Chapter 7

1. A clinically depressed individual who has been threatening suicide finally shows diminishing of depressive
symptoms, including increased mood. This person's risk of committing suicide:

may have increased, since the

person may have the energy to act on the suicidal impulse and has found a method of relieving their
psychological pain.
2. A person who sees life in right or wrong all or none terms is engaging in: dichotomous thinking.
3. Biological researchers have found a link between suicide and: low levels of serotonin.
4. In research on the relationship between serotonin and suicide, low serotonin seems most related to increasing:
Aggression
5. People who are suicidal are likely to:
be hopeless, experience low self-esteem, and be angry
6. Suicide is the _____ leading cause of death in the U.S. 10th
7. The age group most likely to commit suicide in the United States is: the elderly
8. The explanation of suicide as due to loss of loved ones and self-directed aggression is consistent with which
theoretical perspective?
Psychodynamic
9. The finding that more than 90% of adolescents who attempt suicide know someone else who has attempted it
provides a case for what process in suicidal actions?
Modeling
10. What is a parasuicide?
A failed attempt to commit suicide
11. What is the cause of death in the majority of male suicides? Use of firearms
12. Which of the following does not make one at higher risk for suicide? Learning about suicide in abnormal
psychology.
13. Which of the following is a contributing factor to elder suicide? Loss of loved ones, Debilitating Illnesses, Loss
of control/autonomy
14. Which of the following professions have been found to have high suicide rates?
15. Which of the following statements is not true regarding gender and suicide? Women succeed at committing
suicide more often than men.
16. Women succeed at committing suicide more often than men.
Native Americans have the highest suicide
rate of any racial group in the United States
17. Suicide is the ______ leading cause of death among college students. 2 nd
18. Which of the following is a sign (a predictor) of suicide? Talking about suicide, giving away possession, a previous
suicide attempt
19. Which category of psychological disorders is NOT related to suicide?
20. Approximately what percentage of 9th and 10th grade girls seriously contemplate suicide? 25

Chapter 8

1. A 35-year-old woman hobbles into the office of a physician complaining of a debilitating illness that has robbed her
of the use of her left leg and right arm. The physician finds no physical basis for her symptoms. She appears
totally unaware that the cause of her symptoms may be psychological. The diagnosis would be:

conversion

disorder.
2. According to the psychodynamic view, conversion disorder symptoms function to keep unacceptable thoughts and
conflicts out of consciousness. This is called: Primary gain
3. Barbara was hurt her hand on the job. After receiving treatment, shw was cleared to go back to work. However,
she says that she still feels significant pain in her hand and cannot work. Assuming that she is not malingering,
her diagnosis should be: somatic symptom disorder, pain pattern.

4. If a man's behavior elicited kindness and sympathy from his wife when he was mute, he would be receiving
______ gains from his behavior. Secondary
5. Jane is constantly worried that she will get a serious medical illness, and often interprets normal bodily changes
as life threatening, and checks her body daily for signs of illness. She goes to various doctors for years to get

illness anxiety disorder.

6. Madeline appeared at the clinic complaining of pain in her knee, shoulder, and abdomen, nausea and vomiting,
blurred vision, and exhaustion. The patient history revealed that she had been going to clinics for years trying to
get treatment for these complaints and a host of other physical symptoms. The diagnostic consensus was that
cured because they do not confirm her worst fears. Jane should be diagnosed with:

Madeline suffered from: somatic symptom disorder

7. Munchausen syndrome is a: Factitious disorder
8. People who are consistently angry, impatient, competitive, driven, and ambitious are displaying a ______ and are
at greater risk for heart disease.
Type A personality

9. Researchers have found a link between Type A personality and: coronary heart disease
10. Research using the Social Readjustment Rating Scale indicates that:
the greater the life stress, the greater
the chance of illness
11. Which of the following is a MAIN characteristic of an individual with Munchausen syndrome by proxy?
Emotionally needy
12. Which of the following would lead you to suspect a conversion disorder rather than medical symptoms? Uniform
and even numbness in the damaged hand
13. The greatest life change on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale is: Death of a spouse.
14. All of the following are considered traditional psychophysiological disorders EXCEPT: Cancer
15. Obesity and lack of exercise have been linked MOST closely to which of the following psychophysiological
disorders? Coronary heart disease
16. The generic term for the white blood cells that react to foreign invaders in the body is: Lymphocytes
17. Which of the following BEST illustrates the interaction of psychosocial and physical factors in the development of a
medical condition? Hypertension caused by obesity and constant stress
Chapter 9
1. Anorexic individuals often show which of the following personality chracteristics? obsessions
2. A patient in therapy who eats exactly eight pieces of bread that he or she has carefully made into balls of equal
diameter is displaying a symptom of anorexia nervosa related to: obsessive-compulsive disorder
3. A woman who suffers from very low self-esteem desires to be accepted and loose weight, so she fasts. She then
eats cookies, cake, ice cream, and almost anything else that is sweet. At some point during her binge, she takes a
huge dose of a laxative, so she will empty out the food. She more or less maintains a normal body weight for her
height. Her taking the laxative, and the assumptions underlying why she does it, would lead to a diagnosis of:
purging-type bulimia nervosa
4. Bulimia is always characterized by:
uncontrollable overeating
5. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all the following EXCEPT: a view that one is currently unattractively
thin.
6. If a person says, I must be perfect in every way. I will be a better person if I deprive myself of food, that person is
engaging in: distorted thinking
7. If one found that the average weight and size of cheerleaders had declined significantly over the years, and that
those who aspired to be cheerleaders had a high level of eating disorders, that would be evidence for ______
causes of eating disorders. Societal
8. People who binge: generally consume about 10,000 calories during a binge
9. Someone who fasts or exercises strenuously following a binge is engaging in: Compensatory behaviors

10. What is the MOST likely explanation for the different explanations of eating disorders in men and women? M ale
eating disorders are more likely to be tied to work or sports.
11. Which is NOT a common cognitive disturbance in anorexia nervosa? A distorted view of others
12. Which of the following is a medical condition MORE common in bulimia than anorexia? Dental problems
13. Which of the following is NOT true about anorexia nervosa? About 25 percent of people who experience
anorexia nervosa are men.
14. Which of the following problems is common in anorexia nervosa? Amenorrhea
15. Which of the following statements BEST describes the effects of compensatory behaviors bulimics use in
controlling weight? Repeated vomiting affects one's ability to feel satiated.
16. Why is bulimia nervosa such a concern on college campuses? Female college students are at high risk for
developing bulimia.
17. Which of the following is NOT true of binge eating disorder? Binge eating usually starts after fasting
18. One cause of the gender difference in bulimia is the unrealistic cultural standards for thinness in western cultures.
True
19. Which is (are) true regarding the biological evidence for causes of eating disorders? The concordance rates for
those with eating disorders are higher for identical twins than fraternal twins, The hypothalamus of those

with eating disorders can be abnormal, It is caused by low serotonin levels.

Chapter 10
1. After an accident, Kendra was taken to the hospital with broken legs and arms. She was almost immediately given
Morphine
one has been without heroin for a period of time and takes one's

a shot that reduced her pain. The shot was MOST likely:

2. A heroin overdose is likely to occur when:

usual dose.
3. All the opioid drugs are known collectively as: narcotics
4. An EMT has to be especially aware of people abusing cocaine, because even young people are at risk for all of

asthmatic attacks
5. A person has ingested enough ethyl alcohol to lose consciousness, but not enough to produce death. The MOST
the following EXCEPT:

probable alcohol concentration in that person, expressed as a percent of blood volume, is: .40
6. A person took a drug an hour or two ago. Now the person sits alone, quietly and intensely listening to the sap
running in a tree, whose leaves appear a brilliant purple to the drug user. MOST likely, the person has recently
used: LSD
7. Benzodiazepines primarily affect the neurotransmitter: GABA

8. During his first night in the detoxification unit, Quent developed what seemed like a case of the flu. He ached all
over and had diarrhea. He was probably withdrawing from: Heroin
9. If a physician wanted to relieve anxiety with a LESSER risk of drowsiness, overdose, and slowed breathing, the

Benzodiazepines
Lola's physician prescribed diet pills. Which of the following drugs are they MOST likely to have contained?
Amphetamines
Mario felt awake and alive as though he could conquer the world. He MOST likely used: Cocaine
Of the following, which has the LOWEST risk/risks for drug dependency and long-term behavioral change?
Cannabis
Research indicates that the MOST important neurotransmitter in the pleasure pathway of the brain is likely to be:
Dopamine
The blood-alcohol level that typically produces the symptoms of intoxication is ______ of the blood volume. .09
%
The drug which, when misused, would MOST quickly result in dependence or addiction would be: Opium
physician would prescribe:

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

16. The pleasant feeling called a high produced by using a narcotic is due to: The drug attaching to sites normally

receptive to endorphins.
17. Which of the following is a depressant?
Opioids
18. While under the influence of LSD, Matilda believes that she can feel the sounds around her. This effect is known
as: Synesthesia
19. Why is the risk of transmitting AIDS an important factor for heroin users? Because heroin users often share
needles infected with the AIDS virus

20. Women tolerate alcohol LESS well than men because: They have less of a stomach enzyme that breaks
down alcohol.
Chapter 12
1. According to the diathesis-stress model of schizophrenia: people with a biological predisposition for
schizophrenia will develop it if certain psychosocial stressors are also present
2. A person is socially withdrawn, speaks in odd ways, has strange ideas, and expresses little emotion, but is not
displaying full-blown schizophrenic symptoms. What phase of schizophrenia is this person in? Prodromal
3. A person with schizophrenia who laughs when told sad news and screams in situations that most people see as
warm and tender is experiencing: Inappropriate affect
4. A person with schizophrenia who said, It's cold today. My cold is better but I got it from the nurse. She is a big
blonde who lives in Manhattan. I live in Manhattan with Jimmy Carter, is experiencing: Loose associations.
5. David Rosenhan (1973) sent eight normal people to various psychiatric hospitals. All eight complained of hearing
voices that said empty, hollow, and thud. After being admitted to one of the hospitals, each person acted
normally, yet all were diagnosed as schizophrenic, and normal behaviors were perceived by the staff as being
consistent with schizophrenia. One of the conclusions from this study is that: The expectations produced by

labeling can alter perception

6. Delia does not display all the full-blown schizophrenia symptoms any more. Occasionally, a shadow of a symptom
appears. She is a bit withdrawn and not entirely clear all the time, but she can marginally function in the world.
This is an example of: Residual schizophrenia
7. Delusions, disorganized thinking and speech, heightened perceptions and hallucinations, and inappropriate affect
are examples of ______ symptoms of schizophrenia. Positive
8. Does research support the thinking that there is a schizophrenia gene? No: schizophrenia is probably a
polygenic disorder, and researchers have not pinpointed the exact gene yet.
9. Families that display high levels of expressed emotion do all of the following EXCEPT: approve of one another's

actions
10. I am the Virgin Mary and I've come to give birth to a new savior, says someone who is MOST likely experiencing:
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

delusions of grandeur
If a relative has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, the chances of being diagnosed with schizophrenia greatly
increase. This is evidence that supports the _____model. Biological
If one could only use a single treatment for schizophrenia and wanted the MOST effective treatment, one should
choose:
antipsychotic drugs
If you were working with a patient who displayed muscle tremors and rigidity, facial tics, and tardive dyskinesia,
you would suspect that the person was receiving: antipsychotic drugs
Patients are MORE likely to recover from schizophrenia if they: demonstrated good premorbid functioning.
Poverty of speech, restricted and flat affect, loss of volition (motivation), and social withdrawal, are examples of
______ symptoms of schizophrenia. Negative
Regarding brain structure, those with schizophrenia have been found to have all of the following EXCEPT: larger
amounts of cortical gray matter.

17. Schizophrenia is found in all socioeconomic classes. However, it is MOST likely to be found in someone from a:
Lower socioeconomic level
18. The MOST common type of hallucination in schizophrenia is:
Auditory
19. The most consistent brain abnormality that researchers have found in people with schizophrenia is enlargement of
the:
Ventricles

20. What is the MOST accurate advice you could give someone thinking about taking traditional antipsychotic
medication for their schizophrenia?

Although these drugs will probably work, there are significant side

effects.
21. What is the rate of concordance for schizophrenia in identical twins? 4050%
22. Why do some therapists believe psychotherapy is unsuccessful in treating schizophrenia?

Unmedicated

schizophrenics are too far removed from reality to form the relationship needed for treatment.
23. A hallucination is: a false sensory experience with no basis in reality.
24. A person who is exhibiting disorganized thoughts, flat affect, odd behaviors, hallucinations, and other psychotic
symptoms, but also experiences either severe manic or depressive symptoms for greater than one month, would
Schizoaffective disorder
25. What is the percentage of schizophrenic patients who commit suicide?
be diagnosed with:

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Chapter 13

1. According to psychodynamic theorists, an important factor in the development of avoidant personality disorder is:
Early experiences of shame.
2. An individual with a diagnosed personality disorder is emotionally unstable, impulsive, and reckless. This person's
diagnosis is likely to be which of the following personality disorders?
Borderline
3. A person who has an excessive need to be taken care of and is clingy is MOST likely to qualify for a diagnosis of:
Dependent personality disorder
4. As part of their therapy, clients learn to evaluate their unusual thoughts, track the accuracy of magical
predictions, and reconnect with the world and with their limitations. The diagnoses of these clients would MOST
likely be in which of the following broad categories of personality disorders?
Odd
5. Avoidant personality disorder seems MOST closely related to:
Social anxiety disorder
6. Be loyal to your family was what the child heard all the time, along with, You shouldn't and can't do it on your
own, so don't even try. A behaviorist would say this kind of upbringing would be MOST likely to produce which of
the personality disorders in the child, when he or she reached adulthood? Dependent
7. Cruelty to animals and people, destruction of property, and truancy before the age of 18 is a characteristic of
which personality disorder?
Antisocial personality disorder
8. I am the greatest! a famous boxer declared loudly and often. Had he in fact acted throughout his adult life as
though he were the greatest, the most appropriate diagnosis would be:
Narcissistic personality disorder
9. If you wanted to write a book about a fictional character who is a typical example of antisocial personality
disorder, you might have the character exhibit all of the following EXCEPT:
Periods of very high anxiety
10. One reason that the personality disorders are difficult to treat is that the afflicted individuals: are frequently
unaware that they have a problem
11. Personality disorders are categorized into three main clusters that include all of the following EXCEPT:
Schizophrenic
12. The MOST important similarity among the personality disorders listed in the text is that: They are inflexible,
maladaptive, and related to impaired functioning or distress.
13. The parents of those with schizoid personality disorder are MOST likely to have been: Unaccepting

14. Wanda does all kinds of emotion seeking behaviors so she can be the center of attention. She is quite excitable
and dramatic, as if everything she experiences is a crisis. Wanda should be diagnosed with ____ personality
disorder.
Histrionic
15. Which of the following is NOT a biological cause of antisocial personality disorder?
physiological arousal

High levels of anxiety and

16. The central feature of dependent personality disorder is:

Excessive fear of separation or abandonment
17. The self-esteem of people who suffer from narcissistic personality disorder is said to be: consciously high but
unconsciously low, unstable and grandiose