Key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
74. Depressed people tend to have fewer receptors of the neurotransmitters
A. dopamine and GABA.
B. GABA and epinephrine.
C. oxytocin and serotonin.
D. serotonin and norepinephrine.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Depressive Disorders
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 451
75. Learned helplessness and pessimistic attributional styles are two ways of understanding the _____ factors associated with depression.
A. bipolar
B. psychological
C. sociocultural
D. biological
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Depressive Disorders
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 451-452
76. Cathy is worried about her mental health. She visits Dr. Henderson, a psychiatrist, to seek treatment for her condition. When Dr. Henderson asks her questions about herself, Cathy reveals that she is unhappy and feels worthless most of the time. She doesn’t eat or sleep well and has even contemplated suicide. Dr. Henderson also learns that Cathy has been experiencing these distressing symptoms for almost three weeks. In the context of disorders involving emotion and mood, it can be inferred that Dr. Henderson is likely to diagnose Cathy with
A. dissociative identity disorder.
B. bipolar disorder.
C. major depressive disorder.
D. social anxiety disorder.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty: High
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Depressive Disorders
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 452
77. Ever since Kerry lost her job, she has been feeling worthless. It’s been more than two weeks now since she slept well. She has lost a lot of weight and keeps thinking about committing suicide. In the context of disorders involving emotion and mood, it can be inferred that Kerry is most likely suffering from
A. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B. major depressive disorder.
C. social anxiety disorder.
D. antisocial personality disorder.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty: High
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Depressive Disorders
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 452
78. Which of the following statements is true of the sociocultural factors involved in depression?
A. Men are nearly twice as likely as women to be diagnosed with depression.
B. Studies have found very low rates of depression in Native American groups.
C. Depression increases as standards of living and employment circumstances worsen.
D. Individuals with a low socioeconomic status (SES) are less likely to develop depression than their higher-SES counterparts.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Depressive Disorders
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 452
79. _____ is a mood disorder that is characterized by extreme mood swings that include one or more episodes of mania, an overexcited, unrealistically optimistic state.
A. Major depressive disorder
B. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
C. Bipolar disorder
D. Generalized anxiety disorder
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 453
80. _____ refers to a psychological state in which an individual feels overexcited and unrealistically optimistic.
A. Psychosis
B. Catatonia
C. Mania
D. Depression
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 453
81. Aria has been awake for two nights in a row and still feels highly energetic, and euphoric. The previous day, she quit her job on an impulse and decided to become an actress. In the context of bipolar disorder, Aria is experiencing an episode of
A. mania.
B. catatonia.
C. depression.
D. psychosis.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty: High
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 453
82. Your roommate is acting very strangely. Although she has not slept much in the past few days, she says she is on top of the world. She also took all her savings and invested it in a questionable financial venture. This period of non-stop activity has lasted for well over a week and is in sharp contrast to the depression and fatigue she exhibited earlier this semester. Your roommate is exhibiting symptoms of
A. bipolar disorder.
B. generalized anxiety disorder.
C. panic disorder.
D. dissociative identity disorder.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty: High
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 453
83. Dr. Wren is in the process of diagnosing Lily’s psychological disorder. After asking Lily a few questions about her symptoms, Lily reveals that she experiences alternating episodes of euphoria and distress. On some days, Lily claims that she feels like she is capable of doing anything in the world. During this phase, she can’t sleep; feels restless, and is extremely excitable. On the other days, Lily feels utterly worthless and miserable. During this phase, Lily lies in bed all day and is troubled by morbid thoughts. In the context of disorders involving emotion and mood, it can be inferred that Dr. Wren is likely to diagnose Lily with
A. major depressive disorder.
B. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C. bipolar disorder.
D. schizophrenia.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty: High
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 453
84. Depressive disorders are _____, whereas bipolar disorder is _____.
A. more common among men/equally common in men and women
B. more common among women/equally common in men and women
C. equally common in men and women/more common among women
D. equally common in men and women/more common among men
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 453
85. Genetic factors are stronger predictors of _____ than of _____.
A. depressive disorders/bipolar disorder
B. bipolar disorder/depressive disorders
C. dysthymic disorders/depressive disorders
D. dysthymic disorders/bipolar disorder
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 453
86. _____ is a depressive disorder in children who show persistent irritability and recurrent episodes of out-of-control behavior.
A. Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
B. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
C. Autism spectrum disorder
D. Generalized anxiety disorder
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the mood disorders and their causes.
Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Feedback: Disorders Involving Emotion and Mood, 454
87. _____ is an eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.
A. Binge-eating disorder
B. Anorexia nervosa
C. Schizophrenia
D. Dissociative identity disorder
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Explain how psychological disorders affect health, and describe how individuals with disorders can improve their quality of life.
Topic: Abnormal Behavior
Feedback: Eating Disorders, 454
88. A woman who is in relentless pursuit of thinness for more than six months, so much so that she is starving herself to achieve this goal is exhibiting symptoms of
A. binge-eating disorder.
B. anorexia nervosa.
C. bulimia nervosa.
D. bipolar disorder.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain how psychological disorders affect health, and describe how individuals with disorders can improve their quality of life.
Topic: Abnormal Behavior
Feedback: Eating Disorders, 454
89. Jessie, a young American, is obsessed about losing weight. She is paranoid about having calories and often starves herself. Despite being dangerously underweight for her age, Jessie refuses to eat as she is terrified of the possibility of gaining weight. Which of the following disorders best fits the description of Jessie’s condition?
A. anorexia nervosa
B. bulimia nervosa
C. schizophrenia
D. bipolar disorder
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty: High
Learning Objective: Explain how psychological disorders affect health, and describe how individuals with disorders can improve their quality of life.
Topic: Abnormal Behavior
Feedback: Eating Disorders, 454
90. _____ has the highest mortality rate of any psychological disorder.
A. Generalized anxiety disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Bipolar disorder
D. Anorexia nervosa
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Explain how psychological disorders affect health, and describe how individuals with disorders can improve their quality of life.
Topic: Abnormal Behavior
Feedback: Eating Disorders, 455
91. _____ is an eating disorder in which an individual, typically female, consistently follows a binge-and-purge eating pattern.
A. Bulimia nervosa
B. Binge-eating disorder
C. Anorexia nervosa
D. Schizophrenia
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Explain how psychological disorders affect health, and describe how individuals with disorders can improve their quality of life.
Topic: Abnormal Behavior
Feedback: Eating Disorders, 455
92. Chronic sore throat, kidney problems, dehydration, gastrointestinal problems, and dental problems are complications commonly experienced by individuals who suffer from
A. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B. anorexia nervosa.
C. bulimia nervosa.
D. bipolar disorder.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain how psychological disorders affect health, and describe how individuals with disorders can improve their quality of life.
Topic: Abnormal Behavior
Feedback: Eating Disorders, 455
93. Individuals with bulimia nervosa tend to have _____ of perfectionism and _____ of self-efficacy.
A. high levels/high levels
B. high levels/low levels
C. low levels/high levels
D. low levels/low levels
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Explain how psychological disorders affect health, and describe how individuals with disorders can improve their quality of life.
Topic: Abnormal Behavior
Feedback: Eating Disorders, 455
94. Unlike obese individuals who do not suffer from binge-eating disorder, binge eaters are more likely to
A. consume fatty, high-calorie food.
B. stop eating before they are full.
C. overvalue their physical appearance, weight, and body shape.
D. suffer from diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain how psychological disorders affect health, and describe how individuals with disorders can improve their quality of life.
Topic: Abnormal Behavior
Feedback: Eating Disorders, 457
95. _____ involve a sudden loss of memory or change in identity.
A. Anxiety disorders
B. Mood disorders
C. Personality disorders
D. Dissociative disorders
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the dissociative and somatoform disorders and their causes.
Topic: Dissociative Identity Disorder
Feedback: Dissociative Disorders, 459
96. Dissociative disorders often occur in individuals who also show signs of
A. bipolar disorder.
B. post-traumatic stress disorder.
C. antisocial personality disorder.
D. panic disorder.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the dissociative and somatoform disorders and their causes.
Topic: Dissociative Identity Disorder
Feedback: Dissociative Disorders, 459
97. Individuals with dissociative disorders have
A. a less voluminous hippocampus and amygdala.
B. excessive levels of the neurotransmitter glutamate.
C. a very small cerebral cortex.
D. very few receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the dissociative and somatoform disorders and their causes.
Topic: Dissociative Identity Disorder
Feedback: Dissociative Disorders, 459
98. _____ is the most dramatic, least common, and most controversial dissociative disorder.
A. Dissociative amnesia
B. Dissociative identity disorder
C. Dissociative fugue
D. Schizophrenia
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the dissociative and somatoform disorders and their causes.
Topic: Dissociative Identity Disorder
Feedback: Dissociative Disorders, 459
99. Which of the following was formerly called multiple personality disorder?
A. dissociative amnesia
B. dissociative identity disorder
C. dissociative fugue
D. schizophrenia
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe the dissociative and somatoform disorders and their causes.
Topic: Dissociative Identity Disorder
Feedback: Dissociative Disorders, 459
100. Which of the following statements is true of dissociative identity disorder (DID)?
A. In DID, one identity dominates at one time; another takes over at another time.
B. Individuals with DID have two or more ambiguous personalities with overlapping memories and behaviors.
C. The majority of individuals who have been sexually abused develop DID.
D. The vast majority of individuals with DID are men.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the dissociative and somatoform disorders and their causes.
Topic: Dissociative Identity Disorder
Feedback: Dissociative Disorders, 460
101. _____ is a severe psychological disorder that is characterized by highly disordered, psychotic thought processes.
A. Social anxiety disorder
B. Anorexia nervosa
C. Generalized anxiety disorder
D. Schizophrenia
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 461
102. _____ refers to a psychological state in which a person’s perceptions and thoughts are fundamentally removed from reality.
A. Dissociation
B. Mania
C. Psychosis
D. Catatonia
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 461
103. The disordered thoughts in schizophrenia are referred to as psychotic because
A. they are caused by extreme memory loss.
B. they are highly repetitive.
C. they are the most dramatic and least common.
D. they are far removed from reality.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 461
104. _____ are sensory experiences in the absence of real stimuli. _____ are false, unusual, and sometimes magical beliefs that are not part of an individual's culture.
A. Delusions/Hallucinations
B. Hallucinations/Delusions
C. Referential thoughts/Catatonic thoughts
D. Catatonic thoughts/Referential thoughts
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 462
105. When an individual hears and sees people who are not actually there, the individual is likely to be experiencing
A. hallucinations.
B. delusions.
C. mirages.
D. catatonia.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 462
106. A schizophrenic patient hears multiple voices inside his head talking to him at the same time and forcing him to do things. It can be inferred that the patient is experiencing the symptom of
A. delusions.
B. illusions.
C. hallucinations.
D. catatonia.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty: High
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 462
107. A schizophrenic patient who falsely believes that he is Jesus Christ is experiencing
A. a delusion.
B. a hallucination.
C. a mirage.
D. flat affect.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 462
108. The _____ of schizophrenia are marked by a distortion or an excess of normal function, whereas the _____ reflect social withdrawal, behavioral deficits, and the loss or decrease of normal functions.
A. positive symptoms/negative symptoms
B. negative symptoms/positive symptoms
C. physical symptoms/psychological symptoms
D. psychological symptoms/physical symptoms
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 463
109. _____ is a common negative symptom of schizophrenia, which means the display of little or no emotion.
A. Catatonia
B. Flat affect
C. Referential thinking
D. Hallucination
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 463
110. All of the following are positive symptoms of schizophrenia EXCEPT
A. hallucinations.
B. delusions.
C. referential thinking.
D. flat affect.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 463
111. Catatonia
A. is a state of immobility and unresponsiveness that lasts for long periods of time.
B. means giving personal meaning to completely random events.
C. refers to false, unusual, and sometimes magical beliefs that are not part of an individual's culture.
D. refers to sensory experiences that occur in the absence of real stimuli.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 463
112. A schizophrenic patient sometimes lapses into a phase during which she becomes unresponsive and stiff. In this state her body becomes rigid, and she sits for hours by herself in a sort of stupor. In the context of schizophrenia, she is experiencing
A. mania.
B. catatonia.
C. dissociative amnesia.
D. psychosis.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 463
113. A man who believes that he is the reincarnation of a famous preacher is exhibiting the schizophrenic symptom of
A. delusion.
B. hallucination.
C. misattribution.
D. flat affect.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 463
114. Which of the following statements is true of the psychological and sociocultural factors involved in schizophrenia?
A. Contemporary theorists strongly believe that stress is unrelated to the development of schizophrenia.
B. Marriage and warm supportive friends are related to better outcomes for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia.
C. Sociocultural background is considered as the primary cause of schizophrenia.
D. Individuals with schizophrenia in developing, non-industrialized nations tend to have worse outcomes than those in developed, industrialized nations.
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APA Learning Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe schizophrenia, its main symptoms, and the theories that account for its causes.
Topic: Schizophrenia
Feedback: Schizophrenia, 465
115. _____ is a psychological disorder characterized by guiltlessness, law-breaking, exploitation of others, irresponsibility, and deceit.
A. Histrionic personality disorder
B. Schizoid personality disorder
C. Antisocial personality disorder
D. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder