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Quiz One Answer:1. What is the emphasis of the DSM’s definition of abnormal behavior?a. personal distress 2. A problem with defining abnormal behavior in terms of deviation from stats norms is that the definition?a. is unclear how unusual the behavior must be to considered abnormal3. Lifetime prevalence, one year statistics4. A researcher described her approach to understanding mental disorders as bio-psycho-social, what does she mean?a. integration of biological, psychological, and social factors provide the most useful approach for discovering the cause of most mental disorders5. Manic behavior is an example of:a. phenotype 6. Higher concordance rates for a given trait in MZ twins than DZ twins provides evidence that the trait may be influenced by:a. genetic causes 7. According to the principles of operant conditioning, what happens when negative reinforcement is applied?a. behavior will increase (reinforcement always increases behavior)8. Two clinical psychologists each interview and diagnose a group of patients. The extent to which they agree on the diagnosis of each patient is called?a. reliability9. According to the DSM-IV, disorders on Axis I can be distinguished from disorders on Axis II in which of the following ways-10. Quiz Two Answer: 1. You are given the topic of age and mood disorders for a term paper in abnormal psychology. What is the best title for your paper?a. “High Rates of Depression in the Elderly: Correcting the Myth” 2. Hypomania is an episode involving:a. High energy, but less severe than mania3. The difference between bipolar I and bipolar II disorder is that:a. With bipolar I disorder an individual must have manic or mixed episode and with bipolar II disorder a person must alternate between hypomania and major depressive episode4. Mary fails a calculus exam. Other students who failed complained it was too hard. Mary is convinced she failed because of a personal deficit.a. Internal5. The state legislature is considering enacting measures that will have an impact in reducing suicide rates:a. Al, who wants to reduce access to guns6. Sima was diagnosed with ASD and Collin has PTSD. What is the major difference?a. Collin has had the symptoms for longer7. Amy loves collecting coffee mugs and has been collecting them for years. At the drop of a hat she will launch into a discussion of her coffee collection. Her friends say she has OCD, you disagree, why?a. Unlike OCD, Amy derives pleasure from collecting coffee mugs. No distress was caused8. All of the following are steps included in the “Panic Cycle” except:a. Individuals begin worrying about variety of problems9. Bill worries about a long list of concerns. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?a. Generalized anxiety disorder10. Which of the following best captures Edna Foa’s “Two-Factor Theory” regarding the etiology of PTSD? a. Kimberly, who witnessed a student getting hit by a drunk driver while crossing UniversityAvenue. now three months later she still avoids walking down University Avenue. Quiz three Answers:1. The hypothesis that those who are mentally ill “drift” to lower socioeconomic levels is called:a. Social selection hypothesis2. The statement, “locks cat large is floor,” is an example of:a. Word salad 3. Schizophreniform disorder is distinguished from schizophrenia in that schizophreniform disorder is characterized by:a. Shorter duration of psychotic symptoms4. Woody is patient who has been diagnosed with catatonia. Which of these symptoms might characterize his catatonic condition?a. He appears frozen like a mannequin5. In January, Ronald was beginning to perform poorly at work, was neglecting his appearance, becoming withdrawn, and exhibiting odd behavior. In June, he showed the full blown symptoms of schizophrenia. His behavior in January can be considered:a. Prodromal 6. Expressed emotion in families is thought to influence the:a. Probability of relapse 7. ______________ is characterized by the substantial presence of both schizophrenia and depressive or manic episodes. Also, negative symptoms are not common in this disorder:a. Schizoaffective 8. ______________ is the disorder characterized by the presence of nonbizarre but demonstrably incorrect beliefs that have lasted for more than 1 month. a. Delusional disorder 9. According to the ______________, delusions are attempts to organize disconnected thoughts, feelings, and perceptions into a coherent, understandable experience. a. Dopamine hypothesis 10. People with schizophrenia in ____________ have more favorable course and prognosis than people with schizophrenia in ______________.a. Developing countries, industrialized countries Quiz Four Answers:1. Which personality disorder is characterized by off behavior, beliefs, thinking, behavior, and appearance?a. Schizotypal2. A psychologist is describing the different personality disorders. When she comes to avoidant and schizoid personality disorder, the students look puzzled. How will she distinguish these two personality disorders?a. Those with schizoid personality disorder prefer to be alone 3. You’re reading for a part in the play. The description of the part describes the character as exhibiting a pervasive patter of intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, an unstable self-imagea. Borderline personality4. Individuals are asked to learn a sequence of responses in order to receive a reward or punishment. How do the responses of psychopaths compare to the responses of normal control groups?a. Psychopaths do not seem to be affected by the anticipated punishment 5. Individuals diagnosed with personality disorder exhibit behavior that is described as a. Inflexible and pervasive 6. A psychologist has developed a series of personality inventories and wants to determine if they are valid for assessing various personality traits one of the scales measure perfectionism, so he asks a colleague for advice on how to establish the validity of the scale. The colleague tells him that is he can find a sample of people with a certain personality disorder they should obtain highscores on the scale. a. Obsessive compulsive7. During a case conference, one of the staff describes a patient as experiencing an “ego-dystonic” disorder. What is the most likely description of this patient?a. the client is distressed by his symptoms 8. Will will tell you how awesome he is, always playing himself upa. narcissistic personality disorder 9. Mark is deceitful and has abused


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