Evidence suggests that prenatal viral infections contribute to: ___________?
A. dissociative disorders.
B. generalized anxiety disorders.
C. bipolar disorders.
D. schizoprenia
Abnormal Psychology MCQs
Tony believes that he Thomas Edison,and he is convinced that his neighbours are spies who are trying to steal his inventions.He believes the nieghbours break into his house and search for plans for new inventions when he is not home.Tony’s symptoms are MOST consistent with those seen in ___________?
A. undifferentiated schizophrenia
B. hebephrenic schizophrenia
C. paranoid schizophrenia
D. catatonic schizophrenia
Norton hears disembodied voices all the time that give him strange commands. Yesterday he finished building a concrete landing paid in his backyard for a UFO.The voices have told him that the space craft will land over the weekend and take him to more advanced civilization 27 light years from earth.In this case the voices that Norton hears are ___________?
A. delusions
B. compulsions
C. loosening of associations
D. hallucinations
Luke suffers from acrophobia, a fear of high places.Luke’s therapist suggests that his reaction to heights is a generalization of the fear triggered by a childhood playground accident in which he fell of a sliding board. The therapist’s suggestion reflects a _______ perspective.
A. cognitive
B. biological
C. learning
D. psychoanalytic
A person who does not conform to the accepted norms of morality and behavior and is impulsive, callous, and manipulative is referred to as having _________?
A. borderline personality disorder
B. histrionic personality disorder
C. paranoid personality disorder
D. antisocial personality disorder
Dopamen overactivity aappears to be most clearly related to: _____________?
A. agoraphobia
B. dysthymic disorder.
C. flat affect.
D. hallucinations.
The symptoms of_______are likely to appear at an earlier age than the symptoms of__________?
A. antisocial personality; schizophrenia
B. major depression; alcohol abuse
C. schizophrenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder
D. obsessive-compulsive disorder,phobias
Disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity are most characteristics of ________ disorders.
A. generalized anxiety
B. personality
C. obsessive-compulsive
D. dissociative
Chantel’s four children were killed in an automobile accident,which Chantel survived.When police her about the events surrounding the accident, Chantel is unable to remember anything. She remembers getting into her car to drive her children to school,and she remembers her trip by ambulance to the local hospital, but everything in between is a complete “blank.” in this case, Chantel’s symptoms are MOST consistent with ___________?
A. panic disorder
B. conversion disorder
C. generalized anxiety disorder
D. dissociative amnesia
James is an 18-year old college freshman. She has missed almost all her classes for the past month, and she spends most of time in her bedroom.Frequently, she is still no dressed when her parents come home from work,and she often hasn’t eaten anything all day.She thinks her whole life is a failure, and she blames herself for being a social misfit women everyone hatest Janae’s symptoms are MOST consistent with those seen in _____________?
A. hypochondriasis
B. generalized anxiety disorder
C. major depressive disorder
D. disorganized schizophrenia
