Which neurotransmitter plays the most significant role in the regulating of schizophrenic symptoms?

Related Mcqs:

1. What is the average age range in which a person first experiences the onset of schizophrenic symptoms?

   A. Mid 40s
   B. Adolescence
   C. Early 20s to early 30s
   D. Late 30s to early 40s

2. When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?

   A. Cyclothymic Disorder
   B. Bipolar II
   C. Bipolar I
   D. Ultra – Rapid Cycling

3. Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

   A. transference
   B. counterconditioning
   C. unconditional positive regard
   D. the placebo effect

4. 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

5. All but this type of delusion a schizophrenic patient might experience:

   A. Somatic
   B. Thought broadcasting
   C. Persecutory
   D. Sensory

6. ______schizophrenics shift from one pattern of schizophrenic behavior to another.

   A. Catatonic
   B. Disorganized
   C. Paranoid
   D. Undifferentiated

7. MRI scans of schizophrenic patients have indicated that:

   A. schizophrenic subjects have lower levels of catecholamines than nonschizophrenic subjects
   B. schizophrenic subjects have higher levels of dopamine than nonschizophrenic subjects
   C. schizophrenic subjects have higher levels of serotonin than nonschizphrenic subjects
   D. schizophrenic subjects have larger ventricles than nonschizophrenic subjects

8. The brain structure that plays a critical role in ‘motivated’ behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?

   A. cerebral cortex
   B. amygdala
   C. corpus collosum
   D. hypothalamus

9. One of the followings plays a vital role in nutrition of neurons and their protection by myelin sheath:

   A. Axons
   B. Dendrites
   C. Neuroglia
   D. Nissl’s granules

10. A part of forebrain that plays an important role in the formation of long term memory, and thus is required for learning:

    A. Hypothalamus
    B. Amygdala
    C. Hippocampus
    D. Cerebrum