Module 7 Somatic and Dissociative Disorder
Abnormal Psychology
Module 7 Quiz
1: A person with anterograde amnesia
A. Can form new memories, but has no memory from before the amnesia set in
B. Can form new memories with one personality that aren't shared by the other personalities
C. Can't form new memories after the amnesia sets in and has inconsistent memories from before
D Can't form new memories, but remembers everything from before the amnesia sets in
.
E. Is missing pieces of his or her memory from throughout life
2: It is believed that split personalities can be caused by any of the following except
A. Brain damage
B. Significant stress
C. Sexual abuse during childhood
D. Physical abuse during childhood
E. Insufficient nurturing
3: A person with retrograde amnesia
A. Can't form new memories, but remembers everything from before the amnesia set in
B. Can't form new memories after the amnesia sets in and has inconsistent memories from before
C. Is missing pieces of his or her memory from throughout life
D Can form new memories, but has no memory from before the amnesia set in
.
E. Can form new memories with one personality that aren't shared by the other personalities
4: Dissociative disorders cause disturbances in all of the following except
A. Consciousness
B. Intelligence
C. Identity
D. Perception
E. Memory
5: During fugue states, people
A. Temporarily forget their identity
B. Permanently lose the ability to form new memories
C. Permanently forget their identity
D. Temporarily lose the ability to form new memories
E. Begin having split personalities
6: Conversion disorder has symptoms similar to all of the following except
A. Epilepsy
B. Paralysis
C. Multiple sclerosis
D. A heart attack
E. A stroke
7: A person who assumes the worst about a mild symptom is exhibiting
A. Dissociative disorder
B. Pain disorder
C. Malingering
D. Conversion disorder
E. Hypochondriasis
8: The difference between somatoform disorders and malingering is that
A. Patients with somatoform disorders believe they're sick while malingerers are faking their
symptoms
B. Patients with somatoform disorders are imagining their ailments while malingerers have actual
physical ailments
C. Patients with somatoform disorders have actual physical ailments while malingerers are faking
their symptoms
D. Patients with somatoform disorders are faking their symptoms while malingerers believe they're
sick
E. Patients with somatoform disorders have actual physical ailments while the ailments of
malingerers are imagined
Abnormal Psychology Module 8: Mood Disorders Quiz
QUESTION 1
Symptoms of mania include all of the following except
A. An inflated self-esteem
B. An increased need for sleep
C. A feeling of being high
D. General agitation
E. Fast speech
QUESTION 2
A depressive episode can become major depression if it lasts
A. Longer than a few hours
B. Longer than a day
C. Longer than a few days
D. Longer than two weeks
E. Longer than a few months
QUESTION 3
The three types of bipolar disorder, from most extreme to least extreme, are
A. Cyclothymia, bipolar I, and bipolar II
B. Bipolar II, bipolar I, and cyclothymia
C. Bipolar I, cyclothymia, and bipolar II
D. Cyclothymia, bipolar II, and bipolar I
E. Bipolar I, bipolar II, and cyclothymia
QUESTION 4
Symptoms of depression include all of the following except
A. Low self-esteem
B. Recurrent suicidal thoughts
C. A tendency to blame others for bad things that happen
D. Changes in sleep patterns
E. Negative emotionality
QUESTION 5
Depressed patients have been found to possess
A. Low levels of serotonin and norepinephrine
B. Fluctuating levels of serotonin and norepinephrine
C. Elevated levels of serotonin and norepinephrine
D. Low levels of serotonin and elevated levels of norepinephrine
E. Elevated levels of serotonin and low levels of norepinephrine
9: With pain disorder, pain in caused by
A. An accident
B. The brain
C. A patient imagining it
D. An illness
E. A traumatic experience
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
All of the following are types of
major depressive disorders except:
Selected
Answer:
posttraumatic
Answers: recurrent
seasonal
melancholic
posttraumatic
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
What is the relationship between
gender and depression?
Selected
Answer:
Women are twice as
likely to report
suffering from
depression as men.
Answers: Gender is unrelated
to the incidence of
depression.
Women are twice as
likely to report
suffering from
depression as men.
Men are twice as
likely to report
suffering from
depression as
women.
Depression is more
frequent in women
but more severe in
men.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
________is considered a type of
bipolar disorder characterized by
periods of mild depression and
hypomania.
Selected
Answer:
Cyclothymia
Answers: Dysthymia
Anhedonia
Cyclothymia
Anxiety
disorder
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Excessive sleeping is a physical
symptom sometimes associated
with unipolar depression.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following would be an
emotional symptom of depression?
Selected
Answer:
experiences of
sadness and
dejection
Answers: a negative view of
oneself
lack of desire to
go to work
decreased level of
physical activity
experiences of
sadness and
dejection
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following would be a
cognitive symptom of depression?
Selected
Answer:
negative thoughts
about oneself
Answers:
negative thoughts
about oneself
lack of desire to go
to work
decreased level of
physical activity
experience of
sadness and
dejection
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
The diagnosis of bipolar I differs
from bipolar II in that bipolar II is
characterized by:
Selected
Answer:
hypomania
Answers:
hypomania
mild
depression
mild depression
major depression
full manic
episodes
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
If I'm in a depressed mood and all I
do is think about my mood, without
trying to change it, I'm making what
kind of response?
Selected Answer:
Ruminative
Answers: Helplessness
Hopelessness
Ruminative
Preseverative
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
According to the sociocultural
paradigm, someone who is
depressed would derive more
benefits from having a therapist
with a similar cultural or religious
background compared to a therapist
with a different background.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is a
behavioral feature of mania?
Selected
Answer:
Risk-taking
Answers: Tendency to
blame others
Elation
(happiness)
Risk-taking
All of the above
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
If a study showed that both
monozygotic and dizygotic twins
ran about a 10% chance of having
unipolar depression if their twin had
unipolar depression, this would
provide:
Selected
Answer:
very little support for
the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.
Answers:
very little support for
the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.
moderate support for
the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.
strong support for
the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.
near-certain support
for the existence of a
genetic factor in
unipolar depression.
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
The depressive mood of unipolar
depression is different from the
depression of bipolar disorder in
that the latter tends to be more
intense, bleak and dismal.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
Bipolar disorder is more
common than unipolar
depression.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
Juan is currently experiencing a
period of sadness that has resulted
in almost total immobility. He sits
in a chair all day and almost never
moves. His wife has to assist him in
getting into bed at night. What type
of major depression would he most
likely be diagnosed with?
Selected Answer:
catatonic
Answers: seasonal
catatonic
recurrent
melancholic
Question 15
1 out of 1 points
Quinton has major depressive
disorder with marked psychomotor
disturbances, including rigidity.
This is characteristic of major
depressive disorder with _______
features.
Selected Answer:
catatonic
Answers: psychotic
melancholic
atypical
catatonic
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Which psychological theory of
depression posits that
depression is anger turned
inward?
Selected
Answer:
Psychodynamic
Answers: Learned
helplessness
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Question 17
1 out of 1 points
Unipolar depression is decreasing
worldwide.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
Question 18
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is not a
feature of mania?
Selected
Answer:
Decreased sexual
drive
Answers: Grandiosity
Expansive elation
Risk taking
Decreased sexual
drive
Question 19
1 out of 1 points
A therapist describes a depressed
patient who believes her personal
worth is tied to each task she
performs. She draws negative
conclusions from very little
evidence, tends to overgeneralize
minor mistakes into major character
flaws, and she suffers from
repetitive thoughts that remind her
of her flaws. You conclude that the
therapist holds which theoretical
orientation?
Selected
Answer:
Cognitive
Answers:
Cognitive
Behavioral
Biological
Psychoanalytic
