1.What is qualitativeabnormality?

a. abnormal symptoms for which statistical norms areestablished     b. a major deviation fromkey social norms    

c. a consistent state of frustration andhelplessness    d. symptoms diagnosed inwomen  e. symptoms of high quality

2. In the abbreviation, DSM, what does the “SM”standfor?

            a.scientific method      b.solo-micro      c.statistical  manual d. seriousmanic    e.  statisticalmanic-depressive

3. Your 22-year-old female patient displays symptoms ofpersistent anxiety for two weeks. As a clinical psychologist, howwould you diagnose these symptoms?

a. Generalized Anxiety Disorder  b.  nodiagnosis: these symptoms must be present for a longer period

c. phobia of theOthertype     d. hypomanicepisode with panic   e. Phobia with anxietysymptoms

4. How many editions of the Diagnostic StatisticalManual of Mental Disorders have been released?

a.  3      b.4      c.  5      d.  6       e.7

5. A newly arrived male patient is extremely reluctantto undergo a simple procedure that requires a small incision (cut)on his neck; he fainted when the nurse showed him a digital pictureof the proposed operation. If you know that this patient has a longhistory of phobic reactions, what type of phobia are you dealingwith right now?

            a.neck-and-face phobia    b. nurse/doctorphobia  c. irresponsible pain fear

d. situational/medical/operational phobia  e.blood/injection/injury phobia

6. Why have there been several editions of DSM?

a. because the law requires the change every 3years      b. because of new researchand new evidence aboutdisorders      c. because the lawrequires the change every 5years      d. because different satesuse differenteditions       

e. because some editions are designed for psychiatrists andothers are for psychologists

7.Which three diagnostic categories areno longer in use in the United States?

a. phobia, mania, and panic disorder   b.hysteria, mania, and panic disorder     c.hysteria, madness, and neurosis    

d. obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobia, andmadness   e. neurosis, phobia, and panicdisorder

8.  What is the difference between obsessionand compulsions?

a. there is no difference according to DSM   

b.  obsessions are actions, compulsions arethoughts    

c. obsessions are hallucinations, compulsions aredelusions    

d. compulsions are hallucinations, obsessions aredelusions  

e. obsessions are ideas, compulsions arebehaviors  

9.  Which of these categories does not belongto the known types of OCD?

            a.Cheaters      b.Checkers   c. Doubters    d.Hoarders       e. Counters

10. People with this type of OCDaccumulate enormous amount of things of relatively lowvalue they do not need to have and will likely neveruse.

a. storage people   b.accumulators    c. hoarders   d.value jets   e. keepers

11. One hundred years ago, the symptom“neurasthenia” meant that:

a. a patient had madness    b. a patientdeveloped alcoholaddiction         c.  apatient was healthy    

d. a patient had a braininjury         e.  apatient had a weak nervous system

12. Generalized Anxiety Disorder typically occurs as aresponse to a:

a. pregnancy  b. manicepisode    c. major depressiveepisode   d. weather change   e. lifestressor

13. Three major criteria to diagnose mental illness:abnormality, dysfunction and……

a. depression     b.illness     c. severedysfunction   d. emotionalproblem      e.distress   

14. There is a category of phobias called “Other”. Whatdoes this category represent?

a. phobias hat are associated with fear ofheights    b. phobias that are mild and do notrequire medical attention

c. phobias that do not fit in the basic fourcategories  d.  Phobias causingdepression  

e. phobias in other members of your family

15. Phobias of the animal type are most common in thisgroup:

a. children   b. adolescents(16-18)  c. young adults  (20-25)  d.adults (40-55)   e. mature adults (60-)

16. What is the clinical-psychological differencebetween anxiety and fear?

a. fear is common in women, anxiety is common inmen   

b. fear is common in men, anxiety is common inwomen   

c. fear is specific, anxiety isfree-floating    

d. fear refers to the future, anxiety refers to thepast    

e. fear is an emotion, anxiety is a form of depression

17. What is quantitative abnormality?

a. symptoms diagnosed mostly in women  

b. a state of unreasonable joy    

c. a major deviation from culturalnorms    

d. symptoms diagnosed mostly in men   e. abnormalsymptoms for which statistical norms are established

18. Certain symptoms of schizophrenia are called“negative” Why?

a. because these symptoms stand for slowing down andwithdrawing     b. because these symptomswere described negatively in themedia  c.  because if you call them “positive,”some patients could feelbad    d.  because these symptoms areassociated with violence  e. because they are viewed asnot good for patients’ future

19.Delusion ofgrandeurwas discussed in class. What isthis delusion about?

a. it is another name forhallucinations    b. beliefs about ownsuperpowers and high social status   c. beliefsabout being an unimportant person   d. beliefs inbeing strong andhealthy        e. beliefsin being connected with the dead

20. The most common type of hallucinations in patientswith symptoms of schizophrenia is:

a.  seeing monsters and demons   b.hearing voices   c. feelingcold    d.  hearingmusic    e. abdominal pain

21. Why do many people suffering from PTSD start usingsubstances such as alcohol or cocaine?

a. because some doctors prescribethem        b. becausepeople who suffer from PTSD are primarily drugusers  

c. because people believe they do not have other means to reducetheir painful symptoms      d.because they can be used to treat sleepproblems      e. because they havehallucinations and delusions

22. Consider a case: an elderly female patient for manyyears claims she has multiple physical symptoms; in reality,however, she cannot be diagnosed with any specific illness. Whatwill be the name for her condition?

a. pain disorder  b.dissociative  future   c. Attentiondeficit disorder   d. somatizationdisorder     e. dissociativefugue   

23. What do most medical professionals think of MultiplePersonality Disorder?

a. most consider it valid and seriousdisorder       b. most of themdeny its existence   c. most specialists say theyhave never heard of this disorder   d. most considerthis disorder a form of depressivedisorder      e. some agree, somedisagree that this is a valid disorder   

24.Ralf is a 9 year-old boy; he was scared by sound of athunderstorm in 2015. Nobody was injured and no destruction tookplace. How likely it is that Ralf, because of this incident, woulddevelop PTSD later in life?

a. very likely    b.  somewhatlikely    c. veryunlikely   

d. almost certainly, he has already developed a stress-relateddisorder

25.Delusion ofcommunicationwas discussed in class. Whatis it?

a. it is another name forhallucinations    b. beliefs that alljournalists are demons    c. beliefs in being acommunication major      d. beliefsin being connected to other people, God, or theDevil   e. beliefs about knowing many languages

26. Echolalia or echopraxia are symptoms that are commonfeatures of:

a.   PTSD   b.Autism    c.  BipolarDisorder    d. delusion ofreference   e. catatonia

27. Why don’tmost professionals such as firefighters,police officers,  and doctors working in emergency roomsdevelop symptoms of PTSD?  a. because they takemedication in the morning   b. because they takespecial medication once a week c. because they are ontherapy  d. because they typically don’t experienceintense fear when witnessing traumas   e. becausethey have a genetic resistance to stress and fear

28. Symptoms such as failure to make eye contact, socialwithdrawal, lack of spoken language, and repetitive behaviors areamong major symptoms of which disorder?

a.  PTSD   b.ADD   c.  ADHD  d. Tourette’sDisorder    e. Autistic Disorder

29.What is the third group of symptoms typicallyidentified in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? (The firstone is Inattention, the second is Hyperactivity)

a.  excessive anxiety    b.hallucinations    c. motortics     d. obsessions andcompulsions   e. impulsivity

30. A person witnesses a traumatic event but doesnotdevelop symptoms of PTSD.  How common isthis?

a. this is very unusual: the person must develop a stressdisorder   

b. this is unusual: most people develop a stress disorder underthese circumstances  

c. this is common: most people in such circumstances don’tdevelop a stress disorder   

d.  this is common but only inmen    e. women almost always develop a stressdisorder in such circumstances  

31. People who develop schizophrenia fall under the ruleof “three thirds”. What is this rule?

a. the rule explains that why women are not diagnosed with thisillness     b.  therule  explains the negative symptoms of thisillness    c. the rule  explains thepositive symptoms of this illness   d. the rulepredicts how many people would likely to recover fromillness   e. the rule explains that why children arenot diagnosed with this illness  

32.On this stage of the addictionprocess, without the substance, the person suffers from pains,anxiety, depression, agitation, sleepiness, anger, or nausea. Whatis the name of this stage?

a. withdrawal   b. panicattack    c. tolerance   d.degradation    e. shame

33. Which is the most common, typical cause ofstress?

a. personal health problems    b. lack ofmoney    c. devotion to acause   d. cultural adjustment   e.daily hassles

34.Delusion of referencewas discussed in class. What is it?

a. beliefs that a person carries a special and very importantknowledge of global significance  

b. beliefs that the government wants to kill thisperson   

c. beliefs about the earth being melted from within as a resultof global warming

d. beliefs about the ability to predict scores in football andother sports     

e. beliefs about knowing many languages

35. Attention Deficit Disorder is different from ADHD.What is the difference?     

a. no inattention symptoms in ADHD    b. nopositive symptoms in ADD  c. no negative symptoms inADD   

d. no delusions in ADD   e. no hyperactivitysymptoms in ADD

36.Conduct disorder is typicallydiagnosed in:

a.  women only   b. menonly   c. criminals     d.60-70 yearolds           e.children and adolescents      

37. What is the probability that a 44-year old womandevelops schizophrenia if she has not have symptomsbefore?

a.  about 30%    b. about10%   c. about 5%   d. about2%   e.  about zero

38. A 14-year-old girl has the following symptomspresent for more than 3 years: physically cruel topeople, deliberately destroyed others' property, often lies toobtain goods or favors, and has run away from home overnight 5times. What would be your likely diagnosis?

a. manic episode   b. conductdisorder    c. fightingcomplex     d. gender violentsyndrome    e. power disorder

39. Is it accurate to say that every person with aserious mental illness is insane?  Find the bestanswer.

a. yes, accurate: any serious mental illness isinsanity   

b. yes, accurate but only for schizophrenia, which is the otherword for insanity    

c. accurate only for personality disorders, which causeinsanity     

d. not accurate because insanity stands for a person’s violentbehavior

e. not accurate: insanity only means that a person is notlegally responsible for his or heraction    

40. Your patient complains about persistentpreoccupation with fears of having a serious disease; you learn,however, that this patient’s belief is based on the person’smisinterpretation of her physical symptoms. What would be yourdiagnosis?

a. hypocrisy        b.hypochondriasis       c.conversion disorder    d. dissociativefugue    e. pain disorder

41. A few decades ago many doctorscombined cold baths, laxatives, and bloodletting to treat theirmental patients. What was the perceived goal of suchtreatments?      

a. to demoralize thepatient        b. to cleanthe body of harmful elements      c.to research the placebo effect    

d. to help patient lose weight     e.to punish patients for their misbehavior

42. According to lectures, treating and preventing ofsuicidal behaviors should be based on at least three generalstrategies: reducing the intense psychological pain and suffering;expanding the constricted view by helping the individual to seeoptions. What is the third strategy?

a. giving a person money to pay thebills       b. invite a relativefrom another town or city to come and live with thisperson   

c. encouraging a person to pull back from a new self-destructiveact     d. to suggest a person to changeeating habits   

e. encouraging a person to get a job

43.  As a therapist, you explain to yourclient that her worries are irrational and she must adopt a morerealistic view of her life. What kind of a therapy are you using inthiscase?                        

a. behavioral    b.systematicrelaxation    c.  electro-convulsive    d.biomedical      e.cognitive    

44.Dr. Drew Pinsky developed amulti-step program to fight addictive behavior? His therapyis:

a. a combination of cognitive and behaviortherapy    

b. a kind of psychoanalytic therapy

c. a type of electroconvulsive treatment

d. a combination of psychoanalysis and electroconvulsivetreatment

e. a combination of psychoanalysis and spiritual healing

45. What is the stigma of mental illness?

a. a type of behavioraltherapy    b.  a negative view ofpsychological disorders

c.  a gender bias in diagnosing mental illnessd.  a type of cognitive therapy

e. any reserac0based knowledge of mental illness

46.The famous “drug revolution” intreatment of mental illness took place in the:

a. 2001-2003     b.1990s    c. 1980s   d.1970s    e. 1960s

47. “The use of spiritual healingcould help yourpatients in their better understanding of their lives, theimportance of positive thinking, hope, compassion, and goodwill.Which therapeutic approach does this statementreflect?”      a.behavior    b. cognitive    c.psychoanalytic    d. biomedical   e. noneof the above

48. What psychotherapy?

a. any form of medical treatment   b. a type ofverbal interaction between a clinician and his or her client

c. a form of medical care to treat most violentpatients  d. a form of medical care to treat emotionalproblems

e. a type of treatment involving prescribed drugs

  

49. The Phineas Cage case linked psychologicaldysfunction with:

a. poverty b. braininjury    c. abuse     d.immigration     e. genetic factors

50. According to psychoanalysis, what triggers initialanxiety in people with serious emotional problems?

a. pregnancy in women and maturity inboys    

b. losing money or a job   

c. a traumatic event duringchildhood     

d. traumatic event during adulthood   

e. inability to find a good, reliable friend