Liberty University TRMA 830 quiz 1 study review questions and answers
Question 1
Prior to the 1960s, the word was relatively unknown.
Selected Answer: stress
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Question 2
Which statement below would be considered true, according to your reading?
Selected Answer: None of the above are true
Response Feedback: W&K p. 103
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Question 3
Accurate assessment of ASD is difficult because there is considerable experimental evidence
that dissociative responses can be elicited under conditions of stress in
populations.
Selected Answer: nonclinical
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Question 4
Recent research documents the high frequency of symptoms in individuals
with PTSD and the importance of in the development of PTSD.
Selected Answer: dissociative; dissociation
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Question 5
Which assessments would best be used as “screeners” for traumatic stress?
Selected Answer: Traumatic Stress Schedule
Response Feedback: W&K p. 76
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Question 6
The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders has a standard format of
, decision rules that allow the interviewer to end administration of any
particular module as soon as it is clear that the diagnostic criteria will not be met.
Selected Answer: “skipouts”
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Question 7
Mental health professionals working at facilities with survivors of trauma populations screen for
those who are at risk for dissociative symptoms and disorders. Which choice below is NOT one
of those facilities?
Selected Answer: Sleep apnea clinics
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Question 8
The domain of PTSD symptom clusters is defined by five interrelated sets of symptoms. Which
answer is NOT one of those clusters?
Selected Answer: organismic valuing
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Question 9
The cluster of PTSD diagnostic symptoms reflects the manner in which
traumatic memory functions.
Selected Answer: re-experiencing
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Question 10
It has recently been recognized that persons may manifest symptoms of PTSD through
exposure to the trauma histories of others.
Selected Answer: secondhand
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Question 11
PTSD is an automatic, psychobiologically determined response pattern
designed to adapt to the perception, or existence of, threats to the well-being of the organism.
Selected Answer: hypervigilance
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Question 12
When someone is diagnosed as “PTSD with delayed onset,” it means that the onset of
symptoms takes place at least after the stressor:
Selected Answer: 6 months
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Question 13
There are many possible behaviors for those experiencing “hypo-arousal.” Which answer
below is NOT one of those behaviors?
Selected Answer: Violence
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Question 14
One of the primary differences between acute stress disorder (ASD) and post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) is:
Selected Answer: the timeframe
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Question 15
There are three main symptoms of suffering with post-traumatic stress. Which choice below is
NOT one of those three?
Selected Answer: Depressive symptoms
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Question 16
Which part of the brain is synonymous with the term “emotional memory?”
Selected Answer: Amygdala
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Question 17
Traumatic events are defines by the existence of that have differential
effects on organismic functioning.
Selected Answer: stressors
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Question 18
When assessing children with PTSD, one of the most obvious issues for the clinician to establish
is the level of that the child has obtained.
Selected Answer: cognitive development
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Question 19
The Life Stressor Checklist—Revised was designed to screen for events that would meet DSM-IV
criterion .
Selected Answer: A
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Question 20
Over the past two decades, the of a traumatic event has changed
considerably.
Selected Answer: definition
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Question 21
Selected Answer: hyperfocused
Response Feedback: W&K p. 53
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Question 22
Recent cognitive models of trauma response have proposed that the transition from acute
stress reactions to chronic PTSD depends on:
Selected Answer: the types of injuries they sustained in the trauma
Response Feedback: W&K p. 55
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Question 23
The is the least well-researched of the three children’s structured
interviews presented in your reading.
Selected Answer: Childhood PTSD Inventory
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Question 24
It is important to note that differential diagnosis of ASD can be difficult because many people
recently exposed to trauma may suffer ASD-type reactions for reasons.
In an attempt to respond to problems found in the DSM-III, structured interviews were
introduced for use in both settings and in studies.
Selected Answer: clinical; epidemiological
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Question 25
There several factors that complicate grief and trauma resolution. Which choice below is NOT
one of those factors?
Selected Answer: Conversion reactions
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Question 26
The is an important assessment because it illustrates an approach to the
cross-cultural assessment of trauma and PTSD.
Selected Answer: Harvard Trauma Assessment
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Question 27
Another issue in using structured interviews have to do with the in
the home of the child in cases involving immigrants and refugees.
Selected Answer: primary language
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Question 28
Trauma’s impact on the individual is , which means that the effects on one part
of the whole generate reciprocal effects on the other parts.
Selected Answer: holistic
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Question 29
The Brief Trauma Questionnaire assesses 10 traumatic events. Which choice below is NOT one
of the 10?
Selected Answer: abortion/miscarriage
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Question 30
The was created for use in clinical research with adult survivors of childhood
The concept of ASD has been on both conceptual and empirical grounds.
Selected Answer: widely debated
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Question 31
The Traumatic Events questionnaire assesses specific traumatic events.
Selected Answer: 11
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Question 32
sexual abuse.
Selected Answer: Stressful Life Events Questionnaire
Response Feedback: W&K p. 80
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Question 33
The PTSD literature shows that currently there is a single structured diagnostic interview for
adults that has by far the largest share of the market – the .
Selected Answer: Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale
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Question 34
Manifestations of “psychic numbing” takes many forms. Which choice would NOT be
considered one of those forms?
Selected Answer: prolonged hyperousal
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Question 35
Although acute stress reactions are common, there is also strong evidence that the majority of
these responses are .
Selected Answer: transient
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Question 36
Under the DSM-5 criteria, which choice below is NOT one of ways of being exposed to actual or
threatened death under Criterion A?
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Answer:
Direct exposure through electronic media, television, movies, or pictures of
the traumatic event
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Question 37
The clinical term used for someone who indicates they were “unable to move or take any
action” is:
Selected Answer: Tonic immobility
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Question 38
The term “post-traumatic stress disorder” (PTSD) first appeared in which version of the DSM?
Selected Answer: DSM-III
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Question 39
Walter Cannon’s idea that people under stress experiences the “fight or flight” syndrome. With
our modern understanding of trauma and stress, what term could we add to his original
syndrome?
Selected Answer: Freeze
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Question 40
Some of the criteria for involves exposure to actual or threatened death; serious
injury or sexual abuse; presence of intrusive symptoms associated with the event, and
beginning after the event has occurred.
Selected Answer: Posttraumatic stress disorder
