Mods 65 & 69 AP Psych

The DSM-5 is designed to help with which of the following?

• treating psychological disorders
• identifying causes of psychological disorders
• classifying psychological disorders
• distinguishing between sanity and insanity

The somatic-symptom and related disorders all share which of the following features?

• They are disorders in which hallucinations occur often.
• Individuals with these disorders experience extreme anxiety.
• All of the disorders involve complaints about physical symptoms.
• They occur only in children.

A soldier experiences a sudden blindness after returning from battle. He would most likely be diagnosed with which of the following disorders?

• Conversion disorder
• Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
• Bipolar disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Individuals who have reported paralysis of a limb, blindness, or seizures with no physical or neurological damage are most likely suffering from

• conversion disorder
• somatic-symptom disorder
• illness anxiety disorder
• factitious disorder

The theory that states that mental disorders develop when a biological predisposition to the disorder is set off by stressful circumstances is:

• Cognitive-behavioral model
• Medical model
• Diathesis-stress model
• Bio-Psycho-Social model

Jeff has total disregard for the rights or properties of others. He steals all the time from just about anyone. He randomly harasses people. Last month he was arrested for theft, and though he is in jail he continues to lie and have little remorse for his actions. Jeff is suffering from what mental disorder?

• Major depression
• Schizoid personality disorder
• Histrionic personality disorder
• Antisocial personality disorder

Early childhood sexual or physical abuse is a common feature among people suffering from:

• Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
• Bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Conversion disorder

Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by

• an unstable self image
• feelings of inadequacy
• social isolation
• inflated sense of self

Which model of psychopathology proposes that mental illness is the result of disease or injury?

• bio-psycho-social model
• diathesis-stress model
• medical model
• statistical model

Which kind of explanation for anxiety disorders would be most appropriate for this scenario: John has uncontrollable panic attacks, and he recently learned that his father and brother started having similar attacks at the same age. 

• biological
• psychodynamic
• socio-cultural
• learning