PS150 QUIZ #7

Brian often interrupts his teacher while she is speaking and frequently forgets to complete his homework assignments. He also has difficulty taking turns in playground games with classmates. Brian most clearly exhibits symptoms of:

ADHD.

3. A current authoritative scheme for classifying psychological disorders is known as the:

DSM-IV.

An integrated understanding of psychological disorders in terms of stressful memories, evolutionary processes, and gender roles is most clearly provided by:

a biopsychosocial approach.

Tonya, who recently discovered her husband was having an affair, disappeared for several days and was found by the police sleeping under a bridge. She claimed that her name was Mary and that she had no memory of her life as Tonya. This case illustrates

a fugue state

9. Elaine feels that her life is empty, has lost all interest in her career and hobbies, and wonders if she would be better off dead. She is most likely suffering from:

a mood disorder.

10. An overabundance of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine is most likely to be associated with:

a. a manic episode.

Last week, Becky read that labels can bias perceptions, so she does not support placing diagnostic labels on psychological problems. If you were trying to convince her that these types of labels do have benefits, you might tell her that mental health professionals use labels to

all of these things, communicate, comprehend, choose

15. Kyle is extremely manipulative and can look anyone in the eye and lie convincingly. His deceit often endangers the safety and well-being of those around him, but he is indifferent to any suffering they might experience as a result of his actions. His behavior best illustrates:

an antisocial personality disorder.

Without success, Maxine spends hours each day trying to suppress intrusive thoughts that she might have forgotten to lock her house when she left for work. Her experience is most symptomatic of:

an obsessive-compulsive disorder

immigrants to the united states from mexico average _____ mental health than Mexican americans born in the United States. Immigrants to the united states from asia average _____ mental health than Asian American born in the US

better, better

After participants in one study were informed that a videotaped interviewee was a psychiatric patient, they characterized the person with phrases such as "a passive type" and "frightened of his own impulses." This study best illustrated the

biasing power of diagnostic labels.

11. Mr. James believes that people are constantly laughing at him and that FBI agents are trying to steal his life savings. Mr. James is most clearly suffering from:

delusions.

8. A sudden loss of memory is one of the symptoms of a(n):

dissociative disorder.

in a study examining the genetic influences on antisocial personality disorder, researches found that, as compared with the brain of non murderers of the same age and sex, the brain of murderers showed reduced activity in the

frontsl

4. Lenore is unexplainably and continually tense and is plagued by muscle tension, sleeplessness, and an inability to concentrate. Lenore most likely suffers from a(n):

generalized anxiety disorder.

Michael complains that threatening voices are constantly telling him that he is so evil that he should drown himself. Michael is experiencing:

hallucinations

13. Therapeutic drugs that block dopamine receptors are most likely to reduce:

hallucinations.

which of the following was eliminated from the list of disorders in 1973

homosexuality

The social-cognitive perspective has linked the experience of depression to:

learned helplessness

7. Andrea experiences extreme anxiety when approaching any lake. Her therapist suggests that her fear results from a traumatic boat accident she experienced as a child. The therapist's suggestion reflects a ________ perspective.

learning

Mr. Hoffman has always been cautious with his money, but over the past two weeks he has developed grandiose plans to bet his entire life savings on a single horse race. With unrestrained exuberance he has also been giving everybody he sees unsolicited advice on how to make millions in the stock market. Mr. Hoffman's behavior is most indicative of:

mania

Several times in the past two months, Petra has experienced a racing heart, intense fear that something horrible is about to happen, and an inability to breathe. Petra most likely suffers from

panic attacks

Symptoms that may be misperceived as a heart attack are most characteristic of:

panic disorder

12. Catatonia is characterized by:

periods of immobility or excessive, purposeless movement.

chronic, low grade depressed feelings are to ____ disorder as extreme, recurring mood swings are to ___ disorder

persistant depressive; bipolar

Although Mark realizes that his behavior is unreasonable, he is so alarmed by high bridges or expressway overpasses that he avoids them by taking an unnecessarily lengthy route to and from work each day. Mark appears to suffer from a(n):

phobia

6. Years after he barely survived a terrorist attack that killed his wife and two children, Mr. Puskari suffers recurring flashbacks and frequent nightmares of the event that render him incapable of holding a steady job. Mr. Puskari is most clearly showing signs of:

post-traumatic stress disorder.

The suggestion that dissociative identity disorders are created as defenses against the anxiety caused by one's own unacceptable impulses best illustrates the:

psychoanalytic perspective

Mrs. Higgins believes that aliens from another planet have removed her stomach and are watching her to see how long it takes her to grow another one. Mrs. Higgins is most likely suffering from:

schizophrenia

Which of the following best illustrates a negative symptom of schizophrenia?:

social withdrawal

Amanda's therapist suggests that her depression results from mistakenly blaming herself rather than a slumping economy for her recent job loss. Her therapist's suggestion best illustrates a:

social-cognitive perspective

An effective way to break the vicious cycle of depression is to explain stressful events in terms that are:

specific and temporary

1. At one time, disordered people were simply warehoused in asylums. These have been replaced with psychiatric hospitals in which attempts were made to diagnose and cure those with psychological disorders. This best illustrates one of the beneficial consequences of:

the medical model.

14. The relationship between the season of the year in which people are born and their subsequent risk of schizophrenia best highlights the role of ________ in this disorder.

viral infections

Although questions remain concerning the cause(s) of depression, we do know that

women are nearly twice as likely as men to suffer from depression