Deck 12: Psychological Disorders

Question 1

The main feature of abnormal behavior is that it is

A) statistically unusual
B) uncomfortable
C) socially nonconforming
D) maladaptive

Answer 1

The abnormal behavior is a part of psychology, in which people have cognitive, emotional and behavioral abnormalities or problems. The three main perspectives or features of abnormal behavior are as follows:
• Cognitions (distorted thoughts)
• Distressing
• Maladaptive (self-defeating)
• Disturbing (socially unacceptable)
Based on the social-cultural perspective people learn cultural and social context form community or family. For example, bulimia nervosa and Anorexia nervosa are major abnormal social-cultural perspectives. So, abnormal behavior is statistically unusual, socially nonconforming and uncomfortable, but these are not the main features of abnormal behavior.
Thus, the options (a), (b) and (c) are incorrect.
A maladaptation is defined as a character which is more destructive than supportive. It can be viewed in a group or an individual. So, the chief feature of abnormal behavior is that is maladaptive.
Thus, the correct option is (d).

Question 2

In North America, the most widely used standard for classifying mental disorders is the
a. ICD
b. Schedule of Personality Dysfunctions
c. DSM
d. Psychiatrist's Desk Reference

Answer 2

not answer

Question 3

People are said to have "retreated from reality" when they suffer from
a. psychotic disorders
b. mood disorders
c. somatoform disorders
d. personality disorders

Answer 3

not answer

Question 4

A person who has periods of extreme mania suffers from
a. a somatoform disorder
b. a mood disorder
c. an anxiety disorder
d. a neurosis

Question 5

Like amok and susto, bulimia may be a

A) paraphilia
B) somatoform
C) culture-bound syndrome
D) personality disorder

Question 6

Which of the following is not a psychiatric concept?

A) schizophrenia
B) psychosis
C) anxiety
D) insanity

Question 7

Delusions and hallucinations are most characteristic of

A) neurosis
B) psychosis
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) dysthymic disorder

Question 8

Paranoid psychosis is the most common type of
a. catatonic schizophrenia
b. delusional disorder
c. personality disorder
d. dementia

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the subtypes of schizophrenia?

A) erotomanic type
B) catatonic type
C) paranoid type
D) disorganized type

Question 10

Biochemical explanations of schizophrenia have focused on excessive amounts of _________ in the brain.

A) neurons
B) webs and tangles
C) PCP
D) dopamine and glutamate

Question 11

The stress-vulnerability model of psychosis explains mental disorders as a product of environmental stresses and

A) psychological trauma
B) deviant communication
C) exposure to the flu virus
D) heredity during pregnancy

Question 12

Bipolar disorders that are not too severe are called

A) endogenous disorders
B) cyclothymic disorders
C) seasonal affective
D) dysthymic disorders disorders

Question 13

The fact that lithium carbonate is effective in treating some cases of bipolar depression suggests that the causes of bipolar disorders are at least partly _______________.

A) biological
B) existential
C) environmental
D) neurotic

Question 14

Depression that occurs only in the winter is likely to be classified as

A) SAD
B) PTSD
C) bipolar
D) endogenous

Question 15

When prolonged unemployment, a bad marriage, or physical illness pushes a person beyond his or her ability to cope, it is most likely that which of the following problems will occur?

A) a dissociative disorder
B) agoraphobia
C) an adjustment disorder
D) a conversion disorder

Question 16

Agoraphobia is most often a feature of

A) adjustment disorder
B) panic disorder
C) DSM
D) obsessive-compulsive disorder

Question 17

According to the __________ view, anxiety disorders are the end result of a faulty self-image.

A) psychodynamic
B) humanistic
C) behaviorist
D) cognitive

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a type of personality disorder?

A) schizoid
B) borderline
C) neurotic
D) dependent

Question 19

A person who is impulsive, dishonest, emotionally cold, and manipulative may suffer from

A) antisocial personality
B) histrionic personality disorder disorder
C) dependent personality
D) obsessive-compulsive personality disorder disorder

Question 20

The risk that a person may atte
Mpt suicide is greatest if the person has

A) a concrete, workable plan
B) had a recent life crisis
C) withdrawn from
D) frustrated psychological needs contact with others