Mental Health and Illness Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the concepts of mental health and mental illness, examining how these are understood within psychological, social, and cultural frameworks. Students will learn about the classification and diagnosis of various mental health disorders, the biological and environmental factors influencing mental well-being, and the impact of stigma and discrimination. The course also introduces major approaches to prevention, intervention, and treatment, while highlighting the role of mental health services and public policy. Through case studies and current research, students gain insights into the lived experiences of individuals dealing with mental health challenges and the importance of promoting mental wellness across diverse populations.
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Abnormal Psychology Perspectives 5th Edition by David J.A. Dozois
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Chapter 1: Concepts of Abnormality Throughout History
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Q1) Supernatural explanations of mental illness became popular in Europe during the Middle Ages.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In writing an essay on behaviourism, you would be likely to include all of the following statements EXCEPT
A) abnormal behaviour is learned.
B) psychology must be restricted to observable behaviour.
C) behavioural approaches produced a revolution in psychological thought.
D) Watson acknowledged that abnormal behaviour was likely present at birth.
E) behavioural approaches have become established in treatment of disorders.
Answer: D
Q3) Teresa of Avila and St. Vincent de Paul influenced the development of a more scientific approach to treating mental illness.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Abnormal Behaviour
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Q1) Which of the following is true of the latency stage of development?
A) Because sex is especially relevant during this stage, it has received a great deal of attention from psychoanalysts.
B) It is a relatively quiescent stage.
C) It spans the age range from approximately 3 to 6.
D) Children in this stage typically associate with other children of the opposite sex.
E) Children in this stage develop their toilet training skills.
Answer: B
Q2) The text claims that humanistic and existential theories can be considered to be variants on the __________ approach to understanding human behaviour, first clearly formulated by __________.
A) phenomenological; Locke
B) deterministic; Locke
C) deterministic; Freud
D) phenomenological; Husserl
E) deterministic; Husserl
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Classification and Diagnosis
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Q1) What might women's groups see as the main problem with the diagnostic categories of the DSM?
A) Many behaviors associated with being female are viewed as indicative of poor mental health.
B) Important traits are ignored once a person is diagnosed with an illness.
C) The diagnostic categories are based on the medical model.
D) Diagnoses of mental disorders are based on a discrete approach to classification of mental disorders.
E) Women are often stigmatized to a greater degree.
Answer: A
Q2) The most important reason for there being concern regarding ties between special interest groups and the development of the DSM is
A) the need for a diagnostic system that is purely descriptive.
B) the need to move away from the medical model.
C) the need for the DSM to remain value free.
D) the need for a DSM that serves agreed-upon functions and values.
E) the need to maximize predictive validity in the DSM.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Psychological Assessment and Research
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Q1) The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMII) was developed to help clinicians make decisions within the multiaxial DSM system, especially in the __________ disorders found on Axis __________.
A) developmental; 2
B) somatoform; 2
C) medical; 3
D) personality; 2
E) anxiety; 1
Q2) When two variables exert their influence at the same time, making it impossible to accurately establish the causal role of either variable, a confound is said to occur.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text, the case study is a(n) __________ approach used in the investigation of abnormal behaviour.
A) singular
B) nomothetic
C) individual
D) ideographic
E) unitary
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Chapter 5: Anxiety and Related Disorders
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Q1) If a first degree relative has an anxiety disorder, then the offspring have 4-6 times the risk of inheriting that specific anxiety disorder
A)True
B)False
Q2) Both cognitive restructuring and exposure appear to be useful in the treatment of __________ disorder.
A) panic
B) obsessive-compulsive
C) generalized anxiety
D) social anxiety
E) phobic
Q3) Many of the etiological models of GAD are primarily __________ in nature.
A) neuropsychological
B) genetic
C) biological
D) behavioural
E) cognitive
Q4) What does Seligman's biological preparedness theory state? Has the evidence generally supported this theory?
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Chapter 6: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
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Q1) Patients with conversion disorder tend to be quite anxious about their symptoms. A)True B)False
Q2) Canadian psychologist Nick Spanos was an articulate supporter of the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sandra is experiencing a loss of vision for which her doctor can find no physical cause. The term best suited to describing her condition is A) factitious disorder. B) hypochondriasis. C) body dysmorphic disorder. D) somatization disorder.
E) conversion disorder.
Q4) List the somatoform disorders and summarize your impression of the current status of this diagnostic category. What are the scientific reasons for keeping this category and the disorders within?
Q5) List and BRIEFLY discuss the defining features of any 3 somatoform disorders from the DSM-IV.
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Chapter 7: Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions
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Q1) Which of the following are most closely tied into the regulation of the cardiovascular system?
A) serotonergic agonists
B) glucocorticoids
C) monamine oxidase inhibitors
D) dopaminergic antagonists
E) catecholamines
Q2) The idea that psychological processes can affect bodily states
A) has not yet taken hold in western culture but has in other cultures.
B) is relatively new to western culture but is starting to take hold.
C) is new unique to western culture but accepted elsewhere.
D) has a long history in western culture but is unique to western culture.
E) has a long history in western culture and may be even more deeply embedded in other cultures.
Q3) Explain the evidence for and against the role Helicobacter pylori plays in the formation of gastric ulcers.
Q4) Describe Engel's (1977) argument for a biopsychosocial model of disease.
Q5) Describe the plumbing analogy for the human cardiovascular system (be sure to include in your description both systolic and diastolic blood pressure).
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Chapter 8: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) described psychological and social causes for depression.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Suicide rates have been changing over the years, but these changes have been consistent among all age groups.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List, define and distinguish between the two broad categories of mood disorders.
Q4) One controversial meta-analysis found that anti-depressant medication was
A) only effective for about 20% of persons with mild to moderate depression.
B) not effective for severe depression.
C) no more effective than placebo for mild to moderate depression.
D) only effective for about 40% of persons with severe depression.
E) only effective for about 40% of persons with mild to moderate depression.
Q5) Anomic suicide, as discussed by Durkheim, was identified as being motivated by the desire of the individual to fulfill some higher purpose.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Schizophrenia
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Q1) Which of the following are classified as positive symptoms?
A) Social withdrawal and lack of interest in activities
B) Spare speech and language
C) Lack of coping abilities
D) Hallucinations
E) Inability to feel pleasure
Q2) Visual hallucinations tend to be the most common form in schizophrenia.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In Meehl's theory of schizophrenia, "hypokrisia" refers to __________ .
A) an abnormally high number of schizotypal genes
B) atypical neuronal connectivity
C) abnormally low neuronal reactivity to stimulation
D) abnormally high inter-neuronal connectivity
E) abnormally high neuronal reactivity to stimulation
Q4) Schizophrenia is characterized by its complexity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Differentiate between the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia by providing a brief description of the types of symptoms under each category.
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Chapter 10: Eating Disorders
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Q1) Estimates are that for every male who diagnosed with an eating disorder, there are __________ females with these disorders
A) 4-5
B) 20-25
C) 10-15
D) 8-10
E) 2-3
Q2) One complication of studying the symptoms of eating disorders is that they can sometimes overlap with __________ disorders.
A) personality
B) dissociative
C) arousal and physiological
D) somatoform
E) psychotic
Q3) Perfectionism is a personality trait found in patients with eating disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List and briefly describe the DSM-IV criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) Alcohol begins to affect driving ability at a BAL of
A) .05.
B) .03.
C) .01.
D) .10.
E) .08.
Q2) Define pathological gambling and describe the similarities between gambling and substance abuse.
Q3) The DSM-IV-TR has categorized pathological gambling as a(n)
A) personality disorder.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C) substance abuse disorder.
D) disorder of impulse control.
E) mood disorder.
Q4) One of the first drugs developed as a treatment for tension and anxiety was/were A) benzodiazepines.
B) tranquilizers.
C) Valium.
D) barbituric acid.
E) barbiturates.
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Chapter 12: The Personality Disorders
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Q1) Joan is a psychologist who argues that her client has a personality disorder due largely to the fact that his schemata (i.e., beliefs and assumptions) have become rigid and inflexible. Joan is taking a(n) __________ approach to understanding the etiology of personality disorders.
A) attachment
B) psychoanalytic
C) psychiatric
D) behavioural
E) cognitive-behavioural
Q2) Heather shows frequent fluctuations in her mood and great instability in her personal relationships. She is uncertain about who she "really is" and what she would like to do with her life. Judging from this description, which personality disorder is Heather most likely to have?
A) antisocial
B) dependent
C) narcissistic
D) borderline
E) histrionic
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Chapter 13: Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
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Q1) Joan has come to a clinic to discuss her inability to reach orgasm. The most likely cause of her disorder is/are
A) a medication she is taking for another health problem.
B) a personality disorder.
C) a medical condition (such as heart problems).
D) psychological factors.
E) an undiagnosed Axis I mental disorder.
Q2) Joe and Beth have been married for over 10 years and have a satisfying marriage. Beth finds it very arousing and pleasurable to tie Joe up, dress in a leather outfit with spikes, and verbally degrade him. Joe is required to behave submissively during these acts. Both partners find this behaviour sexually enjoyable. Beth's sexual behaviour is best described as
A) sexual sadism.
B) voyeurism.
C) klismaphilia.
D) fetishism.
E) sexual masochism.
Q3) Describe the problems evident in diagnosing sexual disorders.
Q4) Describe how Freund's (1990) courtship disorder theory might explain sexual offending.
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Chapter 14: Developmental Disorders
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Q1) Developmental disabilities occur in ________ percent of children with HIV who do not receive appropriate treatment.
A) 10-15
B) 20-25
C) 50
D) 65-70
E) 75-90
Q2) In Canada, the preferred term is __________, whereas in the United States, the term most often used is __________, although the two are often used interchangeably.
A) mental retardation; learning disability
B) intellectual disability; mental retardation
C) mental retardation; developmental handicap
D) intellectual disability; learning disability
E) mental handicap; developmental disability
Q3) In sex-linked inheritance, the abnormal gene is carried on the X chromosome.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the normalization principle? What has it lead to?
Q5) What are the three major components found in learning disorders?
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Chapter 15: Behaviour and Emotional Disorders of
Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Children under the age of _______ rarely meet the diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder.
A) 8
B) 10
C) 15
D) 12
E) 16
Q2) Girls are more commonly diagnosed with ______ than are boys.
A) ADHD
B) ADHD-I
C) ADHD-H
D) ADHD-HI
E) ADHD-II
Q3) The known risk factors for ADHD include all of the following except
A) brain structure and function.
B) parenting styles.
C) genetics.
D) neurotransmitters.
E) environmental factors.
Q4) Describe the pharmacological treatment of ADHD.
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Chapter 16: Mental Disorders and Aging
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Q1) Recent research cited in the text found that chronic anxiety in older adults leads to increased risk of
A) heart disease and accidental death.
B) cancer and accidental death.
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D) heart disease and vascular dementia.
E) Alzheimer's disease.
Q2) Heredity plays a primary role in the development of mood disorders in older individuals.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Side effects of medications for the treatment of psychosis is less serious among the elderly.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The "cohort effect" interpretation of the data showing declining prevalence suggests that people become more resilient over time.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Therapies
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Q1) Often, those most in need of psychological help are not the ones to receive it.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The process of addressing ambivalence to adopt lifestyle changes is termed
A) induction of insight.
B) cognitive restructuring.
C) cognitive therapy.
D) motivational interviewing.
E) self-regulation.
Q3) We can trace the roots of psychodynamic therapy to which of the following individuals?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Erik Erikson
C) Carl Jung
D) Carl Rogers
E) Karen Horney
Q4) Research has shown that clinical psychologists with more extensive training and years of experience are more effective.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in the Community
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Q1) Generally, early childhood intervention programs have not been found to a high return on investment (ROI).
A)True
B)False
Q2) Suicide prevention hotlines is an example of an application that comes from A) prevention theory.
B) primary prevention.
C) crisis theory.
D) tertiary prevention.
E) mental health promotion.
Q3) Curry and his parents live in East Harlem. Curry's parents do not allow him to hang out on the streets, he must complete his homework and be in by his curfew. Placing limits on Curry's behaviour is an example of A) prevention.
B) altering exposure to risk.
C) an authoritarian parenting style.
D) a secure attachment.
E) parental involvement.
Q4) Highlight the three major goals of the Better Beginnings, Better Futures project.
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Chapter 19: Mental Disorder and the Law
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Q1) Which of the following professionals is not qualified to determine whether a person meets the criteria for civil commitment into a psychiatric hospital?
A) psychologist
B) anaesthesiologist
C) psychiatrist
D) dermatologist
E) physician
Q2) The Fitness Interview Test (FIT-R)
A) identifies whether a person committed an act intentionally or not.
B) helps determine what mental disorder a person is suffering from, according to the law.
C) was of key use in the Owen Swain case.
D) is only used with the most violent offenders.
E) helps psychologists and psychiatrists assess whether an individual is fit to stand trial.
Q3) What are the two requirements for conviction of an offence in Canada? Use and define the legal terms. What are the two ways that mens rea can be affected by psychological concepts?
Q4) Describe the evolution of the insanity defence.
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