1. Which of the following would be classified as a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
a. visual hallucinations
b. flat affect
c. delusions
d. loose associations
2. Someone who finds that he has traveled to a new town and has no memory of his old life is likely suffering from
a. dissociative identity disorder.
b. dissociative fugue.
c. dissociative amnesia.
d. multiple personality disorder.
3. Depression can be caused by people having unrealistic views of themselves and the world. This explanation of depression is consistent with which theory?
a. psychodynamic theory
b. cognitive theory
c. biological theory
d. behavioral theory
4. In order for a person to be classified as having major depressive disorder, he or she must experience a depressive episode that lasts at least
a. one week.
b. two weeks.
c. one month.
d. two months.
5. Which of the following statements is most correct?
a. The biggest risk factor for depression is genetics.
b. All areas of the brain of depressed persons are under-active.
c. Depression is related to neurotransmitter deregulation, genetics, and cognitive processes.
d. Women experience depression because estrogen, by its nature, is a depressant.
6. Which of the following does not fit with the others?
a. histrionic personality disorder
b. narcissistic personality disorder
c. schizoid personality disorder
d. borderline personality disorder
7. A person who believes that the television news anchor is talking to him is suffering from
a. delusions of grandeur.
b. delusions of reference.
c. undifferentiated schizophrenia.
d. catatonic schizophrenia.
8. Which of the following is a personality disorder?
a. schizophrenia
b. schizotypal
c. schizoaffective
d. Type A personality
9. A person who is hearing voices that are not there is experiencing
a. delusions.
b. hallucinations.
c. mood disorder.
d. schizophrenia.
10. Ken went to the emergency room because he was short of breath, had a rapid heart beat, was sweating, and feared that he was having a heart attack and would die. When the physician examined Ken, she was unable to find anything physically wrong with him. When she questioned Ken further, he told her that these physical symptoms occurred right before he was to give an important presentation. Which of the following is a possible explanation for Ken's symptoms?
a. schizophrenia
b. bipolar disorder
c. panic disorder
d. generalized anxiety disorder
11. Research has demonstrated that improvements from psychotherapy are most apparent during the first
a. two sessions of therapy.
b. two months of therapy.
c. six months of therapy.
d. three years of therapy.
12. Which of the following techniques would be consistent with a behavioral approach?
a. exploring the messages a person received about food while growing up
b. challenging a person's all-or-none thinking about weight
c. encouraging someone to buy himself or herself a new pair of shoes for losing 15 pounds
d. discussing the meaning of weight in a person's self-image
13. A person with a phobia of horses would likely benefit most from which type of therapy?
a. systematic desensitization
b. group therapy
c. psychoanalysis
d. family therapy
14. Psychodynamic therapy developed out of the work of which theorist?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Carl Rogers
c. Aaron Beck
d. Fritz Perls
15. Which therapy would be least focused on emotions?
a. behavioral therapy
b. humanistic therapy
c. Gestalt therapy
d. psychodynamic therapy
16. Which therapy would be most focused on exploring childhood relationships?
a. behavioral therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. humanistic therapy
d. psychodynamic therapy
17. Which of the following is an example of a class of anti-anxiety drugs?
a. benzodiazepines
b. tricyclics
c. monoamine oxidase inhibitors
d. neuroleptics
18. Which of the following techniques is most associated with humanistic therapy?
a. challenging distorted thinking
b. exploring unconscious motives
c. unconditional positive regard
d. focusing on parent-child dynamics
19. Which of the following therapies is most focused on unconscious thought processes?
a. psychodynamic therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. humanistic therapy
d. psychoanalytic therapy
20. Which of the following is an example of resistance?
a. saying whatever comes to mind, in a stream-of-consciousness manner
b. experiencing emotional release by revisiting painful memories
c. showing up late to therapy appointments
d. discussing childhood embarrassmentsPsychology questions (EXPERT NEEDED!)?
I know the correct answers to every one of these questions from memory....because I attended lecture, read the material and made an attempt to retain it when I took abnormal psyc. I will not tell you because frankly you will not learn anything and will thus do a disservice to yourself and those who have done the work.
You will earn your grade as we have earned ours, and in so doing you will know.Psychology questions (EXPERT NEEDED!)?
He's right you need to look this stuff up thats the whole point of your course / degree - to get good at finding out answers.But I suppose this counts as research if a bit of explanations included... I can't be bothered to answer all of them tho!
1. Flat affect. Positive symptoms are like extra things like hallucinations and negative are the absence of things that should be there. Flat affect in short is the absence of an emotional response.
2. Fugue. Its a type of amnesia.
4. 2 weeks. It took me 30 seconds to find that out on net. Now i feel like a mug doing your homework.
5. Neurotransmitter Deregulation, genetics and Cognitive Processes. Urgh now I can't even be bothered to explain these answers. Ok one more.
14. Freud! You must know this! Id, Ego, Super Ego. Cumon use the web to the these answers man.
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