Related Mcqs:

1. People who consistently exhibit_________thinking are more vulnerable to depression than others.

   A. overly optimistic
   B. negative, pressmistic
   C. delusional
   D. dysthymic

2. 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

3. 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

4. Psychopharmacotherapy involves the treatment of mental disorders with ___________?

   A. electroconvulsive shock
   B. insight therapy
   C. surgery
   D. medication

5. All of the following are mood disorders EXCEPT

   A. Agoraphobia
   B. Manic episodes
   C. Major depression
   D. Bipolar disorder

6. As an alternative to the current classification scheme, it has been proposed that schizophrenic disorders be divided into just two categories based on:

   A. whether the prognosis is favorable or unfavorable.
   B. whether the disorder is mild or severe.
   C. the predominance of thought disturbances.
   D. the predominance of negative versus positive symptoms.

7. 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.

8. About________of patients with eating disorders are female

   A. 40%
   B. 50%-60%
   C. 75%
   D. 90%-95%

9. Because it is so pervasive,__________is often considered “the common cold” of psychological disorders.

   A. obsessive-compulsive disorder
   B. schizophrenia
   C. dissociation
   D. depression

10. Disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity are most characteristics of ________ disorders.

    A. generalized anxiety
    B. personality
    C. obsessive-compulsive
    D. dissociative