Abnormal Psychology Exam 2 Multiple Choice Questions with Correct Answers
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Abnormal Psychology
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Abnormal Psychology
Maris is plagued by a constant sense of dread and apprehension about the future. His thinking is jumbled, confused and he has difficulty concentrating. Physically, he is jittery, agitated, and constantly feels nauseated. He is so worried about his own bodily sensations and the fear that he is "losi...
Abnormal Psychology Exam 2 Multiple
Choice Questions with Correct Answers
Maris is plagued by a constant sense of dread and apprehension about the future. His
thinking is jumbled, confused and he has difficulty concentrating. Physically, he is jittery,
agitated, and constantly feels nauseated. He is so worried about his own bodily
sensations and the fear that he is "losing control," that he has difficulty focusing on
anything else. His symptoms are most suggestive of ______. - Answer-an anxiety
disorder
Bert is standing in a shopping mall when he begins having difficulty breathing. He feels
his heart pounding, feels weak and dizzy, and notices that he is perspiring heavily. He
feels like he might be having a heart attack. At the very least, he senses he is losing
control and is afraid that if he's not having a heart attack, he is going "crazy." Assuming
that Bert is not having an actual heart attack, he is most likely suffering from ______. -
Answer-a panic attack
Lindsay has a panic disorder. Along with psychotherapy, she is likely to be prescribed
______ medication. - Answer-antidepressant
Tony has an excessive, unrealistic fear of snakes. His phobia is ______. - Answer-a
specific phobia
Marcia always feels as if a thousand eyes are watching every move she makes, just
waiting to find a flaw. She is preoccupied with the impression she makes on others and
usually assumes she has made a negative one. As a result, she often avoids situations
in which she will have to deal with large numbers of people. She is best described as
having ______. - Answer-a social phobia
According to the two-factor model, a phobia is maintained by ______. - Answer-operant
conditioning
The idea that some people are genetically predisposed to acquire phobic responses to
certain classes of stimuli is called ______. - Answer-prepared conditioning
Ralph visits a therapist for treatment of his social phobia. His therapist points out how
Ralph is making errors in how he judges situations and people's responses to him. He
points out that Ralph dwells on his own weaknesses and flaws, and catastrophizes
disappointments into disasters. Ralph's therapist is most likely a ______ therapist. -
Answer-cognitive behavior
Todd spends hours checking and rechecking the doors and windows to his house to
make sure they are completely locked and secured before he leaves for work in the
morning. This is the only way he can prevent himself from being overwhelmed by
, anxiety and fears he left something unlocked as he drives to the office. Todd is suffering
from a(an) ______ disorder. - Answer-obsessive compulsive
Most compulsions involve ______ rituals. - Answer-cleaning and checking
Larry woke up this morning and found himself totally blind. His physician can find no
organic basis for his blindness. Larry doesn't appear to be worried about his loss of
sight. In fact, he's almost indifferent to it. He is suffering from a(n) ______ disorder. -
Answer-Somatoform
Martin claims to have 16 different personalities, each with its own unique traits and
memories, living inside him. If his claims are accurate, he is suffering from ______. -
Answer-Dissociative Identity Disorder
Ollie wakes up one morning and can't remember who he is or who any of his friends
and relatives are. He can't remember where he works or even where he lives. A
physician is unable to find anything physically wrong with Ollie's brain, although Ollie's
friends say he's been under some stress recently. Ollie is probably suffering from
______. - Answer-Dissociative Amnesia
Years ago, Mandy had a very "messy" extramarital affair. While she still remembers the
affair, when thoughtless people bring it up in conversation, she claims to have no
memory of the affair or person with whom she had it. Mandy's pretending to have
amnesia is a form of ______. - Answer-Malingering
The text cites a case example of Burt, a man who unknowingly moved 2,000 miles away
from his wife and family and established a new life in a new city. Although Burt knew
which town he was in and the current date, he could not recognize his past nor was he
concerned about this lack of recognition. Burt was suffering from ______. - Answer-
Dissociative Fugue
Millie feels as if she is a robot, watching herself from outside her body as she begins
kissing her new boyfriend. This feeling of being in a dream or operating on "automatic
pilot" happens to her whenever she begins to get emotionally aroused. She appears to
be suffering from ______. - Answer-Depersonalization Disorder
According to the diathesis-stress model, which of the following statements is NOT true?
- Answer-Most children who suffer sexual child abuse go on to develop some degree of
dissociative identity disorder.
A feigned illness which is knowingly motivated by the desire to be hospitalized and
treated is a ______. - Answer-factitious disorder
John has been under a lot of stress at work lately. One morning he awakens to find he
is totally blind. His physician can find nothing physically wrong with his eyes, and John
appears to have no trouble maneuvering around the furniture in the physician's office.
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