Module 7 Somatic and Dissociative Disorder

Abnormal Psychology
Module 7 Quiz
1: A person with anterograde amnesia
A.  Can form new memories, but has no memory from before the amnesia set in
B.  Can form new memories with one personality that aren't shared by the other personalities
C.  Can't form new memories after the amnesia sets in and has inconsistent memories from before
D  Can't form new memories, but remembers everything from before the amnesia sets in
.
E.  Is missing pieces of his or her memory from throughout life

2: It is believed that split personalities can be caused by any of the following except
A.  Brain damage
B.  Significant stress
C.  Sexual abuse during childhood
D.  Physical abuse during childhood
E.  Insufficient nurturing
  
3: A person with retrograde amnesia
A.  Can't form new memories, but remembers everything from before the amnesia set in
B.  Can't form new memories after the amnesia sets in and has inconsistent memories from before
C.  Is missing pieces of his or her memory from throughout life
D  Can form new memories, but has no memory from before the amnesia set in
.
E.  Can form new memories with one personality that aren't shared by the other personalities
  
4: Dissociative disorders cause disturbances in all of the following except
A.  Consciousness
B.  Intelligence
C.  Identity
D.  Perception
E.  Memory
  
5: During fugue states, people
A.  Temporarily forget their identity
B.  Permanently lose the ability to form new memories
C.  Permanently forget their identity
D.  Temporarily lose the ability to form new memories
E.  Begin having split personalities
  
6: Conversion disorder has symptoms similar to all of the following except
A.  Epilepsy
B.  Paralysis
C.  Multiple sclerosis
D.  A heart attack
E.  A stroke
  
7: A person who assumes the worst about a mild symptom is exhibiting
A.  Dissociative disorder
B.  Pain disorder
C.  Malingering
D.  Conversion disorder
E.  Hypochondriasis

8: The difference between somatoform disorders and malingering is that

A.  Patients with somatoform disorders believe they're sick while malingerers are faking their
symptoms
B.  Patients with somatoform disorders are imagining their ailments while malingerers have actual
physical ailments
C.  Patients with somatoform disorders have actual physical ailments while malingerers are faking
their symptoms
D.  Patients with somatoform disorders are faking their symptoms while malingerers believe they're
sick
E.  Patients with somatoform disorders have actual physical ailments while the ailments of
malingerers are imagined

Abnormal Psychology Module 8: Mood Disorders Quiz

QUESTION 1
Symptoms of mania include all of the following except
A.  An inflated self-esteem
B.  An increased need for sleep
C.  A feeling of being high
D.  General agitation
E.  Fast speech
QUESTION 2
A depressive episode can become major depression if it lasts
A.  Longer than a few hours
B.  Longer than a day
C.  Longer than a few days
D.  Longer than two weeks
 E.  Longer than a few months
QUESTION 3
The three types of bipolar disorder, from most extreme to least extreme, are
A.  Cyclothymia, bipolar I, and bipolar II
B.  Bipolar II, bipolar I, and cyclothymia
C.  Bipolar I, cyclothymia, and bipolar II
D.  Cyclothymia, bipolar II, and bipolar I
E.  Bipolar I, bipolar II, and cyclothymia
QUESTION 4
Symptoms of depression include all of the following except
A.  Low self-esteem
B.  Recurrent suicidal thoughts
C.  A tendency to blame others for bad things that happen
D.  Changes in sleep patterns
E.  Negative emotionality
QUESTION 5
 Depressed patients have been found to possess
A.  Low levels of serotonin and norepinephrine
B.  Fluctuating levels of serotonin and norepinephrine
C.  Elevated levels of serotonin and norepinephrine
D.  Low levels of serotonin and elevated levels of norepinephrine
E.  Elevated levels of serotonin and low levels of norepinephrine

9: With pain disorder, pain in caused by

A.  An accident
B.  The brain
C.  A patient imagining it
D.  An illness
E.  A traumatic experience

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
 Question 1
1 out of 1 points

All of the following are types of

major depressive disorders except:

Selected  
Answer:
 posttraumatic

Answers: recurrent

seasonal

melancholic

posttraumatic

 Question 2
1 out of 1 points

What is the relationship between

gender and depression?

Selected  
Answer:
Women are twice as
likely to report
suffering from
depression as men.

Answers: Gender is unrelated

to the incidence of
depression.

Women are twice as

likely to report
suffering from
depression as men.

Men are twice as

likely to report
suffering from
depression as
women.

Depression is more
frequent in women
but more severe in
men.

 Question 3
 1 out of 1 points

________is considered a type of

bipolar disorder characterized by
periods of mild depression and
hypomania.

Selected  
Answer:
Cyclothymia

Answers: Dysthymia

Anhedonia

Cyclothymia

Anxiety
disorder

 Question 4
1 out of 1 points

Excessive sleeping is a physical

symptom sometimes associated
with unipolar depression.

Selected Answer:  True

Answers:  True

False

 Question 5
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following would be an

emotional symptom of depression?

Selected  
Answer:
experiences of
sadness and
dejection

Answers: a negative view of

oneself
 lack of desire to
go to work

decreased level of
physical activity

experiences of
sadness and
dejection

 Question 6
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following would be a

cognitive symptom of depression?

Selected  
Answer:
negative thoughts
about oneself

Answers:  

negative thoughts
about oneself

lack of desire to go
to work

decreased level of
physical activity

experience of
sadness and
dejection

 Question 7
1 out of 1 points

The diagnosis of bipolar I differs

from bipolar II in that bipolar II is
characterized by:

Selected  
Answer:
 hypomania

Answers:  

hypomania

mild
depression
mild depression

major depression

full manic
episodes

 Question 8
1 out of 1 points

If I'm in a depressed mood and all I

do is think about my mood, without
trying to change it, I'm making what
kind of response?

Selected Answer:  

Ruminative

Answers: Helplessness

Hopelessness

Ruminative

Preseverative

 Question 9
1 out of 1 points

According to the sociocultural

paradigm, someone who is
depressed would derive more
benefits from having a therapist
with a similar cultural or religious
background compared to a therapist
with a different background.

Selected Answer:  True

Answers:  True

False

 Question 10
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is a

behavioral feature of mania?

Selected  
Answer:
Risk-taking

Answers: Tendency to
blame others

Elation
(happiness)

Risk-taking

All of the above

 Question 11
1 out of 1 points

If a study showed that both

monozygotic and dizygotic twins
ran about a 10% chance of having
unipolar depression if their twin had
unipolar depression, this would
provide:

Selected  
Answer:
very little support for
the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.

Answers:  
 very little support for
the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.

moderate support for

the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.

strong support for

the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.

near-certain support
for the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.

 Question 12
1 out of 1 points

The depressive mood of unipolar

depression is different from the
depression of bipolar disorder in
that the latter tends to be more
intense, bleak and dismal.

Selected Answer:  True

Answers:  True

False

 Question 13
1 out of 1 points

Bipolar disorder is more

common than unipolar
depression.

Selected Answer:  False

Answers: True

 False

 Question 14
 1 out of 1 points

Juan is currently experiencing a

period of sadness that has resulted
in almost total immobility. He sits
in a chair all day and almost never
moves. His wife has to assist him in
getting into bed at night. What type
of major depression would he most
likely be diagnosed with?

Selected Answer:  

catatonic

Answers: seasonal

catatonic

recurrent

melancholic

 Question 15
1 out of 1 points

Quinton has major depressive

disorder with marked psychomotor
disturbances, including rigidity.
This is characteristic of major
depressive disorder with _______
features.

Selected Answer:  

catatonic

Answers: psychotic

melancholic

atypical

 
 catatonic

 Question 16
1 out of 1 points

Which psychological theory of

depression posits that
depression is anger turned
inward?

Selected  
Answer:
Psychodynamic

Answers: Learned
helplessness

Cognitive

Psychodynamic

Behavioral

 Question 17
1 out of 1 points

Unipolar depression is decreasing

worldwide.

Selected Answer:  False

Answers: True

 False

 Question 18
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is not a

feature of mania?

Selected  
Answer:
Decreased sexual
drive
 Answers: Grandiosity

Expansive elation

Risk taking

Decreased sexual
drive

 Question 19
1 out of 1 points

A therapist describes a depressed

patient who believes her personal
worth is tied to each task she
performs. She draws negative
conclusions from very little
evidence, tends to overgeneralize
minor mistakes into major character
flaws, and she suffers from
repetitive thoughts that remind her
of her flaws.  You conclude that the
therapist holds which theoretical
orientation?

Selected  
Answer:
Cognitive

Answers:  

Cognitive

Behavioral

Biological

Psychoanalytic