Foundations of Mental Health Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Foundations of Mental Health explores the core concepts, historical perspectives, and fundamental principles underpinning mental health and mental illness. Through an introduction to psychological, biological, and social factors, this course provides an understanding of the determinants of mental health across the lifespan. Students will learn about the classification of mental disorders, common therapeutic approaches, stigma, and the role of mental health in overall well-being. The course also examines the impact of culture, policy, and community resources on mental health, fostering an appreciation for holistic and inclusive approaches to mental health care.
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Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World 9th Edition by Jeffrey S. Nevid
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods of Research
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Q1) We tend to characterize behavior we do not understand as "sick."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The Renaissance is considered to be the transition from the medieval world to the modern world.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Thomas, the young man with paranoid schizophrenia and major depression, experienced severe symptoms until he ______.
A) received two months of treatment in the psychiatric hospital
B) found the correct medication
C) underwent electroconvulsive therapy
D) was given a prefrontal lobotomy
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) Social-cognitive theorists expanded the traditional learning theory by introducing the concept of_________.
A) negative reinforcement
B) modeling
C) attention
D) positive reinforcement
Answer: B
Q2) Which Freudian construct endeavors to satisfy cravings without offending moral standards?
A) ego
B) superego
C) id
D) fixation
Answer: A
Q3) Freud equated psychological health with abilities to love and work.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) Juan is suspicious, guarded, and aloof. He is resentful of others and blames them for his problems. He is most likely to score high on the ______ scale of the MMPI.
A) paranoia
B) social introversion
C) hysteria
D) psychasthenia
Answer: A
Q2) A disorder characterized by periods of shouting, banging of the head against the wall, laughing, and crying as a result of spirit possession is known as ______.
A) zar
B) koro
C) dhat
D) amok
Answer: A
Q3) . The DSM system is based on the behavioral approach to classification.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Stress-Related Disorders
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Q1) Posttraumatic stress disorder is a prolonged maladaptive reaction that lasts longer than one month after the traumatic experience.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A coping style that attempts to confront the stressor directly is ______ coping.
A) rational
B) problem-focused
C) sensate-focused
D) emotion-focused
Q3) The developers of positive psychology believe that psychology should focus more of its efforts on the positive aspects of the human experience.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Evidence links perceived discrimination among ethnic minorities to poorer mental and physical health and to higher rates of substance abuse
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the relationship between optimism and the subjective experience of pain.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders
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Q1) It is believed that individuals with hoarding disorder accumulate things _________
.
A) to cope with an existential fear of death
B) as a passive-aggressive way to indicate dissatisfaction with intimate relationships
C) to cope with childhood trauma
D) to gain a sense of security
Q2) Corinne engages in elaborate hand-washing rituals. She feels that she must spend several hours a day at the sink washing her hands after touching anybody or anything that might have dirt or germs. Her Behaviors are ______.
A) compulsions
B) abreactions
C) obsession
D) delusions
Q3) Panic attacks have been associated with agoraphobia.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the differences between hoarding disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Q1) The koro and dhat syndromes of the Far East share some clinical features with ______.
A) Münchhausen syndrome
B) hypochondriasis
C) conversion disorder
D) Briquette's syndrome
Q2) The dominant personality in dissociative identity disorder is always aware of the other alters existing in the afflicted individual.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The psychological disorder most closely linked to a history of child abuse is ______.
A) conversion disorder
B) dissociative identity disorder
C) dissociative fugue
D) depersonalization disorder
Q4) Dissociative amnesia and fugue are usually transient and disappear abruptly.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Nolan-Hoeksema proposed that men are less prone to depression because they know how to ______.
A) use alcohol to escape from their problems
B) joke rather than take problems too seriously
C) blame the other person rather than themselves
D) distract themselves by doing something they enjoy
Q2) Describe the features and types of bipolar disorder.
Q3) Ramon is taking a final exam. When he reaches the first question to which he does not know the answer, he begins worrying that he will miss the other questions too, which will result in
His failing the test, which will result in his failing the class, which will result in his flunking Out of school, which will abruptly terminate his future career as a lawyer. His cognitive error
Is ______.
A) magnification
B) mental filter
C) disqualifying the positive
D) overgeneralization
Q4) Discuss the incidence of suicide in terms of who is most at risk and why.
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Chapter 8: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
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Q1) Alcohol is implicated in about one in ______ deaths due to unintentional injury, such as motor vehicle accidents.
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
Q2) Summarize the differences in the use of alcohol and health related factors as they apply to the ethnic background of the user.
Q3) Alcohol, in large quantities, usually kills by ______.
A) poisoning brain cells
B) depressing heart rate
C) depressing breathing
D) causing severe convulsions
Q4) Amphetamines are used in high doses for their ______.
A) pain-killing properties
B) calming effects
C) euphoric rush
D) appetite enhancing qualities
Q5) Discuss the research on the health benefits of moderate drinking.
Q6) Discuss the need for, and methods of, relapse-prevention training.
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Chapter 9: Eating Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) Most eating disorders develop in nurturing, conflict-free families.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the prevalence of obesity in Japanese American men compared to men living in Japan?
A) equal
B) two to three times higher in Japanese Americans
C) two to three times higher in men living in Japan
D) only 1.5 times higher in men living in Japan if sumo wrestlers are excluded
Q3) ______ involves recurrent awakenings from sleep because of frightening dreams.
A) Nightmare disorder
B) Sleep terror disorder
C) Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
D) Sleepwalking disorder
Q4) A person with bulimia nervosa who repeatedly vomits or abuses laxatives and diuretics puts themselves at risk for ______.
A) diabetes
B) sudden death
C) cancer
D) ulcers
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Chapter 10: Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) Men suffering from delayed ejaculation ______.
A) cannot achieve orgasm through masturbation or sexual intercourse
B) can usually achieve orgasm through masturbation but not through sexual intercourse
C) can usually achieve orgasm through sexual intercourse but not through masturbation
D) achieve orgasm before penetration when attempting sexual intercourse
Q2) Janet has always enjoyed sex, but lately, every time she has intercourse she feels sharp pains. . It has rapidly taken the enjoyment out of her sexual activity. Her disorder is ______.
A) female orgasmic disorder
B) hypoactive sexual desire disorder
C) sexual aversion disorder
D) genito-pelvic pain/ penetration disorder
Q3) Most men and women with sexual dysfunctions have ______.
A) had vasectomies or hysterectomies
B) abnormally low levels of sex hormones
C) normal levels of sex hormones
D) abnormally high levels of sex hormones
Q4) Summarize the characteristics of and research findings on frotteurism.
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Chapter 11: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) According to the text, the most prominent finding of pathology in the brains of schizophrenics is ______.
A) an enlarged hippocampus
B) an enlarged reticular formation
C) a loss of brain tissue
D) an enlarged amygdala
Q2) A person with schizophrenia is said to be ______ when he or she is acutely sensitive to extraneous sounds.
A) perseverating
B) clanging
C) hypervigilant
D) blocking
Q3) Hallucinations are occasionally experienced by people in the general population and are not necessarily a sign of psychopathology.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the evidence for a genetic factor in schizophrenia coming from twin studies' concordance rates.
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders
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Q1) Impulsive and unpredictable behavior that is self-destructive is a feature of ______ personality disorder.
A) borderline
B) narcissistic
C) histrionic
D) antisocial
Q2) A technique for treating antisocial personality disorder in which prosocial behaviors are rewarded with chips or tokens that can be exchanged for privileges is called ______.
A) a token economy
B) systematic desensitization
C) response cost
D) cue-controlled socialization
Q3) About ______ of prison inmates could be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder.
A) 25 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 75 percent
D) 100 percent
Q4) Discuss the two dimensions of antisocial personality disorder.
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Chapter 13: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Nationwide, the population of institutions for people with intellectual developmental disorder ______ from the 1970s to the 1990s.
A) shrunk by nearly two-thirds
B) remained relatively stable
C) increased by nearly one-third
D) increased by nearly two-thirds
Q2) Fetuses and newborn infants eliminate waste products ______.
A) instinctively
B) reflexively
C) coherently
D) willfully
Q3) Lack of control over bowel movements that is not due to a physical disorder in a child is called ______.
A) general paresis
B) encopresis
C) enuresis
D) nocturnal enuresis
Q4) Separation anxiety is found most frequently in boys.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders and Disorders
Related to Aging
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Q1) Brain plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are common symptoms of ______.
A) Korsakoff's syndrome
B) Wernicke's disease
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) Parkinson's disease
Q2) What physical and psychological factors can contribute to depression in the elderly? Discuss the unique stressors that the older person deals with.
Q3) John is a 74-year-old retiree whose wife died two years ago. He lives alone. He has complained to his primary care physician of numerous physical problems, sleep problems,
And memory problems. Alzheimer's disease was ruled out by a psychiatrist specializing In the elderly who probably instead primarily diagnosed John as having ______.
A) an anxiety disorder
B) a depressive disorder
C) amnestic disorder
D) a sleep disorder
Q4) Describe how regressive dementia due to traumatic brain injury is more likely to result from multiple head traumas.
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Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology and the Law
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Q1) Aside from threat of violence, another murky area where therapists must balance confidentiality with duty to warn obligations is in treating people who ______.
A) are unfaithful to their spouses
B) have committed crimes like burglary or drug sales
C) have disclosed issues about sexual harassment to the therapist
D) have not disclosed that they are HIV-positive to their partners
Q2) The formal determination of Jared Loughner's mental status at the time of the shooting he committed was__________.
A) never determined because he later pled guilty to the charges
B) severe depression with psychotic features
C) paranoid schizophrenia
D) brief psychotic disorder
Q3) In the trial of Daniel M'Naghten, he claimed that he wanted to kill the prime minister because ______.
A) of the devastating effects of British imperialism
B) the prime minister was having an affair with M'Naghten's wife
C) the voice of God told him to kill the prime minister
D) he lost his job and blamed the prime minister
Q4) Discuss legal developments concerning patients' right to treatment.
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