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Package Title: Test Bank
Course Title: Nevid & Rathus, Adjustment Psychology 14th Edition
Chapter Number: Chapter 13
Question type: Multiple-Choice
1) Just about one in ________ adult Americans will suffer from a psychological disorder at some time in his or her life.
a) two
b) four
c) six
d) eight
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
2) When we take into account the people directly affected by psychological disorders, their families, as well as the economic costs of caring for people with mental health problems, ______ affected by these disorders.
a) only a few of us are
b) a large minority of us are
c) most of us are
d) virtually every one of us is
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
3) Unusual behaviors or mental processes that are connected with various kinds of distress or are self-defeating are ______.
a) adjustment issues
b) growth issues
c) cognitive deficits
d) psychological disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
4) Collecting yarn and rolling it into a 12-foot ball in your backyard, walking backward everywhere you go, or becoming the only person on your street to paint your house "Day-Glo" orange are examples of ______, which is one factor involved in the determination of a psychological disorder.
a) self-defeating behavior
b) unusualness
c) dangerousness
d) faulty perception of reality
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
5) Seeing things no one else can see, hearing voices no one else can hear, and believing the CIA or the KGB are out to get you are all examples of ______.
a) self-defeating behavior
b) faulty perception or interpretation of reality
c) personal distress
d) dangerousness
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
6) A perception in the absence of external sensory stimulation that is confused with reality is a(n) ______.
a) obsession
b) delusion
c) hallucination
d) compulsion
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
7) Hearing voices when there is actually no one talking, or seeing visions when there is actually nothing there are examples of ______.
a) obsessions
b) delusions
c) hallucinations
d) compulsions
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
8) Erroneous beliefs that one is being victimized or persecuted are ______.
a) delusions of grandeur
b) ideas of reference
c) paranoid hallucinations
d) ideas of persecution
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Awry
9) Harry believes that the CIA is trying to murder him because he “knows too much” about their secret operations. There is no evidence to support his beliefs, but he remains convinced anyway. His beliefs are typical ______.
a) delusions of grandeur
b) ideas of reference
c) paranoid hallucinations
d) ideas of persecution
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
10) Severe anxiety, depression, and concern about a lack of meaning in life are examples of ______.
a) self-defeating behavior
b) faulty perception of reality
c) personal distress
d) dangerousness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
11) Type A behavior, overeating, chronic gambling, alcoholism, and cigarette smoking are all examples of ______.
a) self-defeating behavior
b) faulty perception of reality
c) personal distress
d) dangerousness
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
12) Threatening to attack others, blow up buildings, or commit suicide are examples of ______.
a) self-defeating behavior
b) faulty perception of reality
c) personal distress
d) dangerousness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
13) Cursing loudly in church, walking naked down a public street, and stealing other people's property are examples of ______.
a) self-defeating behavior
b) dangerousness
c) socially unacceptable behavior
d) faulty perception of reality
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
14) The most widely used classification scheme for psychological disorders is the ______ system.
a) DSM-5
b) MMPI-2
c) SCII
d) OK5R
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
15) About one out of every ______ college students has considered suicide within the past 12 months.
a) two
b) four
c) six
d) eight
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
16) Adjustment disorders are ______.
a) not really psychological disorders at all
b) among the mildest psychological disorders
c) generally considered to be moderately severe psychological disorders
d) among the most severe psychological disorders
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms of adjustment disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Adjustment Disorders
17) A maladaptive reaction to an identified stressor resulting in impairment in academic, occupational, or social functioning is called a(n) _______ disorder.
a) personality
b) affective
c) adjustment
d) dissociative
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms of adjustment disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Adjustment Disorders
18) Nancy broke up with her boyfriend about three months ago. She has felt depressed and has been unable to keep up with her schoolwork since. She just mopes around thinking of her lost love. She is best diagnosed as having _______ disorder.
a) a personality
b) a conversion
c) an adjustment
d) posttraumatic stress
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms of adjustment disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Adjustment Disorders
19) An emotional state that is characterized by symptoms such as worrying, fear of the worst things happening, fear of losing control, an inability to relax, trembling, and avoidance is ______.
a) depression
b) hysteria
c) pressure
d) anxiety
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
20) Features of anxiety that include worrying, fear of the worst things happening, fear of losing control, nervousness, and an inability to relax are called ______ features.
a) objective
b) physical
c) psychosomatic
d) subjective
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
21) Physical features of anxiety reflect arousal of the ______ nervous system.
a) sympathetic branch of the autonomic
b) parasympathetic branch of the autonomic
c) central
d) somatic
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
22) Symptoms such as sweating, a pounding or racing heart, elevated blood pressure, and faintness are ______features of anxiety.
a) subjective
b) objective
c) behavioral
d) physical
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
23) Currently anxiety disorders affect about ______ in ten adults in the United States.
a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
24) Excessive, irrational, and inappropriate fear of a particular object or situation, which often leads to avoidance of the feared trigger, is ______.
a) an adjustment disorder
b) a specific phobic disorder
c) an obsession
d) a conversion disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
25) Katya has an irrational fear of heights that is so severe she cannot even look down from the top of a flight of stairs without experiencing dizziness and anxiety. Katya would appear to have ______.
a) an adjustment disorder
b) panic disorder
c) a specific phobic disorder
d) dissociative fugue
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
26) Which of the following is NOT an anxiety disorder?
a) specific phobic disorder
b) generalized anxiety disorder
c) obsessive-compulsive disorder
d) dissociative amnesia
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
27) Persistent, irrational fears of an identified object or situation is ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) a specific phobia
c) a social phobia
d) panic disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
28) Shavonne has intense, irrational fears of needles that prevents her from getting necessary medical treatments when she sees her doctor. She is suffering from ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) panic disorder
c) social anxiety disorder
d) specific phobic disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
29) Veronique has an irrational fear of enclosed or confined spaces. Her fear is best described as ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) claustrophobia
c) acrophobia
d) hydrophobia
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
30) Jairo has an irrational fear of heights. His fear is best described as ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) claustrophobia
c) acrophobia
d) hydrophobia
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
31) An irrational, excessive fear of public scrutiny or negative judgment by others is ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) social anxiety disorder
c) generalized anxiety disorder
d) panic disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
32) Armand has intense speech anxiety and stage fright. He is suffering from ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) a specific phobia
c) social phobia
d) panic disorder
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
33) Cherrelle lives in constant fear of publicly embarrassing or humiliating herself. It is so severe that she refuses to go to parties or go on dates. She is suffering from ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) social anxiety disorder
c) generalized anxiety disorder
d) panic disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
34) The term for a phobia that literally means “fear of the marketplace” is ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) claustrophobia
c) acrophobia
d) hydrophobia
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
35) Nicolette has an irrational fear of leaving her home or being in crowds where it might be difficult to escape. Her fears are best described as ______.
a) agoraphobia
b) claustrophobia
c) acrophobia
d) hydrophobia
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
36) Frequent attacks of intense anxiety that are not triggered by a specific object or situation are called ______.
a) generalized anxiety disorder
b) panic disorder
c) specific phobic disorder
d) acute stress disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
37) Every few days, with little or no warning, Morris is overwhelmed by intense fear, shortness of breath, a pounding heart, and heavy sweating. He often feels like he is suffocating, having a heart attack, or going crazy. He can never identify a reason for having these attacks, but they leave him worried and exhausted. His attacks are best described as ______.
a) generalized anxiety disorder
b) panic disorder
c) social phobia
d) acute stress disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
38) Agnes never leaves her house because she has had so many panic attacks that she fears having panic attacks in public. She is most likely to be diagnosed with ______.
a) generalized anxiety disorder with agoraphobia
b) generalized anxiety disorder with panic disorder
c) panic disorder with agoraphobia
d) panic disorder with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
39) An abrupt episode of acute, intense anxiety or sheer terror, often accompanied by strong physical symptoms and difficulty breathing is a ______.
a) panic attack
b) phobia
c) reaction formation
d) psychotic episode
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
40) Investigators estimate that ______ of adult Americans are affected by panic disorder at some point in their lives.
a) fewer than 1 percent
b) about 5 percent
c) about 15 percent
d) more than 25 percent
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
41) Panic attacks usually last for ______.
a) minutes
b) hours
c) days
d) weeks
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
42) An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent feelings of dread and foreboding or anxiety in which the anxiety is experienced as having a “free floating” quality is ______.
a) a specific phobia
b) an obsessive-compulsive disorder
c) a panic disorder
d) generalized anxiety disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
43) Arun has experienced persistent shaking, inability to relax, trembling, fidgeting, sweating, a racing heart, insomnia, distractibility, irritability, and feelings that “the end is near” for the last nine months. He can identify no reason for being plagued with these symptoms. His symptoms sound most like ______.
a) generalized anxiety disorder
b) stress disorder
c) agoraphobia
d) panic disorder
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
44) It is estimated that ______ percent of the adult US population suffers from generalized anxiety disorder at some point in their lives.
a) less than 1
b) about 4
c) about 9
d) about 13
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
45) People with generalized anxiety disorder seem to worry about ______.
a) one specific thing
b) just a few major concerns
c) only health-related issues
d) everything
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
46) A recurring, anxiety-provoking thought, which appears irrational, such as powerful and persistent doubts that you have locked your doors and windows even after you have checked them, is called ______.
a) an obsession
b) a delusion
c) a phobia
d) a compulsion
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
47) A young mother is terrorized by the recurring fear that her children have been run over by a car on their way home from school. She cannot block out this fear even though her children do not cross any streets and never had any accidents involving a car. Her intrusive thought is best described as ______.
a) an obsession
b) a phobia
c) a delusion
d) acute stress disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
48) An irresistible urge to repeat an act that is so persistent that it interferes with daily life is called ______.
a) an obsession
b) a delusion
c) an idiosyncratic thought
d) a compulsion
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
49) To ensure that he has no germs on his hand, Orlando feels the overwhelming need to ritualistically wash his hands, often as many as 200 to 250 times a day. His behavior is best described as ______.
a) an obsession
b) a delusion
c) a habit
d) a compulsion
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
50) Sarah ritualistically washes all her dishes several times a day in an attempt to alleviate her persistent fears of disease-carrying germs and bacteria being on the cups and plates. She is most likely suffering from ______ disorder.
a) generalized anxiety
b) panic
c) obsessive-compulsive
d) social anxiety
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
51) Sriram has a great difficulty letting go of possessions, even those that are utterly worthless. He has amassed an incredible collection of junk that has rendered his home almost useless. Every surface and room is littered with possessions – books, old clothes, dirty newspapers – and whenever he tries to get rid of things, he has an intense anxiety response. Sriram suffers from ________ disorder.
a) generalized anxiety
b) hoarding
c) obsessive-compulsive
d) social anxiety
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
52) Joe is a Vietnam veteran. Ever since he came back from the war, he has been plagued by recurring nightmares in which he relives some of his most horrifying war experiences. He often can't sleep at all, startles very easily, and occasionally has sudden, uncontrollable outbursts of anger. His symptoms sound most like ______ disorder.
a) panic
b) conversion
c) posttraumatic stress
d) depersonalization/derealization
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
53) A disorder in which stress-related symptoms appear more than a month after a traumatic event and persist for months or even years is called ______.
a) acute stress disorder
b) a reaction formation
c) posttraumatic stress disorder
d) conversion disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
54) A prolonged maladaptive reaction to a traumatic event that is characterized by intense fear, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, and reliving the event is ______ disorder.
a) posttraumatic stress
b) panic
c) generalized anxiety
d) acute stress
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
55) A recent study found that approximately one out of every _____ women who had been victimized by crime went on to develop the symptoms of PTSD.
a) 2
b) 4
c) 7
d) 10
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
56) Each of the following is a risk factor for someone to develop PTSD after exposure to a traumatic event EXCEPT ______.
a) a childhood history of sexual abuse
b) a lack of social support
c) feelings of shame
d) being with other people during the traumatic event
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
57) A disorder in which in which stress-related symptoms appear within a month of a traumatic event and for one month or less is called ______.
a) acute stress disorder
b) a reaction formation
c) posttraumatic stress disorder
d) an adjustment disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
58) According to behaviorists, phobias are ______.
a) rooted in genetically inherited predispositions
b) learned in childhood through conditioning and sometimes observational learning
c) symbolize unconscious conflicts originating in childhood
d) the result of conditional positive regard and a failure to self-actualize
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
59) According to the psychodynamic perspective, phobias ______.
a) are conditioned fears that were acquired in early childhood
b) are acquired through observational learning in childhood
c) result from genetically inherited predispositions and a sensitive nervous system
d) symbolize conflicts originating in childhood
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
60) According to cognitive theorists, anxiety ______.
a) results from conditioned fears that were acquired in early childhood
b) is acquired through observational learning in childhood
c) results from genetically inherited predispositions and a sensitive nervous system
d) is maintained by exaggerating the magnitude of threatening events
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
61) A famous psychologist argues that catastrophic, anxiety-ridden thinking plays a key role in the development and persistence of phobias and other anxiety disorders. This psychologist’s views are most similar to those of ______ theorists.
a) psychodynamic
b) learning
c) humanistic
d) cognitive
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
62) Genetic/biological factors ______ anxiety disorders.
a) play no role in
b) play only a minor role in
c) play an important role in
d) are completely responsible for
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
63) Disorders characterized by disturbances in normal functions of identity, memory, or consciousness that distort our ability to feel whole are called ______ disorders.
a) anxiety
b) somatoform
c) dissociative
d) personality
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
64) Which of the following is NOT an example of a dissociative symptom?
a) obsessions
b) amnesia
c) depersonalization
d) fugue
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
65) The most common form of dissociative disorder is ______.
a) dissociative fugue
b) depersonalization/derealization disorder
c) dissociative identity disorder
d) dissociative amnesia
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
66) A disorder characterized by a sudden inability to recall important personal information, such as one's identity, who one's friends and relatives are, or past experiences, which cannot be traced to organic problems such as a blow to the head or alcoholic intoxication, is called ______.
a) depersonalization/derealization disorder
b) dissociative amnesia
c) dissociative fugue
d) dissociative identity disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
67) In generalized amnesia, people forget ______.
a) a specific, traumatic event
b) a series of related events
c) events in a given time period
d) their entire lives
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
68) A disorder in which a person suffers memory loss and also flees to a new locale and takes up a new life with a new identity is called ______.
a) depersonalization/derealization disorder
b) psychogenic amnesia
c) dissociative fugue
d) conversion disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
69) A disorder in which a person displays two or more distinct personalities, each with distinct traits and memories, that may or may not be aware of each other, is ______.
a) dissociative identity disorder
b) depersonalization/derealization disorder
c) dissociative fugue
d) schizophrenia
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
70) The Three Faces of Eve case described in your text is an example of ______.
a) depersonalization/derealization disorder
b) dissociative identity disorder
c) dissociative fugue
d) psychogenic amnesia
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
71) Connie is plagued by the persistent feeling that she is not real. She feels detached from her own body, as if she were observing her own actions from the outside. Her situation is BEST described as ______.
a) dissociative fugue
b) depersonalization/derealization disorder
c) conversion disorder
d) bipolar disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
72) The great majority of people who are diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder report ______.
a) rejection during adolescence by peers
b) cold, perfectionistic, and overly demanding parents
c) sexual and physical abuse during childhood
d) gender identity issues throughout childhood and adolescence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
73) People who hold the persistent belief that they are suffering from serious illness, who become preoccupied with physical sensations, although no medical evidence can be found to support their fears, are usually suffering from ______.
a) borderline personality disorder
b) dissociative fugue
c) illness anxiety disorder
d) a conversion disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders Difficulty: Easy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety-Related Disorders
74) Each of the following is true of people with illness anxiety disorder EXCEPT ______.
a) they make up their symptoms
b) there is no medical justification to support their concerns about their health
c) it is more common among older adults.
d) the anxiety can lead to disruption of normal day-to-day functioning.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders Difficulty: Easy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety-Related Disorders
75) Disorders characterized by disturbance in expressed emotions and that generally involve sadness or elation are ______ disorders.
a) somatic symptom
b) dissociative
c) anxiety
d) mood
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
76) Major depression and bipolar disorder are examples of ______ disorders.
a) personality
b) mood
c) dissociative
d) anxiety
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
77) Major depression affects around one out of every ______ adults at some point in time.
a) 3
b) 6
c) 9
d) 12
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
78) About one in ______ US adults currently suffer from major depression.
a) 4
b) 8
c) 12
d) 16
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
79) Belinda's behavior is marked by lack of energy, loss of self-esteem, difficulty concentrating, pessimism, crying, and occasional thoughts of suicide. She sounds most like someone with ______.
a) bipolar disorder
b) illness anxiety disorder
c) major depression
d) dissociative fugue
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
80) Behavior that is out of touch with reality, and often includes delusions and hallucinations is known as ______ behavior.
a) psychopathic
b) dissociative
c) neurotic
d) psychotic
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
81) People who alternate between periods of depression and manic episodes have ______.
a) conversion disorder
b) bipolar disorder
c) dissociative identity disorder
d) schizophrenia
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
82) Geoffrey displays an unrealistically elated mood. He is either easily irritated or shows excessive excitement and silliness. He speaks rapidly and talks about unrealistically grand, delusional schemes. His behavior is typical of someone who is ______.
a) manic
b) schizophrenic
c) schizoid
d) in an acute stress reaction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
83) Episodes of highly elated mood and excessive excitement are _______ episodes.
a) dysthymic
b) manic
c) amnesic
d) reactive
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
84) Jumping quickly, and somewhat impulsively, from topic to topic, such as commonly occurs during manic episodes, is known as ______.
a) pressured speech
b) the phi phenomenon
c) neologistical thinking
d) rapid flight of ideas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
85) Bipolar disorder affects about one in ______ people.
a) 2
b) 12
c) 20
d) 32
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
86) People with bipolar disorder are most likely to attempt suicide when ______.
a) in the deepest depths of the depressed phase
b) transitioning from the depressed phase to the manic phase
c) approaching the peak of the manic phase
d) transitioning from the manic phase to the depressed phase
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
87) A severe and persistent psychological disorder characterized by a break with reality, disturbances in thinking, and disturbed behavior and emotional responses is ______.
a) dissociative fugue
b) schizophrenia
c) psychopathic personality
d) borderline personality
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
88) Social cognitive theorists suggest that depressed people lack sufficient ______ in their lives to maintain their mood and behavior.
a) learning opportunities
b) reinforcement
c) ego strength
d) conditional love
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
89) Mildred goes to her therapist to get treatment for her severe depression. He says that her depression is due to her having a high level of learned helplessness. His beliefs mirror the ______ explanation of depression.
a) psychodynamic
b) behavioral
c) social-cognitive
d) biological
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
90) In aversive situations, exhibiting inactivity when one’s responses, or attempts to escape the situation, go unreinforced, is known as ______.
a) learned helplessness
b) situational atrophy
c) a reaction formation
d) Weber’s law
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
91) Many researchers believe that learned helplessness is linked to the formation of ______.
a) somatoform disorders
b) depression
c) schizophrenia
d) personality disorders
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
92) Erika goes to her therapist to get treatment for her severe depression. He says that her depression is due largely to cognitive distortions that cause her to misperceive the world around her in an unrealistically negative way. His views are closest to those of ______.
a) Beck
b) Skinner
c) Freud
d) Rogers
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
93) The cognitive triad of errors associated with Aaron Beck involves a negative view of all but WHICH of the following?
a) oneself
b) past decisions
c) other people
d) expectations for the future
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
94) With which theorist is the negative cognitive triad associated?
a) Kohler
b) Kohut
c) Ellis
d) Beck
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
95) Tendencies to attribute one’s behavior to internal or external factors, stable or unstable factors, and global or specific factors are called ______.
a) response sets
b) self-efficacy expectations
c) attributional styles
d) psychological hardiness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
96) When comparing identical twins to fraternal twins, bipolar disorder is______.
a) almost never found among either
b) is more common among identical twins than fraternal twins
c) is more common among fraternal twins than identical twins
d) is found in equally high rates among both
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
97) Research into depression has identified irregularities in the use of the neurotransmitter ______.
a) GABA
b) serotonin
c) dopamine
d) acetylcholine
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
98) Jennifer (described in the text), who slit her wrists because the "hellsmen" told her to and who acted as if she was being distracted by sights and sounds no one else could see or hear, was most likely suffering from ______.
a) depersonalization
b) schizophrenia
c) dissociative identity disorder
d) schizoid personality disorder
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
99) Schizophrenia afflicts about ______ percent of the general population.
a) 0.5
b) 1
c) 5
d) 9
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
100) Schizophrenia is ______ common in men than in women, and generally strikes men ______ than women.
a) less, earlier
b) more, earlier
c) less, later
d) more, later
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
101) Sensory imagery in the absence of external stimulation, such as hearing voices no one else can hear or seeing things no one else can see, is called ______.
a) a hallucination
b) an obsession
c) a delusion
d) a compulsion
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
102) The onset of schizophrenia is typically during ______.
a) childhood
b) early adolescence or late adolescence
c) late adolescence or early adulthood
d) early adulthood or middle age
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
103) Dejah believes that she is being sought by the CIA and the FBI. Assuming that her beliefs are unfounded, she is experiencing ______.
a) a hallucination
b) a delusion of grandeur
c) a delusion of reference
d) a delusion of persecution
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
104) Kyree believes that the national television news broadcasts contain coded information about him. He is experiencing ______.
a) a hallucination
b) a delusion of grandeur
c) a delusion of reference
d) a delusion of persecution
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
105) A symptom of schizophrenia in which persons maintain postures into which they are placed is ______.
a) mutism
b) stupor
c) waxy flexibility
d) hypomania
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
106) Twin studies have found nearly a ______ percent concordance rate for the occurrence of schizophrenia among pairs of monozygotic (identical) twins.
a) 25
b) 50
c) 75
d) 90
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
107) Studies of the brains of people with schizophrenia indicate that they have ______.
a) too little gray matter
b) too little white matter
c) too much gray matter
d) too much white matter
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
108) Research suggests that each of the following is a risk factor for developing schizophrenia EXCEPT ______.
a) heredity
b) poor maternal nutrition
c) complications during pregnancy and birth
d) birth during the summer
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
109) Recent research has focused on the role of the neurotransmitter ______ in the development of schizophrenia.
a) serotonin
b) acetylcholine
c) dopamine
d) norepinephrine
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
110) Enduring patterns of inflexible and maladaptive behavior that impair personal functioning and are a source of distress to others are called ______ disorders.
a) affective
b) personality
c) somatoform
d) dissociative
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
111) Elwood has the tendency to interpret the behavior of others as deliberately threatening or demeaning. His thinking is not disorganized, and he can hold onto his job, but he is grossly mistrustful of others and his social relationships suffer for it. He is best described as having ______ disorder.
a) a personality
b) a somatoform
c) a dissociative
d) an anxiety
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
112) Kendrell has the tendency to interpret the behavior of others as deliberately threatening or demeaning. His thinking is not disorganized, and he can hold onto his job, but he is grossly mistrustful of others and his social relationships suffer for it) He is best described as having ______ disorder)
a) paranoid personality
b) paranoid schizophrenia
c) schizotypal personality
d) narcissistic personality
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
113) Emiliano’s personality is characterized by extreme and unpredictable mood swings. He is impulsive and often acts out his feelings in ways that wreak havoc on his relationships. His self-image is very unstable and fluctuates constantly. He is best described as having ______ personality disorder.
a) narcissistic
b) borderline
c) passive-aggressive
d) histrionic
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
114) To say that Doris has a “big ego” is an understatement. She acts like she is “God’s gift to humanity,” because she is convinced she is so much more beautiful and talented than everyone around her. She has few true friends, but constantly surrounds herself with worshipers and followers. She is best described as having ______ personality disorder.
a) narcissistic
b) borderline
c) schizoid
d) histrionic
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
115) Charlie’s behavior is marked by a lack of remorse or guilt, low levels of anxiety, lack of loyalty and responsibility, and indifference to social commitments and the feelings of others. He is impulsive, selfish and undeterred by punishment. He is best described as having ______ personality disorder.
a) schizotypal
b) schizoid
c) antisocial
d) paranoid
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
116) The term “dark triad” refers to three different personality traits that are associated with a litany of problematic behaviors. Which of these is not one of those traits?
a) narcissism
b) Machiavellianism
c) an antisocial personality
d) psychoticism
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
117) Which personality characteristic, known to be part of the “dark triad,” involves deceitfulness, manipulativeness, and ruthlessness?
a) narcissism
b) Machiavellianism
c) sociopathy
d) psychoticism
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
118) Brain abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex appear to be directly involved in ______ personality disorder.
a) paranoid
b) schizotypal
c) schizoid
d) antisocial
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
119) After accidents, the leading cause of death among today’s 15- to 24-year olds is ______.
a) suicide
b) homicide
c) AIDS
d) drugs
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
120) About ______ people commit suicide in the United States each year.
a) 20,000
b) 45,000
c) 70,000
d) 95,000
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
121) Most suicides are linked to ______ disorders.
a) psychotic
b) mood
c) dissociative
d) personality
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
122) Each year about ______ college students attempt suicide.
a) 1,000
b) 10,000
c) 50,000
d) 100,000
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
123) Which of the following is true of men, women, and suicide?
a) About three times as many women as men attempt suicide and succeed at suicide attempts each year.
b) More women than men attempt suicide each year but five times as many men succeed in suicide attempts.
c) More men than women attempt suicide each year but five times as many women succeed in suicide attempts.
d) About three times as many men as women attempt suicide and succeed at suicide attempts each year.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
124) Which of the following is NOT true of suicide?
a) Men prefer to use guns or hang themselves, but women prefer to use sleeping pills.
b) Suicide attempts are more frequent following stressful life events.
c) Suicide is almost unheard of among Native Americans
d) Suicide is a major cause of death among college students.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
125) Each of the following is something you should do if someone you know threatens to commit suicide EXCEPT ______.
a) keep talking
b) be a good listener
c) ask how the person intends to commit suicide
d) tell the person that such talk is silly
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
Question type: True-False
126) Psychological disorders affect about half of the adult American population at some point in their lives.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
127) Virtually every one of us is affected by a psychological disorder, either directly or indirectly.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
128) Statistical deviance is sufficient for behavior or mental processes to be labeled abnormal.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
129) Among North American Indian tribes, it is considered normal for people to hear the voices of their departed loved ones as they ascend to the afterlife.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
130) Conceptions of abnormal behavior vary from place to place.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
131) Adjustment disorders are among the most severe psychological disorders.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
132) Anxiety is an appropriate response to a real threat.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
133) People with agoraphobia often refuse to venture away from their homes, especially by themselves.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
134) Stressful experiences can lead to recurrent nightmares.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
135) Most people who are exposed to trauma develop posttraumatic stress disorder.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
136) Acute stress disorder lasts longer than posttraumatic stress disorder.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
137) Dissociative amnesia is the most common form of dissociative disorder.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
138) Some people have not one, but two or more distinct personalities dwelling within them.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
139) Some people have more than one identity, and the different identities may have different allergic reactions and even eyeglass prescriptions.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
140) Genetic factors play only a minor role in the development of mood disorders.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders)
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
141) Most evidence indicates that schizophrenia is a psychosomatic disorder.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
142) Suicide is the leading cause of death among Americans.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
143) More women attempt suicide, but more men die by suicide.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
Question type: Essay
144) Explain what psychological disorders are and identify the various criteria used to decide if someone should be labeled as disordered.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define psychological disorders and discuss their prevalence
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Definition and Prevalence of Psychological Disorders
145) Explain what adjustment disorders are and identify and describe how they are considered on the “continuum” of severity of psychological disorders.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms of adjustment disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Adjustment Disorders
146) Explain what anxiety disorders are and identify and describe the various anxiety disorders.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
147) Summarize the various theoretical perspectives on anxiety disorders.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of anxiety-related disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Anxiety Disorders
148) Explain what dissociative disorders are and identify and describe the various dissociative disorders.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
149) Summarize the various theoretical perspectives on dissociative disorders.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
150) Explain what mood disorders are and identify and describe the various mood disorders.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders)
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
151) Summarize the various theoretical perspectives on mood disorders.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
152) Explain what schizophrenia is and identify and describe the major symptoms of the condition.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of dissociative disorders
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Dissociative Disorders
153) Summarize the various theoretical perspectives on schizophrenia.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of schizophrenia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Schizophrenia: When Thinking Goes Astray
154) Explain what personality disorders are and identify and describe the various types of personality disorders.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
155) Summarize the various theoretical views on the origins of personality disorders.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe symptoms and origins of personality disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Personality Disorders: Making Others and Oneself Miserable
156) Describe who is most likely (statistically) to commit suicide, and identify at least three myths about suicide and explain why each one of them is incorrect.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around
157) Identify and briefly describe at least five things you can do if someone tells you that he or she is considering suicide.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the symptoms and origins of mood disorders.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Mood Disorders: Up, Down, and Around