Learning - General Psychology - Quiz, Exercises of Psychology

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Quiz

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1. Behavior that interferes with an individual's social or occupational functioning may be considered to be a. deviant. b. maladaptive. c. personally distressing. d. insane.
2. The DSM-IV is best described as a

a. a glossary of terms used by psychologists

b. summary of existing information about the causes of mental disorders.

c. description of treatment for various mental disorders

d. guide for classification of mental disorders

3. Elise is so terrified of enclosed places that she had to quit her new job because her office had no windows. She knows that her fear is irrational, but she can't seem to control her anxiety. In this case, Elise's symptoms are most consistent with a. generalized anxiety disorder. b. a phobic disorder. c. obsessive-compulsive disorder. d. a conversion disorder.
4. A person who checks his alarm clock 20 times before going to sleep is being a. compulsive. b. obsessive. c. phobic. d. amnesiac.
5. An eating disorder characterized by out-of-control overeating followed by unhealthy compensatory efforts such as self-induced vomiting is a. anorexia nervosa b. bulimia nervosa c. dieting disorder d. perfectly healthy and no cause for concern.
6. Which of the following concepts or people asserts that abnormal behavior is best thought of as an illness? a. the behavioral model b. America’s next top model c. the demonic model d. the medical model

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7. The psychological disorder that involves the coexistence in one person of two or more largely complete, and usually very different, personalities is a. schizophrenic disorder. b. dissociative identity disorder. c. dissociative fugue. d. dissociative amnesia.
8. Which of the following personality disorders is characterized by aggression, lack of guilt and exploitation of others?

a. borderline

b. obsessive compulsive

c. schizoid

d. antisocial.

9. Jeff’s emotional state is up and down. Sometimes he is so depresessed, he’s suicidal; at other times he is elated and overactive. Jeff may be suffering from a. bipolar disorder. b. posttraumatic stress disorder. c. schizophrenic disorder. d. major depressive disorder.
10. Which model of abnormality includes the view that abnormal behavior results from unusual patterns of thinking, including disturbed belief systems?

a. psychoanalytic

b. sociocultural

c. cognitive

d. humanistic

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