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Abnormal Psychology MCQ

Abnormal Psychology

1. The disorder involving the experience of sudden loss of the sense of self is ________

Answer

Correct Answer: Depersonalization disorder.

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2. Inter-rater reliability is usually established with a correlation of ______ or higher.

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Correct Answer: 80

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3. Individuals with somatic symptom disorders ________

Answer

Correct Answer: Experience distressing bodily symptoms that cause impairment

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4. Plaques are made of deposits of a class of protein called _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Beta-amyloid

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5. People with acute schizophrenia more often have the ________ symptoms that respond to drug therapy.

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Correct Answer: Positive.

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6. People born in ________ during the month of ________ are at increased risk for schizophrenia.

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Correct Answer: North America; February

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7. In recent years, a trend of ______________ children with bipolar disorder has become problematic.

Answer

Correct Answer: Over-diagnosing

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8. People who use ________ are often able to discontinue their drug use without professional help.

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Correct Answer: Substance use disorder

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9. The discovery of _____ revolutionized treatment for schizophrenia.

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Correct Answer: Antipsychotic drugs

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10. Jitteriness, feelings of being on edge, and sleep deprivation are all symptoms of _____ disorder.

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Correct Answer: Generalized anxiety

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11. It is believed that __________ tend to reduce the anxiety connected with obsessions.

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Correct Answer: Compulsions

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12. The cognitive-behavioral paradigm views _______as the product of learning.

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Correct Answer: Abnormal behavior

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13. In comparing boys to girls in regards to having problems after a divorce, ______.

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Correct Answer: Boys tend to have greater problems than girls

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14. In client-centered therapy, the ____ is more important than the ____.

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Correct Answer: Climate; process

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15. People who are both depressed and _____ seem particularly prone to suicidal impulses.

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Correct Answer: 10%

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16. People are more likely to recover from ________ schizophrenia than from ________ schizophrenia.

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Correct Answer: Acute; chronic.

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17. In the impulse-control disorders, the individual feels ________ prior to carrying out the act.

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Correct Answer: Tense and sometimes aroused

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18. In schizophrenia, behavioral excesses are to ______ as behavioral deficits are to ______.

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Correct Answer: Positive symptoms; negative symptoms

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19. Over the past several decades, the rates of adhd have _____ in the united states.

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Correct Answer: Increased

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20. One the most common biological contributors to sexual dysfunction is _____.

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Correct Answer: Diabetes

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21. Phenothiazines bind most strongly to the _____ receptors.

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Correct Answer: D-2

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22. Pessimism and self-criticism are __________ factors in depression.

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Correct Answer: Cognitive.

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23. What is now known as posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) was called ____ in world war i.

Answer

Correct Answer: Shell shock

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24. Unlike ____, which can occur in both men and women, ____ is a problem for women only.

Answer

Correct Answer: Interest or desire disorder; vaginismus

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25. The ________ plays a central role in regulating eating.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hypothalamus

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26. Syphilis is to the somatogenic approach as _____ is to the psychogenic approach.

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Correct Answer: Hypnotism

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27. Substance intoxication is a(n) _________ state.

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Correct Answer: Acute

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28. Studies suggest that therapy often is _____ no treatment or placebos.

Answer

Correct Answer: More helpful than

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29. Sometimes bondage, discipline, and sadomasochism is simply referred to as bdsm or ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Sadomasochism

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30. Some drugs that combat depression work by____________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increasing the amount of serotonin in the brain

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31. Somatic symptom disorder is characterized by physical symptoms ____.

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Correct Answer: That do not have an underlying medical cause

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32. Severe depression that comes on suddenly or seems to have no external cause is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Major depressive disorder

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33. Research indicates that biofeedback has _____ effect on a person's anxiety level.

Answer

Correct Answer: Modest

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34. To be abnormal, a behavior must be _____ and consistent with other _____

Answer

Correct Answer: Maladaptive; criteria

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35. A fugue state is a sudden loss of memory, often in response to an overwhelmingly _____ situation.

Answer

Correct Answer: Stressful

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36. A disorder that has high comorbidity with did is _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Post-traumatic stress disorder

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37. A commonly seen _____ symptom that occurs in schizophrenia is _____.

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Correct Answer: Negative; flat affect

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38. _____ is to anxiety as a hurricane is to a windy day.

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Correct Answer: Panic disorder; hurricane

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39. _____ is a personality trait characterized by hyperreactivity to stress and poor coping skills.

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Correct Answer: Neuroticism

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40. _____ is a neurotransmitter majorly involved in the development of schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dopamine

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41. _____ can be adaptive when it helps us focus intently on a problem.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rumination

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42. Anxiety disorders are _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Characterized by unrealistic, irrational fear

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43. Anxiety is thought to be a____________ state, while fear is more_______.

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Correct Answer: Future-oriented; immediate

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44. _____ are convincing sensory experiences that occur in the absence of an external stimulus.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hallucinations

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45. Worldwide, _____ percent of students report periodic binge eating or self-induced vomiting.

Answer

Correct Answer: 25 to 50

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46. The root in claustrophobia means _____. fear time heart study

Answer

Correct Answer: Humanistic

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47. The physical symptoms of _____ often accompany major depressive disorder.

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Correct Answer: Anxiety

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48. The onset of binge eating disorder often begins during ________?

Answer

Correct Answer: Childhood or adolescence

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49. The onset of ________ often begins after a dieter has broken diet restrictions and gorged.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bulimia nervosa

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50. The neurotransmitters that have been implicated most often in depression are the _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Monoamines.

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51. The humanistic movement was rekindled in the 1990s and relabeled ___________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Positive psychology

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52. The highest rates of depression occur in ________ countries among ________.

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Correct Answer: Developed; children

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53. The heritability of schizophrenia for identical twins is about _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: 50%

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54. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is often accompanied by all of the following except _______.

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Correct Answer: Visual hallucinations.

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55. Obsessive thoughts typically ________ anxiety and compulsive behaviors typically ________ anxiety.

Answer

Correct Answer: Decrease; increase

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56. Obsessions are distinguished from worry in that obsessions most often are about _____.

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Correct Answer: Socially unacceptable themes

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57. New research on _____ has suggested many individuals with did have disruptions of the _____

Answer

Correct Answer: A therapist; the media

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58. Nearly 1 _____ people will develop schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dopamine

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59. Most theorists view schizophrenia as a _____ disorder.

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Correct Answer: Biological

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60. More than _____ percent of patients with mania improve through the use of mood-stabilizing agents.

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Correct Answer: 60

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61. More than _____ percent of individuals develop a specific phobia in their lifetimes.

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Correct Answer: 50

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62. Mental disorders ________ lead to violence and clinical prediction of violence is ________.

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Correct Answer: Seldom, unreliable.

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63. Many studies have found a link between low levels of the neurotransmitter _____ and suicide.

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Correct Answer: Serotonin

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64. The ratio of women to men with bipolar disorder is _____.

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Correct Answer: 1:1

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65. Compulsions refer to ___________, whereas obsessions refer to ___________.

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Correct Answer: Repeated ritualistic behaviors; exaggerated thoughts

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66. Compared to anorexia nervosa, bulimia ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Is much more prevalent

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67. An effective intervention technique for ptsd includes _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Immediate and proximal treatment at the disaster site, and expected return to the disaster site

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68. An advantage of using one diagnostic manual is that _____

Answer

Correct Answer: We have a common language to discuss mental illnesses

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69. A pet scan study of people with ________ found increased activity in the amygdala.

Answer

Correct Answer: Paranoia

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70. A person with _____ personality disorder is likely to have close relatives with schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Paranoid

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71. A meta-analysis of prior research regarding the effectiveness of therapy found that _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these options

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72. A mental status exam is an example of a(n) _____ interview.

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Correct Answer: Structured

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73. _____ was one of the first theorists to emphasize the role of thought in depression.

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Correct Answer: Aaron Beck

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74. Dr. griffiths diagnosed manuel with major depressive disorder because he ________.

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Correct Answer: Appears tearful to others and spends weeks at a time feeling sad, empty, and hopeless

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75. Disorders of emotional experience that impair everyday living are called _______ disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mood.

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76. Conversion disorder is diagnosed at least _____ as often in women as in men.

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Correct Answer: Twice

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77. Encopresis is frequently connected to some sort of _____ disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Medical Model

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78. Early research linked _____ and the locus ceruleus to panic attacks.

Answer

Correct Answer: Norepinephrine

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79. David rosenhan conducted a study examining the biasing power of diagnostic _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Labels

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80. Current treatments for child-onset schizophrenia emphasize medications in combination with ____.

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Correct Answer: Behavior analysis

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81. Crunches are principally a(n) __________ exercise.

Answer

Correct Answer: Abdominal

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82. Approximately ____% of those who attempt suicide show some prior evidence of their intent to do so.

Answer

Correct Answer: 75

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83. The planned length of stay for residents in therapeutic communities is generally __________.

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Correct Answer: 1-2 months.

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84. Some ncds, including _____, begin with impaired motor control.

Answer

Correct Answer: Parkinson's disease

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85. Smoking a marijuana cigarette can __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Only A and B

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86. Learning disabilities differ from physical disabilities in childhood in that they are ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Not as easy to detect

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87. Fear-learning experiences that traumatize the brain can also create fear circuits within the _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Amygdala

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88. ________ is known as "the silent killer."

Answer

Correct Answer: Hypertension

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89. Females are theoretically more prone to anxiety disorders due to __________.

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Correct Answer: Stress levels, life experiences, and friends' stresses

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90. When a physical ailment has no apparent medical cause, doctors may suspect a _________ disorder.

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Correct Answer: Somatoform

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91. The treatment model advocated by alcoholics anonymous is an example of a _____ approach.

Answer

Correct Answer: Behavioral

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92. Second-generation antipsychotic drugs bind to dopamine receptors and _____ receptors.

Answer

Correct Answer: Serotonin

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93. The term affect is used by psychologists to refer to ______.

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Correct Answer: Emotion

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94. The symptoms of ________ are likely to appear at an earlier age than the symptoms of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Antisocial personality, schizophrenia

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95. Severe, debilitating depression is to _____ as chronic, low-grade depression is to _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Major depressive disorder; cyclothymic disorder

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96. Confidentiality is based on __________, whereas a privileged communication is __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The ethical code of a profession; based on law

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97. Evidence suggests that ________ contribute(s) to schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Prenatal viral infections

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98. Every chromosome contains numerous genes, and each cell contains approximately _____ genes.

Answer

Correct Answer: 30,000

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99. Token economy programs relied on the systematic application of _____ techniques.

Answer

Correct Answer: Operant conditioning

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100. The risk of relapse is _____ times greater if patients stop taking a mood stabilizer.

Answer

Correct Answer: 28

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101. Someone who is experiencing bulimia is more likely to _____ than someone experiencing anorexia.3

Answer

Correct Answer: Display characteristics of a personality disorder

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102. In _____, symptoms develop slowly and subtly.

Answer

Correct Answer: Process schizophrenia

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103. If one has too much _____, the brain's alarm centers may become overactive.

Answer

Correct Answer: Glutamate

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104. Freud emphasized that the ego operates on the ________ principle.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reality

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105. Exhibiting a personality that ________ is a common characteristic of all personality disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Differs markedly from the expectations of one's culture

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106. Body dysmorphic disorder shows a significant influence of ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Heredity

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107. Behaviors that characterize a small minority of people are ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Abnormal

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108. Because of the likelihood of convulsions, withdrawal from ______ is especially dangerous.

Answer

Correct Answer: Barbiturates

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109. Any factor in a research study that makes the results uninterpretable is called a(n) ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Confound

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110. Alzheimer's is a brain _____ while stroke is a brain _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Disease; injury

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111. According to freud, the _____ is your conscience, or internal judge of your behavior.

Answer

Correct Answer: Superego

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112. _____ treat depression by increasing the level of norepinephrine and serotonin.

Answer

Correct Answer: Tricyclics

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113. Anxiety disorders in the dsm-5 are divided into categories that reflect ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Varieties of reaction and avoidance

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114. There are an estimated _____ million people in the united states afflicted with schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: 3

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115. With the exception of the ________, most abdominal organs are not able to sense tearing sensations.

Answer

Correct Answer: Aorta

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116. Culture and ethnicity present challenges for diagnosing personality disorders because ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Expressions of personality in one culture may differ from those in another culture

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117. Maltose is a _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Disaccharide

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118. The love we feel for family members and close friends is termed _____ love.

Answer

Correct Answer: Companionate

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119. Women who have mostly ________ women as friends have poorer body satisfaction.

Answer

Correct Answer: Heterosexual

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120. The validity scales of the mmpi-2 are a measure of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: The test-taking attitudes of the client

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121. The positive symptoms of schizophrenia are most closely associated with _________ activity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dopamine

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122. Saying that dissociative identity disorder is iatrogenic means that it is ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: An unintended result of therapy

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123. Roughly __________ of all addicts are arrested at least once every year.

Answer

Correct Answer: 90%

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124. Negative emotional effects of marijuana use are most often reported by _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Inexperienced

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125. Medical detoxification __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Disulfiram

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126. Many theorists have argued that _____ is the ultimate form of suicide prevention.

Answer

Correct Answer: Education

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127. Low levels of activity in the anterior cingulate cortex are associated with ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Availability heuristic.

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128. Delusions of persecution are most common among those with ________ schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Paranoid.

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129. Deinstitutionalization advocates argue that smaller mental health treatment centers __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Are more humane places for treatment

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130. ______ of adults in the us are classified as current drinkers.

Answer

Correct Answer: ​66%

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131. Low _____ activity accompanied by high _____ activity may lead to mania.

Answer

Correct Answer: Norepinephrine; serotonin

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132. In the context of attitudes, _____ theory contends that behaviors can influence attitudes.

Answer

Correct Answer: Self-perception

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133. An unusually small-sized _____ may be an indicator of a susceptibility to ptsd.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hippocampus

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134. A _____________ is a false belief that often accompanies psychotic disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Delusion

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135. _____ theorists see dissociative disorders as behaviors reinforced by anxiety reduction.

Answer

Correct Answer: Learning

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136. _____ is a disorder in which a significant, selective memory loss occurs.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dissociative amnesia

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137. Studies show that _______% of those with eating disorders have been sexually abused.

Answer

Correct Answer: 20-50

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138. Research suggests that mania may be linked to low _____ activity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Serotonin

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139. On any given day, at least _____ individuals with severe psychological disturbances are homeless.

Answer

Correct Answer: 100,000

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140. In the 1960s, clinicians made the discovery that panic disorder was helped more by _____ drugs.

Answer

Correct Answer: Antidepressant

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141. When a behavior is _____ it is often considered abnormal.

Answer

Correct Answer: Atypical in that it deviates from what is acceptable in a culture

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142. Borderline personality disorder is characterized by hypersensitivity to _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Abandonment

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143. Alcohol and the drugs seconal, halcion, and valium are all classified as ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Depressants

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144. _____ helps maintain phobias and compulsions after they arise.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reinforcement

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145. The polygraph is a form of _____ test.

Answer

Correct Answer: Psychophysiological

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146. The two-factor theory of ptsd states that first fear is _______ , and then ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Created; maintained

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147. Bipolar disorder strikes more often among those who rely on _____ and vivid imagery.

Answer

Correct Answer: Emotional expression

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148. Externalizing problems that begin ________ are more likely to persist into adult life.

Answer

Correct Answer: Before adolescence

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149. Females are ____ more likely to develop anorexia nervosa than are males.

Answer

Correct Answer: 3 times

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150. During electroconvulsive therapy, electric current is passed through the brain in order to _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Produce a convulsion

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151. Bipolar disorder has a _______________ rate of heritability, suggesting a biological cause.

Answer

Correct Answer: Highgu

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152. Anorexia nervosa is a culture-related disorder that is common among individuals residing in _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: The United States

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153. _____ is the consistency of a performance measure.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reliability

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154. A ____ can help anorgasmic women experience sexual climax for the first time.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ribbed dildo

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155. Your therapist suggests that you try brief therapy. this will most likely take _____ sessions.

Answer

Correct Answer: 3 to 5.

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156. Uncontrollable thoughts and worries are to _____ as uncontrollable behaviors are to compulsions.

Answer

Correct Answer: Obsessions; compulsions

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157. The term _____ is sometimes used to describe the lost memories of people with dissociative amnesia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dissociative amnesia

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158. The scientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders is known as______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Psychopathology

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159. Research suggests that beck's and ellis's cognitive therapies work for _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Depression, anxiety, bulimia, and addiction.

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160. Research on humanistic therapy has found _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mixed results for the effectiveness of humanistic therapy

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161. Psychotherapy is defined in your text as the various methods of therapy that _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Aim to improve psychological functioning and promote adjustment to life.

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162. John experiences full manic and depressive episodes and would be diagnosed with _____ disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bipolar I

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163. In _____, negative symptoms are more prominent.

Answer

Correct Answer: Delusions

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164. Fear of public speaking and stage fright are both examples of ________ phobias.

Answer

Correct Answer: Social

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165. Eyewitnesses depend on _____ to identify or describe a suspect.

Answer

Correct Answer: Memory.

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166. Excoriation is an obsessive-compulsive-related disorder that has _____ as the main symptom.

Answer

Correct Answer: Skin-picking

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167. Drug companies commonly fund research that focuses on a(n) _____ model of psychological disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cultural.

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168. Dramatic mood swings are characteristic of a condition known as _____ disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Major depressive

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169. Disorganized speech is a _____ symptom of schizophrenia. hearing voices is a _____ symptom.

Answer

Correct Answer: Negative, positive

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170. Disorders characterized by disturbances in emotion are known as ______ disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mood disorders

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171. Chronic, uncontrollable, excessive worrying about nothing in particular is associated with _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Generalized anxiety disorder.

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172. Bulimia nervosa is about _____ as common as anorexia nervosa.

Answer

Correct Answer: Anorexia nervosa

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173. Brains of people with antisocial personality disorder often exhibit _____ activity in the _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Decreased; amygdala

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174. Between _____ percent of the population have binge eating disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Males

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175. Between _____ percent of all people experience illness anxiety disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: 1 and 5

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176. Anxiety is experienced by nearly everyone, and is not a mental disorder unless _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Its chronic intensity disrupts your life

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177. Anorexics are unlike bulimics in that they __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: More sexually experienced. enmeshed family

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178. An episode of overwhelming anxiety, fear, or terror defines _____

Answer

Correct Answer: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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179. According to learning theory, anxiety disorders are most likely caused by _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Modeling and imitation

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180. According to dr. szasz, the medical model of mental illness _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Encourages people to believe they have no responsibility for their actions

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181. According to _____, the self-actualization motive plays an important part in human functioning.

Answer

Correct Answer: Humanists

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182. A(n) _____ is a false belief that often accompanies schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Delusion.

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183. _______ is used to help psychological professionals diagnose psychological disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

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184. The biological model views psychological disorders as resulting from ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Physiological causes

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185. About ____% of people with eating disorders are men.

Answer

Correct Answer: 10-18%

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186. About _____% of bulimics abuse alcohol.

Answer

Correct Answer: 33

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187. Older adolescents spend more time listening to music and _____ than younger adolescents do.

Answer

Correct Answer: Using computers

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188. Programs such as big brothers and big sisters provide _____ for adolescents.

Answer

Correct Answer: Social and emotional support

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189. Adolescents _____ their experiences to help them _____ their cognitive worlds.

Answer

Correct Answer: Organize; actively

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190. In recent years, the so-called digital divide has _____ among adolescents.

Answer

Correct Answer: Decreased.

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191. During puberty, adolescents' thoughts center on _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Themselves

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192. By the end of emerging adulthood (age 25), _____ individuals have had sexual intercourse.

Answer

Correct Answer: Most.

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193. Research has found that, on average, both sensation seeking and impulsivity _____ with maturation.

Answer

Correct Answer: Slowly decline

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194. The levels of _____ are low in many people with depression and those with eating disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: GABA

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195. According to freud, obsessive-compulsive disorders have their origin in the _____ development.

Answer

Correct Answer: Phallic.

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196. A(n) _____ inventory asks about one's level of anxiety, depression, or anger.

Answer

Correct Answer: Social skills

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197. Research has revealed _____ bias in past diagnoses of histrionic personality disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gender

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198. Everyone exhibits some signs and symptoms of mental illness at some point in life ____________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Diaphoresis, tachycardia, and hallucinations.

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199. About _____ percent of individuals with bulimia nervosa eventually recover from their disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: 70

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200. Aaron beck believes that _____ contribute(s) to the development of depression.

Answer

Correct Answer: Maladaptive attitudes

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201. Integrative therapy is most compatible with the ______ model of abnormal behavior.

Answer

Correct Answer: Psychodynamic.

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202. Norepinephrine is to ______ as corticosteroid is to ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Sympathetic pathway; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal pathway

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203. In the dsm-5, the criteria for antisocial personality disorder are ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Presence of ADHD before the age of 7

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204. The halstead-reitan test and the luria-nebraska test are _____ tests.

Answer

Correct Answer: Neuropsychological.

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205. The abcs of observation refer to the ___________ sequence.

Answer

Correct Answer: Antecedent-behavior-consequence

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206. When assessing personality, many psychologists take the eclectic view, which means they ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Use a variety of approaches

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207. Today, trephining is done to ___________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Relieve pressure from fluids on the brain

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208. Tara and sarah are identical twins. if tara has bipolar disorder, then sarah has _____

Answer

Correct Answer: A 40-70% chance of developing a mood disorder

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209. Researchers have found that about ______ percent of people feel that psychotherapy has helped them.

Answer

Correct Answer: 75 to 90

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210. Problems in regulating _____ are related to both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Answer

Correct Answer: Serotonin

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211. Prefrontal lobotomy is one form of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Psychosurgery

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212. Personality assessments conducted by behaviorists sometimes make use of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rating scales and frequency counts

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213. Obsession is to compulsion as _______ is to _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cognition; behavior

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214. Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder tend to seek _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Admiration.

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215. Individuals with bulimia nervosa tend to have _____ of perfectionism and _____ of self-efficacy.

Answer

Correct Answer: High levels/low levels

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216. Genetic factors are stronger predictors of _____ than of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bipolar disorder / depressive disorders

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217. Fears of snakes, thunderstorms, darkness, and water are classified as ________ phobias.

Answer

Correct Answer: Specific

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218. False sensory perceptions that often take the form of hearing voices are called ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hallucinations

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219. Excessive or unrealistic fearfulness and worry are characteristic of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Anxiety disorders

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220. Dissociative disorders often occur in individuals who also show signs of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Post-traumatic stress disorder.

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221. Dance frenzies are examples of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Psychic epidemics

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222. Client homework is a key element of _____ therapy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cognitive

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223. Arlene has an irrational fear of flying in airplanes. she is probably suffering from a(n) ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Phobia

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224. Community psychology came of age in the _____; its aim was to minimize psychological disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: 1960s

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225. Users of __________ must avoid most cheeses and some alcoholic beverages in their diets.

Answer

Correct Answer: MAOIs

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226. Two forms of maladaptive eating patterns associated with obesity are ________ and ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Binge eating disorder; night eating syndrome

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227. The use of ____ is rare in studies of child psychopathology.

Answer

Correct Answer: Randomly selected samples

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228. The psychodynamic model views anxiety as __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A danger signal that repressed conflicts are threatening to surface

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229. Autoerotic asphyxiation involves ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Depriving the brain of oxygen, usually through some form of strangulation or hanging, during masturbation

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230. _____ are recurrent thoughts, and _____ are recurrent behaviors.

Answer

Correct Answer: Obsessions/compulsions

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231. According to the biological perspective, generalized anxiety disorder is _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The result of illogical, irrational thought process (linked to an imbalance in several neurotransmitters in the nervous system)

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232. Deinstitutionalization refers to the ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Process of closing large asylums

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233. A person who speaks very rapidly and urgently and has difficulty pausing has ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pressured Speech

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234. _____ is the most dramatic, least common, and most controversial dissociative disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dissociative identity disorder.

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235. _____ is an extended state of intense, wild elation.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mania

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236. When schizophrenia is slow to develop, called ________ schizophrenia, recovery is ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Process; unlikely

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237. All of the following are symptoms of borderline personality disorder except _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hallucinations

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238. The text defines abnormal behavior as behavior that is unusual, distressing, and ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Harmful to self or others

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239. An excess of the neurotransmitter _____ has long been associated with schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dopamine

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240. According to freud's theory, _____ is only a small part of our psychological makeup and experience.

Answer

Correct Answer: Conscious experience

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241. Some theorists suggest that dissociative identity disorder is an extreme subtype of ___________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Posttraumatic stress disorder

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242. Over the past few years, research suggests that stress levels in the united states have ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increased

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243. One of the biological theories of the cause of antisocial personality is _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Abnormal autonomic activation during stress

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244. Low levels of anxiety are most characteristic of _____ personality disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Antisocial

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245. In the diathesis-stress model, the term ""diathesis"" refers to _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Internal predisposition

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246. In the context of social influence, solomon asch's experiment demonstrates _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Conformity

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247. In _____, a person exhibits persistent distress due to harmful thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Answer

Correct Answer: A psychological disorder

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248. Etiology is another word for ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Causes

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249. Enduring, rigid, and disabling patterns of unusual behavior are characteristic of _____ disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Personality

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250. According to the diathesis-stress model, mental disorders are caused by both ________ and stress.

Answer

Correct Answer: A predisposition to mental illness

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251. According to the behavioral perspective, obsessive-compulsive disorder is a result of __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Inappropriate conditioning and modeling

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252. Antisocial adolescents are more likely to view social provocations as __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Chances to be altruistic

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253. Depressive disorders are _____, whereas bipolar disorder is _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: More common among women/equally common in men and women

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254. According to cognitive theorists, compulsive acts serve to ______ obsessive thoughts.

Answer

Correct Answer: Neutralize

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255. Body dysmorphia is a ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Distorted body image

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256. "if it feels good, do it" best describes the ______________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Id

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257. The dsm-5 has approximately __________ times as many disorders as the first edition of the dsm i.

Answer

Correct Answer: Three

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258. The experience of a “fugue state” is indicative of a(n) ________ disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dissociative

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259. Personality refers to ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Characteristic ways that people differ from one another

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260. Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder is more common in ______ than ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Boys; girls.

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261. A token economy approach to treatment is based on principles from the ______ of abnormal behavior.

Answer

Correct Answer: Behavioral view

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262. Milieu therapy is based primarily on the principles of ______ psychology.

Answer

Correct Answer: Humanistic

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263. The dsm-5 is most clearly designed to ________ psychological disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Classify

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264. The belief that you ________ is an example of a delusion.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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265. Each of the following is true of people with anorexia nervosa except ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: They do not try to hide their disorder

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266. Each of the following is a symptom of bulimia nervosa except ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Refusal to maintain body weight at or above minimal normal weight for age and height

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267. The diathesis-stress model presumes that psychopathology results from ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Vulnerability and adverse experiences

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268. The category of mental disorder with the highest prevalence is _____ disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Anxiety

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269. If laura has bipolar disorder, then she ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Often experiences mood states that vacillate between depression and mani

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270. Behaviors may be classified as abnormal if they _____

Answer

Correct Answer: Cause emotional distress.

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271. The mmpi-2 is an example of a(n) _____ personality test.

Answer

Correct Answer: Objective

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272. Unconditional positive regard is most important to the theory of ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rogers

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273. Unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and empathy are all aspects of _____ therapy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Client-centered therapy

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274. This multiple-choice test question is a good example of using _____ to test long-term memory.

Answer

Correct Answer: Recognition

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275. Without a shared system of diagnosis and classification, we could not _____

Answer

Correct Answer: Keep track of statistics, such as prevalence.

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276. The primary purpose of the dsm is to _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Help psychological professionals diagnose psychological disorders

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277. An operational definition refers to identifying specific behaviors that are ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Measurable

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278. The psychodynamic model of abnormal behavior is based on the work of ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Freud

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279. The prevalence of anxiety _____ throughout old age.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases

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280. The physical symptoms of _____ often accompany major depression

Answer

Correct Answer: Anxiety

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281. The ___ assumes that a biological sensitivity

Answer

Correct Answer: Stress-vulnerability model

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282. Symptoms of ptsd include all of the following except ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Physical complaints that cannot be explained medically

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283. Research indicates that the symptoms of ocd________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Are related to hyperactivity in the orbitofrontal cortex

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284. Psychodynamic therapy is ____ than traditional psychoanalysis.

Answer

Correct Answer: Less effective

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285. Misusing diuretics and laxatives following a binge is a symptom of the ______ of bulimia nervosa.

Answer

Correct Answer: Purging-type

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286. Iq tests are powerful predictors of ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Income and occupational status in adulthood

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287. Individuals with dissociative disorders have _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: A less voluminous hippocampus and amygdala.

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288. In the psychodynamic view, dissociative amnesia is a(n) _____ episode of massive repression.

Answer

Correct Answer: Single

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289. In obsessive-compulsive disorder, the obsessive thoughts _____, and the compulsive behaviors _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Produce anxiety; reduce it

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290. In freud

Answer

Correct Answer: Ego

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291. Dissociative identity disorder mainly involves ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Different personalities

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292. Depersonalization ______, while derealization ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Refers to oneself: refers to the external world

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293. Delusions are to hallucinations as _______ is to ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Thoughts, perceptions

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294. Conversion disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and hypochondriasis are all ________ disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: Somatoform disorders

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295. Compulsion is to _____ as _____ is to thought.

Answer

Correct Answer: Action; obsession

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296. Common symptoms of major depressive disorder include all of the following except ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Periods of extreme elation and euphoria

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297. Biologically, depression is characterized by ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Unhappiness (dysphoria) loss of interest (anhedonia)

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298. Behaviorists propose _____ as a common way of acquiring phobic reactions.

Answer

Correct Answer: Classical

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299. Behaviorists believe that _____ is the cause of schizophrenia.

Answer

Correct Answer: Operant conditioning

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300. At least _____ of manic patients treated with lithium improve.

Answer

Correct Answer: 60 percent

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301. Anxiety disorders are more common in _______

Answer

Correct Answer: Women

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302. All of the following statements about smokeless tobacco are true except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Smokeless tobacco users rarely have dental problem

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303. All of the following factors except __________ are responsible for pseudointoxication.

Answer

Correct Answer: Amount of alcohol consumed

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304. A sudden loss of _____ is one symptom of a dissociative disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Memory

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305. A study based on over 9,000 u. s. residents found that the most prevalent disorder was ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Major depressive disorder.

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306. A fear becomes a phobia when _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: An individual will go to any length to avoid the situation that he fears

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307. ""projective"" and ""objective"" are two types of ________ tests.

Answer

Correct Answer: Personality

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308. _____ is a technique in cognitive therapy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Decatastrophize

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