, and has a distorted perception about the size of his or her body is called:

A)cyclothymic disorder.
B)anorexia nervosa.
C)bulimia nervosa.
D)dysthymia.

Question 15

Which of the following statements about major depressive disorder is FALSE?

A)Feelings of worthlessness and self-loathing after the death of a loved one may indicate major depressive disorder.
B)Abnormal sleep patterns are a hallmark of major depressive disorder, and include insomnia and, less commonly, excessive amounts of sleep.
C)For people with seasonal affective disorder, repeated episodes of major depressive disorder tend to occur most often with the onset of autumn and winter.
D)In terms of lifetime prevalence, about 25 percent of Americans will be affected by major depressive disorder at some point in their lives.