Test 5

According to Emile Durkheim, suicides by people over whom society has little to no control and who are not concerned with the norms and rules of society are called:

A; egoistic suicides

Darryl fakes having a sickness for no clear benefit to himself. Darryl has:

A; has a facticious disorder

An otherwise healthy man reports almost no interest in sexual activity, and has had very few sexual experiences in the past several years. That person MOST likely is experiencing:

A; hypoactive sexual desire

Who is most likely to be diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder?

A; males

Post traumatic stress disorder in Iraq/Afghanistan armed services veterans;

A; may be present whether the veteran saw combat or not

Which of the following was NOT a factor in the decline of the moral treatment model in the United States?

A; most people were faking mental illness to get free care

A woman who can masturbate or be masturbated to orgasm but cannot reach orgasm during sexual intercourse, would be diagnosed with:

A; no sexual disorder

Which of the following would be MOST likely to cut out sweets, then eliminate more and more types of foods, but not engage in forced vomiting?

A; someone experiencing restricting type anorexia

The term "schizophrenia" is derived from the Greek for:

A; split mind

Alice goes to 3 different psychiatrists who all give her the same diagnosis. This is a good example of:

A; test-retest reliability ?

To be classified as having major depressive episode, depression must last for a period of at least;

A; two weeks

Assumptions and attitudes influence behavior, and it is possible that abnormal behavior may be attributed to illogical though processes. Which model has just been described?

C; cognitive

If your therapist concentrated on helping you recognize and change negative thoughts and thus improve your mood, your therapist would be using;

C; cognitive therapy

Which of the following is NOT likely to happen in cognitive behavioral therapy for depression?

C; confront the patient with the thing most feared

Cecil and Jeanne, teenagers, made a love pact, jumping from a cliff in order to be with each other for eternity. Cecil and Jeanne are examples of what Edwin Shneidman refers to as:

C; death ignorers

The critical way in which the death seeker differs from the death darer, according to Edwin Schneidman, is:

C; death seekers intend to end their life with their action

People experiencing dyspareunia:

C; experience pain during sex

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can damage the developing embryo and fetus, resulting in:

C; fetal alcohol syndrome

Patients are MORE likely to recover from schizophrenia if they:

C; had good premorbid functioning

The part of the brain MOST closely associated with the control of eating and body weight is the:

C; hypothalamus

In 1917 Wagner-Jauregg won a Nobel prize for his now controversial treatment of syphilis that involved:

C; infecting the patient with malaria

A person diagnosed with sleep apnea is MOST likely to be someone who:

C; is older and overweight

If a measure is valid that means:

C; its measuring what you think it's measuring

What chemical treatment is commonly used for bipolar patients?

C; lithium

Which of the following statements BEST reflects the relationship between gender and eating disorder:

C; most cases of eating disorders occur in females

Which disorder is most likely to be connected with an identifiable elicitor - separation from a loved one, personal failure, moving, etc?

D; all of the above typically have a clear elicitor

Frank walked in on his parents having sex. Now frank reports that he can no longer see, despite the fact that nothing can be found to be wrong with his vision. Frank has;

D; conversion disorder

An older term for schizophrenia:

D; dementia praecox

In Seligman's classic studies of learned helplessness;

D; dogs were shocked with no way of avoiding the shock

Which of the following is NOT an example of how the treatment of abnormal behavior has been more harmful than helpful?

D; electro- shock therapy

Studies that determine the incidence and prevalence of a disorder in a particular population are called:

D; epidemiological studies

A person who eats large amounts of food very rapidly, even though not hungry, feels guilty for doing so, and does this repeatedly , would be said to have:

A; binge eating disorder

Ansel Bourne mysteriously left Rhode Island and reappeared 3 months later in Philadelphia running a store. He could not account for the intervening time. This is now referred to as:

A; dissociative amnesia with fugue

Which of the following is an antagonist drug for the treatment of alcohol?

A; Antabuse

Which of the following is a PROJECTIVE clinical test?

A; Rorschach ink blot

Freud's study of Little Hans is an example of:

A; a case study

What is a parasuicide?

A; a failed attempt to commit suicide

Which of the following would be MOST likely to develop alcoholism?

A; a lower socioeconomic class person living in a high unemployment area

Treatment for severe cases of anorexia nervosa typically begin with:

A; an effort to get the patient to eat more to regain weight to get the body out of starvation mode

At a suicide prevention center, you hear the following from the counselor. "Do you have a gun? Is it loaded and do you know how to use it?" Which one of the goals and techniques of suicide prevention do these questions BEST represent?

A; assessing suicide potential

People suffering from anorexia nervosa tend to:

A; believe they are overweight

If neither the experimenter or the participants know who is in control group and who is in experimental group, the design is called:

B: double blind

A friend of yours who has recently been doing some heavy drinking asks you what to do to "sober up" as quickly as possible. Your BEST answer would be:

B; "stop drinking and wait"

Kelly is a long-time serious drinker. In the last year she has started having huge memory lapses because her drinking has led to a vitamin deficiency. This symptom is called:

B; Korsakoff's syndrome

Karen smothers her infant son when medical staff are not in the room to make it appear he has a respiratory problem. Karen is displaying:

B; Munchausen by proxy

Which of the following does NOT characterize stress disorders?

B; a compulsive need to engage in activities that remind one of the event

If an individual had experienced normal sexual functioning for years and then had a problem with becoming aroused only when with her husband as a partner, the type of dysfunction would be :

B; acquired and situational

If someone asked you about the effectiveness of psychological debriefing following a disaster, you would be MOST correct (based on the research) in saying that:

B; debriefing should be made available if wanted, but it should not be required following a disaster.

An investigation whose results are very generalizable to the rest of the world is very high in:

B; external validity

— was listed as a mental disorder under the DSM - II but it was subsequently removed from the list in the 1970s by a vote of the members of the American Psychiatric Association

B; homosexuality

Bertie is preoccupied with getting cancer. He is terrified that he has cancer and needs to be treated. He goes to the doctors regularly and demands tests very often. Bertie has:

B; illness anxiety

A young woman believes that everything negative that happens to her is her own fault, that she ruins everything, and always will. The therapist diagnosis her as suffering from a learned helplessness - induced depression because she attributes negative events in her life to:

B; internal, specific, stable factors

A man who has never been able to achieve or maintain an erection for sexual intercourse would MOST likely be diagnosed with what type of erectile disorder?

B; lifelong

If researches studied Iraq veterans for 30 years after the veterans return from Iraq, the study would be:

B; longitudinal

Psychosis means:

B; loss of contact with reality

The finding that syphilis causes general paresis is important because it supports the idea that:

B; organic/biological/physical factors can cause mental illness

Millie sees pretty colored butterflies on all the walls. She also hears gentle music, which is not actually there. The presence of these behaviors illustrates ___ symptoms of schizophrenia.

B; positive

The difference between bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder is:

B; the severity of the manic episodes

With regard to residential versus out-patient treatment for substance abuse:

B; there's no difference in effectiveness between the two

With repeated use, a person may require more and more of a substance to obtain the desired outcome:

B; tolerance

The peak age range for the development of anorexia nervosa is:

C; 14-18

What is the rate of concordance for schizophrenia in identical twins?

C; 40-60 percent

The greatest contribution to our understanding of the human sex response has been made by:

C; Masters and Johnson

When treating depression:

C; a combination of drug therapy and counseling is most successful

Which of the following can be used the infer causality?

C; an experimental design

"Drug dependence may develop because one finds drug use rewarding when it reduces tension." Which view of substance abuse would MOST agree with this statement?

C; behavioral

Family pedigree / proband and twin studies have been used to look for a predisposition for unipolar depression within families . Which theoretical framework encompasses these studies?

C; behavioral

Abe has difficulty controlling his anger. To help him become more aware of the situations that can trigger rage in him, his therapist asks him to keep a diary all week of the times when he felt angry. He is asked to write down what happened and how it made him feel. This is an example of:

C; clinical observation: self-monitoring

Armond does not feel much emotion and does not really want to do anything. He has also completely withdrawn from his friends and family. The presence of these behaviors illustrates ___ symptoms of schizophrenia.

C; negative

Some individuals experience a normal interest in sex but choose not to engage in sexual relations. Such people would be diagnosed with:

C; no sexual dysfunction

The use of methadone in drug maintenance programs is controversial because methadone:

C; produces longer withdrawal symptoms than heroin withdrawal

According to the behavioral paradigm:

C; psychological symptoms are caused by learning

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of binge eating disorder?

C; purging - laxatives or vomiting

Jason, a recovering heavy drinker, has been trained to identify the situations that might cause him to drink and to be aware of when he should stop drinking. This approach is known as:

C; relapse - prevention training

The reference book that American psychiatrists refer to when diagnosing patients is:

C; the DSM - 5

Clinical theorist Jerome Frank would say that all forms of therapy include all of the following EXCEPT a:

C; third party payer

Cutting back or stopping substance use may produce unwanted outcomes (e.g. nausea , anxiety, death):

C; withdrawal

Which of the following is NOT true regarding gender and suicide?

C; women succeed more at committing suicide than men

What is thought to be the cause of vaginismus (the involuntary contraction of vaginal muscles)?

D; a learned aversion connected to an early bad sexual experience

A fake treatment (e.g. sugar pill) a participant may be given to serve as a treatment control is known as:

D; a placebo

Ethyl alcohol is quickly absorbed and moved by the blood to the central nervous system. There it facilitates the work of which neurotransmitter:

D; GABA

Activity of this French "fraud" involved electricity, a tub of water, powdered glass and iron fillings. His "work" provided evidence for the psychogenic perspective that abnormal behavior could be attributed to the activity of the mind

D; Mesmer

Which of the following is NOT considered a research method?

D; a treatment plan for an individual

At a suicide prevention center, you hear the following from the counselor. "Hello. I am interested in you as a person and am going to stay on the phone with you as long as you want, all night maybe." Which one of the goals and techniques of suicide prevention does this statement represent?

D; establishing a positive relationship

Harold wants to stay home from work and download the latest game for the PlayStation 5. He calls his boss and pretends to e sick, telling him he can't come in to work today. Harold:

D; has no disorder, he is just malingering

Freud's psychoanalytic theory stresses that these three parts of the mind are in constant conflict with one another:

D; id, ego, superego

Someone who has been diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder:

D; is preoccupied with their physical appearance

A concerning side effect associated with ECT (electro convulsive therapy) for depression is:

D; memory loss

Which of the following groups is NOT more likely to suffer from generalized anxiety disorder:

D; men

Jack can't seem to control when he falls asleep. In fact, he's most likely to fall asleep when he feels stressed. Jack is suffering from —-

D; narcolepsy

Catatonic behavior refers to:

D; odd motor movements or statue - like rigidity

A pattern of anxiety, insomnia, depression, and flashbacks that persists for years after a horrible event is called:

D; post traumatic stress disorder

According to the DSM - 5, all of the following are considered symptoms of a manic episode, EXCEPT:

D; suicidal ideation

In a "proband" study:

D; the extent to which disorders run in families can be studied

A false belief that all therapies are equivalent despite differences in the training, experience, theoretical orientation, and personality of the practitione:

D; the uniformity myth

All of the following are types of major depressive disorders EXCEPT

D; transmatic

To be diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder or free floating anxiety, one must have excessive and ongoing anxiety and worry for at least:

D; two months

To receive a diagnosis of dysthymic disorder, an individual must have experienced symptoms for at least;

D; two years

An individual who is dependent on alcohol is experiencing delirium tremens. This reaction is:

D; uncommon, starting within three days after an individual stops drinking

The prognosis for those diagnosed with schizophrenia is better in:

D; undeveloped countries than in developed countries, possibly because of greater social tolerance for those who are different

What is the cause of death in the majority of male suicides in the United States?

D; use of guns