Chapter 15 Multiple Choice

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Restricted and fixated interest.

Which of the following (short attention span, difficulty concentrating and distractibility, excessive fidgeting and squirming) is not a primary characteristic of ADHD?

Mentally counting backward from 1000.

Which of the following best illustrate a compulsion?

Severity of the trauma.

Which of the following elevates the risk for developing PTSD?

Avoiding eye contact.

Which of the following would constitute a safety behavior?

major depressive disorder.

A study based on over 9,000 U.S. residents found that the most prevalent disorder was

if they were raised in a disturbed adoptive home environment.

A study of adoptees whose biological mothers had schizophrenia found that the adoptees were most likely to develop schizophrenia

emotional deficits

Antisocial personality disorder is associated with

Generalized anxiety disorder.

In which of the following anxiety disorders is the person in a continuous state of excessive, pointless worry and apprehension?

difficulty relating to others.

One of the primary characteristics of autism spectrum disorder is

vulnerability and adverse experiences.

The diathesis-stress model presumes that psychopathology results from

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

The letters in the abbreviation DSM-5 stand for

different personalities

Dissociative identity disorder mainly involves

a biological perspective.

Dr. Anastasia believes that major depressive disorder is caused by an over-secretion of cortisol. His view on the cause of major depressive disorder reflects

the inability of an psychological mechanism to perform its function.

In the harmful dysfunction definition of psychological disorders, dysfunction involves

memory loss following stress.

Dissociative amnesia involves

Delusion

Clifford falsely believes that the police have planted secret cameras in his home to monitor his every movement. Clifford's belief is an example of a

periods of extreme elation and euphoria.

Common symptoms of major depressive disorder include all of the following (difficulty concentrating and making decisions, loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities, psychomotor agitation and retardation) except

lead to significant distress and impairment in one's life.

Patterns of inner experience and behavior are thought to reflect the presence of a psychological disorder if they

are impulsive and unpredictable.

People with borderline personality disorder often

are related to hyperactivity in the orbitofrontal cortex.

Research indicates that the symptoms of OCD

higher

Suicide rates are ________________ among men then among women, and they are lower during the winter holiday season than during the spring months

physical complaints that cannot be explained medically.

Symptoms of PTSD include all of the following (intrusive thoughts or memories of a traumatic event, avoidance of things that remind one of a traumatic event, jumpiness) except


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