Deck 51: A: Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders

Question 1

One cluster of personality disorders marked by anxiety is exemplified by the ________ personality disorder.

A) schizoid
B) antisocial
C) avoidant
D) catatonic

Answer 1

avoidant

Question 2

Those with a histrionic personality disorder are most likely to display

A) a lack of guilt feelings.
B) delusions of persecution.
C) apathy and lack of energy.
D) dramatic, attention-getting behaviors.

Answer 2

dramatic, attention-getting behaviors.

Question 3

Within the last year, Mr. Shangkun has been fired by three different employers because they each discovered that he was stealing money or materials from their companies. Although he feels no remorse for his misdeeds, his outward signs of repentance have dissuaded his former employers from taking him to court. Mr. Shangkun's behavior is most indicative of

A) antisocial personality disorder.
B) posttraumatic stress disorder.
C) a dissociative disorder.
D) obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Answer 3

antisocial personality disorder.

Question 4

Midori's therapist suggests that she developed a dissociative identity disorder as a way of protecting herself from an awareness of her own hatred for her abusive mother. The therapist's suggestion most directly reflects a ________ perspective.

A) social-cognitive
B) humanistic
C) biological
D) psychodynamic

Question 5

It has been suggested that the desperate efforts of traumatized victims to detach themselves from the experience of severe and prolonged abuse may contribute to

A) bipolar disorder.
B) bulimia nervosa.
C) dissociative identity disorder.
D) antisocial personality disorder.

Question 6

Dissociative disorders are most likely to be characterized by

A) disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity.
B) offensive and unwanted thoughts that persistently preoccupy a person.
C) a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state of emotion.
D) alternations between extreme hopelessness and unrealistic optimism.

Question 7

Personality disorders are best described as

A) symptoms of distress that are not caused by biological abnormalities.
B) disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of self-identity.
C) patterns of delusional and disorganized thoughts and feelings.
D) inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.

Question 8

Researchers have found low levels of ________ in 13-year-old boys who were later convicted of a crime as 18- to 26-year-olds.

A) dopamine
B) serotonin
C) adrenaline
D) acetylcholine

Question 9

The dramatic increase in reported cases of dissociative identity disorder during the past 40 or so years most strongly suggests that symptoms of this disorder involve

A) illicit drug usage.
B) promiscuous sexual behavior.
C) internal attribution of blame.
D) role playing.

Question 10

The onset of ________ typically begins with a weight-loss diet.

A) anorexia nervosa
B) bipolar disorder
C) generalized anxiety disorder
D) agoraphobia

Question 11

Marked deficits in frontal lobe cognitive functions, such as planning and organization, are associated with

A) agoraphobia.
B) antisocial personality disorder.
C) generalized anxiety disorder.
D) panic disorder.

Question 12

Evidence that dissociative identity disorder is NOT simply a product of conscious role playing is most clearly provided by the

A) periodic intervals during which patients with this disorder become violent.
B) distinct brain and body states associated with differing personalities.
C) inability of psychiatric experts to hypnotize patients with this disorder.
D) dramatic increase in reported cases of this disorder during the past 40 or so years.

Question 13

A lack of conscience is most characteristic of those who experience ________ disorder.

A) a dissociative
B) antisocial personality
C) generalized anxiety
D) obsessive-compulsive

Question 14

Niesha demonstrates seven different personalities that appear to take turns controlling her behavior. Evidence that the same life memories are consciously experienced by all the alternate personalities would most clearly rule out the contribution of ________ to her disorder.

A) childhood sexual trauma
B) dissociation
C) motivational conflict
D) role playing

Question 15

Several weeks after being fired from a job he had held for more than 20 years, Landon awoke one morning in a state of bewildered confusion. He had little sense of who he was and even failed to recognize his wife. Landon's experience is most indicative of

A) a dissociative disorder.
B) antisocial disorder.
C) panic disorder.
D) catatonia.

Question 16

Chiara, a 14-year-old, is of average height but weighs only 80 pounds. She has lost 30 pounds over the last six months by eating very little and running five miles a day. She is determined not to become overweight and ignores her parents' suggestion that she should eat well-balanced meals. Chiara suffers from

A) bulimia nervosa.
B) catatonia.
C) anorexia nervosa.
D) obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 17

The levels of stress hormones among adults with ________ were lower than average when they were children.

A) dissociative identity disorder
B) binge-eating disorder
C) antisocial personality disorder
D) major depressive disorder

Question 18

Inflated views of self-importance are most characteristic of those with

A) anorexia nervosa.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C) narcissistic personality disorder.
D) dissociative identity disorder.

Question 19

Two or more distinct identities appear to alternately control the behavior of those with

A) OCD.
B) PTSD.
C) ADHD.
D) DID.

Question 20

One cluster of personality disorders marked by noticeably odd or eccentric behavior is exemplified by the ________ personality disorder.

A) avoidant
B) narcissistic
C) schizoid
D) histrionic

Question 21

Sixteen-year-old Jill loves ice cream and other rich foods, but she has become increasingly anxious about gaining too much weight. Jill frequently overeats and then intentionally vomits in an attempt to control her weight. Jill most clearly suffers from

A) social anxiety disorder.
B) bulimia nervosa.
C) bipolar disease.
D) anorexia nervosa.

Question 22

People living in cultures that idealize plump bodies are LESS likely to experience

A) schizophrenia.
B) anorexia nervosa.
C) major depressive disorder.
D) agoraphobia.

Question 23

The families of bulimia patients have a higher-than-usual incidence of

A) agoraphobia.
B) childhood obesity.
C) bipolar disorders.
D) schizophrenia.

Question 24

Individuals with eating disorders tend to have

A) high self-evaluations and high achievement standards.
B) low self-evaluations and low achievement standards.
C) high self-evaluations and low achievement standards.
D) low self-evaluations and high achievement standards.

Question 25

Individuals who are most vulnerable to anorexia nervosa are those who live in cultures that idealize

A) flat affect.
B) binge eating.
C) thin bodies.
D) novel foods.

Question 26

Those who engage in spurts of excessive overeating, followed by remorse-but do not binge, purge, or fast-are said to have

A) binge-eating disorder.
B) anorexia nervosa.
C) bulimia nervosa.
D) agoraphobia.

Question 27

Bulimia nervosa is characterized by

A) losses of 25 percent or more of normal weight.
B) episodes of overeating followed by vomiting.
C) the loss of regular menstrual periods.
D) all of these conditions.