PSY 225 Final Exam Questions and
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Which event is considered by most mental health professions to be the beginning of a new era
in treating schizophrenia? - ✔✔The introduction of Thorazine in 1955
Professor Brewer says, "Schizophrenia spectrum disorders is a group of disabling disorders that
frequently require hospitalization at enormous financial and psychological cost to patients,
their families, and their friends. The lifetime prevalence in the United States is about five
percent. It significantly affects more males than females. Because its causes are clearly
understood, effective treatments have been developed." Which part of Professor Brewer's
statement is accurate? - ✔✔The disorders are disabling and frequently require hospitalization
at enormous financial and psychological cost to patients, their families, and their friends.
Jennie "receives" secret messages from Will Smith every time she watches him on television
talk shows or in movies. She believes he is in love with her and is telling her that he is planning
to leave his wife to be with her. Jennie is most likely suffering from which delusional disorder? -
✔✔erotomania
Sensory perceptions that are not directly attributable to environmental stimuli are called ____.
- ✔✔Hallucinations
Among the psychotic disorders once considered schizophrenia, the one that lasts at least one
day but less than one month is known as ____. - ✔✔brief psychotic disorder
Which statement best describes the relationship between schizophrenia and socioeconomic
level? - ✔✔Schizophrenia is most prevalent at lower socioeconomic levels.
Schizophrenia has four categories of symptoms. They include positive symptoms, negative
symptoms, cognitive symptoms, and ___. - ✔✔psychomotor abnormalities
,Mason hears voices and believes he is Napoleon. Jason shows no emotions, even in situations
where strong reactions would be expected. Mason is exhibiting ____ symptoms of
schizophrenia, and Jason is exhibiting ____ symptoms. - ✔✔positive; negative
When Dr. Arnold says his patient displays alogia, he means that she ____. - ✔✔experiences a
lack of meaningful speech
One area of support for the dopamine hypothesis is that ____. - ✔✔a drug that blocks
dopamine activity reduces symptoms
Milton frightens his family with his wild talking and frantic activity. Confined in a mental
hospital for several days, he becomes completely immobile. He takes awkward postures for
hours on end and allows himself to be "arranged" by others. With what symptoms of
schizophrenia is Milton presenting? - ✔✔catatonic symptoms
Iris, usually involved with her friends, has become withdrawn and isolated. She has stopped
taking showers and changing her clothes. When asked what she is thinking, she describes, in
scattered phrases, a frightening inner world of demons and threats. These symptoms illustrate
which phase of schizophrenia? - ✔✔prodromal
The recovery model of schizophrenia is based on four assumptions. What is one of these
assumptions? - ✔✔Empowering the individual helps correct the sense of powerlessness and
dependence that results from traditional medical health care.
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are associated with ____. - ✔✔poor social functioning
Which patient taking antipsychotic medications is at greatest risk for developing tardive
dyskinesia? - ✔✔Corina, a female who has been taking the medication for ten years
"My father poisons my food, and my mother has hired a hit man to shoot me. My boss is
plotting to humiliate me, and my neighbor spies on me." These comments illustrate the
schizophrenic symptom known as ____. - ✔✔delusions of persecution
, Because of the stigma attached to schizophrenia, a psychiatrist in which country is probably not
likely to mention the diagnosis to patients and their family members? - ✔✔Canada
Which symptom is a primary characteristic of schizophrenia? - ✔✔marked disturbances in
thinking
Recent research investigating cognitive symptoms associated with schizophrenia shows that
they ____. - ✔✔are evidenced by deficits in the ability to absorb information, sustain attention,
and use recently acquired information
Which statement about auditory hallucinations is accurate? - ✔✔They are the most common
form of hallucinations.
A physician prescribes perphenazine to a person with schizophrenia. If the person's symptoms
are not reduced, ____. - ✔✔there should be no surprise because many schizophrenic patients
are not helped by antipsychotic medications
Aaron has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has delusions of control, believing that his
sister's teddy bear is trying to influence him. It is most likely that Aaron is ____. - ✔✔unaware
of the illogical nature of his delusion
Virginia's therapist notes that Virginia jumps from one topic to another and her replies are only
tangentially related to the therapist's questions. This describes which symptom of
schizophrenia? - ✔✔loosening of associations
Which description matches up with the symptoms? - ✔✔Karen believes the FBI is after her and
she cannot distinguish between their private thoughts and external reality—delusions.
Which factor is associated with the best chances for recovering from schizophrenia? -
✔✔Having a high educational background
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Which event is considered by most mental health professions to be the beginning of a new era
in treating schizophrenia? - ✔✔The introduction of Thorazine in 1955
Professor Brewer says, "Schizophrenia spectrum disorders is a group of disabling disorders that
frequently require hospitalization at enormous financial and psychological cost to patients,
their families, and their friends. The lifetime prevalence in the United States is about five
percent. It significantly affects more males than females. Because its causes are clearly
understood, effective treatments have been developed." Which part of Professor Brewer's
statement is accurate? - ✔✔The disorders are disabling and frequently require hospitalization
at enormous financial and psychological cost to patients, their families, and their friends.
Jennie "receives" secret messages from Will Smith every time she watches him on television
talk shows or in movies. She believes he is in love with her and is telling her that he is planning
to leave his wife to be with her. Jennie is most likely suffering from which delusional disorder? -
✔✔erotomania
Sensory perceptions that are not directly attributable to environmental stimuli are called ____.
- ✔✔Hallucinations
Among the psychotic disorders once considered schizophrenia, the one that lasts at least one
day but less than one month is known as ____. - ✔✔brief psychotic disorder
Which statement best describes the relationship between schizophrenia and socioeconomic
level? - ✔✔Schizophrenia is most prevalent at lower socioeconomic levels.
Schizophrenia has four categories of symptoms. They include positive symptoms, negative
symptoms, cognitive symptoms, and ___. - ✔✔psychomotor abnormalities
,Mason hears voices and believes he is Napoleon. Jason shows no emotions, even in situations
where strong reactions would be expected. Mason is exhibiting ____ symptoms of
schizophrenia, and Jason is exhibiting ____ symptoms. - ✔✔positive; negative
When Dr. Arnold says his patient displays alogia, he means that she ____. - ✔✔experiences a
lack of meaningful speech
One area of support for the dopamine hypothesis is that ____. - ✔✔a drug that blocks
dopamine activity reduces symptoms
Milton frightens his family with his wild talking and frantic activity. Confined in a mental
hospital for several days, he becomes completely immobile. He takes awkward postures for
hours on end and allows himself to be "arranged" by others. With what symptoms of
schizophrenia is Milton presenting? - ✔✔catatonic symptoms
Iris, usually involved with her friends, has become withdrawn and isolated. She has stopped
taking showers and changing her clothes. When asked what she is thinking, she describes, in
scattered phrases, a frightening inner world of demons and threats. These symptoms illustrate
which phase of schizophrenia? - ✔✔prodromal
The recovery model of schizophrenia is based on four assumptions. What is one of these
assumptions? - ✔✔Empowering the individual helps correct the sense of powerlessness and
dependence that results from traditional medical health care.
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are associated with ____. - ✔✔poor social functioning
Which patient taking antipsychotic medications is at greatest risk for developing tardive
dyskinesia? - ✔✔Corina, a female who has been taking the medication for ten years
"My father poisons my food, and my mother has hired a hit man to shoot me. My boss is
plotting to humiliate me, and my neighbor spies on me." These comments illustrate the
schizophrenic symptom known as ____. - ✔✔delusions of persecution
, Because of the stigma attached to schizophrenia, a psychiatrist in which country is probably not
likely to mention the diagnosis to patients and their family members? - ✔✔Canada
Which symptom is a primary characteristic of schizophrenia? - ✔✔marked disturbances in
thinking
Recent research investigating cognitive symptoms associated with schizophrenia shows that
they ____. - ✔✔are evidenced by deficits in the ability to absorb information, sustain attention,
and use recently acquired information
Which statement about auditory hallucinations is accurate? - ✔✔They are the most common
form of hallucinations.
A physician prescribes perphenazine to a person with schizophrenia. If the person's symptoms
are not reduced, ____. - ✔✔there should be no surprise because many schizophrenic patients
are not helped by antipsychotic medications
Aaron has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has delusions of control, believing that his
sister's teddy bear is trying to influence him. It is most likely that Aaron is ____. - ✔✔unaware
of the illogical nature of his delusion
Virginia's therapist notes that Virginia jumps from one topic to another and her replies are only
tangentially related to the therapist's questions. This describes which symptom of
schizophrenia? - ✔✔loosening of associations
Which description matches up with the symptoms? - ✔✔Karen believes the FBI is after her and
she cannot distinguish between their private thoughts and external reality—delusions.
Which factor is associated with the best chances for recovering from schizophrenia? -
✔✔Having a high educational background
