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1. 
Which of the following is NOT true of autistic children?

A. They experience difficulties in using language.
B. There are no treatment programs to improve socialization and speech.
C.They exhibit a poor ability to "read" people.
D. They have difficulties with social interactions.
2. 
In Rosenhan's study, who recognized that the pseudopatients were in fact not mentally ill?

A. the psychologists
B.the nurses
C.the patients
D.the medical doctors
3. 
It is estimated that depression costs Americans about $__ each year.

A. 43 billion
B.1 billion
C.50 million
D.80 million
4. 
Insanity is a ___ term.

A. societal
B.cultural
C.psychiatric
D.legal
5. 
Which of the following is NOT a psychological model of psychopathology?

A. Freudian theory
B.behaviorism
C.cognitive psychology
D. biological psychology
6. 
A label of "depression" can be a stigma that follows a person ___.

A. forever
B.for a few weeks
C. for several years
D.for a few months
7. 
Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

A. a grandiose sense of self-importance.
B.a need for constant attention or admiration.
C. exploiting others selfishly.
D.chronic lying.
8. 
Depression seems to be related to lower brain wave activity in the ___.

A. frontal lobe
B.occipital lobe
C. parietal lobe
D.cerebellum
9. 
A person who suffers from ___ has a combination of "flight" and amnesia.

A. hypochondriasis
B.dissociative amnesia
C. schizophrenia
D.dissociative fugue
10. 
An example of a somatoform disorder is ___.

A. hypochondriasis
B.dissociative fugue
C. obsessive-compulsive disorder
D.bipolar disorder
11. 
Negative schizophrenia often looks like ___.

A. major depression
B.a fugue
C.paranoia
D.OCD
12. 
What is the name of the theory that argues that genetic factors place an individual at risk for schizophrenia while environmental factors trigger the actual disorder?

A. observational learning theory
B.diathesis-stress hypothesis
C. cognitive-behavioral model
D.heritability hypothesis
13. 
DID first appears at what age?

A. puberty
B.childhood
C.birth
D.the mid-20s
14. 
Which of the following statements about shyness is FALSE?

A. It need not be a permanent condition.
B.It is a distressing pattern of avoiding or withdrawing from social contact.
C. It can be learned.
D.It is a DSM-IV disorder.
15. 
If Roxanne suffers from ophidiophobia, then she has a phobia of ___.

A. snakes
B.blood
C.heights
D.spiders
16. 
In identical twins, the concordance rate for schizophrenia is ___%.

A. 25
B.100
C.50
D.75
17. 
If Patty tries to lose weight through self-induced vomiting and laxative use, then she likely suffers from ___.

A. bulimia nervosa
B.anorexia nervosa
C. DID
D.OCD
18. 
Which term, used commonly by the public, was dropped from the DSM-IV?

A. psychosis
B.neurosis
C.PTSD
D.ADD
19. 
The medical model assumes that medical illness is fundamentally ___.

A. untreatable
B.imagined
C.physical
D.psychological
20. 
ADHD, while still a controversial diagnosis, seems to be a ___ condition.

A. learning-based
B.brain-based
C.socially-based
D. genetic
21. 
The panic disorder is linked to which brain structure?

A. reticular formation
B.thalamus
C.limbic system
D.pons
22. 
Approximately what percentage of the American population suffers from bipolar disorder?

A. 1
B.5
C.12
D.10
23. 
The common denominator for all dissociative disorders is/are ___.

A. fragmentation
B.compulsions
C.psychosis
D.mania
24. 
Suppose a psychologist is considering the question: "Does the person act or talk in ways that are irrational or incomprehensible to others?" This question pertains to the issue of ___.

A. distress
B.irrationality
C.observer discomfort
D. unpredictability
25. 
Another word for emotion is ___.

A. hallucination
B.delusion
C.affect
D.pshychopathology