PSY 303 Week 2 Quiz ( Mood and Personality Disorders ) ~ ( This Tutorial Contains The Following 18 Questions Correctly Answered )

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Question 1.

 

Bipolar I disorder is characterized by                  

 

 

 

manic or mixed episodes

 

  

unipolar depression.

 

  

purging.

 

  

hypomania

 

Question 2.

 

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects people at a predictable time of the year. Most people with SAD experience symptoms                         

 

 

 

as winter turns to spring.

 

  

as spring turns to summer.

 

  

as summer turns to fall.

 

  

as fall turns to winter.

 

Question 3.

 

Persistent depressive disorder                            

 

 

 

is a form of mania.

 

  

is a milder form of unipolar depression.

 

  

does not affect children.

 

  

can only be diagnosed after being present for 9 months.

 

Question 4.

 

In practice it can be very difficult to separate the symptoms of                            personality disorder from those of social phobia.

 

 

 

paranoid

 

 

 

avoidant

 

  

dependent

 

  

antisocial

 

Question 5.

 

According to research presented in your textbook, women are about                            as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression.

 

 

 

twice

 

  

three times

 

  

four times

 

  

five times

 

Question 6.

 

Bipolar II disorder is characterized by                                

 

 

 

major depressive episodes and at least one hypomanic episode

 

  

rapid cycling between mania and depression

 

  

co-morbidity

 

  

hypomania

Question 7.

 

Which personality disorder is most appropriately associated with people who are overly submissive, to the point where they may act helpless to look after themselves and rely on the decisions of others?

 

 

 

negativistic personality disorder

 

  

histrionic personality disorder

 

 

 

dependent personality disorder

 

  

Bipolar personality disorder

 

Question 8.

 

Which theory of abnormal personality may view mood disorders as a result of giving up trying to cope and reacting to life’s problems with passivity?

 

 

 

Psychoanalytic Perspective

 

  

Cognitive Perspective

 

  

Behavioral Perspective

 

 

 

Learned Helplessness Perspective

 

 

Question 9.

 

When considering major depressive disorders, this is the term used to describe the inability to experience pleasure is which of the following.

 

 

Melancholia

 

 

Anhedonia

  

Cyclothymic Disorder

  

Dysthemia

 

Question 10.

 

According to the theorists and followers of this theory of personality, depression is considered to be related to the loss of relationships and often involves self-blame, feeling unwanted and worthless.

 

 

 

IPT

 

 

 

Psychoanalytic

 

  

Cognitive

 

  

Humanism

Question 11.

 

When it comes to the topic of suicide, many people fall prey to many different myths. Which of the following is NOT a myth regarding suicide?

 

 

 

People rarely attempt suicide while in the depths of depression.

 

  

Suicidal people always want to die.

 

  

Only insane people contemplate suicide.

 

  

People who talk about suicide will never actually kill themselves.

 

Question 12.

 

If a psychologist is treating someone and the patient tells the psychologist that he/she is actively 
suicidal and ready to try to kill him/herself, the psychologist must                            

 

 

 

break client-therapist confidentiality and alert the proper authorities.

 

  

begin long-term psychoanalysis.

 

  

use reverse psychology and dare the client to make the attempt.

 

  

anesthetize the client to calm him  down.

Question 13.

 

An individual with a Cluster B disorder is often seen as                           

 

 

 

eccentric and odd.

 

 

 

self-absorbed, overly dramatic, and theatrical.

 

  

fearful and worried.

 

  

having hallucinations and delusions.

Question 14.

 

Which personality disorder might come to mind when you think about a “conspiracy theorist” who always thinks that there is some foul plot occurring that is designed to harm or wrong them?

 

 

 

schizotypal personality disorder

 

 

 

paranoid personality disorder

 

  

schizoid personality disorder

 

  

autism spectrum disorder

Question 15.

 

When a person has not responded to psychotherapy or medications to treat the symptoms of their depression, they may opt to undergo                       

 

 

 

psychosurgery.

 

  

heliotherapy.

 

 

 

electroconvulsive therapy.

 

  

EMDR.

Question 16.

 

Describing people using a standard set of personality categories defines the                                 approach to diagnosing personality disorders.

 

 

 

dimensional

 

  

exclusional

 

  

multiaxial

 

  

diathetical

Question 17.

 

According to our text,                              is considered to be a possible explanation of the gender differences often found between the diagnosis of men and women in terms of depression?

 

 

 

the idea that men just don’t get depressed

 

 

 

the idea that men are more likely to be diagnosed with substance abuse

 

  

the fact that clinicians’ are not good at identifying depression

 

  

the fact that women have more to be sad about

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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