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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) .
| 201. |
If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin, that twin |
| A. | will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic. |
| B. | will be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic. |
| C. | is almost sure to become schizophrenic. |
| D. | is also likely to have more than one personality. |
| Answer» A. will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic. | |
| 202. |
The most severe psychological disorder is a(n) |
| A. | personality disorder. |
| B. | psychosomatic illness. |
| C. | anxiety disorder. |
| D. | psychosis. |
| Answer» D. psychosis. | |
| 203. |
Persons who are excessively narcissistic, dependent, or antisocial are characterized as having |
| A. | somatoform disorders. |
| B. | generalized anxiety. |
| C. | conversion reactions. |
| D. | personality disorders. |
| Answer» D. personality disorders. | |
| 204. |
Schizophrenia is most commonly found in |
| A. | adolescents. |
| B. | young adults. |
| C. | the middle aged. |
| D. | the elderly. |
| Answer» B. young adults. | |
| 205. |
A core feature of all abnormal behavior is that it is |
| A. | culturally absolute. |
| B. | learned. |
| C. | maladaptive. |
| D. | dependent on age. |
| Answer» C. maladaptive. | |
| 206. |
DSM stands for |
| A. | diagnostic schedule of medicine. |
| B. | diagnostic and statistical manual. |
| C. | depressive scale modalities. |
| D. | doctor of surgical medicine. |
| Answer» B. diagnostic and statistical manual. | |
| 207. |
Parkinson's disease results from the death of neurons that produce |
| A. | serotonin |
| B. | acetylcholine |
| C. | dopamine |
| D. | norepinephrine |
| Answer» C. dopamine | |
| 208. |
Conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified as |
| A. | physio-mental disorders. |
| B. | somatoform disorders. |
| C. | psychosomatic disorders. |
| D. | somatization disorders. |
| Answer» B. somatoform disorders. | |
| 209. |
In most anxiety disorders, the person's distress is |
| A. | focused on a specific situation. |
| B. | related to ordinary life stresses. |
| C. | greatly out of proportion to the situation. |
| D. | based on a physical cause. |
| Answer» C. greatly out of proportion to the situation. | |
| 210. |
An unusual state called "waxy flexibility" is sometimes observed in __________ schizophrenia. |
| A. | borderline |
| B. | disorganized |
| C. | catatonic |
| D. | paranoid |
| Answer» C. catatonic | |
| 211. |
Which of the following medical conditions can produce a mild neurocognitive disorder and mild impairments in social/occupational functioning? |
| A. | Parkinson\s disease |
| B. | Huntington\s disease |
| C. | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| D. | HIV |
| Answer» D. HIV | |
| 212. |
Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger to a person are called |
| A. | anxieties. |
| B. | dissociation\s. |
| C. | phobias. |
| D. | obsessions. |
| Answer» C. phobias. | |
| 213. |
In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear that judgments of the normality of behavior are |
| A. | culturally relative. |
| B. | statistical. |
| C. | a matter of subjective discomfort. |
| D. | related to conformity. |
| Answer» A. culturally relative. | |
| 214. |
False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called |
| A. | fantasies. |
| B. | hallucinations. |
| C. | illusions. |
| D. | delusions. |
| Answer» D. delusions. | |
| 215. |
True paranoids are rarely treated or admitted to hospitals because |
| A. | they are potentially harmful and dangerous to others. |
| B. | they resist the attempts of others to offer help. |
| C. | their severe hallucinations make reasoning with them impossible. |
| D. | psychiatric hospitals are primarily for psychotics. |
| Answer» B. they resist the attempts of others to offer help. | |
| 216. |
The most widely used system of psychological classification today is |
| A. | the Freudian Psychoanalytic System (FPS). |
| B. | found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). |
| C. | the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler. |
| D. | to be found in the Federal Uniform Code of Psychopathology (UCP). |
| Answer» B. found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). | |
| 217. |
A researcher seeking an organic basis for schizophrenia would be well-advised to investigate the role of |
| A. | amphetamines and amphetamine receptors. |
| B. | adrenaline and noradrenaline. |
| C. | histamine and antihistamine. |
| D. | dopamine and dopamine receptors. |
| Answer» D. dopamine and dopamine receptors. | |
| 218. |
When a person's sexual identity does not match his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is |
| A. | paraphilia. |
| B. | sexual dysfunction. |
| C. | gender identity disorder. |
| D. | androgyny. |
| Answer» C. gender identity disorder. | |
| 219. |
It has been discovered that all major anti-psychotic drugs |
| A. | block the action of dopamine. |
| B. | facilitate the action of dopamine. |
| C. | increase levels of dopamine. |
| D. | decrease levels of dopamine. |
| Answer» A. block the action of dopamine. | |
| 220. |
The term schizophrenia can be interpreted to mean |
| A. | a split between thought and emotion. |
| B. | having more than one personality. |
| C. | the same thing as a dissociative reaction. |
| D. | that a person is insane. |
| Answer» A. a split between thought and emotion. | |
| 221. |
Which of the following is characteristic of a dissociative disorder? |
| A. | phobic disorder |
| B. | amnesia |
| C. | paranoia |
| D. | depression |
| Answer» B. amnesia | |
| 222. |
__________ schizophrenia usually involves delusions of persecution and grandeur. |
| A. | Catatonic |
| B. | Disorganized |
| C. | Paranoid |
| D. | Undifferentiated |
| Answer» C. Paranoid | |
| 223. |
A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks brain cells, is called |
| A. | Korsakoff\s syndrome. |
| B. | delirium tremens. |
| C. | schizotypical psychosis. |
| D. | general paresis. |
| Answer» D. general paresis. | |
| 224. |
The extreme reaction known as fugue refers to |
| A. | physical flight to escape conflict. |
| B. | severe depression. |
| C. | hallucinations. |
| D. | obsessive behavior. |
| Answer» A. physical flight to escape conflict. | |
| 225. |
Psychological dependence on mood- or behavior-altering drugs is known as |
| A. | drug psychosis. |
| B. | a substance related disorder. |
| C. | an orthopsychosis. |
| D. | a psychotropic disorder. |
| Answer» B. a substance related disorder. | |
| 226. |
Which of the following is classified as a mood disorder? |
| A. | bipolar disorder |
| B. | multiple personality disorder |
| C. | delusional disorder |
| D. | dissociative disorder |
| Answer» A. bipolar disorder | |
| 227. |
The antisocial personality |
| A. | avoids other people as much as possible. |
| B. | is relatively easy to treat effectively by psychotherapy. |
| C. | tends to be selfish and lacking remorse. |
| D. | usually gives a bad first impression. |
| Answer» C. tends to be selfish and lacking remorse. | |
| 228. |
Hearing voices that are not really there would be called a(n) |
| A. | hallucination. |
| B. | delusion. |
| C. | auditory regression. |
| D. | depressive psychosis. |
| Answer» A. hallucination. | |
| 229. |
Behavioral problems in which the person exhibits symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury, but for which there is no identifiable cause, are called |
| A. | mood disorders. |
| B. | schizophrenia. |
| C. | organic brain pathologies. |
| D. | somatoform disorders. |
| Answer» D. somatoform disorders. | |
| 230. |
Obsessive-compulsive behavior, panic, and phobias are formally classified as __________ disorders. |
| A. | psychotic |
| B. | manic |
| C. | anxiety |
| D. | mood |
| Answer» C. anxiety | |
| 231. |
Delusional thinking is characteristic of |
| A. | psychosis. |
| B. | obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
| C. | conversion disorder. |
| D. | fugue. |
| Answer» A. psychosis. | |
| 232. |
A person who is preoccupied with fears of having a serious disease suffers from |
| A. | a conversion reaction. |
| B. | hypochondriasis. |
| C. | a traumatic disorder. |
| D. | an obsession. |
| Answer» B. hypochondriasis. | |
| 233. |
Sensory experiences that occur in the absence of a stimulus are called |
| A. | illusions. |
| B. | hallucinations. |
| C. | delusions. |
| D. | affect episodes. |
| Answer» B. hallucinations. | |
| 234. |
Sudden temporary amnesia or instances of multiple personality are __________ disorders. |
| A. | dissociative |
| B. | anxiety |
| C. | psychotic |
| D. | schizophrenic |
| Answer» A. dissociative | |
| 235. |
Obsessive-compulsive disorders involve |
| A. | loss of contact with reality. |
| B. | unresolved anger. |
| C. | unresolved Oedipal conflict. |
| D. | high levels of anxiety. |
| Answer» D. high levels of anxiety. | |
| 236. |
The dopamine-psychosis link is based on the observation that |
| A. | low dopamine levels of activity in the brain seem to produce psychotic symptoms. |
| B. | there are high levels of dopamine activity in the brains of psychotic people. |
| C. | there are high levels of amphetamine in the brains of schizophrenics. |
| D. | dopamine interacts with serotonin creating psychosis. |
| Answer» B. there are high levels of dopamine activity in the brains of psychotic people. | |
| 237. |
The antisocial personality is one who |
| A. | is irresponsible and seems to lack remorse. |
| B. | is frequently dangerous and out of contact with reality. |
| C. | is always a delinquent or criminal. |
| D. | benefits greatly from humanistic and psychoanalytic therapies. |
| Answer» A. is irresponsible and seems to lack remorse. | |
| 238. |
Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an extremely unstable self image, is moody, and does not develop stable relationships? |
| A. | borderline |
| B. | histrionic |
| C. | narcissistic |
| D. | schizoid |
| Answer» A. borderline | |
| 239. |
CT scans of the brains of some young schizophrenics show __________ than normal. |
| A. | wider ventricles |
| B. | smaller fissures |
| C. | smaller ventricles |
| D. | fewer fissures |
| Answer» A. wider ventricles | |
| 240. |
The most effective method of predicting that a mental patient will commit an act of violence is by |
| A. | psychological tests. |
| B. | psychiatric interviews. |
| C. | psychological interviews. |
| D. | There is no effective method. |
| Answer» D. There is no effective method. | |
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