Abnormal Psychology Set 9

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This set of Abnormal Psychology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Abnormal Psychology Set 9

Q1 | If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin, that twin
  • will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic.
  • will be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic.
  • is almost sure to become schizophrenic.
  • is also likely to have more than one personality.
Answer: will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic.
Q2 | The most severe psychological disorder is a(n)
  • personality disorder.
  • psychosomatic illness.
  • anxiety disorder.
  • psychosis.
Answer: psychosis.
Q3 | Persons who are excessively narcissistic, dependent, or antisocial are characterized as having
  • somatoform disorders.
  • generalized anxiety.
  • conversion reactions.
  • personality disorders.
Answer: personality disorders.
Q4 | Schizophrenia is most commonly found in
  • adolescents.
  • young adults.
  • the middle aged.
  • the elderly.
Answer: young adults.
Q5 | A core feature of all abnormal behavior is that it is
  • culturally absolute.
  • learned.
  • maladaptive.
  • dependent on age.
Answer: maladaptive.
Q6 | DSM stands for
  • diagnostic schedule of medicine.
  • diagnostic and statistical manual.
  • depressive scale modalities.
  • doctor of surgical medicine.
Answer: diagnostic and statistical manual.
Q7 | Parkinson's disease results from the death of neurons that produce
  • serotonin
  • acetylcholine
  • dopamine
  • norepinephrine
Answer: dopamine
Q8 | Conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified as
  • physio-mental disorders.
  • somatoform disorders.
  • psychosomatic disorders.
  • somatization disorders.
Answer: somatoform disorders.
Q9 | In most anxiety disorders, the person's distress is
  • focused on a specific situation.
  • related to ordinary life stresses.
  • greatly out of proportion to the situation.
  • based on a physical cause.
Answer: greatly out of proportion to the situation.
Q10 | An unusual state called "waxy flexibility" is sometimes observed in __________schizophrenia.
  • borderline
  • disorganized
  • catatonic
  • paranoid
Answer: catatonic
Q11 | Which of the following medical conditions can produce a mild neurocognitive disorder andmild impairments in social/occupational functioning?
  • Parkinson\s disease
  • Huntington\s disease
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • HIV
Answer: HIV
Q12 | Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger to a personare called
  • anxieties.
  • dissociation\s.
  • phobias.
  • obsessions.
Answer: phobias.
Q13 | In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear thatjudgments of the normality of behavior are
  • culturally relative.
  • statistical.
  • a matter of subjective discomfort.
  • related to conformity.
Answer: culturally relative.
Q14 | False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called
  • fantasies.
  • hallucinations.
  • illusions.
  • delusions.
Answer: delusions.
Q15 | True paranoids are rarely treated or admitted to hospitals because
  • they are potentially harmful and dangerous to others.
  • they resist the attempts of others to offer help.
  • their severe hallucinations make reasoning with them impossible.
  • psychiatric hospitals are primarily for psychotics.
Answer: they resist the attempts of others to offer help.
Q16 | The most widely used system of psychological classification today is
  • the Freudian Psychoanalytic System (FPS).
  • found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
  • the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler.
  • to be found in the Federal Uniform Code of Psychopathology (UCP).
Answer: found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
Q17 | A researcher seeking an organic basis for schizophrenia would be well-advised to investigatethe role of
  • amphetamines and amphetamine receptors.
  • adrenaline and noradrenaline.
  • histamine and antihistamine.
  • dopamine and dopamine receptors.
Answer: dopamine and dopamine receptors.
Q18 | When a person's sexual identity does not match his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is
  • paraphilia.
  • sexual dysfunction.
  • gender identity disorder.
  • androgyny.
Answer: gender identity disorder.
Q19 | It has been discovered that all major anti-psychotic drugs
  • block the action of dopamine.
  • facilitate the action of dopamine.
  • increase levels of dopamine.
  • decrease levels of dopamine.
Answer: block the action of dopamine.
Q20 | The term schizophrenia can be interpreted to mean
  • a split between thought and emotion.
  • having more than one personality.
  • the same thing as a dissociative reaction.
  • that a person is insane.
Answer: a split between thought and emotion.
Q21 | Which of the following is characteristic of a dissociative disorder?
  • phobic disorder
  • amnesia
  • paranoia
  • depression
Answer: amnesia
Q22 | __________ schizophrenia usually involves delusions of persecution and grandeur.
  • Catatonic
  • Disorganized
  • Paranoid
  • Undifferentiated
Answer: Paranoid
Q23 | A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks braincells, is called
  • Korsakoff\s syndrome.
  • delirium tremens.
  • schizotypical psychosis.
  • general paresis.
Answer: general paresis.
Q24 | The extreme reaction known as fugue refers to
  • physical flight to escape conflict.
  • severe depression.
  • hallucinations.
  • obsessive behavior.
Answer: physical flight to escape conflict.
Q25 | Psychological dependence on mood- or behavior-altering drugs is known as
  • drug psychosis.
  • a substance related disorder.
  • an orthopsychosis.
  • a psychotropic disorder.
Answer: a substance related disorder.
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