Abnormal Psy

What percentage of the world population is estimated to have schizophrenia?

1%

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

40-50%

DSM-5 recommends a diagnosis of paraphilia only when associated behaviors, fantasies, or urges last at least:

6 months

Maxwell Jones created an approach to psychotherapy of the institutionalized in London called:

A therapeutic community

Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all the following except:

A view that one is current unattractively thin

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

Bulimia nervosa

Which of the following statements about genetic factors in schizophrenia is accurate?

Close relatives of those with schizophrenia are more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia than distant relatives of schizophrenics.

Sexual aversion is considered a disorder of which phase of the human sexual response cycle?

Desire

Paula is moderately retarded, and has a small head and flat face. She also has short fingers. Her condition seems to be:

Down Syndrome

Lucille experienced severe mood, personality, and movement changes. She most likely has:

Huntington's disease

Which of the following responses from the person he exposed himself to would be least satisfying to an exhibitionist?

Ignoring the exhibitionist

Symptoms of clinginess, sleep difficulties, and stomach pains (behavioral and somatic complaints) are more characteristic of anxiety disorders:

In children rather than adults

A person with schizophrenia who laughs when told sad news and screams in situations that most people see as warm and tender is experiencing:

Inappropriate affect

Glenda eats chips and dips, burgers and fries, and a couple of shakes. After her eating she goes to the gym and does 90 minutes of aerobics, spends an hour on the stairstepper, and then does weights for another hour. She also does not eat for 72 hours. This set of assumptions would lead to a diagnosis of:

Nonpurging-type bulimia nervosa

One of the features of Alcoholics Anonymous is:

Peer support

A person who has difficulty remembering how to use a key is having trouble with:

Procedural memory

Which of the following is not true about profiling?

Profiling is realistically portrayed on most television shows.

If one found that the average weight and size of cheerleaders had declined significantly over the years, and that those who aspired to be cheerleaders had a high level of eating disorders, one would have evidence for ______ causes of eating disorders.

Societal

Who is most likely to receive phalloplasty?

Someone experiencing gender identity disorder

What must be true before a person may be tried for a crime and potentially found guilty?

The person must be capable of helping to defend him or herself in court.

One medical problem linked to bulimia nervosa is:

Tooth loss

Of the following, which is most likely to be successful in a treatment foster care program?

all components—child, family, and community—applied simultaneously

A general disinterest in toys and games in a child, if serious and persistent, would most likely be labeled:

anhedonia

Very low dopamine activity is related to:

anxiety disorders

I sit, staring at a blank page, unable to make myself write a new multiple-choice test item; I just don't seem to care. My behavior is like that of people with schizophrenia displaying the symptom called:

avolition

A token economy approach to treatment is based on principles from the ______ view of abnormal behavior.

behavioral

An individual with a diagnosed personality disorder is jealous and sensitive, as well as extremely self-critical. This person's diagnosis is likely to be which of the following personality disorders?

borderline

DSM-5, like its predecessor, DSM-IV-TR, identifies 10 personality disorders utilizing a:

categorical approach

"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain," is an example of:

clang

A clouding of consciousness that develops over a short period of time and can often be reversed if its underlying cause can be found is called:

delirium

Rosa is sure that her family is planning to kidnap her and take her inheritance. She has found her husband talking on the phone in whispers and has seen her children looking at her strangely. She is most likely suffering from:

delusions of persecution

Rosa has difficulty remembering even where she is going. Maintaining friendships is difficult, and she loses her temper because she cannot remember things. Her health has been deteriorating and she is clumsier than she was three years ago. She appears to be suffering from:

dementia

A therapist who broke confidentiality with a patient without the patient's consent because of fears that the person would harm someone else was acting according to the ethical principle of:

duty to protect

One speech problem displayed by many autistic children is that they repeat everything said to them. This is called:

echolalia

The chief difference between hallucinations and delusions is that:

hallucination involve perception and delusions involve belief

"Beatlemania" gripped the United States in the 1960s when the British rock group the Beatles performed; adoring fans screamed, sometimes fainted, and shouted exaggerated, emotional praise at the group. These behaviors most closely resemble the characteristics of which personality disorder?

historic

A person with schizophrenia who said, "It's cold today. My cold is better but I got it from the nurse. She is a big blonde who lives in Manhattan. I live in Manhattan with Jimmy Carter," is experiencing:

loose associations

psychosis mean

loss of contact with reality.

If one were taking antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia, one would expect the drugs to:

need to be taken even after symptom have been alleviated

A 3-year-old child is wetting the bed at night. The bed wetting apparently is beyond the child's control. The best diagnosis is:

no diagnosis, in this case

The TV show Monk features a detective who is very seldom happy, has few good friends, has a very rigid order and way in which he must do things, and who frequently has difficulty making up his mind about what to do. If he were diagnosed with a personality disorder, most likely, it would be:

obsessive-compulsive

Nellie is openly hostile toward her parents. She argues with them constantly and will not do anything they say. They cannot control her. The diagnosis she is most likely to receive is:

oppositional defiance disorder

Reese is distrustful of others and reacts quickly to perceived threats. Even though he has no evidence, he is sure his wife is unfaithful. He finds it almost impossible to forgive those he thinks have wronged him. Reese displays the characteristic of the ______ personality disorder.

paranoid

A child whose therapist asks her to draw pictures about her life, then introduces games and stories to help the child work through her conflicts and change her emotions and behavior is most likely receiving:

play therapy

The APA code of ethics states that sexual relationships between a psychologist and client are:

prohibited under almost all circumstances.

Civil commitment is for a person who:

refuses treatment others think he or she needs.

A person who is going through the alphabet trying to recall the name of someone quite well-known to the person is engaging in:

retrieval

A psychologist who testifies that an individual runs less than a 5% chance of assaulting someone in the next year, as long as the proper medication is taken is most likely participating in a:

risk assessment

Bertha pulls her hair out of a spot on the top of her head. She appears to be bald there. This is a symptom of an impulse control disorder called:

trichotillomania

Surveys show that ______ is a common experience for close to half of all children in the United States.

worry