Abnormal Psychology Set 2

Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology)

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This set of Abnormal Psychology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Abnormal Psychology Set 2

Q1 | Partial or total inability to recall
  • amnesia
  • phobia
  • stress
  • anxiety
Answer: amnesia
Q2 | Fear of water is
  • zoophobia
  • hydrophobia
  • algophobia
  • pyrophobia
Answer: hydrophobia
Q3 | Term used to describe the phenomenon the person becomes amnesic anddeparts home with a new identity
  • amnesia
  • fugue
  • ptsd
  • phobia
Answer: fugue
Q4 | Dream analysis is practiced by -----
  • psycho analyst
  • behaviorism
  • psychiatrist
  • neurologist.
Answer: psycho analyst
Q5 | Any detrimental characteristics that is either innate or acquired is :
  • temperament b
  • genetic vulnerability
  • inherited
  • constitutional liability.
Answer: temperament b
Q6 | Serotonin is a
  • hormone
  • disorder
  • medicine
  • neurotransmitter
Answer: neurotransmitter
Q7 | Hippocrates classified all mental disorders into :
  • four
  • six
  • two
  • three
Answer: three
Q8 | Disorder which consists of physical complaints without any physicalpathology is termed as –
  • dissociative disorders
  • somatoform disorders
  • depression
  • stress .
Answer: somatoform disorders
Q9 | Disorder by which the person feels that his certain bodyparts are with anugly appearance :
  • dysmorphic disorder
  • phobia
  • dissociation
  • schizophrenia
Answer: dysmorphic disorder
Q10 | Clinical term for fear of public places
  • algophobia
  • agoraphobia
  • claustrophobia
  • ochlophobia
Answer: agoraphobia
Q11 | Outcome of a person’s efforts to deal with stress and meet his or herneeds is ------
  • adjustment
  • resilience
  • stressor
  • etiology
Answer: adjustment
Q12 | ICD is published by ------- a. WHO b. APA c .PSA d .UNO39. Perception without stimulus is known as ______
  • hallucination
  • delusion
  • illusion
  • sublimation
Answer: hallucination
Q13 | Unshakeable false belief keeping out of cultural norms
  • hallucination
  • delusion
  • illusion
  • sublimation
Answer: hallucination
Q14 | Hypnosis is dealt with
  • behaviorism
  • mesmerism
  • psychoanalysis
  • functionalism
Answer: mesmerism
Q15 | Negative stress is known as –
  • eustress
  • distress
  • depression
  • anxiety
Answer: distress
Q16 | Predisposition or vulnerability to develop a disorder is ----
  • stress
  • diatheses
  • diagnosis
  • displacement.
Answer: diatheses
Q17 | Excessive emotional attachment of a daughter for her father
  • electra complex
  • oedipus complex
  • inferiority complex
  • superiority complex
Answer: electra complex
Q18 | Excessive emotional attachment of a son for his mother
  • electra complex
  • oedipus complex
  • inferiority complex
  • superiority complex
Answer: oedipus complex
Q19 | Feigning of symptoms to maintain the personal benefits that a sick rolemay provide.
  • malingering
  • factitious disorder
  • somatoform disorder
  • hypochondriasis.
Answer: factitious disorder
Q20 | Thwarting of a need or a desire is
  • frustration
  • conflict
  • aggression
  • pressure.
Answer: frustration
Q21 | Preoccupations based on misinterpretations of bodily symptoms,with thefear that one has a serious disease.
  • hypochondriasis
  • obsessions
  • compulsions
  • amnesia
Answer: hypochondriasis
Q22 | Partial loss of sensitivity is --------
  • anesthesia
  • analgesia
  • hypersthesia
  • hypertension.
Answer: anesthesia
Q23 | MZ twins are otherwise known as :
  • identical
  • quadraples
  • dz
  • non identical .
Answer: identical
Q24 | Write the odd one
  • delusion
  • repression
  • denial
  • sublimation
Answer: delusion
Q25 | Fear of animals
  • hydrophobia
  • zoophobia
  • claustrophobia
  • monophobia
Answer: zoophobia
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