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Abnormal Psychology Practice Test (1) from Barlow & Durand 7th Edition book by John Mark Dela Cruz

1. A psychological dysfunction within an individual associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. a. b. c. d.

Psychological dysfunction Psychological distress Psychological impairment Abnormal behavior

2. A psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. a. b. c. d.

Anxiety Object fear disorder Phobia Specific phobia

3. You are out on a date. However, you experience severe fear all evening and just want to go home, even though there is nothing to be afraid of, and the severe fear happens on every date you have. a. b. c. d.

Atypical response Personal distress Psychological dysfunction None of the above

4. You are out on a date. However, you experience severe fear all evening and just want to go home. a. b. c. d.

Atypical response Personal distress Psychological dysfunction None of the above

5. Describing the patients presenting problem which is represented by the unique combination of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that make up a specific disorder. a. b. c. d.

Clinical description Etiology Psychological Criteria Psychopathology

a. b. c. d.

Episodic course Chronic course Acute onset Insidious onset

8. Mood disorders follow an/a______, in that the individual is likely to recover within a few months only to suffer a recurrence of the disorder at a later time. a. b. c. d.

Episodic course Chronic course Acute onset Insidious onset

9. Some disorders have an/a _____, meaning that they begin suddenly; others develop gradually over an extended period, which is sometimes called an/a ______. a. b. c. d.

Acute onset; insidious onset Insidious onset; acute onset Acute onset; chronic course Insidious onset; chronic course

10. Number of people in the population as a whole that have the disorder: _______; new cases that occur during a given period: ______. a. b. c. d.

Incidence; prevalence Prevalence; incidence Onset; course Course; onset

11. The individual will probably recover: _______; the probable outcome doesn’t look good: _____. a. b. c. d.

Good prognosis; bad prognosis Good prognosis; guarded prognosis Positive prognosis; negative prognosis None of the above

12. The study of changes in abnormal behavior. a. b. c. d.

Psychopathology Developmental pathology Developmental psychopathology Developmental psychology

13. The study of origins, has to do with why a disorder begins (what causes it) and includes biological, psychological, and social dimensions.

6. The anticipated course of a disorder is called __. a. Onset b. Course

a. Causality b. Nosology c. Epidemiology

c. Prevalence d. Prognosis 7. Schizophrenia follow an/a _________, meaning that they tend to last a long time, sometimes a lifetime.

d. Etiology 14. Biological, psychological, and social influences contribute to the _____ of disorders. a. Etiology

d. all of the above

b. Factors c. Causes d. Process 15. Patients were shocked back to their senses by applications of ice-cold water.

a. b. c. d.

Water dunking Hydrotheraphy Hydrotherapy None of the above

16. People are suggestible when they are in states of high emotion. Therefore, if one person identifies a “cause” of the problem, others will probably assume that their own reactions have the same source. In popular language, this shared response is sometimes referred to as__. a. b. c. d.

Emotion contagion Conformity Mob hysteria Mob psychology

17. If someone nearby becomes frightened or sad, chances are that for the moment you also will feel fear or sadness. This is a demonstration of ____. a. b. c. d.

Emotion contagion Hysteria Mass hysteria Conformity

18. He assumed that normal brain functioning was related to four bodily fluids or humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. a. b. c. d.

Galen Hippocrates Philippe Pinel Socrates

19. The theory that asserts that abnormal brain functioning was related to four bodily fluids or humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. a. b. c. d.

Galenic theory Hippocratic theory Humoral theory Fluid approach

20. Which is/are correct pair i. ii. iii.

Phlegmatic: phlegm Sanguine: blood Melancholic: black bile

21. Dorothea Dix campaigned endlessly for reform in the treatment of insanity. Her work became known as the ______. a. b. c. d.

Moral therapy Mental hygiene movement Moral movement Psychological reform movement

22. The therapeutic technique of recalling and reliving emotional trauma (that has been made unconscious) to release the accompanying tension. a. b. c. d.

Catharsis Insight Free association Rational Emotive technique

23. The energy or drive within the id. a. b. c. d.

Thanatos Libido Pleasure principle Sex

24. Source of psychic energy according to Freud. a. b. c. d.

Eros and Thanatos Libido Tension Creative power

25. Anna Freud: _______; Heinz Kohut: ________. a. b. c. d.

Ego psychology; self- psychology Self-psychology; ego psychology Self-psychology; object relations Ego psychology; attachment theory

26. According to _______, you tend to see the world through the eyes of the person incorporated into yourself. a. b. c. d.

object relations theory psychoanalysis self-psychology attachment theory

27. Patients come to relate to the therapist: ______; Therapists project some of their own personal issues and feelings, usually positive, onto the patient: _______. a. Countertransference; transference b. Positive regard; unconditional positive regard

iv.

choleric person: yellow bile

a. i only b. i and iii c. i, ii, and iv

c. Transference; countertransference d. unconditional positive regard; Positive regard

28. The complete and almost unqualified acceptance of most of the client’s feelings and actions. a. b. c. d.

Empathy Positive regard Unconditional positive regard Transference

29. Edward Titchener (1867–1927) emphasized the study of _____. a. b. c. d.

Introspection Structuralism Gestalt psychology Behaviorism

30. Skinner’s process of reinforcing successive approximations to a final behavior or set of behaviors. a. b. c. d.

Modeling Shaping Conditioning Reinforcement

31. Skinner preferred the term _____ to “reward” because it connotes the effect on the behavior. a. b. c. d.

Modeling Shaping Conditioning Reinforcement

32. Person-centered therapy with unconditional positive regard. a. b. c. d.

Behavioral model moral therapy psychoanalytic theory humanistic theory

33. The _________ processes all information received from our sense organs and reacts as necessary. a. b. c. d.

Brain Hypothalamus HPA axis Central nervous system

34. Transmit information throughout the nervous system. It contains a central cell body with two kinds of branches namely dendrites and axon. a. b. c. d.

Neurotransmitter Neuron Myelin sheath Hormones

b. Synaptic cleavage c. Synaptic clef d. Nerve space 36. Each endocrine gland produces its own chemical messenger, called a ___. a. b. c. d.

Neurotransmitter Serotonin Hormone Cortisol

37. Is an excitatory transmitter that “turns on” many different neurons, leading to action: _______; an inhibitory neurotransmitter: ______. a. b. c. d.

GABA; cortisol Cortisol; GABA GABA; glutamate Glutamate; GABA

38. This neurotransmitter regulates our behavior, moods, and thought processes. Also, patients with OCD have concentrated amount of this neurotransmitter in the part of the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex called the orbital surface (Chamberlain et al., 2008; Harrison et al., 2013). a. b. c. d.

Dopamine Serotonin Cortisol Norepinephrine

39. Which neurotransmitter seems to be involved in our emergency reactions or alarm responses? a. b. c. d.

Dopamine Serotonin Cortisol Norepinephrine

40. First described the concept of learned helplessness. a. b. c. d.

Martin Seligman Ivan Pavlov Albert Bandura BF Skinner

41. Short-lived, temporary states lasting from several minutes to several hours, occurring in response to an external event. a. b. c. d.

Mood State Affect Emotion

35. A small space through which the impulse must pass to get to the next neuron. a. Clef

42. A more persistent period of affect or emotionality. a. Mood b. State

c. Affect d. Emotion

43. Refers to the momentary emotional tone that accompanies what we say or do. a. b. c. d.

Mood State Affect Emotion

44. The systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder. A. B. C. D.

Clinical Assessment Diagnosis Psychological testing Clinical evaluation

45. The process of determining whether the particular problem afflicting the individual meets all criteria for a psychological disorder. A. B. C. D.

Clinical Assessment Diagnosis Psychological testing Clinical evaluation

46. Is the degree to which a measurement is consistent. a. b. c. d.

Validity Standardization Reliability Consistency

47. Measures what it is designed to measure. a. b. c. d.

Validity Standardization Reliability Consistency

48. If the results from a standard, but long, IQ test were essentially the same as the results from a new, brief version, you could conclude that the brief version had _______. a. b. c. d.

Predictive validity Face validity Concurrent validity Internal validity

49. If you go to a clinician on Tuesday and are told you have an IQ of 110, you should expect a similar result if you take the same test again on

d. consistency 50. The process by which a certain set of standards or norms is determined for a technique to make its use consistent across different measurements. a. b. c. d.

Standardization Consistency Utility Normalization

51. Mental Status exam covers i. ii. iii. iv. v. a. b. c. d.

Appearance and behavior Thought processes Mood and affect Intellectual functioning Sensorium

iv only iv and ii iv, iii, and ii all of the above

52. Refers to our general awareness of our surroundings. a. b. c. d.

Thought processes Mood and affect Intellectual functioning Sensorium

53. Are made up of questions that have been carefully phrased and tested to elicit useful information in a consistent manner so that clinicians can be sure they have inquired about the most important aspects of particular disorders (Summerfeldt, Kloosterman, & Antony, 2010). Clinicians may also depart from set questions to follow up on specific issue. A. B. C. D.

Structured interview Unstructured interview Semistructured interview Follow up interview

54. To use the example of the violent boy, an observer would note that the sequence of events was (1) his mother asking him to put his glass in the sink, (2) the boy throwing the glass, and (3) his mother’s lack of response. Using ABC observation, the first sequence of event is called _____, the second event is _____, and the last one is _____. a. Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence b. Antecedent, Behavior, Conduct

Thursday. This is an example of ______. a. interrater reliability b. reliability c. test–retest reliability

c. Behavior, Antecedent, consequence d. Consequence, Behavior, antecedent 55. Herman Rorschach: ___________; Morgan & Murray: _______.

a. b. c. d.

Inkblot Test; TAT Rorschach inkblot test; TAT Rorschach inkblot test; MMPI Rorschach inkblot test; Projective Test

56. IQ score is calculated by ___. a.

Mentalage chronological age

× 100

b.

chronological age mentalage age

× 100

c.

IQ score mentalage age

d.

chronological age IQ score

× 100

× 100

57. The test shows a problem when none exists: ________; no problem is found even though some difficulty is present; _______. a. b. c. d.

False negative, false positive False positive, false negative Validity; reliability Reliability; validity

58. When Lisa was brought to Dr. Miller’s office, he asked if she knew the date and time, her identity, and where she was. a. b. c. d.

Sensorium Thought processes Mood and affect Intellectual functioning

59. Dr. Swan listened carefully to Joyce’s speech pattern, noting its speed, content, and continuity. He noticed no loose association but did hear indications of delusional thoughts and visual hallucinations. a. b. c. d.

Sensorium Thought processes Mood and affect Intellectual functioning

background, or circumstances; name or classify the problem b. name or classify the problem; determine what is unique about an individual’s personality, cultural background, or circumstances c. determine what is common about an individual’s personality, cultural background, or circumstances; name or classify the problem d. treat the problem; determine what is unique about an individual’s personality, cultural background, or circumstances 62. If someone were to ask you to describe a dog, you could easily give a general description (the essential, categorical characteristics), but you might not exactly describe a specific dog. Dogs come in different colors, sizes, and even species (the nonessential, dimensional variations), but they all share certain doggish characteristics that allow you to classify them separately from cats. This is a/an example of _______. DSM-5 is also based on this approach. A. B. C. D.

categorical approach dimensional approach prototypical approach none of the above

63. The following are DSM-5 criteria for Major Depressive Episode, except; A. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day B. Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day. C. Significant weight loss when dieting or weight gain. D. Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day. 64. This means the signs and symptoms chosen as criteria for the diagnostic category are consistently associated or “go together” and what they identify differs from other categories. a. b. c. d.

Predictive validity Content validity Construct validity Internal validity

60. An IQ score of 72. a. b. c. d.

Border Line Low average Average Mild mental retardation

61. idiographic strategy: _______; nomothetic

65. A valid diagnosis tells the clinician what is likely to happen with the prototypical patient. a. b. c. d.

Predictive validity Content validity Construct validity Criterion validity

strategy: _______. a. determine what is unique about an individual’s personality, cultural

66. Judge the usefulness of the diagnostic category. a. Predictive validity b. Content validity...