PSY 255 Week 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
GUARANTEED PASS
1. Diagnosis - ANSWER ✅ Appropriately identifying and labeling a set of
defined symptoms
2. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-
5) - ANSWER ✅ Authoritative index of mental disorders and the criteria for
their diagnosis; published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
Each disorder is described in detail, including an overview of the disorder
(diagnostic features), specific symptoms required for diagnosis (diagnostic
criteria), prevalence information (what percent of the population is thought
to be afflicted with the disorder), and risk factors associated with the
disorder.
3. Prevalence - ANSWER ✅ What percent of the population is thought to be
afflicted with the disorder
4. Comorbidity - ANSWER ✅ Co-occurrence of two disorders
5. The letters in the abbreviation DSM-5 stand for ________. - ANSWER ✅
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
6. Imagine that your professor asked you to look up what percentage of people
in the United States currently have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. What is
another term for this number? - ANSWER ✅ Prevalence
,7. Which of the following is NOT included in the DSM-5?
-Diagnostic criteria
-Prevalence information
-Causes of disorders
-Risk factors associated with disorders - ANSWER ✅ Causes of disorders
8. Internalizing problems - ANSWER ✅ Problems that involve emotional
alterations of anxiety disorders and depression
9. Externalizing problems - ANSWER ✅ Problems related to disruptive
behavior that cause conflicts in relationships with others
10.Anxiety disorders - ANSWER ✅ Any anxiety or fear that interferes with
normal functioning may be classified as an anxiety disorder.
11.Post-traumatic stress disorder - ANSWER ✅ The experience of a traumatic
or profoundly stressful event, such as combat, sexual assault, or natural
disaster, produces a constellation of symptoms that must last for one month
or more. These symptoms include intrusive and distressing memories of the
event, flashbacks, avoidance of stimuli or situations that are connected to the
event, persistently negative emotional states, feeling detached from others,
irritability, proneness toward outbursts, and a tendency to be easily startled.
12.Dissociative disorders - ANSWER ✅ People become dissociated from their
sense of self, resulting in memory and identity disturbances.
13.Obsessive-compulsive disorder - ANSWER ✅ A person is obsessed with
unwanted, unpleasant thoughts and/or compulsively engages in repetitive
behaviors or mental acts, perhaps as a way of coping with the obsessions.
,14.Somatic symptom disorders - ANSWER ✅ Previously known as
"somataform disorders." These include somatic symptom disorder, illness
anxiety disorder, functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion
disorder), and fictitious disorder.
15.Sleek-wake disorders - ANSWER ✅ Involve problems with the quality,
timing, and amount of sleep, which result in daytime distress and
impairment in functioning.
16.Substance-related disorders - ANSWER ✅ Result when a craving for, the
development of, a tolerance to, and difficulties in controlling the use of a
particular substance or a combination of different substances, as well as
withdrawal syndromes when a person ceases to use the substance(s).
17.Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders - ANSWER ✅ Refer to a
group of disorders that include oppositional defiant disorder, conduct
disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, and pyromania. These
disorders can cause people to behave angrily or aggressively toward people
or property.
18.Neurocognitive disorders - ANSWER ✅ Disorders that describe decreased
mental function due to a medical disease other than a psychiatric illness. It is
often used synonymously (but incorrectly) with dementia.
19.Which of the following is a severe disorder characterized by a complete
breakdown in one's ability to function in life and includes both delusions and
hallucinations?
-Major depressive disorder
-Bipolar disorder
-Paranoid personality disorder
, -Schizophrenia - ANSWER ✅ Schizophrenia
20.Bernardo is a therapist and has treated clients for over five years. Bernardo
has to look at the DSM-5 for diagnostic codes when he assesses and
diagnoses his clients. Some of Bernardo's reasoning for using these
diagnostic codes is because they are...
-helpful in providing a clear path for treatment.
-useful to clients.
-not useful for researchers.
-useful to insurance companies. - ANSWER ✅ useful to insurance
companies.
21.Anthony has recently been feeling anxious due to multiple factors in his life.
Anthony has been anxious because of working full-time, going to school
full-time, and the stress of taking care of one of his family members.
Anthony's family has taught him that individuals that go to therapy are
insane and discussed the shame that goes with being treated for any mental
illness. Anthony did not seek treatment until he was hospitalized due to the
anxiety. Anthony's example is consistent with...
-stigma expectations.
-a felt stigma.
-stigma and illness.
-an enacted stigma. - ANSWER ✅ a felt stigma.
22.Globally, the ________ is more frequently used for clinical diagnosis,
whereas the ________ is more valued for research.
-International Psychological Association Manual; American Standards of
Diagnosis
-Determining Statistical Manifestation of Disorders; International Manual of
Disorders
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
GUARANTEED PASS
1. Diagnosis - ANSWER ✅ Appropriately identifying and labeling a set of
defined symptoms
2. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-
5) - ANSWER ✅ Authoritative index of mental disorders and the criteria for
their diagnosis; published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
Each disorder is described in detail, including an overview of the disorder
(diagnostic features), specific symptoms required for diagnosis (diagnostic
criteria), prevalence information (what percent of the population is thought
to be afflicted with the disorder), and risk factors associated with the
disorder.
3. Prevalence - ANSWER ✅ What percent of the population is thought to be
afflicted with the disorder
4. Comorbidity - ANSWER ✅ Co-occurrence of two disorders
5. The letters in the abbreviation DSM-5 stand for ________. - ANSWER ✅
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
6. Imagine that your professor asked you to look up what percentage of people
in the United States currently have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. What is
another term for this number? - ANSWER ✅ Prevalence
,7. Which of the following is NOT included in the DSM-5?
-Diagnostic criteria
-Prevalence information
-Causes of disorders
-Risk factors associated with disorders - ANSWER ✅ Causes of disorders
8. Internalizing problems - ANSWER ✅ Problems that involve emotional
alterations of anxiety disorders and depression
9. Externalizing problems - ANSWER ✅ Problems related to disruptive
behavior that cause conflicts in relationships with others
10.Anxiety disorders - ANSWER ✅ Any anxiety or fear that interferes with
normal functioning may be classified as an anxiety disorder.
11.Post-traumatic stress disorder - ANSWER ✅ The experience of a traumatic
or profoundly stressful event, such as combat, sexual assault, or natural
disaster, produces a constellation of symptoms that must last for one month
or more. These symptoms include intrusive and distressing memories of the
event, flashbacks, avoidance of stimuli or situations that are connected to the
event, persistently negative emotional states, feeling detached from others,
irritability, proneness toward outbursts, and a tendency to be easily startled.
12.Dissociative disorders - ANSWER ✅ People become dissociated from their
sense of self, resulting in memory and identity disturbances.
13.Obsessive-compulsive disorder - ANSWER ✅ A person is obsessed with
unwanted, unpleasant thoughts and/or compulsively engages in repetitive
behaviors or mental acts, perhaps as a way of coping with the obsessions.
,14.Somatic symptom disorders - ANSWER ✅ Previously known as
"somataform disorders." These include somatic symptom disorder, illness
anxiety disorder, functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion
disorder), and fictitious disorder.
15.Sleek-wake disorders - ANSWER ✅ Involve problems with the quality,
timing, and amount of sleep, which result in daytime distress and
impairment in functioning.
16.Substance-related disorders - ANSWER ✅ Result when a craving for, the
development of, a tolerance to, and difficulties in controlling the use of a
particular substance or a combination of different substances, as well as
withdrawal syndromes when a person ceases to use the substance(s).
17.Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders - ANSWER ✅ Refer to a
group of disorders that include oppositional defiant disorder, conduct
disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, and pyromania. These
disorders can cause people to behave angrily or aggressively toward people
or property.
18.Neurocognitive disorders - ANSWER ✅ Disorders that describe decreased
mental function due to a medical disease other than a psychiatric illness. It is
often used synonymously (but incorrectly) with dementia.
19.Which of the following is a severe disorder characterized by a complete
breakdown in one's ability to function in life and includes both delusions and
hallucinations?
-Major depressive disorder
-Bipolar disorder
-Paranoid personality disorder
, -Schizophrenia - ANSWER ✅ Schizophrenia
20.Bernardo is a therapist and has treated clients for over five years. Bernardo
has to look at the DSM-5 for diagnostic codes when he assesses and
diagnoses his clients. Some of Bernardo's reasoning for using these
diagnostic codes is because they are...
-helpful in providing a clear path for treatment.
-useful to clients.
-not useful for researchers.
-useful to insurance companies. - ANSWER ✅ useful to insurance
companies.
21.Anthony has recently been feeling anxious due to multiple factors in his life.
Anthony has been anxious because of working full-time, going to school
full-time, and the stress of taking care of one of his family members.
Anthony's family has taught him that individuals that go to therapy are
insane and discussed the shame that goes with being treated for any mental
illness. Anthony did not seek treatment until he was hospitalized due to the
anxiety. Anthony's example is consistent with...
-stigma expectations.
-a felt stigma.
-stigma and illness.
-an enacted stigma. - ANSWER ✅ a felt stigma.
22.Globally, the ________ is more frequently used for clinical diagnosis,
whereas the ________ is more valued for research.
-International Psychological Association Manual; American Standards of
Diagnosis
-Determining Statistical Manifestation of Disorders; International Manual of
Disorders
