Question 1

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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Which of the following statements about bipolar disorder is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

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 5

Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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 8

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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

The viral infection theory of schizophrenia:

Accepted Answer

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 10

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

Accepted Answer

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 11

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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

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:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Taijin kyofusho is:

Accepted Answer

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.

Exam 14: Section 5: Therapies