Multiple Choice Questions

Someone diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder often chooses jobs that require minimum contact with others.
  • True
  • False
Adoption studies have shown that individuals raised by parents who do not have a personality disorder are not vulnerable to developing a personality disorder even if they have a biological relative diagnosed with one.
  • True
  • False
Someone diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder often chooses jobs that require minimum contact with others
  • True
  • False
Which of the following represents a weakness of the biopsychosocial model?
  • dissociative anxiety disorder
  • delusions of extreme guilt
  • Individuals with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder may believe they are socially awkward.
  • Treatment often requires collaboration with medical doctors.
The medical model is currently the primary way to explain the causes of psychological disorders.
  • True
  • False
Individuals with a personality disorder tend to believe their behavior is completely normal.
  • True
  • False
Professor George Engel believed mental illness was a disease that should be cured.
  • True
  • False
An ancient Greek physician believed performing lobotomies helped release inner spirits that caused mental illness.The medical model is currently the primary way to explain the causes of psychological disorders.
  • True
  • False
A symptom common in all personality disorders is the preoccupation with small details.
  • True
  • False
One of the main strengths regarding the biopsychosocial model is the ease of identifying symptoms in order to make a diagnosis.
  • True
  • False
The medical model of abnormality states that psychological disorders should be viewed and treated in the same manner as physical illnesses.
  • True
  • False
To which of the following neurotransmitters has schizophrenic disorders been linked?A.serotoninB.dopamineC.GABAD.epinephrine
  • labeling
  • borderline
  • be smaller
  • dapamine
An individual with a personality disorder is usually too trustful of other people.
  • True
  • False
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