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Chapter 6
Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
Answer: False
Answer: True
Answer: False
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 6.1 Describe the new diagnostic category of obsessive-compulsive and
related disorders
Bloom’s: Knowledge
Answer: True
Answer: False
Answer: False
Answer: True
Bloom’s: Comprehension
Answer: False
Answer: True
Answer: True
12) Adler believed that OCD was the result of fixation at the anal stage.
Answer: False
Answer: False
14) Exposure with response prevention is the most widely used treatment for OCD.
Answer: True
Answer: False
16) People with hoarding disorder are obsessed with acquiring possessions.
Answer: False
Answer: True
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18) Individual’s with body dysmorphic disorder are often satisfied with results of cosmetic
surgery.
Answer: False
Answer: True
Answer: False
21) Jan has obsessive-compulsive disorder. He is _________ to have another disorder, too.
Answer: b
a) rare; debilitating
b) common; debilitating
c) common; easily managed
d) rare; easily managed
Answer: a
a) One-half
b) One-third
c) One-quarter
d) One-tenth
Answer: d
24. Stella notices that her friend Polly, who has OCD, is starting to become more withdrawn.
She is concerned that Polly may be suicidal and she calls a psychologist for advice. The
psychologist will most likely tell her:
Answer: c
a) Excoriation
b) Exfoliation
c) Trichotillomania
d) They are all obsessive-compulsive related disorders.
Answer: b
26. Which of the following is the best reason for OCD being moved out of the anxiety disorders
category?
Answer: d
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27. The common thread between the obsessive-compulsive related disorders is that:
Answer: b
28. Research has found that which two OCRD really do belong in the same category?
Answer: c
a) irrational beliefs.
b) generalized anxiety.
c) obsessions.
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d) compulsions.
Answer: c
30) Felix feels the urge to turn a light switch on and off 12 times before leaving a room. This
would be referred to as
a) an irrational belief.
b) generalized anxiety.
c) an obsession.
d) a compulsion.
Answer: d
Answer: c
Answer: c
33) What diagnosis is most appropriate for Nicole? She is constantly concerned with symmetry,
often spending hours arranging items in her room so that the room appears even on the left
and right. She also feels that when she eats, the items on the plate must be arranged
symmetrically. All of this effort interferes with her work.
a) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
b) Body dysmorphic disorder
c) Generalized anxiety disorder
d) Excoriation
Answer: a
34) Pierre avoids using public transportation because when he does, he cannot stop thinking
about touching the breasts of the women around him. His obsession is best described as a:
a) Contamination obsession
b) Violent obsession
c) Religious obsession
d) Sexual obsession
Answer: d
35) Research by Masellis, Rector, and Richter (2003) on obsessive-compulsive disorder indicates
that a poorer quality of life is predicted by the severity of:
a) Compulsions
b) Obsessions
c) Checking
d) None of the above
Answer: b
a) Increases anxiety
b) Reduces anxiety
c) Neither increases nor decreases anxiety
d) Increases anxiety in the subset of OCD patients with high anxiety sensitivity
Answer: b
Answer: b
38) According to Rachman (2002), the 3 “multipliers” that increase the intensity and frequency
of compulsive checking include the following EXCEPT:
Answer: a
39) Most compulsions are viewed as ______________ by the person performing them.
a) pleasurable
b) rational
c) absurd
d) anxiety provoking
Answer: c
a) Stan, who is unable to control his urge to gamble despite being near bankruptcy
b) Brian, who cannot stop himself from drinking once he starts
c) Rhonda, who eats continuously, even when she is not hungry
d) Eleanor, who must wash her hands seven times before eating to prevent food poisoning
Answer: d
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41. Tricia and Bill are at their wit’s end with their son Mike’s behaviour. His need for orderliness
and cleanliness leads to many arguments as they all try to get out the door in the morning and
their house is always full of tension. What might this family need to deal with Mike’s OCD?
Answer: b
42. Dr. Wilson is a family doctor in Toronto. If he is like most physicians, when he is presented
with a patient with symptoms of OCD, he’s likely to:
Answer: c
43) Canadian comedian Howie Mandel refuses to shake hands with people he meets because of
fears of being contaminated. Howie suffers from:
a) Hypochondriasis
b) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
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c) Excoriation
d) Social phobia
Answer: b
44) Dr. Fisher identifies as a behaviourist. As such, she thinks compulsions are:
a) Anxiety provoking
b) Biologically caused
c) Quirky
d) Learned behaviours
Answer: d
45) Cognitive biases may exist for people with OCD with __________ concerns.
a) contamination
b) religious
c) checking
d) aggressive
Answer: a
46) Jeanie often finds herself thinking about all the germs she’s been exposed to, but she
doesn’t take any action. Jeanie most likely:
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a) Has OCD
b) Is a germaphobe
c) Is normal
d) Needs to wash her hands
Answer: c
47) Several Canadian researchers have found that people with _________ tend to think too
much about thinking per se (meta-cognition).
Answer: c
48) In verifying the hypothesis that individuals with OCD have memory deficits, Cuttler and Graf
(2009) found the following:
Answer: d
49) In studying the hypothesis that individuals with OCD have memory deficits, Cuttler and Graf
(2009) identified retrospective memory as:
Answer: a
50) In studying the hypothesis that individuals with OCD have memory deficits, Cuttler and Graf
(2009) identified prospective memory as:
Answer: b
51) Rachman and his colleagues have identified the importance of thought-action fusion in
OCD, which refers to:
Answer: d
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52) In thought-action fusion, the person with this characteristic blurs the distinction between:
Answer: b
53) A study of compulsive checkers (people who continually check to see if they have done
something such as turning off the stove) found that these individuals
Answer: a
54) When presented with dirty items, Rauch et al. (1994) found that people with contamination
fears resulting from OCD show increased regional blood flow to the:
a) Parietal lobe
b) Basal ganglia and frontal lobe
c) Hippocampus and amygdala
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d) Locus ceruleus
Answer: b
55) The obsessive thought that “if I have unwanted thoughts of harming others, then I must be
a latent psychopath”, is an example of which type of 'faulty appraisal'?
a) Over-importance of thoughts
b) Thought-action fusion
c) Ego-dystonicity
d) Catastrophic misinterpretation of significance
Answer: d
56) According to Clark's analysis of faulty appraisals that contribute to obsessions, people with
obsessions overestimate:
Answer: d
57) Paul’s mother has OCD. What is the likelihood that he will be diagnosed with it too?
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a) Extremely unlikely
b) More likely than if his mother didn’t have OCD
c) No more or less likely than if his mother didn’t have OCD
d) Highly likely – virtually guaranteed
Answer: b
58) Researchers trying to isolate a specific gene for OCD have found:
Answer: c
59) PET scan studies have found ___________ in patients diagnosed with OCD.
a) enlarged ventricles
b) decreased activation in the hippocampus
c) increased activation in the frontal lobes
d) enlarged motor cortex
Answer: c
60) Dysfunction in the ___________________ brain region has been linked to both OCD and
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Tourette's syndrome.
a) basal ganglia
b) corpus callosum
c) hypothalamus
d) cingulated gyrus
Answer: a
61) As compared to controls without OCD, people with OCD have been found to have
impairment in
a) visual processing.
b) auditory processing.
c) task oriented behaviours.
d) executive function.
Answer: d
62) Because only 40-60% of OCD sufferers do not respond to Selective Serotonin Reuptake
Inhibitors (SSRIs), current research (Van Nieuwerburgh et al., 2009) is now concentrating on:
a) Genetic polymorphisms
b) Epinephrine and GABA
c) Dopamine polymorphisms
d) Dopamine and GABA
Answer: a
Bloom’s: Knowledge
a) GABA
b) Norepinephrine
c) Serotonin
d) Dopamine
Answer: c
Answer: d
65) Izzy frequently feels that when he is driving, he accidently hit someone and left the scene of
the accident. If Izzy was in treatment with a therapist who was Adlerian, the therapist would
view his obsessions as
Answer: c
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Answer: c
67) Which of the following is the most widely used behavioural treatment for OCD?
a) Cognitive-behavioural therapy
b) Exposure and response prevention
c) Thought stoppage
d) Medication
Answer: b
68) A strictly behavioural therapist treating Steve for contamination fear due to OCD would use
which of the following interventions?
Answer: c
69) The effectiveness of exposure with response prevention in the treatment of OCD is likely
due to
a) resistance.
b) extinction.
c) modeling.
d) operant conditioning.
Answer: b
70) Celine is a cognitively oriented therapist but when treating a patient with OCD, she
incorporates which of the following approaches?
a) Psychoanalytic
b) Behavioural
c) Humanistic
d) Psychopharmacological
Answer: b
Answer: c
72) Douglas believes that adding three shakes of pepper to all of his food will keep him from
getting sick. A cognitive-behavioural therapist will focus mainly on
a) having Douglas remove all the pepper from his house so that he cannot put it on his food.
b) challenging Douglas’s beliefs about pepper and illness.
c) having Douglas research whether pepper is an antimicrobial substance.
d) challenging Douglas to try eating without adding pepper to see if he does in fact get sick.
Answer: d
73) According to Freeston and Ladouceur, an important fifth step in CBT for OCD is:
Answer: c
Answer: d
75) Sam can’t decide what type of treatment to seek for OCD. Your advice to him is to:
a) See a psychoanalyst
b) See a cognitive-behavioural therapist
c) See a medical doctor to get a prescription medication
d) Join a humanistic-based therapy group
Answer: b
76) About how many people either drop out or are not successfully treated when seeking
treatment for OCD?
a) Two-thirds
b) One-half
c) Two-fifths
d) One-quarter
Answer: b
77) Theresa’s therapist has suggested that she add a new component to her treatment for OCD.
Based on recent research, which of these seems like the most likely recommendation?
Answer: c
78) In a small study on adding exercise to CBT for OCD, the participants adherence rate was:
a) 20%
b) 40%
c) 60%
d) 80%
Answer: d
79) One major advantage to advocating for exercise as part of treatment for mental health
disorders is that
a) it’s free.
b) therapists can free up their schedules.
c) it creates more jobs in the fitness industry.
d) All of the above.
Answer: a
Bloom’s: Comprehension
a) Beta blockers
b) Anxiolytics
c) SSRIs
d) SNRIs
Answer: c
81) One problem with SSRIs being first-line pharmacotherapy for OCD is
Answer: b
82) Cingulotomy is a treatment method used on patients with OCD, and involves
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 6.4 Describe psychology and biological therapies for OCD.
Bloom’s: Knowledge
a) Cingulotomy
b) Deep brain stimulation
c) Electroconvulsive shock therapy
d) Lobotomy
Answer: b
84) Dr. Watts is asking his patient with OCD what he truly fears. Dr. Watts is most likely a
_____________ therapist.
a) psychoanalytic
b) behavioural
c) cognitive
d) cognitive-behavioural
Answer: a
Answer: c
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86) Sarah called 9-1-1 when she became trapped under a box of decorations in her house.
When help arrived, they could barely get to her due to an excess of clutter blocking most paths.
Sarah most likely has:
a) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
b) Hoarding disorder
c) Excoriation
d) Trichotillomania
Answer: b
Answer: c
Answer: d
89) Jack’s car collection is more like an “everything that could ever be affiliated with cars but
isn’t actually a car collection.” His neighbours worry about the clutter, especially since there are
many gasoline tanks lying around and twisted metal poking through the fence. His neighbours
should
Answer: d
90) Which criterion for hoarding disorder is clear in this example: Jack’s car collection is more
like an “everything that could ever be affiliated with cars but isn’t actually a car collection.” His
neighbours worry about the clutter, especially since there are many gasoline tanks lying around
and twisted metal poking through the fence.
a) Jack has a perceived need to save items and distress associated with discarding them.
b) Jack has significant impairment in maintaining a safe environment for himself and others.
c) Jack accumulates items that congest and clutter active living areas.
d) None of the above.
Answer: b
Answer: a
92) Traci collects figurines – she has over 250 in her collection from all over the world and she
rotates her display of them on a seasonal basis. Amy has a collection of dolls – she has so many
that she has given them their own room in her house and also has them elsewhere in her
house. Traci most likely has __________ and Amy most likely has_________.
Answer: c
a) 1970s
b) 1980s
c) 1990s
d) 2000s
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 6.5 Describe hoarding disorder.
Bloom’s: Knowledge
a) a genetic contribution.
b) a serotonin imbalance.
c) a dopamine imbalance.
d) There is no biological cause of hoarding disorder .
Answer: a
a) Adulthood
b) Older adulthood
c) Mid-life
d) Childhood/adolescence
Answer: d
Answer: b
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a) Valium
b) Ativan
c) Venlafaxine
d) Prozac
Answer: c
Answer: c
a) OCD.
b) trichotillomania.
c) GAD.
d) depression.
Answer: a
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100) Who will be the most difficult patient with hoarding disorder to treat?
Answer: d
101) Body dysmorphic disorder, given the excessive preoccupation with a perceived bodily
imperfection, has been considered most similar to which disorder?
a) Eating disorder
b) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
c) Social phobia
d) Conversion disorder
Answer: b
102) Which of the following best describes the occurrence of body dysmorphic disorder?
Answer: d
103) Jaclyn is preoccupied with her eyes, feeling that they are asymmetrical. She spends hours
applying makeup in an effort to make her eyes appear exactly the same size and shape. The
extent of her routine requires hours, and has cost her several jobs. She has had plastic surgery,
but this has not alleviated her concerns. The most likely diagnosis for Jaclyn would be:
Answer: a
104) Which of the following statements about body dysmorphic disorder is not true?
Answer: a
105) Which of the following statements about body dysmorphic disorder is not true?
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Answer: b
106) Compared to people without body dysmorphic disorder, those with BDD show
Answer: b
a) unwanted thoughts.
b) unwanted actions.
c) inability to act.
d) All of the above.
Answer: a
108) Treatment for BDD will be more effective with ______ than _______.
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a) medication; psychotherapy
b) medication; CBT
c) CBT; medication
d) medication and psychotherapy are equally effective
Answer: c
109) Amanda is sitting on the couch watching tv. When she gets up, her roommate notices a
small pile of hair next to her. Amanda may have:
Answer: b
110) People with trichotillomania often feel __________ after pulling their hair
a) relief
b) scared
c) shame
d) happy
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 6.7 Describe trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) and excoriation (skin-
picking disorder).
Bloom’s: Comprehension
111) Laura works at a hair salon that is considered a safe space, which means that people with
______________ can go there without having to explain themselves.
a) eating disorders
b) body dysmorphic disorder
c) obsessive-compulsive disorder
d) trichotillomania
Answer: d
Answer: b
a) hair pulling.
b) nose picking.
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c) skin picking.
d) excessive grooming.
Answer: c
114) According to the frustrated action model, under what condition is someone likely to
engage in either hair pulling or skin picking?
a) Boredom
b) Relaxation
c) Stress
d) Happiness
Answer: a
115) Joanne has been asked to keep track of what she is doing before she begins pulling her
hair out and is also encouraged to think of alternative actions she can engage in. The type of
treatment she is likely engaged in is:
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective:7
Bloom’s: Analysis
116) Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is often comorbid with other disorders. Name three
other disorders that are commonly comorbid with OCD and explain why they regularly co-
occur.
117) In DSM-5, obsessive-compulsive disorder is listed with other disorders and they are
termed the obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. What are the related disorders? Why
are they all listed together with OCD?
118) Define obsessions and compulsions and given an example of each. How are obsessions and
compulsions different? How do they work together?
119) Describe the psychoanalytic theory of Adler and the behavioural theory of the etiology of
obsessive-compulsive disorder. Explain how these views may be unified using the cognitive
perspective.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 6.3 Outline the etiology of OCD.
Bloom’s: Analysis
120) In DSM-IV, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was listed as an anxiety disorder. In DSM-
5, it’s are in its own section. Do you think that OCD should be listed on its own or with anxiety
disorders? Why?
121) What is exposure and response prevention? How would you modify it to make it less likely
that people would drop out of treatment if that’s the treatment modality?
122) How are normal collectors similar and different from people with hoarding disorder?
123) Body dysmorphic disorder used to be considered a somatoform disorder and is now listed
together with the obsessive-compulsive disorders in DSM-5. Do you think this makes sense?
Why or why not?
124) What are the two body-focused repetitive behaviours? How are they similar? How are
they different?
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125) How would you treat a client with trichotillomania? Why would it work?
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