Ch. 14 Review

What organization publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

• American Psychological Association

• American Psychiatric Association

• American Medical Association

• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Which of these is not a personality disorder?

• Borderline

• Histrionic

• Schizophrenia

• Schizotypal

A person who is hearing voices that are not there is experiencing...

• delusions

• hallucinations

• fugue

• a negative symptom

The term diathesis refers to....

• 
  the process by which individuals dissociate
  

• 
  the positive symptoms of schizophrenia.

• the cycling between depressive and manic episodes in bipolar disorder.

• a physical predisposition to a mental illness

Which of these is a compulsion?

• 1. mentally counting backward from 1,000

• 1. persistent fear of germs

• 1. thoughts of harming a neighbor

• 1. falsely believing that a spouse has been cheating

Dissociative identity disorder mainly involves ________.

• forgetting who you are

• hallucinations

• loss of time

• multiple personalities

Which of the following would be classified as a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

• delusions

• delayed speech

• catatonia

• disorganized speech

Actions that interfere with individual's daily activities or ability to adjust to and participate in particular activities are said to be...

• dysfunctional

• distressful

• maladaptive

• culturally deviating

One of the primary characteristics of autism spectrum disorder is ___

• lack of empathy

• 1. intense and inappropriate interest in others

• short attention span

• difficulty relating to others

At what point in development are the symptoms of ADHD most often identified and diagnosed?

• after receiving a vaccine

• when teens entered settings with higher expectations like high school

• when children enter structured settings like daycare

• in adulthood when entering the work force