PSY 657 EXAM 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST 2026/
2027| 100% SUCCESS
Family Therapy - Correct Answer -involves working with patients and their families to educate
them about schizophrenia, to help them improve their opening and problem-solving skills, and
to enhance communication skills, especially the clarity of family communication.
Idea was to reduce relapse in schizophrenia by changing those aspects of the patient-relative
relationship that were regarded as central to the EE construct.
Studies show patients do better clinically and relapse rates are lower when families receive
treatment.
Individual Psychotherapy - Correct Answer -A non-psychodynamic approach that equips patients
with a broad range of coping techniques and skills. NOT ideal for schizophrenia treatment,
except when used to teach social skills.
social skills training - Correct Answer -training that is designed to help patients acquire the skills
they need to function better on a day-to-day basis.
Delirium - Correct Answer -a state of acute brain failure that lies between normal wakefulness
and stupor or coma.
,Characterized by confusion, disturbed concentration, and cognitive dysfunction.
Involves impairments of memory and attention as well as disorganized thinking. Hallucinations
and delusions are quite common, as well as abnormal psychomotor activity such as wild
thrashing about and disturbance of the sleep cycle.
The elderly are at particularly high risk
_______ may result from several conditions including head injury and infection.However, the
most common cause of ______ is drug intoxication or withdrawal.
Most cases of ______ are reversible, except when the ______ is caused by a terminal illness or
by severe brain trauma.
Consequences of delirium - Correct Answer -impairment of memory, comprehension, learning,
emotional control.
Major Neurocognitive Disorder (Dementia) - Correct Answer -involve marked deficits in
cognitive abilities. These may be apparent in such areas as attention, executive ability, learning
and memory, language, perception, and social cognition (skills required for understanding,
interpreting, and responding to the behavior of others). There is a decline from a previously
attained level of functioning.
The most common cause of major neurocognitive disorder is.... - Correct Answer -degenerative
brain disease, particularly Alzheimer's disease.
,Neurocognitive disorder associated with vascular disease (Vascular dementia) - Correct Answer -
a series of circumscribed cerebral infarcts—interruptions of the blood supply to minute areas of
the brain because of arterial disease, commonly known as "small strokes"—cumulatively
destroy neurons over expanding brain regions. The affected regions become soft and may
degenerate over time, leaving only cavities. Although vascular cognitive impairment tends to
have a more varied early clinical picture than Alzheimer's disease, the progressive loss of cells
leads to brain atrophy and behavioral impairments that ultimately mimic those of Alzheimer's
disease.
Neurocognitive Disorder Characterized by Profound Memory Impairment (Amnestic Disorder) -
Correct Answer -the substantial decline in functioning occurs in a single cognitive domain
(memory). Memory is typically so impaired that the person is unable to recall events that took
place only a few minutes previously. To compensate, patients sometimes confabulate, making
up events to fill in the void that they have in their mind.
The affected person may be able to execute a complex task if it provides its own distinctive cues
for each stage of the sequence.
Brain damage is the root cause of _______, however, not all brain damage is permanent.
If brain injury occurs, and a person is unable to recall the events right before the injury, it is
called retrograde amnesia.
Alzheimer's Disease has no... - Correct Answer -treatment or cure
, Alzheimer's Disease - Correct Answer -a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder.
_______ is associated with a characteristic dementia syndrome that has an imperceptible onset
and a usually slow but progressively deteriorating course, terminating in delirium and death.
In its earliest stages, _______ involves minor cognitive impairment. For example, the person
may have difficulty recalling recent events, make more errors at work, or take longer to
complete routine tasks.
In the later stages, there is evidence of dementia; deficits become more severe, cover multiple
domains, and result in an inability to function. For example, the person may be easily
disoriented, have poor judgment, and neglect his or her personal hygiene. Because they have
impaired memory for recent events, many patients have "empty" speech in which grammar and
syntax remain intact, but vague and seemingly pointless expressions replace meaningful
conversation exchange.
ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) - Correct Answer -Characterized by a persistent
pattern of difficulties sustaining attention and/or impulsiveness and excessive or exaggerated
motor activity - theses problems have to be numerous, persistent, and causing impairments at
home, school, or the workplace
No longer called ADD
Marked by presence of impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention. Difficulties that interfere with
the task oriented behavior.
predominantly inattentive (Different types of ADHD) - Correct Answer -no hyperactivity
hyperactiviity/impulsive (Different types of ADHD) - Correct Answer -there is hyperactivity but
no attention deficit
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST 2026/
2027| 100% SUCCESS
Family Therapy - Correct Answer -involves working with patients and their families to educate
them about schizophrenia, to help them improve their opening and problem-solving skills, and
to enhance communication skills, especially the clarity of family communication.
Idea was to reduce relapse in schizophrenia by changing those aspects of the patient-relative
relationship that were regarded as central to the EE construct.
Studies show patients do better clinically and relapse rates are lower when families receive
treatment.
Individual Psychotherapy - Correct Answer -A non-psychodynamic approach that equips patients
with a broad range of coping techniques and skills. NOT ideal for schizophrenia treatment,
except when used to teach social skills.
social skills training - Correct Answer -training that is designed to help patients acquire the skills
they need to function better on a day-to-day basis.
Delirium - Correct Answer -a state of acute brain failure that lies between normal wakefulness
and stupor or coma.
,Characterized by confusion, disturbed concentration, and cognitive dysfunction.
Involves impairments of memory and attention as well as disorganized thinking. Hallucinations
and delusions are quite common, as well as abnormal psychomotor activity such as wild
thrashing about and disturbance of the sleep cycle.
The elderly are at particularly high risk
_______ may result from several conditions including head injury and infection.However, the
most common cause of ______ is drug intoxication or withdrawal.
Most cases of ______ are reversible, except when the ______ is caused by a terminal illness or
by severe brain trauma.
Consequences of delirium - Correct Answer -impairment of memory, comprehension, learning,
emotional control.
Major Neurocognitive Disorder (Dementia) - Correct Answer -involve marked deficits in
cognitive abilities. These may be apparent in such areas as attention, executive ability, learning
and memory, language, perception, and social cognition (skills required for understanding,
interpreting, and responding to the behavior of others). There is a decline from a previously
attained level of functioning.
The most common cause of major neurocognitive disorder is.... - Correct Answer -degenerative
brain disease, particularly Alzheimer's disease.
,Neurocognitive disorder associated with vascular disease (Vascular dementia) - Correct Answer -
a series of circumscribed cerebral infarcts—interruptions of the blood supply to minute areas of
the brain because of arterial disease, commonly known as "small strokes"—cumulatively
destroy neurons over expanding brain regions. The affected regions become soft and may
degenerate over time, leaving only cavities. Although vascular cognitive impairment tends to
have a more varied early clinical picture than Alzheimer's disease, the progressive loss of cells
leads to brain atrophy and behavioral impairments that ultimately mimic those of Alzheimer's
disease.
Neurocognitive Disorder Characterized by Profound Memory Impairment (Amnestic Disorder) -
Correct Answer -the substantial decline in functioning occurs in a single cognitive domain
(memory). Memory is typically so impaired that the person is unable to recall events that took
place only a few minutes previously. To compensate, patients sometimes confabulate, making
up events to fill in the void that they have in their mind.
The affected person may be able to execute a complex task if it provides its own distinctive cues
for each stage of the sequence.
Brain damage is the root cause of _______, however, not all brain damage is permanent.
If brain injury occurs, and a person is unable to recall the events right before the injury, it is
called retrograde amnesia.
Alzheimer's Disease has no... - Correct Answer -treatment or cure
, Alzheimer's Disease - Correct Answer -a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder.
_______ is associated with a characteristic dementia syndrome that has an imperceptible onset
and a usually slow but progressively deteriorating course, terminating in delirium and death.
In its earliest stages, _______ involves minor cognitive impairment. For example, the person
may have difficulty recalling recent events, make more errors at work, or take longer to
complete routine tasks.
In the later stages, there is evidence of dementia; deficits become more severe, cover multiple
domains, and result in an inability to function. For example, the person may be easily
disoriented, have poor judgment, and neglect his or her personal hygiene. Because they have
impaired memory for recent events, many patients have "empty" speech in which grammar and
syntax remain intact, but vague and seemingly pointless expressions replace meaningful
conversation exchange.
ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) - Correct Answer -Characterized by a persistent
pattern of difficulties sustaining attention and/or impulsiveness and excessive or exaggerated
motor activity - theses problems have to be numerous, persistent, and causing impairments at
home, school, or the workplace
No longer called ADD
Marked by presence of impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention. Difficulties that interfere with
the task oriented behavior.
predominantly inattentive (Different types of ADHD) - Correct Answer -no hyperactivity
hyperactiviity/impulsive (Different types of ADHD) - Correct Answer -there is hyperactivity but
no attention deficit
