Marriam believes that she is the Queen of England. She is having:
A. depressive delusions
B. delusions of grandeur
C. delusions of reference
D. delusions of persecution
Psychological Disorders and their Treatment MCQs
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:
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:
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:
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 Psychopathology (UCP)
The insanity defense dates back to the English courts, where it was originally held that to be responsible for an act, the defendant must:
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:
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?
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:
A. insanity
B. psychopathology
C. self – destructiveness
D. social nonconformity
A person who experiences a long series of imagined physical complaints suffer from:
A. a conversion reaction
B. somatization disorder
C. a traumatic disorder
D. an obsession
Najib recently lost his job and has a great debt accumulated from gambling. He also has been feeling extreme pressure about not being able to take care of his eight children. After having too much to drink, Najib ran over a child crossing the street. Immediately following this episode, Najib could not remember who he was. This example illustrates:
A. dissociative amnesia
B. dissociative fugue
C. dissociative identity disorder
D. multiple personality disorder
