Psychology 2080 - Abnormal Psychology » Spring 2021 » Quiz 4 (A)

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Question #1
Psychodynamic theorists believe that dissociative amnesias and fugues result from:
A.   regression.
B.   repression.
C.   sublimation.
D.   projection.
Question #2
Devon is being treated for anxiety. He is connected to an instrument that records muscle tension. His job is to try to reduce muscle tension. This is an example of:
A.   self-instruction training.
B.   relaxation training.
C.   biofeedback training.
D.   EMG training.
Question #3
An individual has been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder. However, the individual has very good recall of previous life events and has a strong sense of self. The MOST likely diagnosis for this individual is:
A.   multiple identity disorder.
B.   dissociative fugue.
C.   dissociative amnesia.
D.   depersonalization disorder.
Question #4
A person with dissociative identity disorder has just experienced "switching." What MOST likely has happened?
A.   The person has faked a change in personality.
B.   The person has changed from one personality to another.
C.   The host personality has put in a relatively rare appearance.
D.   Two subpersonalities rapidly changed back and forth several times.
Question #5
Someone interested in the effects of social change, poverty, and race on the risk for generalized anxiety disorders probably represents the _____ perspective.
A.   sociocultural
B.   cognitive
C.   humanistic-existential
D.   psychodynamic
Question #6
GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter believed to be involved in reducing the excitability of neurons in the brain, has been implicated in the etiology of:
A.   panic disorder.
B.   conversion disorder.
C.   generalized anxiety disorder.
D.   schizophrenia.
Question #7
Dissociative disorders:
A.   are a type of anxiety disorder.
B.   must involve the presence of multiple personalities
C.   involve major changes in memory.
D.   usually have a precise physical cause.
Question #8
Agoraphobia is the fear of:
A.   speaking.
B.   flying.
C.   spiders.
D.   going to public places.
Question #9
Feeling that your hands and feet are smaller or bigger than usual or that you are in a dreamlike state is called:
A.   doubling.
B.   doubting.
C.   distrusting.
D.   dumbing down.
Question #10
How do results from evoked potential studies support the idea of the existence of multiple personalities?
A.   Nonpatients are able to fake results just like those diagnosed with multiple personalities.
B.   Different subpersonalities have been found to show different brain wave patterns.
C.   Evoked potentials can be elicited iatrogenically by therapists.
D.   Only those with traumatic backgrounds produce evoked potentials.
Question #11
Salina was terrified during the San Francisco earthquake of 1989—who wouldn't be? For a couple of weeks after, she did not sleep well or feel comfortable inside a building. However, the fears gradually diminished, disappearing within a month. Her reaction to the earthquake would MOST likely be diagnosed as a(n):
A.   posttraumatic stress disorder.
B.   acute stress disorder.
C.   panic attack.
D.   phobic reaction.
Question #12
Which treatment is a nonchemical biological treatment for anxiety that is in general use today?
A.   behavior modification
B.   relaxation training
C.   psychoanalysis
D.   rational-emotive therapy
Question #13
Which statement is true about drug and cognitive treatments for panic disorder?
A.   The effectiveness of cognitive treatments is reduced over time.
B.   Drug treatments are significantly more effective, especially early in the disorder.
C.   Neither drug treatments nor cognitive treatments show much promise.
D.   Cognitive treatments have proven to be at least as effective as medication, if not more so.
Question #14
A person diagnosed with a dissociative disorder has recovered almost completely, even though the person had not received any therapy. That person was LEAST likely to have been diagnosed with:
A.   dissociative identity disorder.
B.   dissociative amnesia.
C.   malingering.
D.   dissociative fugue.
Question #15
If a therapist gave a client homework that required the client to challenge his faulty assumptions and replace them with healthier ones, the therapist would be using:
A.   cognitive-existential therapy.
B.   rational-emotive therapy.
C.   client-centered therapy.
D.   interpersonal-physiotherapy.
Question #16
Jan is very fearful of speaking in public and will do everything she can to avoid being evaluated by others, which causes her significant impairment. The MOST accurate diagnosis would be:
A.   social anxiety disorder.
B.   specific phobia.
C.   agoraphobia.
D.   panic disorder.
Question #17
Which would a combat veteran receiving the best treatment for a stress disorder NOT be likely to experience?
A.   family therapy
B.   exposure therapy
C.   rap groups
D.   antipsychotic medication
Question #18
An abnormal-psychology instructor asks in class, "What kinds of treatments are commonly used to treat obsessive-compulsive-related disorders?" Confidently (and accurately), a student replies:
A.   "Biofeedback and relaxation training."
B.   "Client-centered therapies and exposure therapies."
C.   "Exposure therapies and antidepressant drugs."
D.   "Antidepressant drugs and biofeedback."
Question #19
Pairing the thought of feared objects and relaxation training is an aspect of:
A.   implosive therapy.
B.   systematic desensitization.
C.   experimental extinction.
D.   self-instruction training.
Question #20
Research on the cognitive explanation for the development of generalized anxiety shows that people with generalized anxiety symptoms:
A.   fail to pay attention to threatening cues.
B.   respond more fearfully to predictable than to unpredictable events.
C.   show little physiological arousal to stress.
D.   are more likely to have fast and strong physical reactions to stress.

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