Abnormal Psyc- Past & Present
Models of Abnormality
Assessment and Diagnosis and Treatment
Anxiety Disorders
Disorders of Stress and Trauma
100
Beth lives with 15 cats. She rarely goes out, yet she has a job that allows her to telecommute, she does not bother anyone, and she is content with her life. This is considered an example of:
±a. Decompensation
±b. Demotivation
±c. Eccentricity
±d. Disinhibition
100
Josephine is suffering from tension and anxiety. Which type of drug may her doctor
prescribe?
±a. Antidepression
±b. Mood stabilizer
±c. Anxiolytics
±d. Antipsychotic
100
Dr. Terry, a psychiatrist, has been asked by Billie's primary care physician to perform a _____ as the physician has not been able to find a medical explanation
for Billie's current complaints.
±a. Clinical assessment
±b. Physical examination
±c. Research study
±d. Treatment plan
100
Jake's father was always afraid of going to the dentist, so it came as no surprise when Jake started showing these same fears. Jake's response is known as:
±a. Operant conditioning
±b. Modeling
±c. Disassociated learning
±d. Classical conditioning
100
In patients with PTSD, which is an example of a symptom of dissociation?
±a. Feeling that one’s body is unreal
±b. Feeling that the environment is unreal
±c. Having trouble remembering things
±d. Feeling that one’s conscious state is unreal
200
“Subway therapy”—writing down feelings on a sticky note and putting the note on a subway wall—is:
±a. Not considered to be therapy since the person usually does not relief after
±b. Considered to be therapy, because the sufferer is externalizing the emotions
±c. considered to be a form of therapy, since regular members of society are able to
±intervene and provide assistance.
±d. not considered to be therapy, because there is no trained healer present.
200
This psychological model looks at people's underlying psychological forces and the
conflicts between them.
±a. Cognitive
±b. Psychodynamic
±c. Biological
±d. Behavioral
200
A cluster of symptoms that usually occur together is known as a:
±a. Syndrome
±b. Symptom
±c. Diagnosis
±d. Classification system
200
Which psychological perspective offers the LEADING explanation for the cause of social
anxiety disorder?
±a. Biological
±b. Cognitive-behavioral
±c. Psychodynamic
±d. Humanistic
200
In the psychodynamic view, dissociative identity disorder is thought to result from a lifetime of:
±a. Excessive regression
±b. Excessive repression
±c. Minimal regression
±d. Limited repression
300
Groups of people who suddenly started to dance, jump, and go into convulsions were
described as having this disorder.
±a. Mass delusions
±b. Controlled hysteria
±c. Tarantism
±d. Mass reactions
300
Tara is overweight, and her health is suffering because of it. She explains to her doctor that “food is her only happiness in life and she deserves to be happy.” Tara's explanation is an example of
±a. Rationalization
±b. Projection
±c. Repression
±d. Regression
300
Farah is experiencing a persistent pattern of excessive worry, concern, and avoidance. Given these symptoms, she would most likely be diagnosed as having a disorder categorized in:
±a. Depressive disorders
±b. Neurocognitive disorders
±c. Anxiety disorders
±d. Somatic symptom disorders
300
Persistent thoughts, ideas, impulses, or images that seem to invade a person's mind are referred to as:
±a. Obsessions
±b. Normal
±c. Compulsions
±d. Phobias
300
What happens to our Sympathetic nervous system when we are faced with danger?
The sympathetic nervous system is automatically activated without conscious control.
"Fight or Flight"
Autonomic (made up of 2 parts) - Involuntary functions of the human body.
Parasympathetic - Restores us to a resting state. (calm)
400
Who believed that unconscious psychological processes are the root of abnormal
functioning?
±a. Friedrich Anton Mesmer
±b. Emil Kraepelin
±c. Sigmund Freud
±d. Benjamin Rush
400
Stanley was having a difficult time engaging in therapy, and he frequently changed the
subject when his therapist brought up anything about his childhood. Stanley's difficulty
with therapy may BEST be explained by:
±a. Cathartic resistance
±b. Resistance
±c. Transference
±d. Free association
400
Rodney has a fear of open spaces. His therapist is working with him and using the therapy that seems to be MOST effective for treating phobias. Which type of therapy is
he using?
±a. Drug
±b. Client-centered
±c. Cognitive-behavioral
±d. Psychodynamic
400
Which psychological perspective understands anxiety disorders by examining temperament, parenting, and life stress?
±a. Humanistic
±b. Cognitive-behavioral
±c. Developmental psychopathology
±d. Psychodynamic
400
What is Dissociative Amnesia and what is the most common type?
Unable to recall important information, usually about an upsetting event in their life, and often it is directly triggered by an upsetting event.
Localized!! Complete memory loss of events occurring within a limited amount of time.
(Typically will recover on their own but Psychodynamic appears to be a successful treatment)
500
Helping individuals who are at risk for developing emotional problems, such as children
of people with severe psychological disorders, is called:
±a. Managed care
±b. Psychogenic
±c. Deinstitutionalization
±d. Prevention
500
Stanley was having a difficult time engaging in therapy, and he frequently changed the subject when his therapist brought up anything about his childhood. Stanley's difficulty with therapy may BEST be explained by:
±a. Cathartic resistance
±b. Resistance
±c. Transference
±d. Free association
500
Describe the Biological Model, Cognitive Model, and Psychodynamic Model
500
This is a persistent and unreasonable fear of a particular object, activity, or situation.
±a. Panic
±b. Phobia
±c. Biofear
±d. Worry
500
What is unique about Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder
compared to other Dissociative disorders?
It's categorized in the DSM as a dissociative disorder, but unlike the other dissociative disorders- there are no known difficulties with memory.
(External world is unreal and strange, separate from their body and are observing themselves from the outside)
600
Which approach to family therapy focuses on changing the family power structure, the roles each person plays, and the relationships between members?
±a. Family systems theory
±b. Psychodynamic
±c. Sociocultural
±d. Psychodrama
600
Harper suffers from excoriation, which is an obsessive-compulsive-related disorder that has _____ as the main symptom.
±a. Hoarding
±b. Hair-pulling
±c. Skin-picking
±d. Body dysmorphia