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(C) faulty and disordered thought pattern

(D) first indication of dissociative disorders

(E) characteristic of people suffering from dependent personality disorder

10. DSM-IV is most helpful for

(A) identifying the causes of psychological disorders

(B) recommending treatment for psychological disorders

(C) classifying psychological disorders

(D) distinguishing between sanity and insanity

(E) suggesting where consumers can get help for mental health issues

11. All of the following are classified as anxiety disorders EXCEPT

(A) phobias

(B) post-traumatic stress

(C) panic

(D) obsessive-compulsive disorder

(E) hypochondriasis

12. Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

(A) delusional thinking

(B) incoherent speech

(C) hyperexcitability

(D) hearing voices

(E) flat affect

13. Which of the following disorders is most closely associated with excessive levels of dopamine?

(A) histrionic personality

(B) dependent personality

(C) paranoid schizophrenia

(D) bipolar disorder

(E) major depression

14. Estrella always goes shopping with Maria. Because she has no confidence in her own decisions, she lets Maria decide what she should buy, and pays for clothes for Maria with money she was saving for a haircut. Estrella shows signs of which of the following personality disorders?

(A) histrionic

(B) dependent

(C) antisocial

(D) obsessive-compulsive

(E) narcissistic

Answers and Explanations

1. B—Insanity is a legal definition of abnormal behavior. It means that a person, at the time he or she committed a crime, could not distinguish between right and wrong.

2. D—The behavioral approach sees abnormal behavior as a result of faulty reinforcement of maladaptive behavior.

3. B—Ben shows checking behavior, a common problem associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder. His obsessive thought is that he may have left the stove on, and the ritualistic behavior or compulsion is the need to return home and “check” to make sure that it has been turned off.

4. E—A conversion disorder is characterized by excessive anxiety that has been transformed into a physical symptom without an organic or biological cause. The blindness probably does not disturb the soldier as much as it would if it were physiological, because it protects him from having to “see” any other friends die in battle.

5. A—Childhood sexual or physical abuse is a common feature found in those diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Psychoanalytically trained professionals believe that, as a result of the trauma, the child “dissociates” as a defense mechanism and that the amnesia experienced by one or more of the personalities is massive repression.

6. E—Mania in the patient with bipolar disorder is characterized by little need for sleep. Sleep deprivation may actually trigger this phase of the disorder, and frequently during the manic cycle the patient gets 2 hours of sleep or less.

7. A—People diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder tend to be unduly suspicious and to mistrust others. They are overly sensitive and prone to jealousy.

8. C—Herb is clearly antisocial, and the lack of remorse or a guilty conscience for hurting others is a chief indicator of this personality disorder. It is difficult to treat people with this disorder.

9. C—A delusion is a disordered thought pattern characteristic of psychotic disorders like schizophrenia. Someone with paranoid schizophrenia might have delusions of grandeur, persecution, or reference.

10. C—DSM-IV is a handbook that lists common symptoms of psychological disorders, which help professionals in the classifying and diagnosing of patients. It does not list either causes or treatments.

11. E—Hypochondriasis is classified as a somatoform disorder characterized by physical symptoms for which there is no demonstrable physical cause, and by unrealistic interpretation of physical signs as evidence of serious diseases.

12. E—Flat affect is a negative symptom, a lack of any particular mood