Deck 9: Psychological Disorders and Abnormal Behavior

Question 1

If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin, that twin

A)will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic.
B)will be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic.
C)is almost sure to become schizophrenic.
D)is also likely to have more than one personality.

Answer 1

will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic.

Question 2

Schizophrenia is most commonly found in

A)adolescents.
B)young adults.
C)the middle aged.
D)the elderly.

Answer 2

young adults.

Question 3

Conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified as

A)physio-mental disorders.
B)somatoform disorders.
C)psychosomatic disorders.
D)somatization disorders.

Answer 3

somatoform disorders.

Question 4

An unusual state called "waxy flexibility" is sometimes observed in __________ schizophrenia.

A)borderline
B)disorganized
C)catatonic
D)paranoid

Question 5

Which of the following medical conditions can produce a mild neurocognitive disorder and mild impairments in social/occupational functioning?

A)Parkinson\s disease
B)Huntington\s disease
C)Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
D)HIV

Question 6

True paranoids are rarely treated or admitted to hospitals because

A)they are potentially harmful and dangerous to others.
B)they resist the attempts of others to offer help.
C)their severe hallucinations make reasoning with them impossible.
D)psychiatric hospitals are primarily for psychotics.

Question 7

It has been discovered that all major anti-psychotic drugs

A)block the action of dopamine.
B)facilitate the action of dopamine.
C)increase levels of dopamine.
D)decrease levels of dopamine.

Question 8

The term schizophrenia can be interpreted to mean

A)a split between thought and emotion.
B)having more than one personality.
C)the same thing as a dissociative reaction.
D)that a person is insane.

Question 9

A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks brain cells, is called

A)Korsakoff\s syndrome.
B)delirium tremens.
C)schizotypical psychosis.
D)general paresis.