In: Psychology
QUESTION 11
Stressors in the environment such as family discord impact individuals with schizophrenia in the following way:
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They do not cause schizophrenia but they can increase the risk of relapse in an individual who already has the disorder |
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b. |
It is best for those with schizophrenia to live separate from their families to prevent family stress. |
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c. |
They do not impact those with schizophrenia as it is purely a neurotransmitter imbalance. |
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d. |
They often have schizophrenogenetic mothers |
1 points
QUESTION 12
Archie has been diagnosed with a mild intellectual disability. Which of the following is true:
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His IQ is more than 2 standard deviations below the mean. |
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b. |
He is not allowed by law to get married. |
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c. |
He will never be able to maintain a job |
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d. |
He cannot complete highschool |
1 points
QUESTION 13
Beltram is currently 61 and has been a heavy drinker his entire life. Lately he has started to have serious memory problems. For example, his wife Rita can have a conversation with him and then 5 minutes later he doesn't even remember speaking to her. He also has gaps in his memory about the past. Beltram's memory loss is probably due to:
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Dissociative Identity Disorder |
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b. |
Alzheimer's Disease |
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c. |
Dissociative Fuge |
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d. |
Korsakoff's Syndrome |
1 points
QUESTION 14
Sara has dementia. This has been hard for her family as she is srarting to forget them and often when her daughter's come to visit she doesn't recognize them. Sara's memory loss is:
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retrograde |
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b. |
regressive |
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c. |
anterograde |
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d. |
substance induced |
1 points
QUESTION 15
Jannelle has not been sleeping more than 2 hours per night since the birth of her colicky son 3 months ago. Which of the following is true of the effects of sleep deprivation?
It is cumulative in nature. |
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It is possible for the body develops tolerance to reduced sleep in a short span of time. |
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It is much more pronounced in men than women. |
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It reduces stress levels. |
1 points
QUESTION 16
Joaquin has been in trouble with the law since he was a kid. He ran away from home at 13 and then has been in and out of juvie for various crimes such as assault and theft his entire adolescence. Once he aged out of the juvenile justice system he has done several bids upstate for assault. Joaquin has never been able to hold down a job - nor does he really see the point. He has also been abusing substances but doesn't consider himself a addict - although many of his assault convictions happened when he was drunk and high. According to the DSM-5, Joaquin could be diagnosed with:
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Psychopathy |
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b. |
Avoidant Personality Disorder |
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c. |
Antisocial Personality Disorder |
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d. |
Conduct Disorder |
1 points
QUESTION 17
Lucas is in grade two and his parents have just been called in for a meeting with his teacher. His teacher reports that Lucas is not listening to the classroom rooms and talking back. She reports that he is not physically aggressive but can sometimes say hurtful things to other children. Lucas' parents also report that he has a hard time following rules at home and engages in frequent arguments with them and his little brother. According to the DSM-5 Lucas may be diagnosed with:
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Autism Spectrum Disorder |
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b. |
Oppositional Defiant disorder |
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c. |
ADHD |
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d. |
Conduct Disorder |
1 points
QUESTION 18
Zoe was in an abusive relationship and killed her boyfriend when he slept. She was charged with first degree murder. Zoe was denied bail and thus spent the six months awaiting trial in jail. During this time Zoe started getting increasingly confused and disoriented and she refused to talk to her lawyer. Zoe is most likely:
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incompetent to stand trial. |
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b. |
not guilty due to mental illness. |
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c. |
not guilty by reason of insanity. |
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d. |
competent to stand trial. |
1 points
QUESTION 19
Somatic Disorders are hard to diagnose because:
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The diagnostic criteria for the somatic disorders are very vague and have poor reliabiility |
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Medical doctors do not believe in the existence of somatic disorders |
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The person may not be aware they are having physical problems |
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d. |
It is often hard to tease apart what may be an actual medical disorder and what may be a psychological disorder |
1 points
QUESTION 20
Antisocial girls:
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engage in passive aggression |
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b. |
Use relational aggression |
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exhibit expressed belligerence |
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Are very uncommon |
11) Answer - Option C
Explanation:-
people with serious psychological personality disorder as usually as attainable use issue targeted adapting techniques in light of most kinds of stressors, together with important life occasions, in spite of the very fact that this happened once the underlying utilization of avoidant adapting procedures.
12) Option A
Explanation:-
Intellectual disability1 involves problems with general mental capacities that influence operating in 2 territories:
-scholarly operating, (for example, learning, vital thinking, judgment)
-A dynamic unhealthiness that decimates memory and alternative important mental capacities.
13) Option B
Explanation:-
Synapse associations and also the cells themselves rowdy and bite the mud, inevitably annihilating memory and alternative important mental capacities.
14) Option A
Explanation:-
Retrograde amnesia (RA) is lost memory-access to occasions that happened, or information that was seen previously. it's caused by injury or the start of an illness.
15) Option D is the true one.
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