Abnormal Psychology MCQs

Option A: the simulataneous use of two or more therapeutic treatments in the hope that at least one will be effective.

Option B: replacing a positive response to a harmful stimulus with a negative response.

Option C: blocking anxiety-arousing material from consciousness during therapy.

Option D: a procedure in which neither patients nor health care staff know whether a given patient is receiving a drug or a placebo

Correct Answer: a procedure in which neither patients nor health care staff know whether a given patient is receiving a drug or a placebo ✔

Option A: psychoanalysis

Option B: behavior modification

Option C: cognitive evaluation

Option D: clarification

Correct Answer: clarification ✔

Option A: diseases influence psychological well-being.

Option B: physical relaxation reduces anxiety.

Option C: drugs affect mind and behavior

Option D: psychosurgery and ECT influence emotions.

Correct Answer: drugs affect mind and behavior ✔

Option A: systematic desensitization.

Option B: biomedical therapy.

Option C: interpersonal psychotherapy.

Option D: aversive conditioning.

Correct Answer: systematic desensitization. ✔

Option A: operant conditioning techniques.

Option B: psychoanalysis.

Option C: cognitive therapy.

Option D: client-centered therapy.

Correct Answer: psychoanalysis. ✔

Option A: no one is really certain why it works

Option B: it acts as a form of aversion therapy

Option C: it alters neural circuits in the brain

Option D: it performs strong operant condition techniques

Correct Answer: no one is really certain why it works ✔

Option A: hellucinations.

Option B: depression.

Option C: personality disorders.

Option D: phobias

Correct Answer: phobias ✔

Option A: hypochondriasis

Option B: generalized anxiety disorder

Option C: major depressive disorder

Option D: disorganized schizophrenia

Correct Answer: major depressive disorder ✔

Option A: panic disorder

Option B: conversion disorder

Option C: generalized anxiety disorder

Option D: dissociative amnesia

Correct Answer: dissociative amnesia ✔

Option A: generalized anxiety

Option B: personality

Option C: obsessive-compulsive

Option D: dissociative

Correct Answer: dissociative ✔

Option A: antisocial personality; schizophrenia

Option B: major depression; alcohol abuse

Option C: schizophrenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder

Option D: obsessive-compulsive disorder,phobias

Correct Answer: antisocial personality; schizophrenia ✔

Option A: agoraphobia

Option B: dysthymic disorder.

Option C: flat affect.

Option D: hallucinations.

Correct Answer: hallucinations. ✔

Option A: borderline personality disorder

Option B: histrionic personality disorder

Option C: paranoid personality disorder

Option D: antisocial personality disorder

Correct Answer: antisocial personality disorder ✔

Option A: cognitive

Option B: biological

Option C: learning

Option D: psychoanalytic

Correct Answer: learning ✔

Option A: delusions

Option B: compulsions

Option C: loosening of associations

Option D: hallucinations

Correct Answer: hallucinations ✔

Option A: undifferentiated schizophrenia

Option B: hebephrenic schizophrenia

Option C: paranoid schizophrenia

Option D: catatonic schizophrenia

Correct Answer: paranoid schizophrenia ✔

Option A: dissociative disorders.

Option B: generalized anxiety disorders.

Option C: bipolar disorders.

Option D: schizoprenia

Correct Answer: schizoprenia ✔

Option A: sleep

Option B: perception

Option C: memory

Option D: appetite

Correct Answer: memory ✔

Option A: dissociative identity disorder

Option B: bipolar disorder

Option C: obsessive-compulsive disorder

Option D: antisocial personality disorder

Correct Answer: antisocial personality disorder ✔

Option A: illusions

Option B: compulsons

Option C: hallucinations

Option D: delusions

Correct Answer: delusions ✔

Option A: the medical model.

Option B: linkage analysis.

Option C: the psychoanalytic perspective.

Option D: self-fulfilling prophecies

Correct Answer: self-fulfilling prophecies ✔

Option A: an earlier onset, but lower relapse rates

Option B: a later onset, but higher relapse rates

Option C: an earlier onset and higher relapse rates

Option D: a later onset and lower relapse rates

Correct Answer: an earlier onset and higher relapse rates ✔

Option A: obsessive-compulsive disorder

Option B: schizophrenia

Option C: dissociation

Option D: depression

Correct Answer: depression ✔

Option A: personality

Option B: mood.

Option C: distymic

Option D: anxiety

Correct Answer: anxiety ✔

Option A: bipolar disorder

Option B: catatonia

Option C: antisocial personality disorder

Option D: agoraphobia

Correct Answer: bipolar disorder ✔

Option A: psychoanalytic theory.

Option B: the medical model.

Option C: learning theory.

Option D: the social-cognitive perspective.

Correct Answer: the medical model. ✔

Option A: was spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being.

Option B: embrances universal cultural values.

Option C: has been successfully exported to many non-Western cultures.

Option D: involves both b and c.

Correct Answer: was spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being. ✔

Option A: depressive

Option B: schizophrenic

Option C: obsessive-compulsive

Option D: both a and c

Correct Answer: both a and c ✔

Option A: their mental impairment causes them to forget.

Option B: of the unpleasant side effects.

Option C: most schizophrenics don’t believe they are ill.

Option D: all of the above.

Correct Answer: of the unpleasant side effects. ✔

Option A: systematic desensitization.

Option B: biofeedback.

Option C: a token economy procedure.

Option D: social skills training.

Correct Answer: social skills training. ✔

Option A: generalized anxiety

Option B: panic

Option C: obsessive-compulsive

Option D: phobic

Correct Answer: phobic ✔

Option A: insight therapy is superior to no treatment or placebo treatment.

Option B: individual insight therapy is effective but group therapy is not.

Option C: group therapy is effective, but individual insight therapy is not.

Option D: insight therapy is only effective if patients are in therapy for at least two years.

Correct Answer: insight therapy is superior to no treatment or placebo treatment. ✔

Option A: Psychodynamic therapy

Option B: client-centered therapy

Option C: aversion therapy

Option D: cognitive therapy

Correct Answer: cognitive therapy ✔

Option A: identify the early childhood unconscious conflicts that are the source of the client’s symptoms.

Option B: achieve major personality reconstruction.

Option C: alter the frequently of specific problematic responses by using conditioning techniques.

Option D: alter the client’s brain chemistry by prescribing specific drugs.

Correct Answer: alter the frequently of specific problematic responses by using conditioning techniques. ✔

Option A: interpretation of the client’s thoughts, feelings,memories,and behaviors.

Option B: clarification of the client’s feelings.

Option C: confrontation of the client’s irrational thoughts.

Option D: modification of the client’s problematic behaviors.

Correct Answer: B. clarification of the client’s feelings. ✔

Option A: Modeling

Option B: Classical conditioning

Option C: Anxiety reduction

Option D: Social learning

Correct Answer: Anxiety reduction ✔

Option A: GABA

Option B: Dopamine

Option C: Serotonin

Option D: Norepinephrine

Correct Answer: GABA ✔

Option A: fear

Option B: optimism

Option C: guilt

Option D: ambivalence

Correct Answer: optimism ✔

Option A: antisocial personality disorder.

Option B: schizophrenia

Option C: panic disorder.

Option D: agoraphobia.

Correct Answer: schizophrenia ✔

Option A: behavioral model

Option B: humanistic model

Option C: medical model

Option D: psychological model

Correct Answer: medical model ✔

Option A: hypochondriasis

Option B: obsessive-compulsive disorder

Option C: major depression

Option D: generalized anxiety disorder

Correct Answer: generalized anxiety disorder ✔

Option A: dysthymic disorder

Option B: agoraphobia

Option C: schizophrenia

Option D: bipolar disorder

Correct Answer: bipolar disorder ✔

Option A: social-cognitive

Option B: biological

Option C: humanistic

Option D: psychoanalytic

Correct Answer: psychoanalytic ✔

Option A: linkage analysis.

Option B: the medical model.

Option C: hallucinations.

Option D: diagnostic lobels

Correct Answer: diagnostic lobels ✔

Option A: obsessive-compulsive disorder

Option B: panic disorder

Option C: a conversion disorder

Option D: schizophrenia

Correct Answer: panic disorder ✔

Option A: hebephrenic schizophrenia

Option B: undifferentiated schizophrenia

Option C: Cataonic schizophrenia

Option D: Paranoid schizophrenia

Correct Answer: Cataonic schizophrenia ✔

Option A: OCD.

Option B: ADHD

Option C: DSM

Option D: DID.

Correct Answer: ADHD ✔

Option A: generalized anxiety disorder

Option B: hypochoondriasis

Option C: phobic disorder

Option D: obsessive-compulsive disorder

Correct Answer: obsessive-compulsive disorder ✔

Option A: obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Option B: personality disorders.

Option C: phobias.

Option D: depression.

Correct Answer: depression. ✔

Option A: stressful life experiences.

Option B: excessive levels of norepinephrine.

Option C: a breakdown in selective attention.

Option D: external attributions of blame.

Correct Answer: stressful life experiences. ✔

Option A: Resistance

Option B: Analysis

Option C: Transference

Option D: Catharsis

Correct Answer: Transference ✔

Option A: Pastoral counselor

Option B: Psychiatrist

Option C: Clinical social worker

Option D: Clinical psychologist

Correct Answer: Clinical psychologist ✔

Option A: Effecting a leasting cure

Option B: Reaching a diagnosis

Option C: Making a prognosis

Option D: Proposing an etiology

Correct Answer: Effecting a leasting cure ✔

Option A: childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior

Option B: repressed memories from childhood that instigate aggressive behavior

Option C: inappropriate thought patterns that underlie the behavior

Option D: ways in which the behavior keeps the client from becoming self-actualized

Correct Answer: childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior ✔

Option A: client-centered therapy

Option B: behavior therapy

Option C: psychoanalysis

Option D: cognitive therapy

Correct Answer: behavior therapy ✔

Option A: free association.

Option B: systematic desensitization.

Option C: aversive conditioning

Option D: operant conditioning.

Correct Answer: aversive conditioning ✔

Option A: dream interpretation.

Option B: free association.

Option C: meta-analysis.

Option D: repression

Correct Answer: repression ✔

Option A: therapeutic touch.

Option B: regression toward the mean.

Option C: the double-blind technique.

Option D: transference.

Correct Answer: regression toward the mean. ✔

Option A: psychoanalysis

Option B: systematic desensitization

Option C: client-centered therapy

Option D: family therapy

Correct Answer: psychoanalysis ✔

Option A: self-blaming explanations.

Option B: social relationships.

Option C: circadian rhythm

Option D: visual acuity.

Correct Answer: circadian rhythm ✔

Option A: suggest interpretive insights regarding patients’ difficulties.

Option B: help patients identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.

Option C: associate patients’ undesirable behaviors with unpleasant consequences.

Option D: recommend the use of antipsychotic drugs during the process of psychotherapy.

Correct Answer: A. suggest interpretive insights regarding patients’ difficulties. ✔

Option A: B.F. Skinner

Option B: Sigmund Freud.

Option C: Carl Rogers.

Option D: Ivan Pavlov

Correct Answer: Ivan Pavlov ✔

Option A: systematic desensitization.

Option B: psychoanalysis.

Option C: EMDR.

Option D: a token economy

Correct Answer: a token economy ✔

Option A: use counterconditioning to reverse maladaptive behaviours

Option B: help you discover the underlying cause of your aggressive behaviour

Option C: help you recognize and change negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs

Option D: provide a supportive emotional environment while allowing you to determine the peace and direction of your therapy

Correct Answer: help you recognize and change negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs ✔

Option A: a result of sudden insight about some childhood experience

Option B: a sign of an impending psychosis

Option C: a result of free association

Option D: a result of transference

Correct Answer: a result of transference ✔

Option A: transference

Option B: resistance to therapy

Option C: free association

Option D: displacement

Correct Answer: resistance to therapy ✔

Option A: Xanax.

Option B: Prozac

Option C: Thorazine.

Option D: Ati9van.

Correct Answer: Prozac ✔

Option A: transference.

Option B: counterconditioning.

Option C: unconditional positive regard.

Option D: the placebo effect

Correct Answer: the placebo effect ✔

Option A: generalized anxiety disorder

Option B: schizophrenia

Option C: borderline personality disorder

Option D: panic disorder

Correct Answer: schizophrenia ✔

Option A: transference

Option B: stress inoculation training

Option C: systematic desensitization

Option D: ECT

Correct Answer: systematic desensitization ✔

Option A: EMDR

Option B: virtual reality exposure therapy.

Option C: meta-analysis.

Option D: transference.

Correct Answer: EMDR ✔

Option A: client-centered therapy

Option B: psychoanalysis.

Option C: systematic desensitization.

Option D: cognitive-behavior therapy

Correct Answer: client-centered therapy ✔

Option A: counterconditioning.

Option B: cognitive therapy

Option C: psychoanalysis

Option D: client-centered therapy

Correct Answer: client-centered therapy ✔

Option A: psychanalysis.

Option B: client-centered therapy.

Option C: stress inoculation training

Option D: aversive conditioning

Correct Answer: stress inoculation training ✔

Option A: humanistic therapy

Option B: interpersonal psychotherapy

Option C: psychoanalysis

Option D: cognitive therapy

Correct Answer: interpersonal psychotherapy ✔

Option A: panic disorder

Option B: phobias

Option C: antisocial personality disorder

Option D: major depression

Correct Answer: phobias ✔

Option A: bulmia.

Option B: anxiety dis orders.

Option C: schizophrenia.

Option D: chronic depression.

Correct Answer: chronic depression. ✔

Option A: multiple-personality disorders

Option B: major depression

Option C: schizophrenia

Option D: bipolar mood disorders

Correct Answer: bipolar mood disorders ✔

Option A: counterconditioning

Option B: meta-analysis.

Option C: factor analysis.

Option D: electic therapy.

Correct Answer: meta-analysis. ✔

Option A: can not be stopped by the patient.which is why he/she is seeking therapy

Option B: are signs of an underlying emotional or cognitive problem

Option C: can be modified directly, through the applications of established principles of conditioning

Option D: should be viewed as the expression of a unconscious sexual or aggressive conflict

Correct Answer: can be modified directly, through the applications of established principles of conditioning ✔

Option A: Clients should play a major role in determining the pace and direction of their therapy

Option B: the client is in a position of natural status and authority over the thrapist

Option C: therapist should never give their diagnosis directly to the client

Option D: Client should always be the centre of attentio

Correct Answer: Clients should play a major role in determining the pace and direction of their therapy ✔

Option A: incongruence

Option B: maladaptive habits

Option C: transference

Option D: clarification

Correct Answer: incongruence ✔

Option A: are less likely to use psychoanalytic mathods than psychologists

Option B: are physicians who specialize in the treatment of mental disorders

Option C: are more likely to use cognitive methods than psychologists

Option D: have essentially the same education as clinical psychologists

Correct Answer: are physicians who specialize in the treatment of mental disorders ✔

Option A: acute

Option B: free-floating

Option C: personality

Option D: reactive

Correct Answer: personality ✔

Option A: obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Option B: antisocial personality disorder.

Option C: dissociative identity disorder.

Option D: schizophrenia

Correct Answer: schizophrenia ✔

Option A: The frequency of mental illness

Option B: Two or more causes of death indicated for patients

Option C: The occurrence of 2 or more disorders at the same time

Option D: The degree of suffering of mentally ill patients

Correct Answer: The occurrence of 2 or more disorders at the same time ✔

Option A: Abnormal behavior occurs in frequently.

Option B: Abnormal behavior is odd or strange.

Option C: Abnormal behavior is characterized by suffering.

Option D: Abnormal behavior causes impairment in the person’s life.

Correct Answer: D. Abnormal behavior causes impairment in the person’s life. ✔

Option A: Bipolar disorder

Option B: Panic disorder

Option C: Schizophrenia

Option D: a and c

Correct Answer: a and c ✔

Option A: overly optimistic

Option B: negative, pressmistic

Option C: delusional

Option D: dysthymic

Correct Answer: negative, pressmistic ✔

Option A: delusions of persecution

Option B: loosening of associations

Option C: compulsions

Option D: delusions of grandeur

Correct Answer: delusions of grandeur ✔

Option A: a defendant is unable to understand the nature and purpose of legal proceedings

Option B: a person cannot be held responsible for his or her actions because of mental illness

Option C: a person has a chronic mental illness that is not responsive to treatment

Option D: an individual is dangerous to themselves or to others

Correct Answer: a person cannot be held responsible for his or her actions because of mental illness ✔

Option A: be mainic

Option B: be insane.

Option C: be depressed

Option D: neurotic

Correct Answer: be insane. ✔

Option A: the deliberate faking of physical illness

Option B: apparent physical illness caused by psychological factors

Option C: not acknowledge the presence of a real mental or physical illness

Option D: a tendency to misinterpret minor bodily changes as being indicative of serious illness

Correct Answer: a tendency to misinterpret minor bodily changes as being indicative of serious illness ✔

Option A: depression.

Option B: schizophrenia.

Option C: compulsions.

Option D: antisocial personality disorder.

Correct Answer: depression. ✔

Option A: generalized anxiety disorder.

Option B: post-traumatic stress disorder.

Option C: phobias.

Option D: antisocial personality disorder.

Correct Answer: antisocial personality disorder. ✔

Option A: bipolar disorder

Option B: conversion disorder

Option C: multiple personality disorder

Option D: generalized anxiety disorder

Correct Answer: bipolar disorder ✔

Option A: Opedical complex

Option B: Unconscious

Option C: Superego

Option D: Object relations

Correct Answer: Opedical complex ✔

Option A: Countertransference

Option B: Resistance

Option C: Free association

Option D: Transference

Correct Answer: Resistance ✔

Option A: You get an average bowling score in one game and a superb score in the next game.

Option B: You get an average bowling score in one game and a very low score in the next game.

Option C: You get an average bowling score in one game and another average score in the next game.

Option D: You get a terrible bowling score in one game and an average score in the next game.

Correct Answer: You get a terrible bowling score in one game and an average score in the next game. ✔

Option A: Contemporary models focus more on interpersonal relationships than on intrapsychic conflict.

Option B: Contemporary models focus on the unconscious internal desires and motivations of the child.

Option C: Contemporary models focus on how the child negotiates his/her unconscious internal desires and motivations as s/he progresses through the early relationship with his/her parents.

Option D: None of the above.

Correct Answer: Contemporary models focus more on interpersonal relationships than on intrapsychic conflict. ✔