Psychology of Mental Disorders Exam
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Course Introduction
Psychology of Mental Disorders explores the scientific study of psychological disorders, examining their symptoms, causes, prevalence, and treatment options. The course covers a range of mental health conditions including anxiety, mood, psychotic, and personality disorders through the lens of major theoretical perspectives such as biological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural approaches. Students will analyze case studies, learn about diagnostic criteria in systems like the DSM-5, and consider the impact of mental disorders on individuals, families, and society. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based interventions, ethical issues, and the ongoing evolution of mental health care.
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Abnormal Psychology An Integrated Approach 6th Edition by David H. Barlow
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior In Historical Context
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Q1) In the 1930s,when insulin shock therapy was deemed too risky as a treatment for mental disorder,__________________ began to be used instead.
A) bromides
B) electroconvulsive therapy
C) megavitamin therapy
D) moral therapy
Answer: B
Q2) During the Middle Ages,groups of people would suddenly exhibit bizarre behavior such as running out into the street,dancing,shouting,and jumping around.This was known as _________.
A) tarantism
B) lycanthropy
C) demonic possession
D) the chicken dance
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: N Integrative Approach To Psychopathology
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Q1) Placing a rat in a cage where electrical shocks over which the rat has no control are occasionally
Administered through the floor is a way to create _____________.
A) social learning
B) learned helplessness
C) unconscious learning
D) negative neurotransmitter pathways
E) one angry rat
Answer: B
Q2) The model that describes the development of psychopathology as a combination of an inherited predisposition and the events that have occurred in the individual's life is called _____________.
A) diathesis-stress
B) genetic
C) bio-behavioral
D) psychoanalytic
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment And Diagnosis
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Q1) Keno's depression began following his recent divorce and subsequent homelessness.The events of divorce and homelessness are coded on ____________ in DSM-IV.
A) axis II
B) axis III
C) axis IV
D) axis V
Answer: C
Q2) Neuropsychological tests are used to assess whether or not an individual might ____________.
A) be mentally retarded
B) have a brain dysfunction
C) have had a psychotic episode
D) be in a depressed state
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) External validation is defined as
A) the extent to which we can be confident the independent variable is causing change in the dependent variable.
B) the extent to which we can be confident the individual variable is causing change in the independent variable.
C) how well the results relate to things outside your study.
D) the degree to which the hypothesis is supported by the study.
Q2) According to the APA's IRB guidelines,participants in experiments must be fully informed
A) that they may or may not receive an active treatment.
B) that they will not receive active treatment until the research study is over.
C) if they are in the placebo group or the treatment group.
D) only that they are participants in a research study and that they can quit at any time.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a component of withdrawal designs?
A) Establishing a baseline
B) Manipulating the independent variable
C) Withdrawing the dependent variable
D) Returning to baseline
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Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders
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Q1) A psychological disorder in children characterized by unrealistic and persistent worry that something will happen to their parents,which may result in refusal to leave home is called
A) globus hystericus.
B) school phobia.
C) situational phobia.
D) separation anxiety.
Q2) At the time of assessment of an anxiety disorder,_________ of patients should have at least one other anxiety or depressive disorder.
A) 15%
B) 25%
C) 55%
D) 75%
Q3) The setting for posttraumatic stress disorder to occur follows an experience accompanied by a triad of feelings,including all of the following EXCEPT _______.
A) horror
B) paranoia
C) helplessness
D) fear
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Chapter 6: Somatoform And Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) All of the following have been implicated in the development and maintenance of hypochondriasis EXCEPT
A) the additional attention one receives when sick.
B) a specific hypochondriac gene.
C) the high incidence of disease in the family during the hypochondriac's childhood.
D) learning to worry from family members overly concerned with health.
Q2) The disorder in which more than one distinct personality exists within one individual is now called ___________ in the DSM-IV.
A) dissociative identity disorder
B) dissociative trance disorder
C) schizophrenia
D) multiple personality disorder
Q3) The existence of a cross-gendered alter in dissociative identity disorder is
A) common
B) rare
C) present in every patient
D) almost never seen in this disorder
Q4) Compare and contrast depersonalization disorder and dissociative amnesia.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders And Suicide
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Q1) Regarding Beck's views on depression,which of the following definitions of cognitive errors and negative schema is NOT correct?
A) In a self-blame schema, depressed individuals feel personally responsible for every bad thing that happens.
B) Arbitrary inference means that a depressed individual emphasizes the positive rather than the negative aspects of a situation.
C) In a negative self-evaluation schema, depressed individuals believe that they can never do anything correctly.
D) Overgeneralization occurs when a small error is magnified to mean something much more significant.
Q2) Stressful events are strongly related to the onset of ____________.
A) depression
B) bipolar disorder
C) both
D) neither
Q3) Compare and contrast the symptoms of major depressive episode,a manic episode,dysthymic disorder,and hypomania.
Q4) Discuss the relationship between depression and anxiety.
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Chapter 8: Eating And Sleep Disorders
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Q1) Of the following,the group in which we would expect to see the highest incidence of anorexia is
A) male homosexuals.
B) female body builders.
C) ballet dancers.
D) female track stars.
Q2) When women are asked to identify the most attractive female body weight,they typically identify a weight that is
A) lower than the weight identified by men.
B) the same as the weight identified by men.
C) higher than the weight identified by men.
D) 20% lower than their own body weight.
Q3) ____________ has many specific types,including jet lag and shift work types,and possibly delayed sleep phase.
A) Primary insomnia
B) Secondary insomnia
C) Sleeping disorder
D) Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
Q4) Describe primary insomnia and contrast it to hypersomnia and narcolepsy.
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders And Health Psychology
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Q1) B cells are associated with ________ immunity,while T cells are associated with ______ immunity:
A) humeral; memory
B) humeral; cellular
C) cellular; humeral
D) vascular; suppressor
Q2) The "natural" opioids called endorphins or enkephalins act like neurotransmitters to
A) increase awareness of pain.
B) shut down the sensation of pain.
C) cause a "natural" addiction.
D) relieve the pain caused by a heroin overdose.
Q3) Females may have an "extra" pain-regulating pathway focused on relieving pain associated with the reproductive system.One implication of this biological gender difference is that
A) men need more pain relief than women following surgical procedures.
B) women do not need pain relief during childbirth.
C) males and females may benefit from different kinds of medications and different kinds of pain management.
D) the psychological experience of pain is the same for men and women.
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Chapter 10: Sexual And Gender Identity Disorders
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Q1) One reason that different diagnostic criteria are used for males and females with inhibited orgasm disorder is that
A) the disorder is relatively rare in men.
B) only about 20% of women regularly experience orgasm from intercourse.
C) both a and b are correct
D) neither a nor b is correct
Q2) The procedure that is carried out entirely in the patient's imagination and used to reduce the inappropriate sexual arousal that exists in fetishistic behavior is called
A) classical conditioning
B) sexual re-training
C) sensate focus
D) covert sensitization
Q3) The procedure called orgasmic reconditioning works according to the principle of ____________.
A) punishment of inappropriate arousal
B) extinction of inappropriate arousal
C) reinforcement of appropriate arousal
D) reinforcement of self-control
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Chapter 11: Substance-related And Impulse-control Disorders
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Q1) Although alcohol use and aggression are positively correlated,the factors that actually determine aggressive behavior involve all of the following EXCEPT
A) quantity and timing of alcohol consumed.
B) the person's previous history of violence.
C) the expectations about drinking.
D) the person's level of intelligence.
Q2) In the 1980s,a research study focusing on seventh and eighth graders' expectations about drinking alcohol revealed that some of the students begin drinking because they think it will have positive effects on their social behavior and cognitive and motor skills,a phenomenon called
A) alcoholic myopia.
B) an expectancy effect.
C) opponent-process theory.
D) regressive alcoholism.
Q3) Health-wise,marijuana
A) wards off nausea.
B) eases glaucoma symptoms.
C) contains as many carcinogens as tobacco smoke.
D) all of these
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) A woman demonstrating very stereotypical female traits probably would be diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder.Which of the following would probably occur if a man demonstrated very stereotypical masculine traits?
A) He would be given a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder.
B) He would be given a diagnosis of avoidant personality disorder.
C) He would be given a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder.
D) He would not be diagnosed with a personality disorder.
Q2) Deceitful,irresponsible,aggressive,irritable,and lacking remorse are characteristics describing
A) bipolar disorder.
B) antisocial personality disorder.
C) borderline personality disorder.
D) schizoid personality disorder.
Q3) All of the following are necessary conditions for the diagnosis of a personality disorder EXCEPT
A) patient feelings of distress.
B) pervasive pattern of behavior.
C) maladaptive functioning.
D) chronic course of behavior.
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia And Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is the definition for hebephrenia?
A) Silly and immature behavior
B) Early madness
C) Alternating immobility and agitated excitement
D) Delusions of grandeur or persecution
Q2) Assertive community treatment for schizophrenia utilizes A) medication management.
B) psychological treatment.
C) vocational treatment.
D) all of the above
Q3) According to the CD-ROM "Deficits of Mind and Brain," recent research using PET scans on schizophrenic patients who had never been administered neuroleptic medications indicated unusual activity in the
A) basal ganglia.
B) reticular activating system.
C) left globus pallidus.
D) right septum.
Q4) Discuss the other psychotic disorders.
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Chapter 14: Developmental Disorders
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Q1) Medications such as Ritalin and Concerta that are generally used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)have proven to be helpful to ___ of ADHD patients.
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 70%
D) 90%
Q2) The percentage of people with intellectual disability who are classified as mildly intellectually disabled is approximately ______.
A) 90%
B) 70%
C) 50%
D) 25%
Q3) Ron is a 9-year-old boy recently diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.His parents have chosen a combined approach to treatment,which will most likely involve
A) new experimental medications and behavior therapy.
B) no medication but a combination of behavioral therapy and parent training.
C) medication such as Ritalin and behavior therapy.
D) medication such as Ritalin and psychoanalysis.
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Chapter 15: Cognitive Disorders
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Q1) The risk of developing vascular dementia is
A) greater for women than men.
B) greater for men than women.
C) equal for men and women.
D) greater for men in Western cultures, but equal for men and women in other cultures.
Q2) Higher levels of education and Alzheimer's disease are associated with A) the prevention of the disease.
B) a delay in the onset of symptoms.
C) a slow course of deterioration once it starts.
D) the rapid onset of symptoms.
Q3) What is the approximate average survival time of a patient diagnosed with Alzheimer's type dementia?
A) 4 years
B) 8 years
C) 15 years
D) 20 years
Q4) Describe delirium,its typical causes,and how it is treated.
Q5) Describe the typical causes of amnestic disorder.
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Chapter 16: Mental Health Services: Legal And Ethical Issues
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Q1) The legal concept of mens rea is generally used to mean ________________. A) "guilty mind"
B) criminal intent
C) both of these
D) neither of these
Q2) Discuss the concept of competency to stand trial and its implications for dealing with a person who is mentally ill and has committed a crime.
Q3) Provisions of the Supreme Court decision known as Addington v.Texas (1979)included all of the following EXCEPT
A) more than just the promise of improving one's quality of life is required for involuntary commitment.
B) if non-dangerous people can survive in the community with the help of others, they should not be detained against their will.
C) needing treatment or having a grave disability is sufficient to commit someone with a mental illness.
D) the government has limited ability to commit individuals unless they are dangerous.
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