Mr. Owings Psychological Disorders Psychology A 1. Many women with dissociative identity disorder have experienced: A. both auditory and visual hallucinations. B. periodic intervals during which they become uncontrollably violent. C. physical, sexual, or emotional abuse during their childhood. D. all the above. 2. Delusions of persecution are most common among those with ________ schizophrenia. A. catatonic B. disorganized C. residual D. paranoid 3. Sudden development of symptoms is to gradual development of symptoms as ________ schizophrenia is to ________ schizophrenia. A. chronic; process B. acute; reactive C. chronic; acute D. reactive; process 4. Which perspective suggests that depression is a reaction to loss and the internalization of unresolved anger toward parents? A. social-cognitive B. biological C. psychoanalytic D. learning E. humanistic 5. We can more easily extinguish a fear of driving a car than a fear of holding snakes. This is best explained from a ________ perspective. A. learning B. biological C. psychoanalytic D. humanistic 6. According to the medical model, psychological disorders are: A. purely imaginary symptoms of distress. B. maladaptive responses to a troubling environment. C. sicknesses that need to be diagnosed and cured. D. learned habits that need to be extinguished. 7. According to the social-cognitive perspective, women are more vulnerable to depression than men because they are more likely to: A. have unrealistically optimistic goals in life. B. sense a lack of personal control over their lives. C. struggle with unresolved feelings of anger toward their mothers. D. experience low levels of norepinephrine. E. experience cyclical variations in hormone levels. 8. Jeffrey Dahmer was judged to be legally sane at the time he killed and dismembered 15 individuals. This indicates that the jury believed that Dahmer: A. suffered from an antisocial personality disorder. B. experienced a massive dissociation of self from ordinary consciousness. C. had a persistent fear of people that caused him to commit crimes against society. D. was able to appreciate the wrongfulness of his behavior and control it. E. was not abused by his parents during his early childhood. 9. The symptoms of ________ are likely to appear at an earlier age than the symptoms of ________. A. major depression; bipolar disorder B. antisocial personality; schizophrenia C. obsessive-compulsive disorder; phobic disorder D. schizophrenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder E. major depression; alcohol abuse 10. Antidepressant drugs that affect the availability of the neurotransmitter serotonin have been found especially useful in the treatment of ________ disorders. A. schizophrenia B. dissociative C. obsessive-compulsive D. antisocial personality 11. Mildred often appears nervous and agitated; she frequently talks loudly and laughs almost uncontrollably. Her behavior is most likely to be diagnosed as psychologically disordered if it is: A. socially unacceptable and disturbing to others. B. difficult for her to discontinue. C. not caused by a biological impairment. D. the product of unconscious motives. 12. DSM-IV bases diagnoses on observable behavior in order to: A. improve the reliability of diagnoses. B. shorten the time it takes to make a diagnosis. C. avoid invading clients' psychological privacy. D. reduce the need for medical terminology in psychological assessments. 13. Suicide rates in the United States are ________ among whites than blacks and ________ among men than women. A. higher; higher B. lower; lower C. higher; lower D. lower; higher 14. Dopamine overactivity appears to be most clearly related to: A. flat affect. B. agoraphobia. C. impaired attention. D. dysthymic disorder. E. an expressionless face. 15. Mr. Hunt believes that he is the President of the United States and that he will soon become the "King of the Universe." Mr. Hunt is most clearly suffering from: A. hallucinations. B. obsessions. C. delusions. D. dissociative identity disorder. 16. Drugs that alleviate mania tend to reduce levels of the neurotransmitter: A. acetylcholine. B. norepinephrine. C. dopamine. D. chlorpromazine. 17. People are more likely to recover from ________ schizophrenia than from ________ schizophrenia. A. acute; chronic B. process; reactive C. reactive; acute D. chronic; process 18. The greatest problem with the diagnostic labeling of psychologically disordered behaviors is that the labels often: A. bias our perceptions of the labeled person. B. represent attempts by psychologists to explain behavior by simply naming it. C. interfere with effective research on the causes of these disorders. D. interfere with effective treatment of these disorders. 19. DSM-IV would be most useful for deciding whether: A. Karen is extremely irrational. B. Katie is chronically depressed. C. Kareem is excessively extraverted. D. Max is insane. 20. After George learned that Mrs. Min suffered from schizophrenia, he mistakenly concluded that her tendencies to laugh easily and smile frequently were symptoms of her disorder. This best illustrates the: A. unreliability of DSM-IV. B. shortcomings of the medical model. C. biasing power of diagnostic labels. D. dangers of the psychoanalytic perspective. E. impact of expectations on another's behavior. 21. Those who suffer dissociative amnesia are most likely to retain their memory of: A. their name. B. their occupation. C. their native language. D. their age. E. painful experiences. 22. Frequent nightmares, insomnia, and the intrusion of painful memories are symptoms most commonly associated with: A. bipolar disorder. B. dissociative amnesia. C. anorexia nervosa. D. post-traumatic stress disorder. E. histrionic personality disorder. 23. Linkage analysis is of greatest interest to those who attempt to explain mood disorders from a ________ perspective. A. psychoanalytic B. biological C. social-cognitive D. humanistic 24. Mental health workers label behavior psychologically disordered when they judge it: A. prejudicial, unconsciously motivated, ingenuine, and insane. B. biologically based, unconsciously motivated, aggressive, and difficult to change. C. selfish, habitual and avoidable, yet psychologically understandable. D. atypical, disturbing, maladaptive, and unjustifiable. 25. A biological perspective would be least helpful for explaining the: A. dramatic increase in reported cases of dissociative identity disorder during the past 30 or so years. B. fluctuations in mood experienced by those suffering a bipolar disorder. C. fear of snakes experienced by a high percentage of Americans. D. prevalence of schizophrenia throughout the world. Answer Sheet for Test "Psychological Disorders (3232).tst", 3/31/04 No. in Q-Bank No. on Test Correct Answer 15.TB1 48 (a,b,-) 1 C Objective 6, p. 467 15.TB1 82 (a,a,-) 2 D Objective 9, p. 477 15.TB1 83 (b,c,-) 3 D Objective 9, p. 477 15.TB1 61 (a,b,-) 4 C Objective 8, p. 471 15.TB1 37 (b,b,-) 5 B Objective 5, p. 464 15.TB1 5 (a,a,-) 6 C Objective 2, p. 455 15.TB1 66 (a,c,-) 7 B Objective 8, p. 472 15.TB1 9 (b,b,-) 8 D Objective 2, p. 457 15.TB1 99 (a,c,-) 9 B Objective 11, p. 484 15.TB1 38 (a,c,-) 10 C Objective 5, p. 464 15.TB1 2 (b,b,-) 11 A Objective 1, p. 454 15.TB1 15 (a,c,-) 12 A Objective 3, p. 458 15.TB1 53 (a,c,-) 13 A Objective 7, p. 469 15.TB1 86 (b,c,-) 14 C Objective 9, p. 478 15.TB1 78 (b,b,-) 15 C Objective 9, p. 476 15.TB1 65 (a,b,-) 16 B Objective 8, pp. 471-472 15.TB1 84 (a,c,-) 17 A Objective 9, p. 477 15.TB1 16 (a,a,-) 18 A Objective 3, p. 459 15.TB1 11 (b,b,-) 19 B Objective 3, p. 458 15.TB1 17 (b,b,-) 20 C Objective 3, p. 459 15.TB1 42 (a,b,-) 21 C Objective 6, p. 465 15.TB1 22 (a,b,-) 22 D Objective 4, p. 461 15.TB1 63 (a,b,-) 23 B Objective 8, p. 471 15.TB1 1 (a,b,-) 24 D Objective 1, p. 454 15.TB1 46 (b,c,-) 25 A Objective 6, p. 467