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Abnormal Psychology Clinical Perspectives On Psychological Disorders 7Th Edition Whitbourne Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Abnormal Psychology Clinical Perspectives On Psychological Disorders 7Th Edition Whitbourne Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
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Student:
1. is a mental disorder with a range of symptoms involving disturbances in content of thought, form
of thought, perception, affect, sense of self, motivation, behavior, and interpersonal functioning.
A. Congenital hydronephrosis
B. Schizophrenia
C. Renal agenesis
D. Renal dysplasia
2. Roland has the illusion that he is the reincarnation of Hitler and wants to conquer the world. Roland is
most likely to be diagnosed with
A. congenital hydronephrosis.
B. schizophrenia.
C. renal agenesis.
D. renal dysplasia.
3. In which of the following phases of schizophrenia are the psychotic symptoms most prominent?
A. prodromal
B. residual
C. active
D. brief psychotic disorder
4. In the context of schizophrenic disorders, which of the following is an example of a positive symptom?
A. restricted affect
B. avolition
C. asociality
D. hallucination
5. Researchers refer to the symptoms of schizophrenia that are exaggerations or distortions of normal
thoughts, emotions, and behavior as symptoms.
A. positive
B. negative
C. anhedonic
D. hedonic
6. How long must a person show the signs of disturbance in order to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia?
A. 2 weeks
B. 4 months
C. 6 weeks
D. 6 months
7. are deeply entrenched false belief that are not consistent with a schizophrenic person's intelligence
or cultural background.
A. Delusions
B. Fantasies
C. Mirages
D. Dreams
8. A false perception held by a schizophrenic person that does not correspond to the objective stimuli
present in the environment is referred to as a
A. fantasy.
B. hallucination.
C. mirage.
D. dream.
9. Emily complains that spiders crawl all over her body at night although this is not true. This is an example
of a(n)
A. hallucination.
B. fantasy.
C. apparition.
D. mirage.
10. Graham believes that he is the reincarnation of Christ and the responsibility of restoring peace and order
to the world lies on his shoulder. This is an example of a(n)
A. delusion.
B. fantasy.
C. apparition.
D. mirage.
11. Which of the following best describes incoherent speech?
A. language that is authoritative
B. language that is emotional
C. language that is incomprehensible
D. language that is abusive
12. David refers to himself as Hitler and believes that all men comprise his army and should follow his
orders. Which of the following forms of delusions is David suffering from?
A. somatic B.
grandeur C.
self-blame D.
infidelity
13. Cordelia feels the radio is "forcing" her to perform certain actions against her will. Cordelia is most likely
suffering from the type of delusion.
A. somatic
B. control
C. self-blame
D. infidelity
14. Marshall believes that all television commercials are specifically directed toward him. This condition is
referred to as delusion.
A. somatic B.
reference C.
self-blame D.
infidelity
15. People suffering from the persecution type of delusion are most likely to harbor the belief that
A. they are controlled by some machine.
B. someone wants to kill them.
C. their partners are cheating on them.
D. they suffer from some terminal illness.
16. People suffering from the somatic type of delusion are most likely to harbor the belief that
A. they are controlled by some machine.
B. someone wants to kill them.
C. their partners are cheating on them.
D. they suffer from some terminal illness.
17. People suffering from the infidelity type of delusion are most likely to harbor the belief that
A. they are controlled by some machine.
B. someone wants to kill them.
C. their partners are cheating on them.
D. they suffer from some terminal illness.
18. Dorothy holds herself responsible for causing hurricane Katrina that killed thousands of people in the
U.S. Identify the type of delusion afflicting Dorothy.
A. somatic
B. persecution
C. self-blame
D. infidelity
19. People suffering from the thought broadcasting type of delusion are most likely to harbor the belief
that
A. their thoughts are being carried over the airwaves on television.
B. someone wants to kill them.
C. their partners are cheating on them.
D. they suffer from some terminal illness.
20. People suffering from the thought insertion type of delusion are most likely to harbor the belief that
A. outside forces are putting thoughts into their mind.
B. someone wants to kill them.
C. their partners are cheating on them.
D. their thoughts are being carried over the airwaves on television.
21. Affective flattening, alogia, avolition, and anhedonia are all
A. negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
B. positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
C. symptoms that appear exclusively in schizoaffective disorders.
D. symptoms that appear exclusively in schizophreniform disorders.
22. Which of the following is an example of a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
A. hallucination
B. delusion
C. avolition
D. disorganized speech
23. The narrowing of the range of outward expressions of emotions is referred to as
A. hallucination.
B. delusion.
C. restricted affect.
D. illusion.
24. A lack of initiative, either not wanting to take any action or lacking the energy and will to take action is
referred to as
A. hallucination.
B. delusion.
C. avolition.
D. illusion.
25. Eric, who has schizophrenia, lacks the energy to take any initiative. This condition is referred to as
A. avolition.
B. anhedonia.
C. manic disorder.
D. hypomanic disorder.
26. refers to a lack of interest in social relationships, including an inability to empathize and form
close relationships with others.
A. Hallucination
B. Delusion
C. Asociality
D. Illusion
27. Jean has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She does not have any interest in building social
relationships and stays locked up in her room most of the time. This symptom of schizophrenia is referred
to as
A. hallucination.
B. delusion.
C. asociality.
D. illusion.
28. The condition associated with schizophrenia in which one's flow of thoughts become vague, unfocused,
and illogical is referred to as
A. loosening of associations.
B. thought broadcasting.
C. thought insertion.
D. inappropriate affect.
29. At the age of 30, Claire, a schizophrenic patient, lost her ability to speak. On examining her, the physician
could not find any direct physiological cause for Claire's condition. This condition is most likely to be
diagnosed as
A. catatonia.
B. manic disorder.
C. hypomanic disorder.
D. autism.
30. schizophrenia is characterized by purposeless and repetitive bodily movement or stiffened
posture.
A. Undifferentiated
B. Disorganized
C. Catatonic
D. Paranoid
31. Which of the following is the primary symptom of catatonic schizophrenia?
A. lack of interest in social relationships
B. disorganized speech and behavior
C. extreme motor disturbances that have no direct physiological cause
D. discord between the emotional response and the social cues present in a situation
32. Gomes has schizophrenia and his predominant symptom is that his body stiffens and becomes rigid
several times during the day. Identify the type of schizophrenia afflicting Gomes?
A. catatonic
B. disorganized
C. hebephrenic
D. paranoid
33. Clara suffers from a severe form of schizophrenia. Her speech is incomprehensible. She uses words that
have highly idiosyncratic meanings and do not belong to any existing human language. This form of
schizophrenia is referred to as schizophrenia.
A. residual
B. disorganized
C. catatonic
D. paranoid
34. Which of the following is one of the primary symptoms of the disorganized type of schizophrenia?
A. lack of interest in social relationships
B. lack of energy and will to take action
C. involuntary motor disturbances that have no direct physiological cause
D. discord between the emotional response and the social cues present in a situation
35. Which type of schizophrenia is typified by preoccupation with one or more bizarre delusions or auditory
hallucinations related to being persecuted or harassed?
A. undifferentiated
B. catatonic
C. paranoid
D. disorganized
36. Darin accuses his parents of colluding with aliens from Mars in a bid to kill him. From the given
information, it would be most appropriate to conclude that Darin is suffering from the type of
schizophrenia.
A. paranoid
B. undifferentiated
C. catatonic
D. disorganized
37. The type of schizophrenia involving complex symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and
incoherence, but in which no one symptom predominates, is referred to as schizophrenia.
A. paranoid
B. undifferentiated
C. catatonic
D. disorganized
38. Terence has schizophrenia, but no single symptom seems to be dominant in his case. He exhibits a variety
of symptoms such as disturbances in sense of self, stereotyped movements, flat affect, and delusional
thinking. Terence would most likely be diagnosed as having schizophrenia.
A. catatonic
B. disorganized
C. hebephrenic
D. undifferentiated
39. Individuals with lingering symptoms who have been previously diagnosed as having schizophrenia but
do not have full-blown psychotic symptoms are most likely to be diagnosed as having the type of
schizophrenia.
A. paranoid
B. disorganized
C. residual
D. catatonic
40. Filomena was diagnosed as having a severe form of schizophrenia. However after undergoing treatment,
she has shown much improvement and has only a few mild symptoms. For more than a year, she has
not shown any full-blown psychotic symptoms. At this stage, Filomina will be considered as having the
form of schizophrenia.
A. paranoid
B. disorganized
C. residual
D. catatonic
41. Which of the following individuals was the first person to have identified schizophrenia?
A. Emil Kraepelin
B. Eugen Bleuler
C. Adolf Meyer
D. Benedict Morel
42. The German psychiatrist who systematically defined "dementia praecox" was
A. Emil Kraepelin.
B. Eugen Bleuler.
C. Adolf Meyer.
D. Benedict Morel.
43. The extent to which a person's emotional expressiveness fails to correspond to the content of what is
being discussed is referred to as
A. loosening of associations.
B. thought broadcasting.
C. thought insertion.
D. inappropriate affect.
44. The Swiss psychiatrist who coined the term schizophrenia was
A. Emil Kraepelin.
B. Eugen Bleuler.
C. Adolf Meyer.
D. Benedict Morel.
45. Which of the following is NOT one of Bleuler's "Four A's?"
A. "Association"
B. "Actualization"
C. "Ambivalence"
D. "Autism"
46. Which German psychiatrist developed the idea that in order for schizophrenia to be diagnosed,
certain "first-rank" symptoms needed to be recorded?
A. Emil Kraepelin
B. Eugen Bleuler
C. Adolf Meyer
D. Kurt Schneider
47. is the term used to refer to the situation when a schizophrenic person's symptoms no longer
interfere with his or her behavior and are below those required for a DSM diagnosis.
A. Hallucination
B. Delusion
C. Remission
D. Illusion
48. Fanny was diagnosed with a severe form of schizophrenia. However after she positively responded to
medication, her symptoms no longer interfere with her behavior and were below those required for a
DSM diagnosis. This condition is referred to as
A. remission.
B. catatonia.
C. avolition.
D. paranoia.
49. In the context of schizophrenia, remission is the condition in which the
A. symptoms of a schizophrenic patient are above those required for a DSM diagnosis.
B. symptoms of a schizophrenic patient do not interfere with his or her behavior.
C. symptoms of a schizophrenic patient are most prominent.
D. the positive symptoms in a schizophrenic patient are most severe.
50. is a disorder characterized by the sudden onset of psychotic symptoms that are limited to a period
of less than a month.
A. Brief psychotic disorder
B. Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type
C. Schizophrenia, paranoid type
D. Schizophrenia, disorganized type
51. A person who experiences a sudden "nervous breakdown" and then recovers from it within a week would
most accurately be diagnosed as having
A. schizophrenia, paranoid type.
B. disorganized schizophrenia.
C. brief psychotic disorder.
D. schizophrenia, undifferentiated type.
52. Jenny experienced a brief psychotic episode soon after her miscarriage. The symptoms only lasted about
a month. Jenny was most likely afflicted by
A. brief psychotic disorder.
B. schizophrenia, undifferentiated type.
C. schizophrenia, paranoid type.
D. schizophrenia, disorganized type.
53. Which of the following is one of the mandatory criteria needed to be fulfilled in order for a person to be
diagnosed with brief psychotic disorder?
A. Signs of psychotic disturbances must persist for at least six months.
B. Signs of psychotic disturbances must persist for at least three months.
C. A person should experience both delusions and hallucinations.
D. A person should experience one of the four symptoms associated with schizophrenia for more than a
day.
54. In order to be diagnosed with brief psychotic disorder, signs of psychotic disturbances must persist for
more than
A. one day.
B. one month.
C. one year.
D. two months.
55. Which of the following is true of brief psychotic disorder?
A. Signs of psychotic disturbances in patients persist for more than a month.
B. People with brief psychotic disorder recover in less than a month.
C. People with brief psychotic disorder do not experience delusions.
D. People with brief psychotic disorder do not experience hallucinations.
56. Which of the following is the schizophrenic-like disorder in which the individual has psychotic symptoms
that are essentially the same as those found in schizophrenia, except that the symptoms are not chronic in
nature?
A. prodromal psychotic disorder
B. schizophreniform disorder
C. schizotypal personality disorder
D. schizoid personality disorder
57. The difference between schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder is that
A. schizophreniform disorder is not chronic.
B. schizophreniform disorder is not fully curable.
C. people with schizophreniform disorder do not experience delusions.
D. people with schizophreniform disorder do not experience hallucinations.
58. To be diagnosed as having schizophreniform disorder, how long must the individual have the psychotic
symptoms?
A. longer than one month but less than six months
B. longer than six months but less than twelve months
C. longer than thirteen months but less than twenty months
D. longer than twenty months
59. Symptom duration of less than a month is to as duration greater than six months is to .
A. brief psychotic disorder; schizophreniform disorder
B. schizophreniform disorder; schizophrenia
C. catatonic schizophrenia; paranoid schizophrenia
D. brief psychotic disorder; schizophrenia
60. Which psychotic disorder is defined as having active symptoms that last longer than a month but less than
six months?
A. acute psychotic disorder
B. schizophreniform disorder
C. brief psychotic disorder
D. paranoid schizophrenia
61. Someone whose psychotic symptoms last longer than a brief psychotic disorder but not as long as
schizophrenia is most likely to be diagnosed with
A. schizophreniform disorder.
B. late-onset schizophrenia.
C. autism.
D. Parkinson's disease.
62. Which of the following is true of schizophreniform disorder?
A.Signs of psychotic disturbances in patients diagnosed with schizophreniform disorder persist for more
than six months.
B. People with schizophreniform disorder have chances of recovering.
C. People with brief psychotic disorder do not experience delusions.
D. People with brief psychotic disorder do not experience hallucinations.
63. is a psychotic disorder involving the experience of a major depressive episode, a manic episode, or
a mixed episode while also meeting the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia.
A. Schizophreniform disorder
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Paranoid schizophrenia
D. Schizoaffective disorder
64. The difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder is that people suffering from
schizoaffective disorder
A. experience mood disorders.
B. falsely believe that another person is in love with them.
C. falsely believe that their romantic partner is unfaithful to them.
D. do not exhibit any external symptoms.
65. To be diagnosed with delusional disorders, a person has to experience delusions that have lasted for at
least
A. six months.
B. a year.
C. one month.
D. three months.
66. Fevie has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She claims that there is a person wanting to kill her. She
has delusions of persecution and is also exhibiting the symptoms of a major depressive episode. She is
most likely to be diagnosed as having
A. schizophreniform disorder.
B. schizoaffective disorder.
C. disorganized schizophrenia.
D. paranoid schizophrenia.
67. Rex falsely believes that the current marital discord between the President and his wife is because the
First Lady is secretly in love with him and wishes to spend the rest of her life with him. Which type of
psychosis is afflicting Rex?
A. paranoid type
B. erotomanic type
C. somatic type
D. jealous type
68. The type of psychosis in which the individual has a delusion that a person of higher status than him/her is
deeply in love with him or her is referred to as
A. paranoid type.
B. erotomanic type.
C. somatic type.
D. jealous type.
69. The schizophrenic-like disorder in which an individual has delusions of being very important is referred
to as delusional disorder, type.
A. grandiose
B. jealous
C. persecutory
D. somatic
70. Raymond is a janitor at a large corporation and is convinced that the decisions he makes while cleaning
affect the functioning of the company more significantly than the decisions made by the CEO. Which
type of delusional disorder is most likely afflicting Raymond?
A. delusional disorder, somatic type
B. delusional disorder, jealous type
C. delusional disorder, grandiose type
D. delusional disorder, pompous type
71. Delusional disorder, erotomanic type is characterized by the delusion that
A. one is loved by an important person.
B. one has a terminal disease.
C. one's partner is being unfaithful.
D. one is being persecuted.
72. Delusional disorder, grandiose type is characterized by the delusion that
A. one has extremely favorable personal qualities.
B. one has a terminal disease.
C. one's partner is being unfaithful.
D. one is being persecuted.
73. Delusional disorder, jealous type is characterized by the delusion that
A. one is loved by an important person.
B. one has a terminal disease.
C. one's partner is being unfaithful.
D. one is being persecuted.
74. Mariana is troubled by the delusional belief that every woman who glances at her husband secretly
desires him; she also believes that he has had affairs with some of them despite his insistence that he has
never seen them before in his life. Which type of delusional disorder is most likely afflicting Raymond?
A. erotomanic
B. somatic
C. persecutory
D. jealous
75. type of delusional disorder is the disorder in which individuals falsely believe that their romantic
partner is unfaithful to them.
A. Erotomanic
B. Somatic
C. Persecutory
D. Jealous
76. In which schizophrenic-like disorder does the individual have delusions of oppression and harassment?
PAG
E Lord Byron’s haste, etc. See Leigh Hunt’s Lord Byron and his
328. Contemporaries, I. 77.
‘A cure,’ etc. Cf. Reflections on the Revolution in France
(Select Works, ed. Payne, II. 164).
329. ‘Ah! voila,’ etc. Confessions, Part I. Liv. VI.
‘Slow,’ etc. Cf. As You Like It, Act II. Sc. 7.
Note. Ada Reis; a Tale, by Lady Caroline Lamb (1785–1828),
published in 1823.
ON CANT AND HYPOCRISY
This essay and the next were published with some omissions in
Sketches and Essays.
PAG
E ‘If to do,’ etc. The Merchant of Venice, Act I. Sc. 2.
330. Curl. Edmund Curll (1675–1747).
PAG
E ‘Daffodils,’ etc. A Winter’s Tale, Act IV. Sc. 4.
339. ‘That fine madness,’ etc. Cf. Drayton, Elegy, To Henry
340. Reynolds, Esq.
PAG
E Barrow. Cf. ante, p. 266, where Hume is said to have
346. borrowed from South.
347. ‘More was meant,’ etc. Cf. Il Penseroso, 120.
348. Dr. Dodd. William Dodd (1729–1777), executed for forgery in
1777. His Thoughts in Prison appeared in the same year.
PETER PINDAR
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PAG
E ‘That which is,’ etc. Cf. Twelfth Night, Act IV. Sc. 2. The
351. mistake of ‘Cophetua’ for ‘Gorboduc’ is made elsewhere by
Hazlitt.
332. ‘Over shoes, over boots.’ Cf. The Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act I. Sc. 1.
THE LATE MR. CURRAN
Now republished for the first time.
PAG
E ‘Our withers,’ etc. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2.
355.
‘Married a highwayman,’ etc. The Beggar’s Opera, I. 1.
‘The story of Miss ——,’ etc. Cf. vol. XI. (Fugitive Writings), p.
383 note.
356. Mr. C——. Henry Colburn presumably.
THE LATE DR. PRIESTLEY
Now republished for the first time.
357. ‘His body thought.’ Cf. Donne, An Anatomy of the World, The
Second Anniversary, 245–6.
358. Controversy with Dr. Price. Published in 1778.
‘Dazzling,’ etc. Cf. Comus, 791.
359. ‘Anthropagi,’ etc. Cf. Othello, Act I. Sc. 3.
‘Nay, an you mouth,’ etc. Cf. Hamlet, Act V. Sc. 1.
‘None but a Cobbett,’ etc. See Cobbett’s Observations on
Priestley’s Emigration (Selections, etc. I. 15, et seq.).
SECTS AND PARTIES
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E That old Mother W. It is not clear to what figure Northcote
364. refers. The procuress in The Harlot’s Progress (Plate I.) was
the notorious Mother Needham who died in 1731.
Fielding has tried, etc. Tom Jones, Book IV. chap. ii.
That remark of his. Cf. ante, p. 268, and vol. VIII. p. 442.
‘With her pie-dish,’ etc. Hazlitt’s phrase. See vol. VIII. p. 137.
367. The ‘Possessed Boy.’ A fresco in the chapel of San Nilo, Grotta
Ferrata. The drawing from this fresco was presumably by
John Bryant Lane (1788–1868), who spent ten years in
Rome (1817–1827).
The late Edinburgh murders. See ante, p. 353 and note.
The group at Ambrose’s. See Wilson’s Noctes Ambrosianæ.
368. One of his tales. Crabbe’s tale ‘The Confidant,’ upon which
Lamb founded The Wife’s Trial; or, the Intruding Widow,
published in Blackwood, 1828.
Tam O’Shanter. Statues of Tam O’Shanter and Souter
Johnny, by Thoms, were exhibited in London in 1829.
Ducrow. Andrew Ducrow (1793–1842), the equestrian
performer.
CONVERSATIONS AS GOOD AS REAL (2)
PAG
E It was merely a fashion, etc. See Byron’s letter to Murray on
372. Bowles and Pope (Letters, etc., ed. Prothero, V. 553 and
note).
‘Procrastination,’ etc. Young, Night Thoughts, I. 393.
375. ‘Ears polite.’ Pope, Moral Essays, IV. 150.
‘Inconstant moon.’ Romeo and Juliet, II. 2.
COMMON SENSE
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PAG
E
‘Its price,’ etc. Cf. Job xxviii. 18.
377. ‘Fairly worth the seven.’ Pope, Moral Essays, IV. 44.
381. ‘Envy,’ etc. Cf. ‘From envy, hatred, and malice, and all
uncharitableness.’ The Litany.
383. ‘Root of the matter.’ Job xix. 28.
‘Their hearts,’ etc. Cf. S. Luke xxiv. 32.
‘A coil and pudder.’ See ante, notes to pp. 309 and 335.
Mr. Taylor’s discourses. Robert Taylor (1784–1844), the
notorious deistical clergyman, who, early in 1828, had been
sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for a blasphemous
discourse.
The Duke of Newcastle. The fourth Duke (1785–1851), a
violent opponent of Catholic Emancipation passed by
Wellington’s ministry in 1829.
‘Strange,’ etc. Byrom, On the Feuds between Handel and
Bononcini.
384. ‘Like a thick scarf,’ etc. See ante, note to p. 82.
‘Whose edge,’ etc. Cymbeline, Act III. Sc. 4.
‘Of whatsoe’er descent,’ etc. Dryden, Absalom and
Achitophel, I. 100–3.
ENVY
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