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Unit 12 At Home RQ 12-1 Due Mar 8
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Ongoing patterns of behavior that are different from those of most other people in your culture are
best characterized as
a. deviant.
b. disinhibiting.
c. dysfunctional.
d. disorganized.
e. dissociated.
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2. Psychiatrists and psychologists would be likely to identify agoraphobia as a psychological disorder
because it is
a. personally dysfunctional.
b. socially unacceptable.
c. ethically unjustifiable.
d. unconsciously motivated.
e. considered immoral.
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3. Toddlers who watch lots of TV are, at age 7, more likely than average to display symptoms of
a. ADHD.
b. DID.
c. OCD.
d. PTSD.
e. DSM.
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4. Individuals diagnosed with ________ experience a normal but delayed thinning of the frontal
cerebral cortex.
a. depression
b. hypochondriasis
c. generalized anxiety disorder
d. attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
e. mood disorder
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5. The discovery that psychologically disordered behavior could result from syphilis infections
facilitated the credibility and acceptance of
a. trait theory.
b. psychoanalytic theory.
c. the medical model.
d. DSM-IV-TR.
e. the social-cognitive perspective.
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6. A biopsychosocial approach to substance abuse would be most likely to emphasize
a. the distinction between consciously and unconsciously motivated substance abuse.
b. the similarities between substance abuse disorders and personality disorders.
c. the interactive influences of nature and nurture on substance abuse.
d. that substance abuse is simply a life-style choice and not a psychological disorder.
e. the need for healthy cognitive strategies when dealing with stress.
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7. It is most helpful to use ________ for explaining why certain psychological disorders occur only in
particular cultures.
a. the psychoanalytic perspective
b. the medical model
c. a biopsychosocial approach
d. DSM-IV-TR
e. linkage analysis
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8. Some psychological disorders occur primarily in one culture. However, ________ occurs
worldwide.
a. dissociative identity disorder
b. anorexia nervosa
c. schizophrenia
d. susto
e. bulimia
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9. DSM-IV-TR focuses on clinicians' reports of observable behavior in order to
a. facilitate the reliability of diagnoses.
b. shorten the time it takes to make a diagnosis.
c. avoid invading clients' psychological privacy.
d. reduce the need for medical terminology in psychological assessments.
e. lessen the possibility of lawsuits.
____ 10. Many clinicians diagnose disorders by answering questions from five levels of the
a. MDMA.
b. DSM-IV-TR.
c. PTSD.
d. THC.
e. ADHD.
____ 11. In a study by David Rosenhan (1973), researchers were admitted as patients into various mental
hospitals after they falsely claimed to be “hearing voices.” This study best illustrated the negative
effects of
a. the medical model.
b. psychoanalytic theory.
c. hallucinations.
d. linkage analysis.
e. diagnostic labels.
____ 12. The ability of mental health professionals to quickly communicate the characteristics of their
patients' complex symptoms is most clearly facilitated by the use of
a. linkage analysis.
b. diagnostic labels.
c. the medical model.
d. the biopsychosocial approach.
e. factor analysis.
____ 13. If individuals expect someone labeled as mentally ill to be hostile, they may act in unfriendly ways
that provoke that person to respond with hostility. This illustrates the dangers of
a. the medical model.
b. linkage analysis.
c. self-fulfilling prophecies.
d. the biopsychosocial approach.
e. diagnostic labels.