PS 101 Abnormal Psychology Chapter
15 & 16 Practice Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Verified.
Which of the following is NOT one of the skills Laura might acquire
in mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy?
a) to focus more on the current moment instead of focusing on past
worries
b) to show more compassion to herself
c) to accept things as they are and not as she wants them to be
d) to completely understand the reasons behind her anxiety
Verified Answer -d) to completely understand the reasons behind her
anxiety
Which therapeutic drug is frequently used to treat bipolar disorder?
a) lithium
b) fluoxetine
c) Valium
d) Thorazine
Verified Answer -a) lithium
Jason has been diagnosed with depression, as well as a specific
phobia. What term is used for this double diagnosis?
a) comorbidity
Dr. Boissoneau has just been appointed chief-of-staff at a large
hospital located near an area of town where many minorities live. Dr.
Boissoneau is very interested in increasing the level of mental health
services provided to the minority community. If you could give him
one piece of advice, which recommendation would be most
beneficial?
a) advertise in the local minority-language newspaper.
b) open several community mental health centres in the
neighbourhood.
c) hire trained therapists who are from the same minority groups.
d) have evening and weekend hours for mental health services.
Verified Answer -c) hire trained therapists who are from the same
minority groups
What is systematic desensitization designed to do?
a) correct habitual thinking errors and maladaptive beliefs
b) reduce phobic responses
c) improve interpersonal skills
,d) create a negative response to a stimulus that has elicited
problematic behaviour
Verified Answer -b) reduce phobic responses
Imagine that Marino is in fact, diagnosed as having a psychological
disorder and 3% of the adult population also suffers from this
disorder. This 3% is known as the ___________.
a) etiology
b) concordance
c) prevalence
d) comorbidity
Verified Answer -c) prevalence
Which practice can be drawn upon in psychological interventions
with Canada's Aboriginal peoples?
a) inner wheels
b) medicine circles
c) sweat lodges
d) healing wheels
Verified Answer -c) sweat lodges
What is the name of the classification system used by psychologists
to identify psychological disorders?
, a) APA Clinical Handbook
b) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
c) Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
d) Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders
Verified Answer -b) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-5)
Which neurotransmitter system has been implicated in the etiology
of schizophrenic disorders?
a) GABA
b) dopamine
c) epinephrine
d) norepinephrine
Verified Answer -b) dopamine
Thomas Szasz would be most critical of which commonly used
criterion to diagnose psychological disorders?
a) maladaptive behaviour
b) cognitive confusion
c) deviance
d) personal distress
Verified Answer -c) deviance
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