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.
Related Mcqs:
- 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. - 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 - All of the following are personality disorders EXCEPT
A. Passive-aggressive
B. Histrionic
C. Narcissistic
D. Paranoid - 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 do we know to be the case, in terms of the causes of anxiety disorders and factors affecting their course?
A. The extent of heritability is the same for all anxiety disorders.
B. People prone to anxiety disorders are born with behaviors exhibition.
C. All anxiety disorders have the same range of biological causes.
D. Cognitive, behavioural and life stress factors affect risk for anxiety disorders. - Biological models of mental disorders explain mental illness as resulting from which of the following factors?
A. Biochemical imbalance
B. Genetic predisposition
C. Familial transmission
D. Brain defects
E. All of the above - 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. - All of the following are types of anxiety disorders EXCEPT:
A. Phobic disorders
B. Dissociative order
C. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
D. Post-traumatic stress - 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 disorders is more common among men then women?
A. dissociative identity disorder
B. bipolar disorder
C. obsessive-compulsive disorder
D. antisocial personality disorder
