Friday, March 9, 2012

AP Psychology Questions!?

please help me answer these questions..



2. Although panic attacks strike suddenly and without

warning, a person may develop aversion to places where

they have occurred, especially if escape is determined to be

difficult or embarrassing. This avoiding behavior may

develop into

1) panic disorder

2) social phobia

3) agoraphobia

4) reclusion disorder

5) situational phobia

3. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of acute stress

disorder?

1) Derealization

2) Depersonalization

3) Flashbacks

4) Obsessions

5) Selective amnesia

4. Systematic desensitization is a commonly used treatment

for which of the following disorders?

1) Specific phobia

2) Generalized anxiety disorder

3) Bipolar depression

4) Catatonic schizophrenia

5) Bulimia

5. A feeling of "free-floating anxiety" is most closely

associated with

1) Agoraphobia

2) Paranoid personality disorder

3) Psychosis

4) Generalized anxiety disorder

5) Mental retardation

6. Laura is a high school student who before she leaves her

house, must check every window in the house because she

believes that if she does not, a robber will break in and steal

her family's belongings. Her therapist gives her a SSRI,

and engages her in therapy where she does not allow Laura

to check the windows before leaving, and repeats this with

Laura many times.

Laura is demonstrating symptoms of

1) Obsessive-compulsive disorder

2) Unipolar depression

3) Undifferentiated schizophrenia

4) Mania

5) Psychosis

7. Which of the following types of disorders is Obsessive

Compulsive Disorder?

1) Mood

2) Somatoform

3) Psychotic

4) Anxiety

5) Organic

8. Which of the following is an example of an obsession?

1) Stalking

2) Hoarding

3) Washing

4) Counting

5) Fear of germs

9. Which of the following is an example of a compulsion?

1) Washing one's hands for a half an hour three times a

day

2) Concern with death and dying

3) Feeling as if something terrible is going to happen

4) Preoccupation with order and exactness

5) Worrying that someone will break into one's home

10. Hyperviligance, the feeling of constantly being on guard for

threats in one's environment, is a symptom of which of the

following disorders?

1) Post traumatic stress disorder

2) Generalized anxiety disorder

3) Disorganized schizophrenia

4) Borderline personality disorder

5) Obsessive-compulsive disorder

11. Which of the following presents the highest risk for

developing post traumatic stress disorder?

1) A student studying for a cumulative final examination

2) A couple going on their honeymoon to Maui

3) A man recently fired from his job

4) A soldier recently home after two years in combat

5) A schizophrenic patient suffering from auditory

hallucinations

12. A soldier recently home from a war zone is susceptible to

developing

1) agoraphobia

2) post traumatic stress disorder

3) acute stress response

4) body dsymorphic disorder

5) social anxiety disorder

13. Heather, by relatively normal standards, is an average

looking person. Many people refer to her as quite pretty,

but she is convinced that her nose is grotesque, extremely

large, disfigured, and this is the first and only thing

anybody notices about her.

Which diagnosis would Heather qualify for?

1) Hypochondriasis

2) Somatization disorder

3) Conversion disorder

4) Body dysmorphic disorder

5) Disfigurement disorder

14. Which of the following categories of mental illness does

body dysmorphic disorder fall under?

1) Mood

2) Anxiety

3) Somatoform

4) Organic

5) Dissociative

15. Delia often complains of body parts hurting, and is

convinced she has one disease or another. She has seen

several doctors in order to get multiple prescriptions for her

symptoms, and usually they just give her a mild sedative to

satisfy her incessant demands for attention.

Delia's behavior is characteristic of which of the following?

1) Panic disorder

2) Bipolar depression

3) Schizophrenia

4) Hypochondriasis

5) Dissociative Identity disorder

16. In which of the following may a person experience

hallucinations?

I. Schizophrenia

II. Bipolar disorder

III. Hypnagogia

1) I only

2) II only

3) III only

4) I and II only

5) I, II, and III

17. Which of the following is a defining characteristic of major

depressive disorder?

1) Presence of hallucinations or delusions

2) Lack of conscience for wrongdoing

3) Alternating periods of mania and profound periods of

sadness

4) A chronic state of despair that is disruptive to an

individual's social functioning

5) A state of dejection and mild discontent with life

18. Which of the following would be the correct diagnosis for a

person who exhibits depressive symptoms during late fall

and the winter, but exhibits no symptoms during the rest of

the year?

1) Bipolar disorder

2) Post traumatic stress disorder

3) Seasonal affective disorder

4) Melancholia

5) Mild depression

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