PSYC 435 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
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GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⫸ treating schizophrenia - electroconvulsive therapy Answer: a
treatment that involves inducing a mild seizure by delivering an
electrical shock to the brain
⫸ treating schizophrenia - milieu therapy Answer: a humanistic
approach to institutional treatment based on the belief that institutions
can help patients recover by creating a climate that promotes self-
respect, responsible behavior, and meaningful activity
⫸ dissociative identity disorder Answer: A rare dissociative disorder in
which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating
personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.
⫸ Schizophrenia Answer: a psychological disorder characterized by
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished,
inappropriate emotional expression
⫸ Difference between schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder?
Answer: biological explanation of schizophrenia but not DIO
, ⫸ positive symptoms of schizophrenia Answer: Delusions
disordered thought
disordered speech
hallucinations
⫸ negative symptoms of schizophrenia Answer: lacks emotions
poverty of speech
lack of motivation
inability to feel pleasure
⫸ Eve White Answer: Woman, who in the 1950s become one of the
first major studies into dissociative identity disorder
⫸ conversion disorder Answer: A rare somatoform disorder in which a
person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which
no physiological basis can be found. EX: paralysis
⫸ DSM-V Answer: a widely used system for classifying psychological
disorders
⫸ Word salad (schizophasia) Answer: a jumble of words that is
meaningless to the listener and perhaps to the speaker as well because of
an extreme level of disorganization
ATHABASCA ALL IN ONE FINAL STUDY
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⫸ treating schizophrenia - electroconvulsive therapy Answer: a
treatment that involves inducing a mild seizure by delivering an
electrical shock to the brain
⫸ treating schizophrenia - milieu therapy Answer: a humanistic
approach to institutional treatment based on the belief that institutions
can help patients recover by creating a climate that promotes self-
respect, responsible behavior, and meaningful activity
⫸ dissociative identity disorder Answer: A rare dissociative disorder in
which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating
personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.
⫸ Schizophrenia Answer: a psychological disorder characterized by
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished,
inappropriate emotional expression
⫸ Difference between schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder?
Answer: biological explanation of schizophrenia but not DIO
, ⫸ positive symptoms of schizophrenia Answer: Delusions
disordered thought
disordered speech
hallucinations
⫸ negative symptoms of schizophrenia Answer: lacks emotions
poverty of speech
lack of motivation
inability to feel pleasure
⫸ Eve White Answer: Woman, who in the 1950s become one of the
first major studies into dissociative identity disorder
⫸ conversion disorder Answer: A rare somatoform disorder in which a
person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which
no physiological basis can be found. EX: paralysis
⫸ DSM-V Answer: a widely used system for classifying psychological
disorders
⫸ Word salad (schizophasia) Answer: a jumble of words that is
meaningless to the listener and perhaps to the speaker as well because of
an extreme level of disorganization
