Modern Psychotherapy:
A. was spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being.
B. embrances universal cultural values.
C. has been successfully exported to many non-Western cultures.
D. involves both b and c.
Abnormal Psychology MCQs
If research indicated that phobia result from a chemical imbalance in the central nervous system, this would most clearly give added cerebility to:
A. psychoanalytic theory.
B. the medical model.
C. learning theory.
D. the social-cognitive perspective.
Which of the following disorder is classified as a mood disorder?
A. bipolar disorder
B. catatonia
C. antisocial personality disorder
D. agoraphobia
A post-traumatic stress disorder is considered to be(n)_______disorder.
A. personality
B. mood.
C. distymic
D. anxiety
Because it is so pervasive,__________is often considered “the common cold” of psychological disorders.
A. obsessive-compulsive disorder
B. schizophrenia
C. dissociation
D. depression
In comparison to females with schizophrenia males with schizophrenia tends to have ____________?
A. an earlier onset, but lower relapse rates
B. a later onset, but higher relapse rates
C. an earlier onset and higher relapse rates
D. a later onset and lower relapse rates
Which children are told that certain classmates are learning disabled, they may behave in ways that inhibit the success of these students in the classroom.This best illustrates the dangers of: __________?
A. the medical model.
B. linkage analysis.
C. the psychoanalytic perspective.
D. self-fulfilling prophecies
A person who maintains bizarre, false beliefs that have no basis in reality is said to have ___________?
A. illusions
B. compulsons
C. hallucinations
D. delusions
Which of the following disorders is more common among men then women?
A. dissociative identity disorder
B. bipolar disorder
C. obsessive-compulsive disorder
D. antisocial personality disorder
The major characteristics of dissociative disorders is a disturbance of: _________?
A. sleep
B. perception
C. memory
D. appetite
