PSYCH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH MARKED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023 UPDATE
1. According to statistical data, the prevalence of schizophrenia is about .
a. 01%
*b. 1%
c. 5%
d. 10%
2. In the 1850s, a French physician named Benedict Morel used the terms demence (loss of min
d) and precoce (early, premature) to describe what we now know as schizophrenia because he ob
served that the onset of symptoms often occurs
a. in the early part of the year.
*b. during adolescence.
c. in the morning.
d. prior to symptoms of other mental illnesses.
3. Which of the following was the main characteristic of dementia praecox, according to Emil
K raepelin?
a. Silly and immature behavior
*b. Mental weakness
c. Alternating immobility and agitated excitement
d. Delusions of grandeur or persecution
4. In Observations on Madness and Melancholy, John Haslam characterized (what is now know
n as) schizophrenia as:
a. dementia praecox.
b. hallucinations, delusions, and negativism.
*c. insanity.
d. catatonia.
5. In the late 1800s, the German psychiatrist Emil Kraeplin made all of the following
contributi ons to our knowledge of schizophrenia EXCEPT
,PSYCH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH MARKED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023 UPDATE
a. distinguishing dementia praecox (schizophrenia) from manic-depressive illness.
b. noting that hallucinations, delusions, and negativism were symptoms of dementia pra
ecox (schizophrenia).
c. combining several symptoms of insanity (catatonia, paranoia, hebephrenia) that had u
sually been viewed as reflecting separate and distinct disorders.
*d. conceptualizing a treatment for schizophrenic patients that is still being used today.
6. Which of the following is the definition for hebephrenia?
*a. Silly and immature behavior
b. Early madness
c. Alternating immobility and agitated excitement
d. Delusions of grandeur or persecution
7. Toward the end of the 19th century, Emil Kraeplin, studying the disorder we now call
schizop hrenia, used the term because he observed that the onset of symptoms often occurred bef
ore adulthood.
a. adolescent insanity
b. folie à deux
c. catatonia previa
*d. dementia praecox
8. The term "schizophrenia" was introduced circa 1908 by a Swiss psychiatrist named
a. Emil Kraepelin.
b. Sigmund Freud.
*c. Eugen Bleuler.
d. Phillipe Pinel.
9. Eugen Bleuler's concept of schizophrenia as an "associative splitting" of the basic functions
of personality led to the incorrect use of the term to mean
a. a fugue state.
*b. multiple personality.
c. cognitive slippage.
d. folie à deux.
, PSYCH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH MARKED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023 UPDATE
10. Bleuler described the underlying behaviors of schizophrenia as the destruction of the forces
that connect one function to the next. He called this underlying foundation of the disorder
a. a fugue state.
b. split personality.
*c. associative splitting.
d. folie à deux.
11. Which of the following is the best description of schizophrenia?
a. Schizophrenia is characterized by symptoms shared by everyone with the diagnosis.
b. Schizophrenia is characterized by multiple personalities.
*c. Schizophrenia is characterized by behavior and symptoms that aren’t necessarily co
mmon to everyone with
the diagnosis.
d. The course of schizophrenia is always predictable.
12. In the textbook case of Arthur, he said that he had a "secret plan to save all the starving
child ren in the world." After Arthur showed other bizarre behavior and also said he was going to
clim b the fence of a government building, his parents tried to have him admitted to a psychiatric
hospi tal. They were not able to do that because
*a. he was not considered a danger to himself or others.
b. he was given medication instead to calm him down.
c. the hospital staff didn't believe his parents.
d. his behavior was due to a substance abuse problem.
13. According to your text, delusions are defined as:
*a. irrational beliefs.
b. bad dreams.
c. feeling invincible.
d. sensory experiences that are not real.
14. According to your text, hallucinations are defined as:
a. irrational beliefs.
b. bad dreams.
c. feeling invincible.
*d. sensory experiences that are not real.
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023 UPDATE
1. According to statistical data, the prevalence of schizophrenia is about .
a. 01%
*b. 1%
c. 5%
d. 10%
2. In the 1850s, a French physician named Benedict Morel used the terms demence (loss of min
d) and precoce (early, premature) to describe what we now know as schizophrenia because he ob
served that the onset of symptoms often occurs
a. in the early part of the year.
*b. during adolescence.
c. in the morning.
d. prior to symptoms of other mental illnesses.
3. Which of the following was the main characteristic of dementia praecox, according to Emil
K raepelin?
a. Silly and immature behavior
*b. Mental weakness
c. Alternating immobility and agitated excitement
d. Delusions of grandeur or persecution
4. In Observations on Madness and Melancholy, John Haslam characterized (what is now know
n as) schizophrenia as:
a. dementia praecox.
b. hallucinations, delusions, and negativism.
*c. insanity.
d. catatonia.
5. In the late 1800s, the German psychiatrist Emil Kraeplin made all of the following
contributi ons to our knowledge of schizophrenia EXCEPT
,PSYCH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH MARKED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023 UPDATE
a. distinguishing dementia praecox (schizophrenia) from manic-depressive illness.
b. noting that hallucinations, delusions, and negativism were symptoms of dementia pra
ecox (schizophrenia).
c. combining several symptoms of insanity (catatonia, paranoia, hebephrenia) that had u
sually been viewed as reflecting separate and distinct disorders.
*d. conceptualizing a treatment for schizophrenic patients that is still being used today.
6. Which of the following is the definition for hebephrenia?
*a. Silly and immature behavior
b. Early madness
c. Alternating immobility and agitated excitement
d. Delusions of grandeur or persecution
7. Toward the end of the 19th century, Emil Kraeplin, studying the disorder we now call
schizop hrenia, used the term because he observed that the onset of symptoms often occurred bef
ore adulthood.
a. adolescent insanity
b. folie à deux
c. catatonia previa
*d. dementia praecox
8. The term "schizophrenia" was introduced circa 1908 by a Swiss psychiatrist named
a. Emil Kraepelin.
b. Sigmund Freud.
*c. Eugen Bleuler.
d. Phillipe Pinel.
9. Eugen Bleuler's concept of schizophrenia as an "associative splitting" of the basic functions
of personality led to the incorrect use of the term to mean
a. a fugue state.
*b. multiple personality.
c. cognitive slippage.
d. folie à deux.
, PSYCH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH MARKED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023 UPDATE
10. Bleuler described the underlying behaviors of schizophrenia as the destruction of the forces
that connect one function to the next. He called this underlying foundation of the disorder
a. a fugue state.
b. split personality.
*c. associative splitting.
d. folie à deux.
11. Which of the following is the best description of schizophrenia?
a. Schizophrenia is characterized by symptoms shared by everyone with the diagnosis.
b. Schizophrenia is characterized by multiple personalities.
*c. Schizophrenia is characterized by behavior and symptoms that aren’t necessarily co
mmon to everyone with
the diagnosis.
d. The course of schizophrenia is always predictable.
12. In the textbook case of Arthur, he said that he had a "secret plan to save all the starving
child ren in the world." After Arthur showed other bizarre behavior and also said he was going to
clim b the fence of a government building, his parents tried to have him admitted to a psychiatric
hospi tal. They were not able to do that because
*a. he was not considered a danger to himself or others.
b. he was given medication instead to calm him down.
c. the hospital staff didn't believe his parents.
d. his behavior was due to a substance abuse problem.
13. According to your text, delusions are defined as:
*a. irrational beliefs.
b. bad dreams.
c. feeling invincible.
d. sensory experiences that are not real.
14. According to your text, hallucinations are defined as:
a. irrational beliefs.
b. bad dreams.
c. feeling invincible.
*d. sensory experiences that are not real.
