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1. Wendy does not want to take her final exam. The more she studies, the more nervous she becomes. On the morning of the final, she finds that the hand she writes with is paralyzed. Wendy is most likely suffering from

2. Tressa has an intense, irrational fear of gray squirrels. So intense is this fear that Tressa will not have a picnic lunch in the park. Tressa has

3. Sean remains motionless for hours on end and then experiences periods of wild, uncontrollable motion. With which type of schizophrenia has Sean most likely been diagnosed?

4. Which model states that abnormality is due to internal conflict and turmoil?

5. Jimmy, a second-grader, gets into a lot of trouble at school. Today, he went to the principal's office because he threw his desk at his teacher. Jimmy might be diagnosed as having

6. Chuck has been diagnosed as an alcoholic. Under which axis of the DSM-IV would Chuck's diagnosis be noted?

7. Gary, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, lives in an institution. He often complains that he can hear everyone's thoughts. Gary has delusions of

8. Freida, an ambitious CEO of a major banking corporation in Boston, experienced a major trauma. She then seemed to disappear. Several months later, she was found by police officers in Libertyville, Illinois. She answered to the name Helen Price, and she worked at amusement park selling balloon animals. Freida is most likely suffering from

9. Whenever Oscar is not concentrating on a specific task, the thought "I must punish my psychology instructor" goes through his mind. This recurrent, involuntary thought may be called

10. Which of the following people is mostl likely displaying antisocial personality disorder?

11. Dr. Allen believes that a combination of genetic predisposition and the precipitating event of her boyfriend breaking up with her caused Patricia's schizophrenia. Dr. Allen's view is consistent with which of the following models?

12. Mrs. Brown, the mother of three young children, has been having thoughts, lately, about her children dying in some horrible accident. Each time that she has these thoughts, she says a little prayer. As the frequency of the thoughts has increased, Mrs. Brown now finds herself praying around the clock. Mrs. Brown is suffering from

13. On Monday, Alice was worried because she was convinced that her headache was caused by a brain tumor. On Tuesday, she felt pressure in her chest that she was positive was due to a massive coronary. On Wednesday, she found a pimple on her nose that she was sure was cancerous. Alice's doctor assures her that she's physically healthy. He suspects, however, that she is suffering from a mental disorder called

14. Compared to episodes of major depressive disorder, episodes of dysthymic disorder are of ________ duration and are ________ severe.

15. In the United States, suicide is more likely to be committed by ________ than by ________.

16. For the past six weeks, Ronald has been feeling sad, exhausted, and utterly hopeless. This morning when he woke up, however, there was a complete turnabout. Now he feels as if he has limitless energy. In the past hour, he's resolved to sign on to run a marathon, to buy an expensive sports car, to start a charity drive, and to write the leaders of the Middle East offering his services as a peacemaker. Ronald is suffering from

17. Lucille has been diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder. Her main symptom is feelings of depression in the

18. Helga, a schizophrenic, is convinced that tornadoes occur whenever she commits a sin and rainbows appear whenever she does a good deed. Helga is displaying

19. Emil has an exaggerated sense of self-importance, is preoccupied with fantasies of success, considers his achievements to be vastly superior to those of other people, and is extremely arrogant. Emil is displaying the ________ personality disorder.

20. Which of the following is an internalizing disorder of childhood?