Abnormal Psych Exam 2

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The long-term pattern of maladaptive behavior caused by the regular use of some chemical or drug is called:

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Substance Use Disorder

Front 2

Considering alcoholism in white American men, African American men, and Hispanic American men, which of the following is MOST accurate?

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The patterns of drinking differ across ethnic group.

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Because alcohol binds to neurons that normally receive the neurotransmitter GABA, it is not surprising that alcohol:

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Relaxes people

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A person has ingested enough ethyl alcohol to lose consciousness but has not died. The MOST probable alcohol concentration in that person, expressed as a percent of blood volume, is:

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.40

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The scarring of the liver caused by alcohol consumption is known as:

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cirrhosis

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A pattern of abnormalities, head and facial deformities, heart defects, and intellectual development disorder characterizes someone with:

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Unlike the opioid drugs morphine and heroin, methadone:

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is a synthetic

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An individual who has recently taken a drug angrily grabs some car keys and attempts to drive home. The person appears anxious, keeps bragging that driving the car won't really be that difficult, and that he can do “anything.” MOST likely, that person is experiencing:

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Cocaine intoxication

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What is the risk of tolerance and physical addiction to hallucinogens as compared to that of other addictive drugs?

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Minimal

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What is the risk of tolerance and physical addiction to hallucinogens as compared to that of other addictive drugs?

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Aversion Therapy

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Immediately preceding the onset of an eating disorder in a women, one would MOST likely find that she:

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had been successful in losing weight and had been praised by family.

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For which individual is recovery from anorexia MOST likely?

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someone who is a teenager rather than a young adult

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The "weight set point" is:

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the weight a person is predisposed to maintain

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For which disorder would you expect to find nearly equal numbers of men and women suffers?

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binge-eating disorder

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Serotonin levels are low in those with eating disorders and in those with obsessive- compulsive disorders and depression. This means that:

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there is a relationship, but no evidence of causation

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A women eats chips and dip, burger and fries, and drinks a couple of shakes. afterward, she goes to the gym and does 90 minutes of aerobics, spends an hour on the stair stepper, and then does weights for another hour. She also does no eat for 72 hours. The set of assumptions underlying her behavior would lead to a diagnosis of:

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Bulimia Nervosa

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People suffering from Anorexia nervosa tend to:

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overestimate their body size

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The disorder that is characterized by eating binges followed by forced vomiting is called:

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Bulimia Nervosa

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A young woman has become very afraid of being overweight. She has recently reduced her food intake, although she feels hungry all the time. As a result, her weight has dropped sharply below average, but she still believes she is overweight. She is MOST likely experiencing:

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Anorexia Nervosa

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A modern explanation of why many people with anorexia continually have food-related thoughts and dreams is that:

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such thoughts and dreams are the result of food deprivation.

Front 21

Which of the following would a qualified sex therapist be LEAST likely to say to a client?

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"Focus on your performance as if you were a spectator"

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According to Masters and Johnson, the resolution phase is more gradual and less sudden in women when:

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they do not experience orgasm

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What is thought to be the cause of Vaginismus (the involuntary contraction of the vaginal muscles)?

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conditioning of a fear response

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Which of the following is a sociocultural cause for male erectile disorder?

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loss of a job

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Research shows that parents who want to decrease the likelihood that their young daughter will experience orgasmic disorder as adults should:

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expose them to positive attitudes

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Obtaining sexual gratification from exposing one's genitals to an unwilling stranger and watching the stranger's reaction is known as:

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Exhibitionism

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What is the term for the use of and attraction to inanimate objects as a preferred method of achieving sexual excitement?

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Fetishism

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Which hormone can cause decreased sexual desire when present in low but not high levels?

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testosterone

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A recent study of erectile disorder showed that most cases of erectile disorder are caused by:

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a combination of psycho-social and physical causes

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A man who has never been able to achieve or maintain an erection for sexual intercourse would MOST likely be diagnosed with what type of erectile disorder?

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lifelong

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A client receiving treatment for identity disorder is progressing well through therapy; then, fusion occurs. MOST likely, the client has:

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merged the final two or more sub-personalities

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A client who is talking calmly and rationally all of the sudden begins whining and complaining like a spoiled child. If that client suffers from true dissociative identity disorder, the client has just experienced:

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Switching

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A person with a dissociative disorder has recovered almost completely, even though the person had not received any therapy. That person was LEAST likely to have been diagnosed with:

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dissociative amnesia

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The first step in treating people with dissociative identity disorder is to:

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bond with the primary personality

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Depersonalization _____________________ while Derealization ________________

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refers to one's self;

refers to the external world

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If a person's mental functioning or feels unreal or foreign, the person is MOST likely suffering from:

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Depersonalization

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If I suffer from depersonalization disorder, but the symptoms disappear after a while, they MOST likely will reappear if I:

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survive a bad car accident

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Transient depersonalization and derealization:

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can be induced by a life-threatening experience.

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Alexis has dissociative identity disorder. When one of her personalities, Jodi, is asked about another one, Tom, she claims ignorance. Tom has never heard of Jodi either. This would be called a

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mutually amnesic relationship

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An individual who had suffered from dissociative fugue likely would have experienced all of the following EXCEPT:

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a recurrence of the problem months or years later

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Combat veterans are likely to report symptoms of:

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localized amnesia

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A combat veteran undergoing "eye movement desensitization and reprocessing" is experiencing:

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exposure therapy

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Those people MOST likely to develop stress disorders are:

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anxious, and think they cannot control negative things that happen to them.

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Which statement about the long-term effects of rape on women is accurate?

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Rape impacts a woman psychologically and physically.

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Based on current research, what is the BEST conclusion about the cause of acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder? Is nature or nurture responsible for these disorders.

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It's probably an interaction. Both nature and nurture are important.

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A friend says, "If we could just eliminate combat traumas, we could eliminate a great deal of post-traumatic stress disorder." your response would MOST likely be:

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"Yes - although civilian trauma causes many more cases of PTSD than combat does."

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A person with Post-traumatic stress disorder who refuses to talk about it is:

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experiencing avoidance

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Some people are stimulated by exciting, potentially dangerous activities that terrify others. These varying reactions represent differences in:

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state anxiety

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Which statement accurately describes the sympathetic nervous system pathway of the stress response?

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The hypothalamus inhibits the sympathetic nervous system, which then inhibits body organs to release hormones that serve as neurotransmitters, causing a reduction in arousal

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A person who witnessed a horrible accident and then became unusually anxious and depressed for three weeks is probably experiencing:

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Acute Stress Disorder