Question 1

Which of the following are signs of a thought disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)   coherent thoughts
B)   rapid speech
C)   frequent changing of conversational topics
D)   blockingE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following is a true statement?

Accepted Answer

A)   Amphetamines can cause behavior in normal people that mimics generalized anxiety disorder.
B)   Some positive symptoms of schizophrenia are associated with decreased dopamine activity.
C)   Phenothiazines inhibit schizophrenic behavior patterns.
D)   Autopsies on the brains of schizophrenics show decreased numbers of dopamine receptor sites in certain parts of the brain.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

The adoption of a fixed posture into which one has been positioned by others is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   catatonia
B)   waxy flexibility
C)   la belle indifference
D)   autistic paralysisE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The prevailing view today about the causes of schizophrenia is the ______ model.

Accepted Answer

A)   single gene
B)   social learning
C)   cognitive behavioral
D)   diathesis-stressE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Jake is in treatment for schizophrenia. His therapist says that his schizophrenia results from his ego being overwhelmed by primitive, normally unconscious urges and retreating to a
Pattern of infantile behavior typical of a two-month-old. Jake's therapist is most likely a
______.

Accepted Answer

A)   behavioral therapist
B)   humanistic therapist
C)   social learning therapist
D)   psychodynamic therapistE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Women tend to have a less severe course of schizophrenia than men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The basic social skills training model used in treating schizophrenia employs ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   the "empty chair" technique
B)   systematic desensitization
C)   role-playing exercises
D)   guided fantasiesE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Drug-induced hallucinations tend to be auditory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Jenny has schizophrenia. She speaks coherently, but very slowly and deliberately. Usually there is little useful content in what she speaks, as her utterances tend to be vague and limited. Her
Symptoms are best described as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   blocking
B)   loose association
C)   perseveration
D)   poverty of speechE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

Women tend to develop schizophrenia ______ and have a ______ severe course of the disorder than do men.

Accepted Answer

A)   earlier, less
B)   later, less
C)   earlier, more
D)   later, moreE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 11

The model of schizophrenia which proposes that certain people have a genetic predisposition toward schizophrenia that is expressed behaviorally only if they are raised in stressful
Environments is the ______ model.

Accepted Answer

A)   multifactorial-polygenic
B)   monogenic
C)   distinct heterogeneity
D)   diathesis-stressE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 12

What may be the cause of auditory hallucinations for individuals with schizophrenia? Discuss the role of internal speech.

Accepted Answer

Auditory hallucinations in individuals w...

Question 13

Antipsychotic drugs are also referred to as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   antidepressants
B)   minor tranquilizers
C)   neuroinhibitors
D)   major tranquilizersE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Harry Stack Sullivan (1962)  emphasized that impaired mother-child relationships can set the stage for______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the child to rely on fantasy as a source of comfort
B)   gradual withdrawal from other people
C)   the child's need for nurturance and reassurance from others
D)   independence and achievement .E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Schizophrenia is characterized by disturbances in thinking and the conveyance of thought.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The most common types of hallucinations are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   auditory
B)   visual
C)   tactile
D)   olfactoryE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Discuss the features of delusional disorder and describe the subtypes.

Accepted Answer

Delusional disorder is a mental illness ...

Question 18

Children born to normal parents but raised by schizophrenic adoptive parents are at ______ of developing schizophrenia themselves as children raised by normal parents.

Accepted Answer

A)   half the risk
B)   just the same risk
C)   twice the risk
D)   4 times the riskE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Scientists believe that ______ is(are)  implicated in the causation of schizophrenia.

Accepted Answer

A)   multiple genes
B)   a single gene that affects dopamine receptor sites
C)   a single gene that affects both dopamine and serotonin receptor sites
D)   a single gene that affects both thought and affectE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

While catatonia was recognized as a separate subtype of schizophrenia in previous versions of the diagnostic manual, it is now used in the DSM-5 as a type of specifier for further describing the psychiatric conditions in which it occurs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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The basic social skills training model used in treating schizophrenia employs ______.

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Drug-induced hallucinations tend to be auditory.

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Which of the following are signs of a thought disorder?

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Children born to normal parents but raised by schizophrenic adoptive parents are at ______ of developing schizophrenia themselves as children raised by normal parents.

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The most common types of hallucinations are ______.

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Discuss the features of delusional disorder and describe the subtypes.

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Women tend to have a less severe course of schizophrenia than men.

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Which of the following is a true statement?

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The model of schizophrenia which proposes that certain people have a genetic predisposition toward schizophrenia that is expressed behaviorally only if they are raised in stressful Environments is the ______ model.

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Jenny has schizophrenia. She speaks coherently, but very slowly and deliberately. Usually there is little useful content in what she speaks, as her utterances tend to be vague and limited. Her Symptoms are best described as ______.

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Antipsychotic drugs are also referred to as ______.

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The prevailing view today about the causes of schizophrenia is the ______ model.

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While catatonia was recognized as a separate subtype of schizophrenia in previous versions of the diagnostic manual, it is now used in the DSM-5 as a type of specifier for further describing the psychiatric conditions in which it occurs.

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