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240+ Abnormal Psychology Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology) .

151.

_________ is a drug that causes violent vomiting when followed by ingestion of alcohol.

A. Naltroxene
B. Disulfiram
C. Valium
D. Biofungine
Answer» B. Disulfiram
152.

__________ help to reduce the craving for alcohol.

A. Disulfiram
B. Naltroxene
C. Valium
D. Lithium
Answer» B. Naltroxene
153.

________ helps to lower the side effects of alcohol withdrawal.

A. Valium
B. Naltroxene
C. Disulfiram
D. Lithium
Answer» A. Valium
154.

________ refers to the presentation of a wide range of noxious stimuli with alcohol consumption in order to suppress drinking behavior.

A. Intramuscular injection
B. Relapse
C. Nausea
D. Aversive conditioning
Answer» D. Aversive conditioning
155.

________ refers to injecting the liquefied drug just beneath the skin.

A. Shorting
B. Smoking
C. Skin popping
D. Mainlining
Answer» C. Skin popping
156.

Injecting the drug directly to the blood stream is called __________

A. Shorting
B. Smoking
C. Skin popping
D. Mainlining
Answer» D. Mainlining
157.

Earliest amphetamine – Benzedrine was first synthesized in ___________

A. 1941
B. 1921
C. 1927
D. 1920
Answer» C. 1927
158.

Wonder pills that help people stay alert or awake and function temporarily at a level beyond normal is ___________

A. Cocaine
B. Marijuana
C. Heroine
D. Amphetamine
Answer» D. Amphetamine
159.

__________ act as depressants to slow down the action of central nervous system.

A. Barbiturates
B. Heroine
C. Cocaine
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Barbiturates
160.

__________ are drugs whose properties are tough to induce hallucination.

A. Cocaine
B. Heroine
C. Hallucinogen
D. Barbiturates
Answer» C. Hallucinogen
161.

Which of the following is not LSD?

A. Mescaline
B. Psilosybin
C. Psychedelics
D. Barbiturates
Answer» D. Barbiturates
162.

An in voluntary recurrence of perceptual distortions or hallucinations happens for weeks or even months after taking the drug

A. Flashback
B. Black hole
C. Delirium
D. Hallucination
Answer» A. Flashback
163.

__________ comes from the leaves and flowers tops of hemp plant, cannabis sativa.

A. Heroine
B. Hallucinogen
C. Marijuana
D. Cocaine
Answer» C. Marijuana
164.

____________ is found in commonly available drinks and foods.

A. Caffeine
B. Cocaine
C. Marijuana
D. Heroine
Answer» A. Caffeine
165.

The chief active ingredient in tobacco is

A. Caffeine
B. Nicotine
C. Cocaine
D. Heroine
Answer» B. Nicotine
166.

The kind of procedures most of is have experienced in getting a “medical check up” is________

A. Neurological examination
B. General physical examination
C. Scanning
D. X-rays
Answer» B. General physical examination
167.

The procedures to asses the brain wave patterns in awake and sleeping stages is________

A. EEG
B. ECG
C. ECT
D. EMG
Answer» A. EEG
168.

_________ is the technique of choices in detecting structured anatomical anomalies in the brain.

A. CAT
B. MRI
C. PET
D. X-rays
Answer» B. MRI
169.

The procedure that provides metabolic portrait by tracking natural component like glucose is

A. CAT
B. MRI
C. PET
D. X-rays
Answer» C. PET
170.

___________ attempts to provide a realistic picture of an individual in interaction with his / her social environment.

A. Psychological assessment
B. Neurological assessment
C. Neuro-psychological exam
D. General exam
Answer» A. Psychological assessment
171.

The most widely used rating scale for recording observations in clinical practice and in psychiatric research is

A. WAIS
B. WISC
C. BPRS
D. HRSD
Answer» C. BPRS
172.

The most commonly used scale for depression is

A. WAIS
B. WISC
C. BPRS
D. HRSD
Answer» D. HRSD
173.

The standardized set of procedures or tasks for obtaining sample of behavior is

A. Psychological test
B. Test score
C. Interview
D. Observation
Answer» A. Psychological test
174.

the most commonly used test for measuring adult intelligence is

A. WISC
B. WAIS
C. HRSD
D. BPRS
Answer» B. WAIS
175.

The sub-test that consist of a list of words to define that are presented orally to the individual is

A. Nonverbal
B. Numerical
C. Verbal
D. Performance
Answer» C. Verbal
176.

________ Tests are unstructured in that they rely on various ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots or picture.

A. Intelligence
B. Personality
C. Performance
D. Projective
Answer» D. Projective
177.

TAT was introduced by

A. Morgan and Murray
B. Rorschach and Morgan
C. Rorschach and Murray
D. Wechsler and Morgan
Answer» A. Morgan and Murray
178.

________ is one of the major structured inventory for personality assessment.

A. WAIS
B. Bhatia’s Battery
C. MMPI
D. WISC
Answer» C. MMPI
179.

The scale that is not included in MMPI is

A. Hysteria
B. Depression
C. Paranoia
D. Extraversion
Answer» D. Extraversion
180.

The type of schizophrenia marked by increased suspicious and difficulties in interpersonal relations is__________

A. Simple
B. Undifferentiated
C. Paranoid
D. Disorganized
Answer» C. Paranoid
181.

The tendency to remain motionless for hours or even days in a single position is known as_________

A. Waxi-flexibility
B. Catatonic stupor
C. Echopraxia
D. Echolatia
Answer» B. Catatonic stupor
182.

The condition in which patient may invent new words is

A. Neologism
B. Echopraxia
C. Echolatia
D. Catatonic stupor
Answer» A. Neologism
183.

Schizophrenia like psychosis of less than 6 months duration is

A. Schezophreniform disorder
B. Schezo affective disorder
C. Seasonal affective disorder
D. Delusional disorder
Answer» A. Schezophreniform disorder
184.

The hypotheses that schizophrenia is the product of an excess of dopamine activity

A. Serotonin hypotheses
B. Norepinephein hypotheses
C. Dopamine hypotheses
D. Synaptic hypothesis
Answer» C. Dopamine hypotheses
185.

Low frontal lob activation is called ________

A. Hyper frontality
B. Hypof rontality
C. Hyper thyroidism
D. Hypo thyroidism
Answer» B. Hypof rontality
186.

Parents were routinely assumed to have caused their children’s disorder through hostility, deliberate rejection etc. are known as

A. Destructive parental interaction
B. Schezophrenogenic parents
C. Faulty communication
D. Schizophrenic offspring
Answer» B. Schezophrenogenic parents
187.

The chief distinguishing feature of psychotic disorders is

A. confusion of fantasy and reality.
B. antisocial conduct.
C. overwhelming anxiety.
D. obsessive behavior.
Answer» A. confusion of fantasy and reality.
188.

Bob has never met Madonna but he is convinced that she is deeply in love with him. Bob is suffering from

A. grandiose delusions.
B. jealous delusions.
C. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D. erotomanic delusions.
Answer» D. erotomanic delusions.
189.

A much-feared outcome of Alzheimer's disease is

A. functional psychosis.
B. paranoia.
C. general paresis.
D. senile dementia.
Answer» D. senile dementia.
190.

Multiple personality or dissociative identity disorder often begins

A. as a result of combat exhaustion.
B. in adulthood as a response to unremitting phobias.
C. as a consequence of post-traumatic stress disorders.
D. in childhood as a result of unbearable experiences.
Answer» D. in childhood as a result of unbearable experiences.
191.

A person who has an extreme lack of self-confidence and who allows others to run his or her life is said to have a(n) __________ personality.

A. dependent
B. narcissistic
C. paranoid
D. antisocial
Answer» A. dependent
192.

In south and east Asia, a man may experience Koro, which is

A. schizophrenia.
B. insanity.
C. anxiety about his pen*s receding into his body.
D. depression.
Answer» C. anxiety about his pen*s receding into his body.
193.

Retreat from reality by hallucinations and delusions and by social withdrawal typically characterizes

A. somatoform disorders.
B. anxiety disorders.
C. psychotic disorders.
D. personality disorders.
Answer» C. psychotic disorders.
194.

Persons who suffer from paraphilias are categorized as having

A. somatoform disorders.
B. generalized anxiety.
C. sexual disorders.
D. personality disorders.
Answer» C. sexual disorders.
195.

Which of the following is related to recent attempts to find biochemical explanations for schizophrenia?

A. schizotaxin
B. psychotropin
C. dopamine
D. diazepam
Answer» C. dopamine
196.

Which of the following is one reason given that more women than men are treated for psychological problems?

A. Women are subject to greater stress than men.
B. As a result of cultural norms, women may be more willing to admit distress.
C. Some forms of mental disorders are sex-linked recessive.
D. Developmental tasks required of women are far more difficult than those required of
Answer» B. As a result of cultural norms, women may be more willing to admit distress.
197.

The Freudian explanation of anxiety disorders emphasizes

A. the avoidance paradox.
B. learned habits of self-defeating behavior.
C. forbidden impulses that threaten a loss of control.
D. the development of a faulty or inaccurate self-image and distorted self-perceptions.
Answer» C. forbidden impulses that threaten a loss of control.
198.

Statistical approaches to abnormality define as "abnormal" those who

A. show evidence of loss of contact with reality.
B. are unhappy, withdrawn, and depressed.
C. deviate from typical or average patterns of behavior.
D. are disabled by anxiety.
Answer» C. deviate from typical or average patterns of behavior.
199.

A rare condition in which separate personalities exist in the same person is called

A. dissociative identity disorder.
B. split personality.
C. schizophrenia.
D. amnesia.
Answer» A. dissociative identity disorder.
200.

A PET scan involves the injection of

A. radioactive sugar.
B. iodine.
C. metal particles.
D. xenon gas.
Answer» A. radioactive sugar.

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