A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks brain cells, is called:

Related Mcqs:

1. Three year old Shawn ate lead paint which was chipping off the walls in an older home. Consequently, he developed a psychosis based on brain damage due to lead poisoning. Shawn’s psychosis would be called a(n):

   A. functional psychosis
   B. organic psychosis
   C. neural psychosis
   D. neo – cortical psychosis

2. Who was the first (1686) to describe a manic – depressive psychosis, which he called ‘maniaco – melancholicus’?

   A. Bonet
   B. Albrecht
   C. Jamison
   D. Redfield

3. The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?

   A. regeneration
   B. accommodation
   C. aphasia
   D. plasticity

4. The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:

   A. tomography
   B. hemispherectomy
   C. phrenology
   D. plasticity

5. In the United States and Latin America, Latinos use the term_______to refer to chronic psychosis:

   A. mania
   B. Hispania
   C. locura
   D. ague

6. The dopamine-psychosis link is based on the observation that:

   A. low dopamine levels of activity in the brain seem to produce psychotic symptoms
   B. there are high level of dopamine activity in the brains of psychotic people
   C. there are high levels of amphetamine activity in the brains of psychotic people
   D. dopamine interacts with serotonin creating psychosis

7. Jamil has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates what risk factor for mental disorders?

   A. social
   B. family
   C. psychological
   D. biological

8. The cytoplasmic process arising from the cell body of neuron that carries impulse towards cell body is called a:

   A. Axon
   B. Dendrite
   C. Nissl’s granule
   D. Myelin sheath

9. Chemicals which are produced in the brain and facilitate communication between nerve cells are called ______________?

   A. neurotransmitters
   B. plasmas
   C. syntactic structures
   D. adrenocorticoids

10. Brain cells that analyze incoming sensory information into lines, angles, shading, and movement are called:

    A. Sight cells
    B. Second stage sensors
    C. Feature detectors
    D. Vision neurons