A. obsessive-compulsive disorder
B. schizophrenia
C. dissociation
D. depression
Related Mcqs:
- Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.A. 1 & 4
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - People with unipolar disorders experience________people with bipolar disorders are vulnerable to:
A. alternating periods of depression and mania; mania only
B. depression only; alternating periods of depression and mania
C. mania only; alternating periods of depression and mania
D. alternating periods of depression and mania; depression and mania simultaneously - According to research, children who are behaviourally inhibited are shy, quiet, fearful, socially avoidant and have high levels of physiological.These children are most likely to develop which type of psychological disorders?
A. Psychotic disorders
B. Anxiety disorders
C. Eating disorders
D. Substance abuse disorders - Which models explains that psychological disorders develop when people with some vulnerability to mental illness experience proximal stressors?
A. Diathesis-stress model
B. Attachment model
C. Psychodynamic model
D. Cognitive-behavioral model - Those who embrace a relativistic view of psychological disorders would agree that:
A. the criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures.
B. there are universal standards of normality and abnormality.
C. Western diagnostic concepts have validity and utility in other cultural contexts.
D. both b and c are true. - Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible, enduring, and socially maladaptive behavior patterns are called_______disorders.
A. acute
B. free-floating
C. personality
D. reactive - Which of the following mental disorders is the most common in the population.
A. Schizophrenia
B. Anxiety disorders
C. Substance abuse
D. Depression - Which of the following disorders is more common among men then women?
A. dissociative identity disorder
B. bipolar disorder
C. obsessive-compulsive disorder
D. antisocial personality disorder - Which disorder has been called “the common cold of mental illness”?
A. Major depression
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Schizophrenia
D. Post traumatic stress - The main problem with the current classification scheme for personality disorders is that:
A. It falsely implies that nearly everyone has at least one personality disorder.
B. the criteria for diagnosis are so detailed and specific that even extremely disturbed people fail to meet them.
C. the categories often overlap, making diagnosis is unreliable.
D. it contains too few categories to be useful.
