Abnormal Psych

According to the DSM 5, which of the following is an anxiety disorder?

• OCD

• conversion disorder

• mania

• PTSD

• panic disorder

All schizophrenics suffer from

• depression

• multiple personalities

• flat affect

• distorted thinking

• delusions of persecution

Juan hears voices that tell him to kill people. Juan is experiencing

• delusions

• obsessions

• anxiety

• hallucinations

• compulsions

Linda's neighbors describe her as typically shy and mild mannered. She seems to be a devoted wife and mother to her husband and three children. Unbeknownst to these neighbors, Linda sometimes dresses up in flashy, revealing clothing and goes to bars to pick up strange men. At such times she is boisterous and overbearing. She tells everyone she meets that her name is Jen. At other times, when she is upset, Linda splits into childlike behavior and responds to Sally. Linda suffers from

• schizophrenia

• mood disorder

• dissociative disorder

• somatoform disorder

• psychosexual disorder

The DSM contains:

I. a description of the symptoms of mental disorders.

II. a description of the likely causes of the disorders.

III. recommended methods of treatment of disorders.

• I only

• I an II only

• I and III only

• III only

• II and III only

All of the following are biomedical explanations for schizophrenia EXCEPT

• double binds

• brain asymmetries

• the dopamine hypothesis

• genetic predispositions

• enlarged brain ventricles

Psychologists who draw from several different theoretical perspectives rather than strictly following one are known as

• open-minded

• eclectic

• mixed

• flexible

• broad

"I am the most important in the world" is a statement that might characterize someone that is

• compulsive

• antisocial

• histrionic

• dependent

• narcissistic

What kind of psychologist would be most likely to describe depression as the result of an unconscious process in which anger is turned inward?

• biomedical

• psychoanalytic

• cognitive

• behavioral

• sociocultural

Women in the United Stats have a higher rate of depression than men. Which kind of psychologist would be most likely to explain this higher incidence in terms of the pressure and prejudices women suffer?

• biomedical

• psychoanalytic

• humanistic

• sociocultural

• cognitive