Multiple Choice Questions

The DSM-5 does not explain what?
  • teens and young adults
  • reliability
  • the causes of the various psychological disorders
  • estimate of how often a disorder occurs
A biological perspective would be LEAST helpful for explaining for explaining the dramatic increase in reported cases of ____________________ during the 1980s.
  • dissociative identity disorder
  • social-cognitive
  • cognitive influences
  • hippocampus
The anterior cingulate cortex, a brain region that monitors our actions and checks for errors, seems especially likely to be hyperactive in those with what disorder?
  • OCD
  • gene
  • PTSD
  • hippocampus
Chastity was initially excited to make the cheerleading squad. However, her parents noticed that she stopped eating dinner with them, wanted to help make most meals, and had a list of good and bad foods. She began portioning and weighing the food she ate, and sometimes would claim to have already eaten. Most concerning was the significant weight drop from a healthy 115 pounds to 90 pounds. This case most clearly demonstrates symptoms of ______________________.
  • external; temporary
  • anorexia nervosa
  • norepinephrine
  • bulimia nervosa
Of those who commit suicide, about _(one-third/one-tenth)_ have tried to kill themselves before and _(most/only a minority)_ have discussed suicide beforehand.
  • the immigrant paradox
  • greater; greater
  • one-third; most
  • conditioning
Cognitive changes that accompany depression include a(n) _(increased/decreased)_ expectation of negative outcomes.
  • increased
  • phobias
  • norepinephrine
  • increase; increase
The major problem associated with explanations of psychological disorders in terms of evil spirits is that these explanations led to some _____________ and _(ineffective/effective)_ remedial treatments.
  • greater; greater
  • increase; increase
  • harsh; ineffective
  • external; temporary
The DSM-5 focuses on clinicians' reports of observable behavior in order to facilitate the ____________ of diagnoses.
  • be young males
  • depression
  • reliability
  • norepinephrine
Support for the genetic basis for the development of OCD comes from _____________.
  • hallucinations
  • twin studies
  • schizophrenia
  • hippocampus
To break the vicious cycle of depression, the social cognitive perspective suggests that people should be encourages to explain their failures in terms that are both _(external/internal)_ and _(temporary/permanent)_.
  • harsh; ineffective
  • greater; greater
  • external; temporary
  • cognitive influences
Studies show that the memory-processing center linked with the brain's emotional circuitry is vulnerable to stress-related damage. This center is the ____________________.
  • hippocampus
  • role playing
  • depression
  • biological
Flat affect and catatonia are symptoms most closely associated with __________________.
  • schizophrenia with negative symptoms
  • bipolar disorder
  • schizophrenia
  • norepinephrine
A traumatic experience may trigger a lasting phobia in a child with a sensitive, high-strung temperament. The same experience, however, may have no long-term impact on a child with a more relaxed temperament. This best illustrates the role of ______________ in the development of phobias.
  • cognitive influences
  • PTSD
  • OCD
  • gene
The mass-killing shooters have several things in common, including that they tend to _____________.
  • greater; greater
  • bipolar disorder
  • be young males
  • norepinephrine
When children are told that certain classmates have learning disabilities, they may behave in ways that inhibit the success of those students in the classroom. This best illustrates the dangers of _______________________.
  • self-fulfilling prophecies
  • social-cognitive
  • external; temporary
  • teens and young adults
Frequent exposure to images of thin fashion models and celebrities is most likely to be a factor contributing to the development of ___________________.
  • bipolar disorder
  • bulimia nervosa
  • greater; greater
  • anorexia nervosa
Among women, the stresses and demoralization of poverty are especially likely to precipitate what disorder?
  • increased
  • twin studies
  • depression
  • reliability
Which perspective suggests that explaining our own failures in terms that are global, stable, and internal contributes to depression?
  • schizophrenia
  • increase; increase
  • reliability
  • social-cognitive
Exhibiting two or more distinct and alternating personalities is a symptom of what kind of disorder.
  • dissociative identity disorder
  • dissociative disorder
  • bipolar disorder
  • increase; increase
The incidence of OCD is greatest among what age group?
  • teens and young adults
  • the causes of the various psychological disorders
  • bipolar disorder
  • external; temporary
The social withdrawal and haunting nightmares of battle-scarred war veterans best illustrate symptoms of _________________.
  • reliability
  • PTSD
  • depression
  • OCD
In a study of antisocial crime, Adrian Raine analyzed the backgrounds of three groups of men with criminal records. One group had biological risk factors for criminal behavior, another group came from a background of poverty and family instability, and a third group was marked by both biological and social factors (biosocial group). Which group demonstrated twice the risk for criminal behavior?
  • anorexia nervosa
  • conditioning
  • the immigrant paradox
  • the biosocial group
Between 1994 and 2003, there was a 40-fold increase in the number of people 19 and under diagnosed with what disorder?
  • be young males
  • norepinephrine
  • increase; increase
  • bipolar disorder
It has been suggested that compulsive acts typically exaggerate behaviors that contributed to the survival of the human species. This idea best illustrates the _______________ perspective.
  • role playing
  • hippocampus
  • be young males
  • biological
According to Martin Seligman, the rise of western individualism appears most clearly responsible for an increase in ______________.
  • reliability
  • increased
  • hippocampus
  • depression
Evidence that symptoms of dissociative identity disorder are triggered by the suggestions and leading questions of therapists most clearly points out the importance of ______________ in the onset of this disorder.
  • hippocampus
  • biological
  • schizophrenia
  • role playing
Drugs that alleviate mania tend to reduce levels of the neurotransmitter _________________________.
  • norepinephrine
  • bipolar disorder
  • hallucinations
  • schizophrenia
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