Exam 15: Psychological Disorders

A) Latinos
B) Non-Latino white males
C) African Americans
D) Native Americans

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A) Borderline personality disorder
B) Bipolar disorder
C) Dissociative identity disorder
D) Dissociative amnesia

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A) Most individuals who commit suicide do not have a diagnosable mental disorder.
B) The most common disorders among individuals who commit suicide are depression and anxiety.
C) Individuals who are chronically lonely are less likely to experience a desire to die.
D) Individuals who have developed a high tolerance for pain are less likely to complete a suicide attempt.

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A) paranoid personality disorder
B) attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
C) post-traumatic stress disorder
D) obsessive-compulsive disorder

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A) impulsive, insecure, and emotional
B) manipulative, deceitful, and amoral
C) attention-seeking, dramatic, and lively
D) emotionally cold and APAthetic

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A) ASPD is far more common in women than in men.
B) All individuals with ASPD engage in crime.
C) Individuals with ASPD show lower levels of autonomic nervous system arousal.
D) Individuals with ASPD are more stressed than others by aversive circumstances.

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A) It treats psychological disorders as if they are medical illnesses.
B) It avoids relying on social norms and subjective judgments.
C) It reflects the sociocultural approach, emphasizing only on factors such as poverty, unemployment, and trauma.
D) It focuses on destigmatizing psychological disorders and fails to highlight the problems associated with them.

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A) medical model
B) diathesis-stress model
C) five-factor model
D) elaboration likelihood model

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A) People with this disorder are always on the lookout for danger and the slightest social mistreatment.
B) People with this disorder are emotionally cold and APAthetic, and they are generally detached from interpersonal life.
C) People with this disorder are egocentric, manipulative, and lack empathy for others.
D) People with this disorder are inappropriately seductive in their interactions with others.

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A) Schizophrenia is usually diagnosed in late adulthood.
B) Individuals with schizophrenia are at a lower risk of suicide.
C) Individuals with schizophrenia may be lacking in the ability to read the emotions of others.
D) The negative symptoms of schizophrenia involve a distortion or an excess of normal function.

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A) Social anxiety disorder
B) Generalized anxiety disorder
C) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) Bipolar disorder

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A) The belief that her mother will fall sick
B) Touching the door knob
C) Walking through the door
D) Opening the door

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A) major depressive disorder
B) specific phobia
C) antisocial personality disorder
D) schizophrenia

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A) Those suffering from this disorder are a diverse group and their level of disability can be relatively mild to quite severe.
B) Autism spectrum disorder can be associated with a single cause.
C) Autism spectrum disorder is usually associated with aging and is often observed in adults experiencing cognitive decline.
D) The symptoms of autism spectrum disorder include trichotillomania, but not skin picking.

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A) the influence of factors such as marriage, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, and culture on psychological disorders
B) the influence of childhood experiences or personality traits in the development and course of psychological disorders
C) the brain, genetic, and neurotransmitter functioning in the development of psychological disorders
D) the interactions between political and social factors that affect an individual

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A) psychological
B) biological
C) cognitive
D) sociocultural

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A) A person who engages in deviant behavior typically poses a greater threat to himself than others.
B) The context of a behavior may determine whether it is deviant or not.
C) A person who engages in deviant behavior invariably poses a great threat to society.
D) An individual engaging in deviant behavior always finds it personally satisfying.

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