Abnormal Psychology Test 3

A man awakens after eight hours of normal sleep and has an unbroken "snap gauge" band. There's a good chance that the man has:

a physical basis for erectile problems.

A man appeared at the emergency room complaining of bloody diarrhea. The doctor who examined him found that the man was intentionally creating the diarrhea through use of laxatives and anticoagulant medication, and liked being a patient. The man is MOST likely:

experiencing a factitious disorder.

Of the following, the psychological disorder that anorexia nervosa MOST resembles is:

obsessive-compulsive disorder.

One difference between the eating disorders and other disorders is:

the recovered person often misses his or her symptoms.

A person who loses weight by forcing herself to vomit after meals or by using laxatives, and who otherwise fits the definition of anorexia, is experiencing:

binge-eating/purging anorexia nervosa.

The purpose of an antagonist drug is to:

block or change the effect of an addictive drug.

Researchers have found a link between Type A personality and:

coronary heart disease.

The MOST realistic statement a person with anorexia would make following cognitive treatment is:

"I expect to feel fat because of my illness."

How does binge eating disorder differ from bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa?

The disorder begins later in life.

Nan took a drug and, a few minutes later, felt calm and drowsy. Then she went to sleep. Nan probably took:

a barbiturate.

If you are overweight, the development of which of the following is MOST likely to appeal to you?

a way to safely increase GLP-1 in humans

Wes has a drink in the morning on rising. He then drinks during his lunch. After work, he goes to a singles bar and immediately has a drink to ease his nerves about approaching the women there. Later, at home, he generally has a small dinner and then sits in front of the TV watching sports and drinking beer (as many as 12 cans). Somehow he manages to get up and go to work the next morning. Wes is displaying:

alcohol use disorder.

"I have this vague sense that something isn't right, but I just can't describe it," is a statement MOST likely said by someone experiencing:

alexithymia.

A person would be LEAST likely to feel drowsy soon after taking a moderate dose of which type of drug?

amphetamines

Every time Miguel had a headache, his mother let him miss school. Now, as an adult, his headaches have become more frequent. His head pounds any time he is required to do something he would rather not. This is a ______ explanation of conversion symptoms.

behavioral

The disorder that is characterized by eating binges followed by forced vomiting is called:

bulimia nervosa.

In psychodynamic theory, the therapeutic goal in treating sexual dysfunction is:

causing broad personality changes.

Cocaine abusers on an inpatient ward earn rewards and eventually are released from the program if they produce periodic urine samples that are free of the drug. The program they are in is a form of:

contingency management.

A person who was receiving the best and most current treatment for an eating disorder would receive treatment designed to:

deal first with changing the eating habits, then with what caused them.

Which hormone can cause decreased sexual desire when present in either low or high levels?

estrogen

People experiencing dyspareunia:

experience pain during sex.

A man with muscle dysmorphobia is MOST likely to:

feel that he is scrawny, despite the fact that he is not.

Psychodynamic therapies may not be very effective in the treatment of substance-related disorders because:

finding the cause of a substance-related disorder is less important than treating the abuse as an independent problem.

In a very crowded department store during the Christmas rush, a woman suddenly feels a stranger rubbing his genital area against her thigh. He continues until the crowd begins to break up, then moves away. The MOST likely diagnosis for this man is:

frotteurism.

Ellen stopped taking her regular amount of cocaine after using it for months. She will probably experience:

letdown, depressed feelings, and "crashing."

The "club drug" that damages nerve endings and is associated with high rates of HIV-positive tests, but is not considered hallucinogenic, is:

methamphetamine.

According to the psychodynamic view, conversion disorder symptoms function to keep unacceptable thoughts and conflicts out of consciousness. This is called:

primary gain.

Because alcohol binds to neurons that normally receive the neurotransmitter GABA, it is not surprising that alcohol:

relaxes people.

Researchers have found that substance use disorders are more common among some religious groups than others, and in general, are more common among some groups than among others. Together, these findings provide the MOST support for which view of substance abuse disorders?

sociocultural

Madeline appeared at the clinic complaining of pain in her knee, shoulder, and abdomen, nausea and vomiting, blurred vision, and exhaustion. The patient history revealed that she had been going to clinics for years trying to get treatment for these complaints and a host of other physical symptoms. The diagnostic consensus was that Madeline suffered from:

somatic symptom disorder.

Regarding emotions, the pattern common in bulimia from prebinge, through binge, to postbinge is BEST described in sequence as:

tension, powerlessness, shame.

Munchausen syndrome by proxy is MOST likely to adversely affect the physical well-being of:

the child of the person experiencing it.

The pleasant feeling called a "high" produced by using a narcotic is due to:

the drug attaching to sites normally receptive to endorphins.

In general, behavioral treatments for substance use disorders are MORE successful when:

the person receiving the therapy is highly motivated to continue.

Serotonin levels are low in those with eating disorders and in those with obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. This means that:

there is a relationship, but no evidence of causation.

A man who is biologically masculine, but considers himself a woman and would like to live as a woman, is:

transgendered.

"Cross-dressing" is another term for:

transvestic disorder.

An example of evidence for psychophysiological disorders is that:

ulcers, asthma, insomnia, and chronic headaches probably have physical and psychological causes.

In therapy, a patient is taught to visualize sexual scenes and uncover any negative emotions that occur. The therapist is using:

affectual awareness.

People who are coping with severe pain by telling themselves that they can get through it by focusing on the pain ending, and by remembering that they have gotten through it before, are MOST likely to have received which of the following therapies?

cognitive intervention

Kelly is a long-time serious drinker. In the last year, she has started having frequent memory lapses. When this happens, she makes up wild stories to help her fill in what she does not remember. This symptom is called:

confabulation.

One longitudinal study found that men who develop alcoholism were initially MORE:

impulsive in adolescence.

Studies of patterns of teenage sexual behavior today compared to such behavior a generation ago show today's teens having:

intercourse younger, and using condoms more.

If you are similar to most other people, which of the following are you MOST likely to do to relieve stress?

watch TV, read, or listen to music

If you have a high level of cytokines, we know that:

your immune system is unusually healthy.