Quiznetik
Abnormal Psychology | Set 1
1. The term that refers to a group of clinical observations or symptoms that tend to re-occur:
A. syndrome
B. diseases
C. resilience
D. none of these
Correct : A. syndrome
2. The observed structural and functional characteristics that result from an interaction of the genotype and environment:
A. genotype
B. phenotype
C. heredity
D. none of these.
Correct : B. phenotype
3. Avoiding speaking in public for fear of being evaluated could be a symptom of :
A. panic disorder
B. simple phobia
C. social phobia
D. agoraphobia
Correct : C. social phobia
4. Retreating to an earlier developmental level involving less mature behavior and responsibility:
A. sublimation
B. projection
C. regression
D. none of these
Correct : C. regression
5. Channelising frustrated sexual energy into substitutive activities
A. sublimation
B. projection
C. regression
D. none of these
Correct : A. sublimation
6. Stress that tend to be good is referred to as
A. distress
B. ustress
C. stress tolerance
D. none of these.
Correct : B. ustress
7. Irrational fear of pain is called
A. agnosia
B. apraxia
C. algophobia
D. pyrophobia.
Correct : C. algophobia
8. Defence by actual flight is :
A. amnesia
B. fugue
C. hysteria
D. none of these
Correct : D. none of these
9. Free floating anxiety is associated with
A. ptsd
B. ocd
C. gad
D. stress
Correct : C. gad
10. Fear of enclosed places
A. claustrophobia
B. zoophobia
C. algophobia
D. pyrophobia
Correct : A. claustrophobia
11. Conditions involving the disruption in a person sense of personal identity
A. somatoform disorder
B. ptsd
C. dissociative disorders
D. hypochondriasis
Correct : C. dissociative disorders
12. Avoiding speaking in public for fear of being evaluated could be a symptom of :
A. agoraphobia
B. simple phobia
C. social phobia
D. panic disorder.
Correct : C. social phobia
13. Desensitisation is primarily used for :
A. diminishing hallucinations and delusions
B. hysteria
C. treating depression
D. alleviating phobias and mania
Correct : D. alleviating phobias and mania
14. Disorders caused by known and verifiable organic pathology
A. substance abuse
B. organic mental
C. PTSD
Correct : B. organic mental
15. What does DSM stand for :
A. diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
B. diagnosis services for mental health
C. diagnostic and service manual for mental disorders
D. none of the above.
Correct : A. diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
16. ____ characterised by recurrent uncontrollable thought and irresistible behaviors.
A. ocd
B. stress disorders
C. somatoform disorders d. pts
Correct : A. ocd
17. Thoughts or images that intrude into consciousness against a person’s will and which cause anxiety or extreme discomfort .
A. compulsion
B. obsession
C. stress
D. anxiety
Correct : B. obsession
18. Disorders that feature disruptions in memory ,consciousness or integrity of identity
A. dissociative disorders
B. somatoform disorders
C. substance abuse
D. depressiom
Correct : A. dissociative disorders
19. A term that refers to a broad range of technique designed to improve psychological functioning and personal or social adjustment.
A. psychotherapy
B. desensitisation
C. behaviorism
D. pharmacotherapy.
Correct : A. psychotherapy
20. An event that creates a sense of threat by confronting a person with a demand or opportunity for change.
A. stressor
B. coping
C. resilience
D. prevalence.
Correct : A. stressor
21. A mental disorder is conceptualized as a --------- significant behavioral or psychological syndrome.
A. physically
B. psychologically
C. clinically
D. systematically
Correct : C. clinically
22. Unrealistic irrational fear of anxiety is known as ---
A. hypochondriasis
B. phobia
C. agoraphobia
D. depression
Correct : B. phobia
23. DSM is a scientific classification manual of mental disorders published by
A. who
B. british psychiatric association
C. indian psychiatric association
D. american psychiatric association.
Correct : D. american psychiatric association.
24. Dopamine is a -----------
A. hormone
B. disorder
C. medicine
D. neurotransmitter.
Correct : D. neurotransmitter.
25. There is a loss of sense of self in ---------disorder
A. derealisation
B. depersonalisation
C. stress
D. depression
Correct : B. depersonalisation
26. Partial or total inability to recall
A. amnesia
B. phobia
C. stress
D. anxiety
Correct : A. amnesia
27. Fear of water is
A. zoophobia
B. hydrophobia
C. algophobia
D. pyrophobia
Correct : B. hydrophobia
28. Term used to describe the phenomenon the person becomes amnesic and departs home with a new identity
A. amnesia
B. fugue
C. ptsd
D. phobia
Correct : B. fugue
29. Dream analysis is practiced by -----
A. psycho analyst
B. behaviorism
C. psychiatrist
D. neurologist.
Correct : A. psycho analyst
30. Any detrimental characteristics that is either innate or acquired is :
A. temperament b
B. genetic vulnerability
C. inherited
D. constitutional liability.
Correct : A. temperament b
31. Serotonin is a
A. hormone
B. disorder
C. medicine
D. neurotransmitter
Correct : D. neurotransmitter
32. Hippocrates classified all mental disorders into :
A. four
B. six
C. two
D. three
Correct : D. three
33. Disorder which consists of physical complaints without any physical pathology is termed as –
A. dissociative disorders
B. somatoform disorders
C. depression
D. stress .
Correct : B. somatoform disorders
34. Disorder by which the person feels that his certain bodyparts are with an ugly appearance :
A. dysmorphic disorder
B. phobia
C. dissociation
D. schizophrenia
Correct : A. dysmorphic disorder
35. Clinical term for fear of public places
A. algophobia
B. agoraphobia
C. claustrophobia
D. ochlophobia
Correct : B. agoraphobia
36. Outcome of a person’s efforts to deal with stress and meet his or her needs is ------
A. adjustment
B. resilience
C. stressor
D. etiology
Correct : A. adjustment
37. ICD is published by ------- a. WHO b. APA c .PSA d .UNO 39. Perception without stimulus is known as ______
A. hallucination
B. delusion
C. illusion
D. sublimation
Correct : A. hallucination
38. Unshakeable false belief keeping out of cultural norms
A. hallucination
B. delusion
C. illusion
D. sublimation
Correct : B. delusion
39. Hypnosis is dealt with
A. behaviorism
B. mesmerism
C. psychoanalysis
D. functionalism
Correct : B. mesmerism
40. Negative stress is known as –
A. eustress
B. distress
C. depression
D. anxiety
Correct : B. distress
41. Predisposition or vulnerability to develop a disorder is ----
A. stress
B. diatheses
C. diagnosis
D. displacement.
Correct : B. diatheses
42. Excessive emotional attachment of a daughter for her father
A. electra complex
B. oedipus complex
C. inferiority complex
D. superiority complex
Correct : A. electra complex
43. Excessive emotional attachment of a son for his mother
A. electra complex
B. oedipus complex
C. inferiority complex
D. superiority complex
Correct : B. oedipus complex
44. Feigning of symptoms to maintain the personal benefits that a sick role may provide.
A. malingering
B. factitious disorder
C. somatoform disorder
D. hypochondriasis.
Correct : B. factitious disorder
45. Thwarting of a need or a desire is
A. frustration
B. conflict
C. aggression
D. pressure.
Correct : A. frustration
46. Preoccupations based on misinterpretations of bodily symptoms,with the fear that one has a serious disease.
A. hypochondriasis
B. obsessions
C. compulsions
D. amnesia
Correct : A. hypochondriasis
47. Partial loss of sensitivity is --------
A. anesthesia
B. analgesia
C. hypersthesia
D. hypertension.
Correct : A. anesthesia
48. MZ twins are otherwise known as :
A. identical
B. quadraples
C. dz
D. non identical .
Correct : A. identical
49. Write the odd one
A. delusion
B. repression
C. denial
D. sublimation
Correct : A. delusion
50. Fear of animals
A. hydrophobia
B. zoophobia
C. claustrophobia
D. monophobia
Correct : B. zoophobia
51. Shock therapy is otherwise known as---
A. eeg
B. ect
C. cat
D. mri
Correct : B. ect
52. Clinical term for causal factor
A. epidemiology
B. etiology
C. prognosis
D. relapse
Correct : B. etiology
53. Feeling of apprehension due to the anticipation of danger
A. fear
B. anxiety
C. depression
D. stress
Correct : B. anxiety
54. Persistent and disproportionate fear of some specific object or situation that presents little or no actual danger to the person.
A. depression
B. phobia
C. mania
D. stress
Correct : B. phobia
55. Mood disorders are formerly known as ---
A. depression
B. anxiety disorders
C. affective disorders
D. somatoform disorders
Correct : C. affective disorders
56. Which disorder is formerly called as Briquet’s disorder
A. somatisation disorder
B. pain disorder
C. hypochondriasis
D. mania
Correct : A. somatisation disorder
57. Preoccupation with certain aspects of the body
A. ocd
B. gad
C. bdd
D. ptsd
Correct : C. bdd
58. In ________one’s sense of self is temporarily lost.
A. depersonalisation
B. derealisation
C. hypochondriasis
D. anxiety
Correct : A. depersonalisation
59. Failure to recall previously stored personal information
A. dissociative amnesia
B. somatoform disorders
C. hypochondriasis
D. phobia
Correct : A. dissociative amnesia
60. ______means flight
A. fugue
B. amnesia
C. projection
D. relapse
Correct : A. fugue
61. ----is an example of behavior therapy
A. flooding
B. dream analysis
C. psychoanalysis
D. counselling
Correct : A. flooding
62. Overt repetitive behaviors or more covert mental acts
A. obsessions
B. compulsions
C. suppression
D. stereotypes
Correct : B. compulsions
63. Study of the distribution of disorders in a given population
A. epedemiology
B. prevalence
C. prognosis
D. relapse
Correct : A. epedemiology
64. The primary method of treatment for demonic possession was
A. exorcism
B. mass madness
C. psychotherapy
D. flooding
Correct : A. exorcism
65. Who believed that hysteria is caused by the uterus?
A. aristotle
B. plato
C. hippocrates
D. morgan
Correct : B. plato
66. A condition in which people believed themselves possessed by wolves
A. lycanthropy
B. somatoform disorders
C. hypochondriasis
D. phobia
Correct : A. lycanthropy
67. Dancing mania is a part of ------
A. dissociation
B. mass madness
C. exorcism
D. trephination
Correct : B. mass madness
68. Founder of American psychiatry
A. pinel
B. rush
C. burtonn
D. freud
Correct : B. rush
69. Who is the person behind the rise of mental hygiene movement?
A. dorothea dix
B. pinel
C. hippocrates
D. plato
Correct : A. dorothea dix
70. Who is the author of the book A Mind that is found in itself ?
A. rush
B. dorothe dix
C. clifford beers
D. pinel
Correct : C. clifford beers
71. Free Association is dealt with
A. behaviorism
B. mesmerism
C. psychoanalysis
D. functionalism
Correct : C. psychoanalysis
72. Classical conditioning is put forward by
A. wolpe
B. pavlov
C. skinner
D. bandura
Correct : B. pavlov
73. Who is the father of Behaviorism?
A. john b watson
B. pavlov
C. skinner
D. bandura
Correct : A. john b watson
74. Who put forward operant conditioning?
A. wolpe
B. pavlov
C. skinner
D. bandura
Correct : C. skinner
75. Process by which stimulus increases the probability of desirable behavior
A. punishment
B. reinforcement
C. shaping
D. chaining
Correct : B. reinforcement
76. Who deve3loped the first diagnostic system?
A. clifford beers
B. freud
C. emil kraeplin
D. skinner
Correct : C. emil kraeplin
77. An Austrian physician who conducted early investigations into hypnosis as a medical treatment
A. clifford beers
B. freud
C. emil kraeplin
D. anton mesmer
Correct : D. anton mesmer
78. who propounded psychoanalysis?
A. clifford beers
B. freud
C. emil kraeplin
D. skinner
Correct : B. freud
79. Condition in which person is intentionally producing or grossly exaggerating physical symptoms and is motivated by external incentives
A. malingering
B. factitious disorder
C. somatoform disorder
D. dissociative disorder
Correct : B. factitious disorder
80. Partial or total inability to recall or identify previously acquired information or experience
A. retrograde amnesia
B. anterograde amnesia
C. somatoform disorder
D. dissociative disorder
Correct : A. retrograde amnesia
81. Partial or total inability to recall or identify new information or experience
A. retrograde amnesia
B. anterograde amnesia
C. somatoform disorder
D. dissociative disorder
Correct : B. anterograde amnesia
82. Legal term for mental disorder
A. insanity
B. abnormality
C. introjection
D. intromission
Correct : A. insanity
83. Emotion or feeling is otherwise known as ---
A. affect
B. mania
C. dythymia
D. amnesia
Correct : A. affect
84. Institutions meant solely for the care of the mentally ill during ancient times
A. asylums
B. mental hospitals
C. shrines
D. church
Correct : A. asylums
85. Discharge of emotions associated with something
A. catharsis
B. cathexis
C. reinforcer
D. shaping
Correct : A. catharsis
86. Negative stress is
A. eustress
B. distress
C. frustration
D. pressure
Correct : B. distress
87. Positive stress is
A. eustress
B. distress
C. frustration
D. pressure
Correct : A. eustress
88. Religiously inspired treatment procedure to drive out evil spirits.
A. exorcism
B. shrining
C. therapy
D. hypnosis
Correct : A. exorcism
89. Characteristic of a person that can be observed or measured
A. character
B. trait
C. type
D. trance
Correct : B. trait
90. Conditions involving physical complaints without evidence of physical pathology
A. dissociation
B. somatoform disorder
C. mpd
D. gad
Correct : B. somatoform disorder
91. Effects created within an organism by the application of stressor
A. stress
B. distress
C. frustration
D. pressure
Correct : A. stress
92. Write the odd one
A. exorcism
B. shrine
C. trephination
D. flooding
Correct : D. flooding
93. Write the odd one
A. sublimation
B. displacement
C. hallucination
D. rationalisation
Correct : C. hallucination
94. Conscience,ethical or moral dimensions of personality
A. id
B. ego
C. super ego
D. libido
Correct : C. super ego
95. Abnormal physical or mental condition
A. psychology
B. pathology
C. madness
D. stress
Correct : B. pathology
96. __________ is the historical name for schizophrenia.
A. Delusion
B. Paranoia
C. Dementia praecox
D. Split mind
Correct : C. Dementia praecox
97. The term schizophrenia is coined by ____________
A. Engen Blunter
B. Emile Kreaplin
C. Setin
D. Seligman
Correct : A. Engen Blunter
98. The meaning of the word ‘schizophrenia’ is ________
A. Violent behavior
B. Mental disorder
C. Split mind
D. Aggressive behavior
Correct : C. Split mind
99. Touch related hallucination is known as__________
A. Visual
B. Auditory
C. Somato sensory
D. Tactile
Correct : D. Tactile
100. A feeling of having noise by schizophrenic person is known as_________
A. Visual hallucination
B. Auditory hallucination
C. Olfactory hallucination
D. False perception
Correct : B. Auditory hallucination