1. If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin, that twin
Correct : A. will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic.
2. The most severe psychological disorder is a(n)
Correct : D. psychosis.
3. Persons who are excessively narcissistic, dependent, or antisocial are characterized as having
Correct : D. personality disorders.
4. Schizophrenia is most commonly found in
Correct : B. young adults.
5. A core feature of all abnormal behavior is that it is
Correct : C. maladaptive.
6. DSM stands for
Correct : B. diagnostic and statistical manual.
7. Parkinson's disease results from the death of neurons that produce
Correct : C. dopamine
8. Conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified as
Correct : B. somatoform disorders.
9. In most anxiety disorders, the person's distress is
Correct : C. greatly out of proportion to the situation.
10. An unusual state called "waxy flexibility" is sometimes observed in __________
schizophrenia.
Correct : C. catatonic
11. Which of the following medical conditions can produce a mild neurocognitive disorder and
mild impairments in social/occupational functioning?
Correct : D. HIV
12. Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger to a person
are called
Correct : C. phobias.
13. In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear that
judgments of the normality of behavior are
Correct : A. culturally relative.
14. False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called
Correct : D. delusions.
15. True paranoids are rarely treated or admitted to hospitals because
Correct : B. they resist the attempts of others to offer help.
16. The most widely used system of psychological classification today is
Correct : B. found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
17. A researcher seeking an organic basis for schizophrenia would be well-advised to investigate
the role of
Correct : D. dopamine and dopamine receptors.
18. When a person's sexual identity does not match his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is
Correct : C. gender identity disorder.
19. It has been discovered that all major anti-psychotic drugs
Correct : A. block the action of dopamine.
20. The term schizophrenia can be interpreted to mean
Correct : A. a split between thought and emotion.
21. Which of the following is characteristic of a dissociative disorder?
Correct : B. amnesia
22. __________ schizophrenia usually involves delusions of persecution and grandeur.
Correct : C. Paranoid
23. A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks brain
cells, is called
Correct : D. general paresis.
24. The extreme reaction known as fugue refers to
Correct : A. physical flight to escape conflict.
25. Psychological dependence on mood- or behavior-altering drugs is known as
Correct : B. a substance related disorder.
26. Which of the following is classified as a mood disorder?
Correct : A. bipolar disorder
27. The antisocial personality
Correct : C. tends to be selfish and lacking remorse.
28. Hearing voices that are not really there would be called a(n)
Correct : A. hallucination.
29. Behavioral problems in which the person exhibits symptoms suggesting physical disease or
injury, but for which there is no identifiable cause, are called
Correct : D. somatoform disorders.
30. Obsessive-compulsive behavior, panic, and phobias are formally classified as __________
disorders.
Correct : C. anxiety
31. Delusional thinking is characteristic of
Correct : A. psychosis.
32. A person who is preoccupied with fears of having a serious disease suffers from
Correct : B. hypochondriasis.
33. Sensory experiences that occur in the absence of a stimulus are called
Correct : B. hallucinations.
34. Sudden temporary amnesia or instances of multiple personality are __________ disorders.
Correct : A. dissociative
35. Obsessive-compulsive disorders involve
Correct : D. high levels of anxiety.
36. The dopamine-psychosis link is based on the observation that
Correct : B. there are high levels of dopamine activity in the brains of psychotic people.
37. The antisocial personality is one who
Correct : A. is irresponsible and seems to lack remorse.
38. Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an extremely
unstable self image, is moody, and does not develop stable relationships?
Correct : A. borderline
39. CT scans of the brains of some young schizophrenics show __________ than normal.
Correct : A. wider ventricles
40. The most effective method of predicting that a mental patient will commit an act of violence
is by