Schizophrenia
Abnormal psychology
Therapy
Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Depression
100

People often confuse schizophrenics with having 

A) split personalities 

B) Hallucinations

C) Delusions

D) nice hair

A) split personalties 

100

According to the DSM-5, which of the following is an anxiety disorder?

A) obsessive compulsive disorder 

B) conversion disorder

C) mania 

D) panic disorder

D) panic disorder 

100

What kind of therapist is most likley to analyze a clients dream


A) behavorist

B) cognitive 

C) humanistic

D) psychoanalytic 

D) Psychoanalytic 

100

Schizophrenia is most likely to be treated with

A) prozac

B) lithium

C) miltown 

D) Haldol

D) Haldol

100

What is the most common reason people seek mental health services 

A) Bipolar disorder

B) Depression

C) PTSD(post traumatic disorder)

D) Illness anxiety disorder 

B) depression 

200

All schizophrenics suffer from

A) depression

B) multiple personalities 

C) flat affect

D) Distorded thinking

D) distorted thinking 


200

"I am the most important person in the world" is a statement that might characterize the views of someone with which of the following personality disorders?


A) schizoid

B) antisocial

C) histrionic

D) narcissitic 


D) narcissitic 

200

Which method of therapy is most eclectic 

A) psychodynamic 

B) client-centered

C) aversive conditioning 

D) psychoanalytic 

A) Psychodynamic 

200

A common side effect of ECT(Electroconculsive therapy) is 

A) tardive dyskinesia

B) memory loss

C) hallucinations

D) hysteria 

B) memory loss

200

Depression is associated with low levels of 


A) acetylcholine

B) epiephrine

C)serotonin

D) dopamine

C) serotonin

300

Juan hears voices that tell him to kill people. Juan is experiencing


A) delusions 

B) obsessions

C) anxiety

D) Hallucinations

D) Hallucinations

300

Which statement about bulimia is true?

A) only women suffer from this disorder 

B) all bulimics use vomiting ti rid their bodies of unwanted calories

C) Bulimics lose in excess of 15 percent of the normal body weight for their age and size

D) Bulimics tend to be overly concerned with their weight and body image

D) Bulimics tend to be overly concerned with their weight and body image

300

one difference between psychoanalytic and cognitive mode of treatment is that cognitive therapists


A) say little during sessions

B) emphasize the primacy of behavior 

C) focus on the present

D) view repressed thoughts about ones childhood as the root of most problems.

C) Focus on the present

300

Which process involves counterconditioning 

A) REBT

B) ECT

C) transference

D) systematic desensitization

D) systematic desensitization

300

which of the following is used as a somatic therapy for depression

A) MAO inhibitor

B) client-centered therapy

C) cognitive therapy

D) dream analysis 

A) MAO inhibitors 

400

The relationship between schizophrenia and parkinsons disease is that


A) both are caused by too little dopamine

B) both are treated by antipsychotic drugs 

C) both can be caused by excessive use of amphetamines 

D) Schizophrenia is associated with too much dopamine and Parkinsons with too little. 

D) Schizophrenia is associated with too much dopamine and Parkinsons with too little

400

The DSM contains 

I. a description of the symptoms of mental disorders 

II. a description of the likely casues of all mental disorders.

III. recommended methods of treatment for mental disorders. 


A) I only

B) II only

C) III only

D) I and II

E) I,II and III

I. a description of the symptoms of mental disorders 

400

systematic desensitization is to in vivo desensitization as 

A) flooding is to aversion therapy

B) modeling is to implosive therapy

C) aversion therapy is to modeling

D) implosive therapy is to flooding 

D) implosive therapy is to flooding

400

All of the following methods of treatment are or may be based on classical conditioning prinicples EXCEPT

A) token economy

B) implosive therapy

C) flooding

D) systematic desensitization

A) token economy

400

which of these is not a depressive disorder 

A) Postpartum depression

B) Seasonal affective disorder

C) Panic disorder

D) Major depressive disorder 


C) panic disorder 

500

All of the following are biomedical explanations for schizophrenia EXCEPT 


A) double binds

B) brain asymmetries

B) the dopamine hypothesis

C) a genetic predisposition

D)

A) double binds

500

Anand is unable to move his right arm. He has been to scores of physicians seeking a cure, but none have been able to find any physiological reason for his paralysis. Anand may be suffering from. 


A) conversion disorder

B) dissociative amnesia

C) GAD

D) SAD

A) conversion disorder 

500

Corettas therapist says little during their session and never makes any reccomendations about what Loretta ought to do. What kind of therapy does corettas therapist often practice?


A) psychodynamic 

B) behavioral

C) cognitive

D) humanistic

D) Humanistic

500

At his last appoitment with his therapist, Ivan explained that since he lost his job he felt completly worthless and depressed. Which of the following statement would a strictly cognitive therapist most likely say. 


A) "tell me about your recent dreams"

B) "Im going to give you a homework assignment to do three things that you used to enjoy"

C) "Thats ridiculous no one is completly worthless"

D) "What is your earliest childhood memory" 

C) "Thats ridiculous no one is completly worthless"

500

Which of the following is true of depression

A) depression usually develops during middle age

B) depression usually happens without major cognitive or behavioral changes

C) a major depressive episode usually gets worse and worse unless its treated

D) True depression is usually not related to stress in ones work or relationships

D) True depression is usually not related to stress in ones work or relationships.