Schizophrenia, Personality Disorders, and Dissociative Disorders

Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

• delusional thinking

• incoherent speech

• hyperexcitability

• hearing voices

• flat affect

Which of the following is most closely associated with excessive levels of dopamine?

• Histrionic Personality Disorder

• Major Depressive Disorder

• Schizophrenia

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Estelle always goes shopping with Maria. Because Estelle has no confidence in her own decisions, she lets Maria decide what she should buy and pays for clothes for Maria with money she was saving. Estelle shows signs of which personality disorder?

• Histrionic

• Dependent

• Antisocial

• Borderline

• Narcissistic

What is a delusion?

• A phobia of being in social situations

• Misperception of auditory and visual stimuli

• A faulty and disordered thought pattern

• The first indication of dissociative disorders

• A characteristic of people suffering from dependent personality disorder

Karl, a 25-year-old convicted felon, has a history of conduct disorder in elementary school and bullying in middle school. By high school, he was mugging peers and taking whatever he wanted from elderly shoppers without caring if he hurt anyone. Karl would most likely be diagnosed with

• antisocial personality disorder.

• dissociative identity disorder.

• schizophrenia.

• somatoform disorder.

• amnesia.

Brenda gets enraged when people criticize her, talks about becoming the first woman president, exaggerates her abilities and talents, and constantly demands attention in class. When she received a certificate for participating in an essay contest, she told everyone she won a prestigious writing award. Brenda would be most likely diagnosed with

• conversion disorder.

• schizophrenia.

• antisocial personality disorder.

• narcissistic personality disorder.

• major depressive disorder.

All of the following are positive symptoms of schizophrenia EXCEPT:

• Auditory hallucinations

• Visual hallucinations

• Paranoid delusions

• Social withdrawal

• Incoherent speech

Which of the following is a hallucination?

• Thinking you are president of the United States

• Being certain that your boss is out to get you

• Thinking it is the year 1983

• Feeling extraordinarily happy one moment, and depressed the next

• Hearing voices that are not actually there

Although a man watched in horror as his family was struck and killed by a speeding car as they crossed the street, he has no memory of the event and gets upset when people tell him he must remember. The man is most likely suffering from

• panic disorder.

• post-traumatic stress disorder.

• dissociative amnesia.

• bipolar disorder.

• antisocial personality disorder.