Behavioral Disorders Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth examination of behavioral disorders, exploring their identification, classification, and treatment. Students will study the various types of behavioral disorders affecting children, adolescents, and adults, including but not limited to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder. The course covers etiological factors such as biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences, as well as current research on prevention and intervention strategies. Emphasis is placed on assessment techniques, evidence-based practices, and the importance of collaboration between educators, mental health professionals, and families to support individuals with behavioral disorders.
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Essentials of Abnormal Psychology 7th Edition by V. Mark Durand
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context
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Q1) If a psychological disorder is said to have an acute onset,it means that the symptoms developed
A)suddenly.
B)atypically.
C)gradually.
D)following a period of recovery.
Answer: A
Q2) You are listening to old musical tunes,including "My Melancholy Baby." Your friends are impressed when you tell them that "melancholic," referring to a depressive personality,derives from a Greek word meaning A)blood.
B)phlegm.
C)yellow bile.
D)black bile.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
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Q1) The neurotransmitter associated with both schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease is A)GABA.
B)norepinephrine.
C)dopamine.
D)serotonin.
Answer: C
Q2) In the Stroop color-naming paradigm,a patient with a snake phobia would be expected to name the color of the printed word "fangs"
A)more quickly than a neutral word.
B)in about the same time it takes to name the color of a neutral word.
C)more slowly than a neutral word.
D)with a great deal of difficulty or not at all.
Answer: C
Q3) The synaptic cleft is the area between the
A)soma of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron.
B)axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron.
C)axon of one neuron and the soma of another neuron.
D)somas of two neurons.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Research in Psychopathology
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Q1) Use of a cross-sectional design would be appropriate in trying to find an answer to all of the following questions
A)"How does panic disorder differ in children and adults?"
B)"Are the cognitive triggers for panic disorder different in children and adults?"
C)"What early behaviors did adult panic disorder patients tend to display when they were young?"
D)"Does exposure therapy tend to be more or less effective when it is used in the treatment of children versus adults?"
Answer: C
Q2) A researcher studies the impact of stress on college students' exam scores.Whether the results of this study help us to understand the relationship between stress and work performance in real-life institutions is a question of
A)internal validity.
B)study confounds.
C)external validity.
D)the original research hypothesis.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Anxiety, Trauma- and Stressor-Related, and
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
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Q1) Manuel had a fear of riding on buses,so his mother had to drive him to school every day.Manuel's phobia is a(n)_________ phobia.
A)situational
B)natural environment
C)blood-injury-injection
D)animal
Q2) In the general population,approximately ________ percent of people have specific fears severe enough to be diagnosed as phobias.
A)1
B)11
C)31
D)51
Q3) Which of the following does NOT characterize the mood state known as anxiety?
A)Increased heart rate
B)Physical tension
C)euphoric mood
D)Subjective sense of unease
Q4) Discuss the different types of specific phobias and how they are acquired.
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Chapter 5: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative
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Q1) Depersonalization is defined as
A)altered perception including loss of the sense of one's own reality.
B)altered perception involving loss of the sense of reality of the external world.
C)vivid hallucinations.
D)the feeling that one is no longer a person.
Q2) Derealization is defined as A)vivid hallucinations.
B)altered perception involving loss of the sense of one's own reality.
C)altered perception involving loss of the sense of reality of the external world.
D)the feeling that one is no longer a person.
Q3) George has completely lost his sight during the past year,but medical experts can find no physical reason for his blindness.This could be an example of A)Somatic symptoms disorder.
B)Illness anxiety
C)conversion disorder.
D)dissociative disorder.
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Chapter 6: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Identify and explain the risk factors associated with suicide.
Q2) "Mood disorders" refer to a group of disorders involving severe disturbances ranging from __________ to ____________
A)Hallucinations; suicidality
B)Elation; depression
C)Indecisiveness; anhedonia
D)Left; right hemispheric EEG abnormality
Q3) Cross-cultural research indicates that,due at least in part to appalling social and economic conditions,the prevalence of major depression is extremely high among A)African Americans.
B)Asian Americans.
C)Native Americans
Q4) Describe several of the medical and psychological treatments for depression.Compare the treatments in terms of effectiveness.
Q5) Discuss the role of neurotransmitters,brain-wave activity,and negative cognitions in the etiology and treatment of depression.
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Chapter 7: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) When high-risk individuals are given educational and informational pamphlets about ways to reduce their chances of becoming HIV positive,they typically
A)change their high-risk behaviors.
B)do not change their high-risk behaviors.
C)abstain from unprotected sex.
D)notify previous sex partners of their HIV condition.
Q2) All of the following situations have been associated with lowered immune system functioning
A)marital conflict or relationship difficulties.
B)job loss.
C)death of a loved one.
D)pregnancy.
Q3) Neurohormones' main function is to
A)Lower stress
B)Carry the brain's signals to the rest of the body
C)Modulate mood
D)All of the above.
Q4) Discuss chronic pain.What factors,including psychological,are thought to maintain chronic pain?
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Chapter 8: Eating and Sleep Wake Disorders
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Q1) Of the following,the only symptom that both patients with narcolepsy and patients with hypersomnia experience is
A)falling asleep during normal waking hours.
B)sudden loss of muscle tone.
C)sleep paralysis.
D)hypnagogic hallucinations.
Q2) The males most likely to develop an eating disorder such as bulimia nervosa are those who are
A)overweight.
B)depressed.
C)homosexual.
D)only children.
Q3) The term sleep hygiene refers to
A)washing oneself before going to bed.
B)lifestyle behaviors that facilitate sleep.
C)use of medications to induce sleep.
D)the physical environment of the bedroom.
Q4) Describe insomnia disorder and contrast it with hypersomnia and narcolepsy.
Q5) Describe the characteristics of binge eating disorder and the effectiveness of its major treatment strategies.
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Chapter 9: Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) All of the following are true statements regarding transvestic disorder
A)people with transvestic disorder are either homosexual or transsexual.
B)a significant percentage of individuals with this disorder are married.
C)a survey found that 2.8% of men had experienced it at least once.
D)most people with transvestic fetishism do not seem to display any compensatory behaviors.
Q2) All of the following terms are associated with treatments for paraphilias
A)sexual surrogacy.
B)covert sensitization.
C)orgasmic reconditioning.
D)chemical castration.
Q3) The most accurate description for the condition called erotophobia is
A)negative feelings toward sexuality.
B)negative feelings about other people.
C)fear of sex.
D)fear of being raped.
Q4) Explain the treatment methods of covert sensitization and orgasmic reconditioning.What do these two methods have in common?
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Q5) Describe the symptoms of three different forms of paraphilia.What do all paraphilias have in common?
Chapter 10: Substance-Related, Addictive, and Impulse-Control Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is the definition of sedative?
A)Sleep-inducing
B)Anxiety-reducing
C)Antiseizure
D)Calming
Q2) Compare and contrast the stimulant drugs.Discuss the history of cocaine as well as its atypical type of addictive process.
Q3) Gambling disorder affects approximately ____% of adult Americans
A)0.5
B)2
C)4
D)7
Q4) Substance abuse and substance dependence are
A)Different terms for the same condition
B)Two similar but separate diagnoses in the DSM-5
C)Outdated terms that reflect incomplete understanding of neurobiology
D)Combined into a single diagnosis in the DSM-5
Q5) Compare and contrast benzodiazepines and the barbiturates.Discuss medical uses for these substances and the potential for abuse and/or addiction.
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Chapter 11: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Some research with psychopaths suggests that these individuals are
A)more likely to quit trying as soon as failure appears imminent.
B)less likely to attempt difficult goals.
C)more likely to keep trying even though failure is certain.
D)less likely to be motivated towards a goal.
Q2) Lu believes that he is being tracked by the FBI because he is a telepathy experiment "set loose," and he hears messages and instructions from others from the same experiment.What disorder would he most likely have?
A)Schizotypal personality disorder
B)Schizoid personality disorder
C)Paranoid personality disorder
D)Schizophrenia
Q3) Individuals who have "ideas of reference" but who sense that these beliefs are probably unrealistic are generally diagnosed with ________ personality disorder.
A)schizotypal
B)paranoid
C)antisocial
D)histrionic
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Chapter 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) During the 1990s,a new type of antipsychotic medication became available to treat patients with schizophrenia who were not helped by conventional antipsychotic medications or who had developed unpleasant side effects.These new antipsychotic medications include all of the following
A)Thorazine (chlorpromazine).
B)Clozaril (clozapine).
C)Risperdal (risperidone).
D)Zyprexa (olanzapine).
Q2) All of the following factors seem to be related to patients' noncompliance with medication
A)negative patient-doctor relationship.
B)cost of medication.
C)comorbidity.
D)negative side effects.
Q3) If an individual is diagnosed as psychotic,it usually means that the person has A)hallucinations.
B)delusions.
C)both of these D)neither of these
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Chapter 13: Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) Of the following,which is NOT one of the potential consequences associated with caregiving for patients with major neurocognitive disorder?
A)Burnout
B)Depression
C)Contagion
D)Elder abuse
Q2) Delirium,major neurocognitive disorder,and amnestic disorder typically develop
A)from complications of birth.
B)as part of the normal aging process.
C)in late adulthood.
D)as temporary conditions.
Q3) Research regarding early intervention programs such as Head Start indicates that such programs
A)are ineffective.
B)may help improve the functioning of intellectually disabled children.
C)may help prevent "at risk" children from developing intellectual disability.
D)help parents manage the behavior of their intellectually disabled children.
Q4) Describe the typical causes of amnestic disorder.
Q5) Describe the typical causes of delirium and how it is treated.
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Chapter 14: Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) In 1994,the Supreme Court upheld Montana's abolition of the insanity defense.Since then,both Idaho and Utah as well as Montana have adopted a version of the GBMI verdict,in which the accused A)remains permanently in a psychiatric facility.
B)is imprisoned but is assured of receiving mental health services.
C)is imprisoned but is provided with mental health services only if they are available.
D)can choose either hospitalization or imprisonment.
Q2) Trace the historical changes in civil commitment procedures,noting previous and current criteria.
Q3) Which of the goals of deinstitutionalization have been accomplished?
A)The closing of large psychiatric hospitals
B)The creation of a network of community mental health centers
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b
Q4) According to the text,the legal concept of mens rea generally refers to
A)a "guilty mind."
B)criminal intent.
C)one's mental state.
D)all of the above
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