PSYC 2490 - UNIT 4-7 QUESTIONS
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At present, dissociative disorders are characterized by:
A) flat affect.
B) severe brain damage.
C) delusions and hallucinations.
D) maladaptive alterations of identity, memory, and consciousness.
E) poor concentration.
D
Heather has suddenly left home and has lost all memory of herself and her past
life. She is most likely suffering from:
A) repression.
B) depersonalization/derealization disorder.
C) dissociative amnesia.
D) dissociative amnesia with fugue.
E) dissociative identity disorder.
D
Which of the following is TRUE of dissociative identity disorder?
A) Alters may have different eyeglass prescriptions and allergies.
B) For a diagnosis there must be at least 4 alters that control the person's
behaviour.
C) Alters typically share the same memories and have similar histories and
mannerisms.
,D) The various personalities always claim to be of the same gender.
E) The host is never aware of the various alters.
A
Heather is deliberately faking symptoms of illness in order to gain the attention
of doctors. This behaviour is best described as:
A) conversion disorder.
B) factitious disorder.
C) malingering.
D) somatizing.
E) faking.
B
In Hippocrates' time, depression was thought to result from an excess of ______
from the spleen.
A) yellow bile
B) phlegm
C) blood
D) black bile
E) orange bile
D
Which of the following is NOT discussed in the text as a cognitive-behavioural
treatment technique for depression?
A) thought records
B) activity scheduling
C) testing beliefs through behavioural experiments
D) exposure and response prevention
E) challenging of negative thoughts
E
Currently, the most popular class of antidepressants are the:
A) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
, B) monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).
C) benzodiazepines.
D) bicyclics.
E) tricyclics.
A
The strongest risk factor for dying by suicide is
A) being a man.
B) being woman.
C) being a man between the ages of 50 and 70.
D) being a woman between the ages of 50 and 70.
E) being an adolescent female.
A
Unlike bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder is characterized by:
A) Regular binge eating episodes.
B) Excessive exercise to compensate for eating binges.
C) Excessive use of enemas to compensate for eating binges.
D) Higher functioning and higher self-esteem.
E) An absence of inappropriate compensatory behaviours after eating binges.
E
Susan is 16 years old and she is afraid of gaining weight and getting fat. Susan is
very dissatisfied with her body and she often tries to lose weight through fad
diets and exercise. It would be difficult to determine her diagnosis because:
A) it is hard to determine whether she meets the DSM-5 criterion for restriction
of energy intake leading to low body weight.
B) Susan could have any one of a number of eating disorders.
C) Susan is still too young to have an eating disorder.
D) Susan's symptoms are not extreme.
E) it is difficult to determine whether she is successful at losing weight.
A
COMPLETE WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
At present, dissociative disorders are characterized by:
A) flat affect.
B) severe brain damage.
C) delusions and hallucinations.
D) maladaptive alterations of identity, memory, and consciousness.
E) poor concentration.
D
Heather has suddenly left home and has lost all memory of herself and her past
life. She is most likely suffering from:
A) repression.
B) depersonalization/derealization disorder.
C) dissociative amnesia.
D) dissociative amnesia with fugue.
E) dissociative identity disorder.
D
Which of the following is TRUE of dissociative identity disorder?
A) Alters may have different eyeglass prescriptions and allergies.
B) For a diagnosis there must be at least 4 alters that control the person's
behaviour.
C) Alters typically share the same memories and have similar histories and
mannerisms.
,D) The various personalities always claim to be of the same gender.
E) The host is never aware of the various alters.
A
Heather is deliberately faking symptoms of illness in order to gain the attention
of doctors. This behaviour is best described as:
A) conversion disorder.
B) factitious disorder.
C) malingering.
D) somatizing.
E) faking.
B
In Hippocrates' time, depression was thought to result from an excess of ______
from the spleen.
A) yellow bile
B) phlegm
C) blood
D) black bile
E) orange bile
D
Which of the following is NOT discussed in the text as a cognitive-behavioural
treatment technique for depression?
A) thought records
B) activity scheduling
C) testing beliefs through behavioural experiments
D) exposure and response prevention
E) challenging of negative thoughts
E
Currently, the most popular class of antidepressants are the:
A) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
, B) monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).
C) benzodiazepines.
D) bicyclics.
E) tricyclics.
A
The strongest risk factor for dying by suicide is
A) being a man.
B) being woman.
C) being a man between the ages of 50 and 70.
D) being a woman between the ages of 50 and 70.
E) being an adolescent female.
A
Unlike bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder is characterized by:
A) Regular binge eating episodes.
B) Excessive exercise to compensate for eating binges.
C) Excessive use of enemas to compensate for eating binges.
D) Higher functioning and higher self-esteem.
E) An absence of inappropriate compensatory behaviours after eating binges.
E
Susan is 16 years old and she is afraid of gaining weight and getting fat. Susan is
very dissatisfied with her body and she often tries to lose weight through fad
diets and exercise. It would be difficult to determine her diagnosis because:
A) it is hard to determine whether she meets the DSM-5 criterion for restriction
of energy intake leading to low body weight.
B) Susan could have any one of a number of eating disorders.
C) Susan is still too young to have an eating disorder.
D) Susan's symptoms are not extreme.
E) it is difficult to determine whether she is successful at losing weight.
A
