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WorksheetsAbnormal Psychology Test One
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 53mins
Which of these is not one of Hippocrates' types of psychological disorders?
Mania
Melancholia
Phrentis (brain fever)
Personal Distress
Definition: destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that is ascribed to groups considered difficult in some manner.
Stigma
Social Norms
Psychopathology
Dysfunction
What was the first explanation for mental disorders?
Biological
Psychological
Supernatural
Cogntitive
What are Hippocrates' humors?
Blood
Black bile
Yellow bile
Phlegm
What was the first asylum to use moral treatment (patients had close contact with attendants)?
Bethlem
The Hartford Retreat
Pinel
Arkham
What happened because of deinstitutionalization?
The number of people in prison increased
Mental illness in the world began to decrease
Everyone died
The government found a new way to help people
What did Syphilis prove?
That physiological problems can cause psychological symptoms.
That nature had more of an effect on psychology than nurture
That psychological problems can cause physiological symptoms.
That people with mental illness cannot be helped
Mesmer and Charcot were interested in what?
Biological treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy
The way hypnosis could treat hysteria
The eugenics movement
Psychoanalysis
What is the basis of psychoanalysis?
Becoming more aware of maladaptive thoughts
Gradual exposure to fears
The id, ego, and superego have differing jobs
The unconscious causes conflicts in the individual
What are the types of psychoanalytic therapy?
Free Association
Transference
Systematic Desensitization
Interpretation
What is an example of classical conditioning?
Sally watches her mother eat cookies when she is sad so sally starts to eat cookies when she is sad also.
Marcus takes notes on what makes him anxious and tries to stop those thoughts from occurring.
Charlie begins associating pleasure with the sound of his door locking because it means he gets to watch TV.
Michael takes his kid's iPad away when he is bad in an attempt to improve his behavior.
Definition: Helping clients become more aware of maladaptive thoughts in the hopes they change their feelings, behaviors, and symptoms
Operant Conditioning
Systematic Desensitization
Classical Conditioning
Cognitive Therapy
What is cathartic therapy?
Where the patient talks about anything that comes to mind
Where the patient talks about a specific event to release tension
Where the patient is put under hypnosis
Where the patient is given medication
What does the Id deal with?
basic needs (pleasure principle)
logic (reality principle)
balances id and ego (morality principle)
the conscious
What does the ego deal with?
basic needs (pleasure principle)
logic (reality principle)
balances id and ego (morality principle)
the conscious
What does the superego deal with?
basic needs (pleasure principle)
logic (reality principle)
balances id and ego (morality principle)
the conscious
What does behaviorism look at?
Cognition
The observable
The unconscious
Innate tendencies
What are techniques of behavior therapy?
Operant conditioning
Systematic desensitization
Token economies
Behavioral activation
What is a paradigm?
A conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works
The extent to which a behavior is created by genetic factors
When multiple genes turn themselves on and off depending on the environment
The total genetic makeup of an individual
Definition: when multiple genes turn themselves on and off depending on the environment.
Heritability
Polygenic
Polymorphism
Epigenetics
Heritability has to do with?
Nurture
Environment
Polymorphism
Genetics
What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?
Genotype is total genetic makeup while phenotype is the totality of observable characteristics
Phenotype is total genetic makeup while genotype is the totality of observable characteristics
Genotype is more important than phenotype
Phenotype is used more often by scientists than phenotype
What does it mean that psychopathology is polygenic?
Genes and psychopathology are closely related
That genes have no influence on psychopathology
That psychopathology is controlled by only one gene
That there is not one single gene to decide any one disorder.
How might someone's neurotransmitters influence their psychopathology?
They have excessive or inadequate levels of the neurotransmitters
There was insufficient reuptake of the neurotransmitters
There is an excess number of postsynaptic receptors taking neurotransmitters
The neurotransmitters don't do their job correctly
What does the HPA axis trigger the release of?
Dopamine
Cortisol
Serotonin
Norepinephrine
What is the number one predictor of a patient improving?
The severity of their disorder
Their family support
Their motivation
Their relationship with their psychologist
Emotional factors that lead to mental illness:
Mean level (mood)
Type (of emotion)
Stability (fluctuation of emotion)
Expression (of emotion)
Regulation (response to emotion)
Women are more likely to develop a mental illness
True
False
Interpersonal factors that lead to mental illness:
Relational Self (how you see yourself in a relationship)
Rational Other (the way you see other people)
Social Comparisons (how you see yourself compared to other people)
Attachment (the need for a home base)
If Sandra changes the way she thinks about something what is she doing?
Cognitive Restructuring
Following the Ideal Effect
Behavioral Change
Psychological Adjustment
What type of reliability does this violate? During a football game, one ref sees a play as having a foul while another ref did not believe there was a foul on the play.
Inter-rater reliability
Test-Retest Reliability
Alternate Form Reliability
Internal Consistency Reliability
What type of reliability does this violate? A high school student takes the SAT and receives a 1100 then they take it again a month later and get a 1350.
Inter-Rater Reliability
Test-Retest Reliability
Alternate-Form Reliability
Internal Consistency Reliability
What type of reliability does this violate? A student takes a math test and gets a 95 then takes a different form of the same test and gets a 78.
Inter-Rater Reliability
Test-Retest Reliability
Alternate Form Reliability
Internal Consistency Reliability
What type of reliability does this violate? A test has questions about whether a person can complete multiplication problems and questions about how they feel in the snow.
Inter-Rater Reliability
Test-Retest Reliability
Alternate Form Reliability
Internal Consistency Reliability
What type of validity does this violate? A test for depression forgets to ask questions about loss of sleep and feeling sad
Content Validity
Construct Validity
What type of validity does this violate? A test for depression is found to not accurately test for depression.
Content Validity
Construct Validity
What is an advantage of diagnosis?
It facilitates communication among professionals
It advances the search for causes and treatment
It encourages people to get better
It makes it harder for people to feel normal
What is the difference between categorical and dimensional classification?
Categorical classification only has two options while dimensional is typically done on a scale with a threshold
Dimensional classification only has two options while categorical is typically done on a scale with a threshold
Categorical is better than dimensional
Dimensional is being used more by professionals nowadays
What effect does culture have on diagnosis?
The types of symptoms people experience
Their willingness to seek help
The availability of treatments
The risk factors associated with diagnosis
What is one issue with the DSM?
There are a lot of different ways to be diagnosed with the same thing
They keep changing it
Psychologists struggle following what it says
It is too exact with the descriptions of symptoms
Clinical Interviews are:
Not a good avenue for diagnosis
Not used by many psychologists
Usually unstructured
The gold standard for diagnosing mental illness
_ is highly linked to mental illness.
Extraversion
Neuroticism
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Why is observation important with kids?
The kids cannot express themselves very well.
The parents do not want the psychologists talking to their kids
Kids are not very smart
The psychologist struggles with putting the questions in a language the kid can understand
Definition: a person tracks their mood throughout the day so they can relay the information back to their psychologist and analyze the emotions.
Self Observation
Emotional Stability
Self-Monitoring
Personal tracking
What is the gold standard of neuroimaging?
CT Scan
fMRI
MRI
PET scan
What does psychophysiological assessment look at?
Heart Rate
Blood Oxygen Level
EKG
Cortisol Levels
When it comes to major depressive disorder, how many symptoms have to be present, and for how long?
5 symptoms for 2 weeks
5 symptoms for 1 month
4 symptoms for 3 weeks
6 symptoms for 2 weeks
What are the cardinal symptoms for depression?
Fatigue and low energy
Profound sadness and inability to experience pleasure
Sleeplessness and sadness
inability to experience pleasure and failure to maintain relationships
When it comes to persistent depressive disorder how many symptoms have to be present and for how long?
2 symptoms plus low mood for over a year in a 2 year period
2 symptoms plus low mood for over 6 months in a year period
3 symptoms for 3 months
4 symptoms for over a year in a 2 year period
What is premenstrual dysphoric disorder?
Feeling sad during your period
Having mood symptoms the week before menses
Having mood symptoms the week after menses
Feeling sad
What is the difference between mania and hypomania?
Mania is more severe and it lasts longer
Mania does not involve psychosis while hypomania does
Hypomania does not involve hospitalization and doesn't impact their life
Hypomania is more serve and lasts longer
Which is the most severe type of bipolar?
Bipolar II
Cyclothymia
Bipolar I
_ involves both hypomanic and depressive episodes
Bipolar I
Bipolar II
Cyclothymia
Cyclothymia is...
Episodes of only mania
Sporadic episodes of mania and depression
Frequent but mild symptoms of mania and depression
More severe than Bipolar II
Bipolar is...
A disorder that effects women more than men
Highly heritable
Connected to environmental factors only
Very common
High levels of cortisol lead to...
Bad Decisions
Depression
Mania
Excess Energy
Definition: the tendency to experience frequent and intense negative affect
Neuroticism
Extraversion
Depression
Bipolar Disorder
People with bipolar are _ affected by rewards while people with depression are _ affected by rewards.
[blank], not
not, [blank]
under, over
over, under
Interpersonal therapy focuses on...
communication and relationship satisfaction
examining interpersonal problems (relationships)
alterting maladaptive thoughts
positive reinforcement activities
Cognitive therapy focuses on...
examining interpersonal problems (relationships)
communication and relationship satisfaction
altering maladaptive thought patterns
positive reinforcement activities
Behavioral therapy focuses on...
communication and relationship satisfaction
altering maladaptive thought patterns
examining interpersonal problems (relationships)
positive reinforcement activities
Electroconvulsive therapy is a last resort treatment for depression
True
False
Suicide...
is closely related to psychological disorders
cannot be treated on its own
is a deliberate task thought about over a period of time
is more common amongst women than men
Danny Devito has been struggling with sadness, poor appetite, and loss of pleasure off and on again for years. What disorder does Danny have?
Cyclothymia
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
Bipolar I
Is someone more likely to be depressed in colder or warmer weather?
Colder
Warmer
The new model of neurotransmitter medicine...
decided that neurotransmitters are not as important as previously thought
looks at neurotransmitters overall
looks at the number of neurotransmitters a person has
looks at the sensitivity of postsynaptic receptors
Stable global attribution means...
that a situation is changeable and that it is your fault (inside interference)
that a situation is unchangeable and that it is not your fault (outside interference)
that a situation is unchangeable and that it is your fault (inside interference)
that a situation is changeable and that it is not your fault (outside interference)
Psychoeducation focuses on...
educating the person about their disorder
how past relationships affects a persons current ones
altering negative thought patterns
increasing participation in positively rewarding activities
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (for bipolar) focuses on...
identifying triggers for manic episodes and working through them
getting the family to give support and help
explaining symptoms
working through positive situations
What drug is used most often for bipolar?
Xanax
SNRI's
Lithium
SSRI's
