Question

Psychology Only 10 questions.

1. In which disorder do people enter REM sleep more quickly than normal after falling asleep?

Answer Choices:

a.  paranoid schizophrenia

b. depression

c. social phobia

d. panic disorder

2. What evidence, if any, supports the idea that schizophrenia has a genetic basis?

a. studies of twins and adopted children

b. comparisons of schizophrenia prevalence in different culture

c. comparisons of the brains of people with and without schizophrenia

d. no evidence

3.  Which of the following disorders is most likely to be noticed during infancy or early childhood?

a.  paranoid schizophrenia

b. obsessive-compulsive disorder

c. autism

d. bipolar disorder

4. A compulsion is

a.  a repetitive action.

b.  an excessive fear.

c. an ailment with no medical basis.

d.  a repetitive line of thought.

5.  Studies that evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy generally find that

a.  people who receive no treatment are just as likely to improve as those who receive psychotherapy.

b. almost no psychologically disturbed people improve without the benefits of psychotherapy.

c. people are actually more likely to improve without psychotherapy than with it.

d.  the average psychotherapy patient improves more than do about 80% of the untreated people.

6. What is DSM?

a.  an association of university psychology departments

b.  a drug often used in the treatment of people with schizophrenia

c.  a book about diagnosing psychological disorders

d.  a standardized personality test

7. The psychological disorders that are diagnosed most frequently in the United States are

a.  substance abuse, mood disorders, impulse control problems and anxiety

b. depression, schizophrenia, and dissociative identity.

c. obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance abuse, and schizophrenia.

d. anxiety disorders, sexual disorders, and eating disorders.

8. What is the main goal of behavior therapy?

a.  to establish realistic goals and expectations

b.  to change behavior

c.  to bring unconscious thoughts into consciousness

d. to enable the client to achieve self-acceptance

9.  Which of the following are defining principles of community psychology?

a. Empowerment

b. Cultural diversity

c. Prevention

d. All of the above

10.  Which of the following have contributed to the development of community psychology in the U.S.?

a.  social politics of the 1960s

b. deinstitutionalization

c. community mental health

d. all of the above

Answer 1

• 2.ANSWER-studies of twins and adopted children
• Concordance rates for identical twins are routinely and consistently found to be significantly higher than those for fraternal twins or ordinary siblings.
• In addition to greater probability of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, the offspring whose mothers had schizophrenia were more likely to be diagnosed as mentally retarded, neurotic or psychopathic.
• 3.ANSWER-Autism,is a complex developmental disability; signs typically appear during early childhood and affect a person’s ability to communicate, and interact with others.
• 4.ANSWER-A compulsion is a repetitive action
• Compulsions are repetitive behaviors that a person with OCD feels the urge to do in response to an obsessive thought.
• 6.ANSWER-DSM is a book about diagnosing psychological disorders
• The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the handbook used by health care professionals in the United States and much of the world as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders.
• 8.ANSWER-the goal of behavioural therapy is to change behaviour.
• This form of therapy seeks to identify and help change potentially self-destructive or unhealthy behaviors. It functions on the idea that all behaviors are learned and that unhealthy behaviors can be changed.
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