Three year old Shawn ate lead paint which was chipping off the walls in an older home. Consequently, he developed a psychosis based on brain damage due to lead poisoning. Shawn’s psychosis would be called a(n): April 26, 2025 by admin A. functional psychosis B. organic psychosis C. neural psychosis D. neo – cortical psychosis
In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear that judgments of the normality of behavior are: April 26, 2025 by admin A. culturally relative B. statistical C. a matter of subjective discomfort D. related to conformity
Marriam believes that she is the Queen of England. She is having: April 26, 2025 by admin A. depressive delusions B. delusions of grandeur C. delusions of reference D. delusions of persecution
Jamil is in a constant state of anxiety and also has brief, sudden periods of panic. He also believes these periods of panic will occur when he’s in a public location: therefore, jim is afraid to leave his house.Jim’s diagnosis is: April 26, 2025 by admin A. agoraphobia B. panic disorder C. panic disorder with agoraphobia D. panic disorder without agoraphobia
Behaviorists would say that self – defeating behaviors are maintained by immediate reinforcement in the form of: April 26, 2025 by admin A. relief from anxiety B. defending the ego C. protecting one’s self – image D. avoiding existential anxiety
The most widely used system of psychological classification today is: April 26, 2025 by admin A. the Freudian Psychoanalytic System (FPS) B. fund in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM – IV) C. the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler D. to be found in the Federal Uniform Code of…
The insanity defense dates back to the English courts, where it was originally held that to be responsible for an act, the defendant must: April 26, 2025 by admin A. understand the wrongfulness of the act B. be in a state of diminished capacity C. have acted on an irresistible impulse D. be able to recall the criminal act
When a person’s sexual identity does not much his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is: April 26, 2025 by admin A. paraphilia B. sexual dysfunction C. gender identity disorder D. androgyny
Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of what personality disorder? April 26, 2025 by admin A. histrionic B. obsessive – compulsive C. schizoid D. avoidant
An in ability to behave in ways that in ways that foster the well-being of the individual and ultimately of society defines: April 26, 2025 by admin A. insanity B. psychopathology C. self – destructiveness D. social nonconformity
