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Question #1
What proportion of women are the victims of rape at some point during their lives?
A.
1 in 8
B.
1 in 6
C.
1 in 2
D.
1 in 4
Question #2
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.
Only those with traumatic backgrounds produce evoked potentials.
D.
Evoked potentials can be elicited iatrogenically by therapists.
Question #3
Someone with skin-picking disorder would be LEAST likely to pick skin in which area of the body?
A.
face
B.
arms
C.
legs
D.
abdomen
Question #4
The most current research suggests that, among people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, reductions in activity levels in the caudate nuclei result from:
A.
both medications and cognitive-behavioral therapies.
B.
one's initial level of caudate nuclei activity—those with high levels maintain them.
C.
an artifact in the research protocol related to the length of time the person has had the diagnosis.
D.
the associated reduction in serotonin levels in the brain.
Question #5
The effects of taking hallucinogens accompanied by feelings that objects are changing size, that other people are distorted, and that one might be mechanical is MOST similar to:
A.
depersonalization.
B.
body dysmorphic disorder.
C.
amnestic fugue.
D.
multiple personalities.
Question #6
I was running down a familiar country lane when all of a sudden nothing looked familiar. It took me several seconds to realize where I was, and I continued my run without incident. What I experienced was:
A.
jamais vu.
B.
absentmindedness.
C.
the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
D.
déjà vu.
Question #7
What is one important way obsessions and compulsions are related?
A.
Compulsions help people control their obsessions.
B.
Compulsions are a way to prevent obsessions from occurring.
C.
Obsessions are not related to compulsions.
D.
Obsessions generally lead to violent or immoral compulsions.
Question #8
Those people MOST likely to develop stress disorders are:
A.
anxious, and think they can control negative things that happen to them.
B.
anxious, and think they cannot control negative things that happen to them.
C.
not anxious, and think they cannot control negative things that happen to them.
D.
not anxious, and think they can control negative things that happen to them.
Question #9
One distinction that DSM-5 makes between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder is based on:
A.
what the cause of the anxiety-linked symptoms was.
B.
how long the anxiety symptoms last.
C.
what sort of treatment is contemplated for the anxiety-linked symptoms.
D.
how intense the anxiety-linked symptoms are.
Question #10
The cognitive explanation for panic disorders is that people who have them:
A.
have relatives who are atypically anxious.
B.
experience more stress than average.
C.
misinterpret bodily sensations.
D.
are prone to allergies and have immune deficiencies.
Question #11
If a person criticized everything he did, looking for flaws, and never could measure up to his personal standards, he would be exhibiting what Rogers called:
A.
moral anxiety.
B.
empathy.
C.
conditions of worth.
D.
unconditional positive regard.
Question #12
Posttraumatic stress disorder:
A.
doesn't begin until years after the traumatic event.
B.
begins immediately after the stress occurs.
C.
lasts between one and three weeks.
D.
lasts longer than a month.
Question #13
Leila always feels threatened and anxious—imagining something awful is about to happen. She is able to work and care for her family, although not as well as she would like. Leila is probably experiencing:
A.
a generalized anxiety disorder.
B.
no specific problem; she just likes to worry.
C.
a hormonal imbalance.
D.
a specific fear response.
Question #14
A person with dissociative identity disorder has just experienced "switching." What MOST likely has happened?
A.
Two subpersonalities rapidly changed back and forth several times.
B.
The person has faked a change in personality.
C.
The person has changed from one personality to another.
D.
The host personality has put in a relatively rare appearance.
Question #15
Which statement accurately describes the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal pathway of the stress response?
A.
The hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary to produce corticosteroids that cause the adrenal gland to release adrenocorticotropic hormone.
B.
The hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary to produce a stress hormone that causes the adrenal gland to release hypothalamic hormone in a feedback loop.
C.
The hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary to produce a stress hormone that causes the adrenal gland to release corticosteroids.
D.
The hypothalamus produces corticosteroids, which stimulate the pituitary to produce a stress hormone that causes the adrenal gland to release adrenocorticotropic hormone.
Question #16
A person is sweating, experiencing shortness of breath, choking, feeling dizzy, and is afraid of dying. If it is not a heart attack, but an indicator of anxiety disorder, it is probably a:
A.
obsessive-compulsive response.
B.
posttraumatic disorder.
C.
phobia.
D.
panic attack.
Question #17
Research on evoked potential with people with dissociative identity disorder has revealed that:
A.
different subpersonalities have shown different brain response patterns.
B.
control subjects who were asked to pretend they had different personalities were able to create different brain response patterns for each subpersonality.
C.
people with dissociative identity disorder did not show different brain response patterns for subpersonalities.
D.
no differences were found in brain activity between controls and individuals with dissociative identity disorder.
Question #18
Until recently, the evidence that generalized anxiety disorder is related to biological factors came largely from:
A.
drug studies.
B.
clinical interviews.
C.
family pedigree studies.
D.
neurological studies.
Question #19
What characteristic is MOST common to both self-hypnosis and dissociative identity disorder?
A.
the ability to escape threatening events
B.
the awareness that something has been forgotten
C.
the inability to forget
D.
the awareness to know why you forget
Question #20
Which is NOT a biological treatment for generalized anxiety?
A.
rational emotive therapy
B.
relaxation training
C.
antianxiety drugs
D.
biofeedback
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