AbPsych Board Exams 2 05.27.2015

8/15/2019 AbPsych Board Exams 2 05.27.2015

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Abnormal PsychologyReview Lecture Board ExamsMay 27, 2!"

!# Mylie is going to a swimming $arty with a %riend# Between wearing a bathing suit and cycling

shorts, Mylie %eels con%used about what to bring# &ince most o% her %riends are traditional in nature,she o$ted to bring cycling shorts and a t'shirt# Mylie(s action is normal based on)

a# *ormality is Averageb# *ormality is +on%ormityc# *ormality is +om%ortd# *ormality is deale# *one o% the Above

2# -he act o% vandali.ing the walls o% the library is considered to be an abnormal behavior based ondeviancy as o$$osed to ma/ing gra%%iti on the wall o% the school# 0hat statement would bestdescribe as to why vandalism a$$ears to be an abnormal behavior1

a# -he student doing a gra%%iti is allowed by school %or beauti%ication $ur$osesb# -he student doing vandalism is not $roducing the same art wor/ in gra%%itic# -he student doing vandalism is not %ollowing the regulations o% the schoold# -he student doing vandalism is %ollowing his own com%ort

# 0hen the clinician attem$ts to use a method in assessing the $robable cause o% the disorder andits most accurate descri$tion, he or she is engaging in 3333333333#

a# Psychological Assessmentb# +linical nterviewc# 4iagnosisd# Prognosis

5# 4aren and her %riends love tattoo so much# 6ne o% her %riends had 2 big tattoos in her body# -heother, tattoos# 4aren on the other hand had decided to $ut a tattoo covering her whole body#0hen as/ed about it, he doesn(t %ind anything wrong with that and considers it normal based onthe %ollowing ex$lanation)

a# *ormality is Averageb# *ormality is +on%ormityc# *ormality is +om%ortd# B and +

"# -he basis o% $sychological assessment techniues should be 333333333#

a# belie%sb# attitudec# evidenced# research

8# *orma had been diagnosed with a s$eci%ic $hobia o% heights since college# 9owever, she was ableto avoid her %ears and would loo/ %or :obs on low level buildings# 0hen his boss decided to move to

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a high rise building, she %ired *orma because o% this and would o%ten label her as wea/ andun%itting because o% her condition# -he act o% labelling her as wee/ and un%itting is 333333333333#

a# stigmati.ingb# discriminatingc# critici.ing

d# 4eviancy

7# 0hen Mrs# Martine. esca$ed %rom climbing a building a%ter ex$eriencing an earthua/e in hertown, there seems to be no $roblem with that# 9owever, when her only child decided to get marriedon the $enthouse o% a $osh hotel and she o$t not to attend this because o% her %ears, this behavior would still be classi%ied as abnormal based on)

a# m$airmentb# 4istressc# 4ys%unctiond# 4angerousness

;# 0owie had received her $er%ormance evaluation given by her su$ervisor# -he next day, sheoverheard her boss tal/ing to other em$loyees ma/ing her an exam$le o% things that they shouldavoid %ollowing# -his caused her signi%icant distress and she turned to eating a lot during that night,this condition is otherwise /nown as)

a# 9y$er$hagiab# Anorexiac# 4isorder o% eatingd# *one o% the above


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d# >rontal lobe

!2# -he neurotransmitter which is res$onsible %or the reduction o% arousal as well as inhibiting $ostsyna$tic res$onse is 33333333333#

a# 4o$amine

b# &erotoninc# ?ABAd# ?lutamate

!# t is the neurotransmitter that is believed to be in%luencing a $erson(s way o% $rocessingin%ormation, as well as moderating and inhibiting behavior#

a# 4o$amineb# &erotoninc# ?abad# ?lutamate

!5# 0hich among this neurotransmitters are considered as chemical brothers1a# 4o$amine and &erotoninb# &erotonin and ?ABAc# ?ABA and ?lutamated# ?lutamate and 4o$amine

!"# 0hen Michael had a car accident, his wi%e had noticed that it is di%%icult %or him to ma/e decisionsor ex$lain the reason why he did some action# >ormerly, Michael was a dean(s lister and is anarticulate $erson# 0hat $art o% the brain was damaged during the accident1

a# -em$oral Lobeb# Basal ?angliac# Pre'>rontal +ortexd# Parietal lobe

!8# +arlo has been diagnosed with a histrionic $ersonality disorder, which o% the %ollowing which he would most li/e exibit@a# 9e would attract attention regardless o% the situation or timeb# 9e would not care i% others would li/e what he is doingc# 9e would be unstable in his relationshi$ with othersd# *one o% the above#

!7# % Mrs# 4e ?u.man was diagnosed with Bulimia *ervosa in a clinic, $resentation o% her sym$toms would most li/ely be %alling on the %ollowing)

a# &he would %reuently worry about her weight and eat less caloric and nutritious %oodb# &he would dedicate an excessive amount o% time to buy health $ills and exercise excessivelyc# &he would most li/ely go to the doctor and worry about other diseases that she is currently

contractingd# &he would most li/ely eat a lot within a little amount o% time, and %eel guilty and vomit#

!;# ?reg(s mother have been diagnosed with schi.o$hrenia, which increases the li/elihood that he would contract the same condition# 0hat would best ex$lain this condition1

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a# 9e would have a genetic $redis$osition o% "b# -here is a to " chance that he would have the disease more than his other relatives#c# 9is %reuent interactions with his mother would ma/e him more vulnerable to co$y her

disorder#d# -he neighborhood would ma/e attem$ts to stigmati.e ?reg and her mother or %amily and this

might stress them adding u$ to the $ossibility o% having the disorder#

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%ocused on his $ain that he %inds it hard to $artici$ate in normal li%e activities# 0hich o% the %ollowingstatements is true1

a# Marty has +onversion disorder C Manuel has somati.ation disorderb# Manuel has conversion disorderC Marty has somati.ation disorder#c# Both Marty and Manuel have somatic sym$tom disorder#

d# Both Manuel and Marty are somatic sym$tom disorder#

2"# 0hich o% the %ollowing statements is true with regard to the treatment o% somati.ation disorder1a# +ognitive'behavioral treatment has been demonstrated in several studies to be the best

available treatment#b# t is relatively easy to treat as long as the $atient is willing to $artici$ate in thera$y#c# +onversion Assignment o% a Dgate/ee$erD $hysician has been %ound to cure most $atients#

4isorderd# t is di%%icult to treat, and there are no treatments with $roven e%%ectiveness#

28# Merry, who was diagnosed with brie% $sychotic disorder a%ter tal/ing about her secret $lans both to

save the worlds starving children and to brea/ into a %oreign embarrassed# &he re%used treatmentand was not %orced by her relatives to undergo one because she was 3333333333333333333333#a# diagnosed incorrectly#b# no longer covered by their health insurance#c# not considered dangerous to himsel% or others#d# 9istrionic Personality 4isorder

27# =essica has been diagnosed with a +onversion 4isorder when 3333333333333 a# normal bodily sensations are inter$reted by the $atient as a sign o% a serious illness#b# real $hysical illness is exaggerated to the $oint where the $atient can only %ocus on the

$ain#c# the $atient has an unrealistic %ear o% contacting germs#d# the $atient is truly ill but does not trust the medical establishment enough to see/

2;# -he tendency to misinter$ret bodily sensations are both $resent in $anic disorder $atients andconversion disorder $atients, but $atients with $anic disorder

a# 9ave real $hysical sensations, while conversion disorder sensations are all in their headsb# 9ave tendencies to be a%raid o% immediate catastro$he, while conversion disorder $atients

tend to %ear longFterm illnessc# 9ave $hysical sensations that are $roduced by imagination while conversion disorder

clients have real $hysical sensations ex$eriences#d# 9ave tendencies to disregard or ignore sym$toms o% their %irst attac/s, while conversion

disorder $atients tend to see immediate medical intervention %ollowing the %irst indication o%$ain#

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# According to $sychological theory, anxiety disorders occur because o% 33333333 a# Gnderlying unconscious con%lictsb# 6$$osing tensions %rom conscious and unconscious thera$yc# 4ream analysis

d# dentity conce$ts

!# A $atient who re$orts erroneous sym$toms is /nown as 33333333333, while a $erson who re$ortsa %a/e disease with no reason has a 333333333 disorder#

a# MalingererC %actitiousb# +onversion disorderC malingeringc# >ictitious disorder $atientC conversiond# +onversion disorderC %actitious

2# -he %ollowing statements about somatic sym$tom disorder is true with regards to treatment exce$t%or 333333333333#

a# the best available treatment %or this is cognitive behavioral thera$y

b# as long as the $atient is willing, treatment o% such disorder is easyc# most $atients seemed to be cured when assigned with gate/ee$er $hysiciansd# no treatment has been $roven e%%ective and it is di%%icult to treat

# % an individual has a ma:or de$ressive disorder, his or her most li/ely to have $hysical sym$tomsthat include 3333333333333333#

a# ncrease energyb# 9o$elessnessc# 4ecreased ability to concentrated# +hanges in a$$etite or weight

5# Most statements in here does not re%lect an idea o% hy$omanic e$isode exce$t %or 33333 a# t needs to last at least 5 daysb# t should have caused im$aired %unctioning in ma:or li%e areasc# t is classi%ied as a severe mood disorderd# t is not necessarily treatable#

"# % a $erson has a mild de$ression %or many years, but has not :ust recently exacerbated to severelevel %or about several months# -his /ind o% de$ression i% li%ted and the $erson would ex$eriencemild de$ression again, heshe 333333333#

a# 0ill be easier to treat now that the severe de$ression is resolvedb# 0ill uic/ly res$ond to treatment and will recover com$letely %rom his de$ressionc# 0ill reuire a longer and more intense course o% treatment to maintain a normal mood

stated# 0ill reuire treatment %or the rest o% li%e

8# Although e$isodes o% ma:or de$ressive disorders are also accom$anied by catatonic sym$toms,they are more %reuently associated with 333333333#

a# Phobiasb# &omatic sym$tom disorder

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c# 4issociative identity disorderd# &chi.o$hrenia

7# % Marty, diagnosed with ma:or de$ressive disorder has been lying immobile %or long $eriods with$ositions o% arms that are moveable but stays long in one $osition, the latter condition might be

considered as 333333333333#a# +hronicb# +atatoniac# +atale$syd# Melancholia

;# Most o% the statements does not a$$ly to the condition o% &easonal A%%ective 4isorder H&A4I exce$t%or 33333333333

a# 0omen with &A4 is re$orted with a lot o% negative thoughts that are automatic %or a yearb# -hose with &A4 have sym$toms o% decreased slee$ and decreased a$$etitec# -hose with de$ression is deemed to be vulnerable in which there is decreased secretion o%

melatonind# Photothera$y can hel$ treat &A4 in which there is 2hrs o% ex$osure to bright light :ustbe%ore going to slee$


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d# -o desire starvation %or one(s sel%

5# Etiology wise, an individual su%%ering %rom eating disorder 33333333333#a# Ex$erienced due to genetic $redis$ositionsb# s a%%ected by $sychological concerns

c# May have $hysical com$laintsd# s highly in%luenced by socio'cultural $ressures

55# According to research, the most usually $resented co morbidity o% bulimia nervosa is 333333333333#

a# Anxiety disordersb# Physical $ain disordersc# 9ealth issuesd# &ocial $hobia

5"# An individual with bulimia nervosa, would most li/ely do the %ollowing)

a# nduce drugs that would increase energyb# Purge a%ter eating %or 2 daysc# May engage in excessive exercised# May not eat %or long $eriods o% time

58# -hose who are bulimic might reach a condition o% 33333333333333, i% continued vomiting ha$$ens#a# Electrolyte imbalanceb# >at burn imbalancec# Acid imbalanced# +ardiac arrhythmia

57# -hose with eating disorders may ex$erience the %ollowing $sychological concerns exce$t %or)a# 4iminished sense o% $ersonal control and con%idence in once abilities and talentsb# Per%ectionistic tendenciesc# Attem$t to control events in their livesd# Reduce the %eeling o% being an im$ostor when it comes to others

5;# n the treatment o% eating disorders, which o% the %ollowing statements would seem to be true)a# t is di%%icult to treatb# >amilies need to undergo $sychoanalysis regarding $ast behaviors that caused the

disorderc# +ognitive behavioral thera$y seems to be the most e%%ective treatmentd# &ense o% control in weight must be one o% the goals in thera$y

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"# ndividuals with eating disorders seems to be struggling with 3333333333333 a# ssues o% weight controlb# ssues o% sel%'acce$tancec# ssues o% waist lined# ssues o% identity

"!# -he 9PA axis in the maintainance o% anxiety disorders connotes that 333333333#

a# Release o% neurohormones that diminish adrenalineb# Release o% cortisol in the $ituitary gland in the A*&c# Release o% ?ABA which inhibits anxietyd# Release o% serotonin which disregulates other neurotransmitters

"2# 0hich o% the %ollowing disorders would be $redicted i% the $erson has both de$ressive and manice$isodes meeting %ull criteria within the $ast 8 months1

a# Bi Polar !b# Bi Polar 2c# +yclothymic 4isorderd# Bi Polar due to other medical condition

"# % a client has ex$erienced a rising o% sym$toms due to %rustration o% $romotion and business deals, thiscondition can be classi%ied as)

a# &ocial Problemsb# >amily Problemsc# Biological Problemsd# Physical Problems

"5# % a client who had a disorder suddenly has engaged in $romiscuous activity and had multi$le sexual

$artners with %ormerly having none, he or she is /nown to be having)a# Manic sym$tomsb# &exual %rustrationsc# Prodromal sym$tomsd# Remission o% sym$toms

""# 6nce the $atient(s sym$toms and medication were stabili.ed, it is only natural %or an interventionist to)a# schedule sessions less %reuentlyb# increase the amount o% thera$y to intensi%y interventionsc# consider termination o% sessionsd# allow $atient to be sel%'su%%icient in maintaining medication

"8# &onny exhibits hallucinations that he is ?od is telling him to :um$ o%% a cli%%# 9e also believes that he hasuncanny strength to carry a building and is used to coin new terms which others cannot understand# 0hatsym$toms are being dis$layed by &onnny1

a# Positive sym$tomsC *eologismsb# Positive sym$tomsC -angentialityc# Positive sym$tomsC +ircumstantialityd# Positive sym$tomsC Bi.aare s$eech

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"7# =ane has s$ent the last hal% hour staring in the mirror# As you a$$roach her she turns away andgiggles# 0hen you as/ what she(s laughing at, she answers, but you(re having di%%icultyunderstanding what she says#

a# &chi.oa%%ective 4isorderb# &chi.o$hreni%orm 4isorderc# &chi.o$hreniad# &hared Psychosis

";# Margaret has become more withdrawn and isolated lately# &he lost her interest in doing activitiesthat she usually li/es and a$$ears very sad most o% the time# &he believes that her neighbor isgossi$ing about her and will wait %or the right time to harm her# &he becomes agitated whenevershe goes out o% the house and sees her neighbors tal/ing and laughing with each other thin/ingthat they are $lotting against her#

a# Brie% Psychotic 4isorder

b# 4elusional 4isorderc# &chi.oa%%ective 4isorderd# &chi.o$hreni%orm 4isorder

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d# &chi.o$hreni%orm 4isorder

82# Megan, a 25 year old woman has been having %ears o% losing their home and $ossessions everytime she leaves and goes to wor/ which has been ha$$ening %or long $eriod o% time# 4es$ite tryingto convince hersel% that nothing is going to ha$$en, the moment that her car hits the 2nd street o%

the subdivision, she would go bac/ to her home and re'chec/ the doors and gate, then a%terwardleaves# 0hich would best classi%y such behavior1a# A com$ulsion secondary to an obsessionb# An obsession triggered by a com$ulsionc# A delusional ideationd# A ty$ical mani%estation o% obsessive'com$ulsive $ersonality disordere# A $hobia

8# A young man, who has very little recollection o% his childhood but remembers that he has been$laced in an or$hanage because his $arents have maltreated him severely %or a long time# 9enoticed himsel% %orgetting some hours or events that ha$$ened in her li%e# &ometimes, he would not

remember as to how she would arrive at a certain location# -here are times that he acuires thingsli/e clothes or shoes without having to remember that he bought any o% them# According to his%riends, there are times that she acts in a childish way but at times a$$ear to be very controllingand autocratic# 0hich sym$toms $oint to this /ind o% disorder1a# 4issociative amnesiab# 4e$ersonali.ation disorderc# Jorsa/o%% dementiad# 4issociative identity disorder

85# A child with P-&4 sym$toms is most li/ely to be diagnosed 33333333333#a# &imilar with the sym$toms o% an adultb# 4i%%erent with the sym$toms o% an adultc# n between ages '" years oldd# May dis$lay sym$toms o% irritability

8"# A man has been chronically ex$eriencing a sense o% dread every time he goes to mar/et or o$en$laces# 9e would ex$erience shortness o% breath, $al$itations and thin/s that he is going cra.y# As such, he would rarely go out or ma/e sure that he has another com$anion# -his is a disorder /nown as 3333333333#

a# +laustra$hobiab# Per%ormance Anxietyc# Agora$hobiad# &$eci%ic Phobia

88# -he treatment which is most e%%ective %or this /ind o% disorder is 333333333333#a# Ex$osure thera$yb# Psychoanalysisc# Ben.odia.e$ined# mi$ramine

87# =olie, a 8 years old woman, has as$irations o% becoming a writer# &he uits her :ob and starts writing#Later, she notices that her %ace have certain warts# -hese warts seems to ta/e u$ most o% her time :ust

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loo/ing at her %ace, and she thin/s that she loo/s very ugly with it# 0hen she went to the doctor, the $atientcannot believe that her condition is not a serious as she thin/s# -he disorder that would best %it thiscondition is 33333333333#

a# Body dysmor$hic disorderb# 4elusional disorder

c# 6bsessive'com$ulsive disorderd# &omati.ation disorder

8;# i% the disorder o% =olie can exacerbated, what would she ex$erience as a $robably associated sym$tomo% the disorder1

a# more delusions that she might be in great $eril due to her conditionb# more hallucinations o% seeing individuals who would re:ect herc# more anxiety about her health conditiond# more disorgani.ed s$eech which is unintelligible

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b# lac/ o% su$$ort %rom caregiversc# cold and aloo% $arentsd# $arents who re%used to $rovide treatment %or their children

75# n individuals with autism, have $ossibility o% having a negative sel%'conce$t may be caused by the

%ollowing)a# low cognitive disabilities or delayb# maltreatment by $arentsc# negative %eedbac/ o% $eersd# $oor develo$mental $rogression

7"# Research shows that autism have di%%iculty in relating with others because o% the %ollowingassum$tions)

a# lac/ o% neurotransmitterb# $oor secretion o% oxytocinc# low cognitive abilities

d# lac/ o% $ractice in sociali.ing

78# ndividuals who are under substance intoxication involve the %ollowing exce$t %or)a# ta/ing into account which drug was ta/enb# /nowing how much drug was ta/enc# considering the $erson(s biological reactiond# measuring the e%%ect a%ter withdrawal

77# 0hen ta/ing drugs or substances we call 33333333333, as the increasing amounts o% the drug toex$erience the same e%%ect while 33333333333 is the $hysical reaction o% the $erson a%ter cessation o% thesubstance#

a# toleranceC e%%ectb# e%%ectC withdrawalc# e%%ectC toleranced# toleranceC withdrawal

7;# 0hen 4ana ta/es drugs because she %eels energetic during her wor/ during night time, this indicatesthat her condition is in%luenced by)

a# rein%orcementb# $leasurable ex$eriencesc# electrical stimulationd# carry over e%%ect

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;# 0hat is the most controversial ty$e o% treatment that hel$s deal with alcohol $roblems1a# controlled drin/ingb# scheduled abstinencec# re$lacement conditiond# antagonist drugs

;!# 0hen the clinician as/s a $erson as to earliest recollections that have $ersuaded a $atient to ta/edrugs, this method may be called as)

a# $sychoanalytic a$$roachb# neo'$sychodynamic a$$roachc# early recollection a$$roachd# humanistic a$$roach

;2# =essa, u$on underta/ing a :ewelry heist in one o% the largest stores in the city does not %eel any tensionand a$$ears to be $o/er %aced during the event# According to one theoretical assum$tion, $sycho$athsmay have underarousal tendencies, li/e what =essica is ex$eriencing because o% 333333333333#

a# low cortical levelsb# low %ear e%%ectsc# disinhibited conditiond# %earlessness hy$othesis

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d# 9ilda would tal/ in a tangential manner

;7# Rosemarie, diagnosed with agnosia a%ter hitting hard on the wall %rom an electric accident would$robably dis$lay the %ollowing behavior exce$t)

a# inability to recogni.e the sound o% voices around her

b# inability to recogni.e and name ob:ects around herc# inability to recogni.e the ob:ects through touchd# a and b

;;# 0hich o% the %ollowing statements best describes dementia as a disorder1a# di%%iculty in recogni.ing name and ob:ectsb# gradual deterioration o% the brain %unctioningc# loss o% memory, :udgment and language %unctioningd# b and c

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c# the treatment which is most e%%ective to em$loy is $sychologicald# there are neurochemical imbalances that $oints to the $roblem behavior


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c# hold on the clause o% con%identialityd# warn the client o% $ossible dangers o% her behavior

!# -he duty to $rovide com$etent service is demonstrated by a thera$ist treating someone with anxietydisorder would $robably 333333333#

a# use interventions that he or she was trained to giveb# record %indings and assess the $roblem o% the clientc# ensure that the client %ollows the con%identiality agreementd# $rovide service only i% the client is willing to $ay#

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