Adjustment Disorders and Life Cycle Transitions Chapter 17 Total Assessment Guide T A G Factual Conceptual Applied 1 18 103 4 5 10 15 16 Topic Overview pp 466 467 Symptoms pp 467 469 The Transition to Adulthood pp 469 472 Family Transitions pp 472 480 Question Type Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Short Answer Essay 2 3 7 93 6 8 9 11 12 13 14 17 94 19 21 24 25 28 29 31 95 33 34 40 42 44 46 49 50 55 57 59 96 97 62 64 66 70 72 79 80 81 82 84 88 89 91 92 98 99 100 101 102 The Transition to Later Life pp 480 487 Multiple Choice 20 22 23 26 30 27 32 104 35 36 38 41 43 45 48 51 52 53 58 60 105 106 108 109 63 65 67 71 74 77 83 85 86 90 37 39 47 54 56 61 68 69 73 75 76 78 87 110 111 107 ScholarStock 670 Chapter 17 Adjustment Disorders and Life Cycle Transitions Multiple Choice 17 1 1 Donna has experienced what her therapist calls clinically significant symptoms of stress However they are not severe enough to warrant classification as one of the mental disorders associated with traumatic stressors In order for her insurance carrier to pay for her therapy the therapist must provide a diagnosis What diagnosis will the therapist report adjustment disorder acute stress disorder life cycle transition posttraumatic stress disorder Answer a Difficulty 2 Question ID 17 1 1 Page Reference 466 Topic Overview Skill Applied LO 17 1 What problems in living cause some people to seek psychological help 17 1 2 Adult development is characterized by little change or growth a sequence of time limited stages coping with fairly predictable challenges a series of qualitatively different stages Answer c Difficulty 1 Question ID 17 1 2 Page Reference 467 Topic Overview Skill Factual LO 17 1 What problems in living cause some people to seek psychological help 17 1 3 Which of the following is characteristic of life cycle transitions They are the times when people move smoothly from one stage of life to another They mark the acceptance of death that comes at the end of a long life DSM 5 places them in the category of mental disorders They are times when people often struggle as they move from one life stage to the next a b c d a b c d a b c d Answer d Difficulty 1 Question ID 17 1 3 Page Reference 467 Topic Overview Skill Factual ScholarStock 671 a b c d a b c d a b c d LO 17 1 What problems in living cause some people to seek psychological help 17 1 4 Erik Erikson suggested that diverse life cycle transitions have as a common theme growth conflict adjustment stasis Answer b Difficulty 2 Question ID 17 1 4 Page Reference 467 Topic Symptoms Skill Conceptual LO 17 1 What problems in living cause some people to seek psychological help 17 1 5 In order to meet the DSM 5 definition of an adjustment disorder two conditions must be met 1 clinically significant symptoms occur in response to stress and 2 17 1 6 Which of the following characterizes Erik Erikson s conceptualization of human development these symptoms are not severe enough to be labeled a mental disorder these symptoms are severe enough to be labeled a mental disorder depression and or anxiety must be present symptoms of identity or role confusion must co occur Answer a Difficulty 2 Question ID 17 1 5 Page Reference 468 Topic Symptoms Skill Conceptual LO 17 2 How does DSM 5 classify emotional problems that are not disorders Role confusion and identity are resolved by age 5 Each stage involves a crisis of the healthy personality Psychosocial development is finished by young adulthood Healthy people experience little conflict during adult development Answer b Difficulty 1 Question ID 17 1 6 Page Reference 467 Topic Symptoms Skill Factual LO 17 1 What problems in living cause some people to seek psychological help 17 1 7 You need to look up the DSM 5 definition for partner relational problem In what section should you look ScholarStock 672 a b c d a b c d a b c d a b c d adjustment disorders other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention stress disorders relational and other interpersonal disorders Answer b Difficulty 2 Question ID 17 1 7 Page Reference 466 Topic Overview Skill Factual LO 17 2 How does DSM 5 classify emotional problems that are not disorders 17 1 8 In what section would you find housing and economic problems listed in DSM 5 causes of depression financial problems mental disorders other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention Answer d Difficulty 2 Question ID 17 1 8 Page Reference 469 Topic Symptoms Skill Factual LO 17 2 How does DSM 5 classify emotional problems that are not disorders 17 1 9 DSM 5 groups adjustment disorders acute stress disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder together because all are caused by stress What makes adjustment disorder different from the other two Adjustment disorder is a reaction to a very high degree of stressor that is not life threatening Adjustment disorder can be a reaction to a stressor of any severity Adjustment disorder is much less severe and will always get better on its own Adjustment disorder is much more severe and requires medical interventions Answer b Difficulty 1 Question ID 17 1 9 Page Reference 468 Topic Symptoms Skill Factual LO 17 2 How does DSM 5 classify emotional problems that are not disorders 17 1 10 Erik Erikson s major contribution to a model of psychosocial development was identifying the developmental stages that occur in every human from birth to age 18 ordering developmental stages in infants and toddlers recognizing that human development continues into adulthood identifying adjustment disorders as a clinically significant mental disorder ScholarStock 673 Answer c Difficulty 2 Question ID 17 1 10 Page Reference 468 Topic Symptoms Skill Conceptual LO 17 4 Is an identity crisis necessary for healthy adult development 17 1 11 What struggle did Erik Erikson view as the major challenge of adolescence integrity versus despair identity versus role confusion generativity versus stagnation intimacy versus self absorption Answer b Difficulty 1 Question ID 17 1 11 Page Reference 468 Topic Symptoms Skill Factual LO 17 4 Is an identity crisis necessary for healthy adult development 17 1 12 According to Erik Erikson the resolution of the identity crisis typically occurs in what developmental stage childhood adolescence middle age old age Answer b Difficulty 1 Question ID 17 1 12 Page Reference 468 Topic Symptoms Skill Factual LO 17 4 Is an identity crisis