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?