THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Distance Education and Technology PSYCHOLOGY 300B - Behaviour Disorders Final Examination Instructor: Dr. Laura Hanson Time: 3 Hours Complete the following: CANDIDATES NAME: STUDENT NUMBER: CANDIDATES SIGNATURE: DATE: You have a maximum of 180 minutes to complete the exam. The exam will be graded out of 140 points. A more detailed breakdown of the number of questions and points is indicated in the table below. If you follow the suggested number of minutes listed below, you should be able to complete the exam in time.
Type of Question # of questions 30 5 Suggested # minutes per question 3 15 Total # of minutes 90 75 Points per question 3 10 Total possible points 90 50

Section A Section B

Short Answer Short Essay

Be sure that you answer questions from both Sections A and B. You will answer questions from Section A right on the exam. You are to answer questions from Section B by using the blank exam booklet provided during the exam. THIS EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF 10 PAGES. CHECK TO ENSURE THAT THIS EXAMINATION IS COMPLETE.

1. CANDIDATES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PRODUCE IDENTIFICATION ON REQUEST. 2. READ AND OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING RULES: CAUTION: Candidates guilty of the following, or similar, dishonest practices shall be immediately dismissed from the examination and shall be liable to disciplinary action: making use of any books, papers or memoranda during the exam. speaking or communicating with other candidates. purposely exposing written papers to the view of other candidates.

SECTION A: Short Answer Questions

Instructions: Provide brief answers for all of the following questions. You can use either sentences or point form provided it is understandable. Try to limit your answers to the space provided. There are 30 questions and each question is graded out of 3 for a total of 90 possible points. This part of the exam should take you no longer than ninety minutes (approximately 3 minutes per question)

1. Provide a description of Dissociative Fugue Disorder. What happens when the fugue ends?

2. What is Frotteurism and how does it relate to age?

3. What is the difference between the suicide categories of death darer and death ignorer?

4. How does the ego differ from the id?

5. What is a delusion of reference. Make up an example of this type of delusion.

6. How does external validity differ from internal validity? How do case studies rate on both of these types of validity?

7. What is Agoraphobia and what is its relationship to Panic Disorder?

8. Give two reasons why the second-generation antidepressants might be preferred to other antidepressants? How do they compare to the other antidepressants in terms of effectiveness?

9. What is the viral theory of schizophrenia? List two pieces of evidence that support this theory.

10. What are the symptoms of Korsakoffs syndrome? Explain what causes it.

11. Briefly list the DSM-IV-TR criteria for a Manic Episode.

12. Outline a contingency management approach to depression.

13. Desire is the first of four phases in the human sexual response cycle. What are the other three phases? Also, list two sexual dysfunctions that are disorders of desire.

14. Provide a brief description of a study that uses an ABAB design.

15. What are the diagnostic criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

16. What is positive psychology? How is this type of psychology used?

17. What does the word blind mean in a blind experimental design and why is it desirable to have a design be blind?

18. Briefly describe self instruction training. Name one condition it could be helpful for.

19. List three compensatory behaviours we might see in a person with Bulimia Nervosa after they have binged.

20. What is expressed emotion and what is the problem with this when levels of it are high?

21. Define both cross-tolerance and synergistic effect.

22. What is Vaginismus and what are two factors that may contribute to it?

23. What is a schizophrenogenic mother and what is the evidence supporting this idea?

24. What are the key features of client-centered therapy?

25. What is flight of ideas? What other symptom often accompanies this?

26. What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and what type of drugs can cause it?

27. What is aversion therapy? Name one condition that it has been used for.

28. Judy is about to use cocaine for the first time and she shows you how much she is planning to use which is a lot. She asks you what she should expect to happen. What would you tell her?

29. Sue has Seasonal Affective Disorder. Briefly describe this disorder and then list two possible treatment options for her.

30. How does autogenic relaxation differ from progressive muscle relaxation? Name one condition other than an Anxiety Disorder that relaxation training can help with.

End of Section A Proceed to Section B on the Next Page

SECTION B: Short Essay Questions

Instructions: Write short essays for all of the following questions. Limited use of point form within your essay is acceptable (e.g., for lists, mnemonics, etc). Use the exam booklet provided to answer the questions. There are 5 questions and each question is graded out of 10 for a total of 50 possible points. This part of the exam should take you no longer than seventy-five minutes (approximately 15 minutes per question)

1. Describe the Mental Status Exam. What type of information is provided from this assessment method? What do you think are the strengths and limitations of it?

2. There are many different theories about what causes Dissociative Identity Disorder. Here you asked to describe two such theories the State Dependent Learning theory and the Self Hypnosis theory. 3. Outline the design of an experiment that will test whether your new form of pet therapy alleviates depression in elderly individuals. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the design you have outlined?

4. What do we know about what causes phobias? Describe the ways that phobias could be learned and also discuss the concept of preparedness.

5. Following deinstitutionalization of individuals with Schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses, there was an attempt to build community care resources for those people released back into the community. List the elements that make up effective community care. Then explain why community treatment has failed to work for many individuals with schizophrenia.

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