PSY 2710 Final Exam ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What word best describes a personality disorder? Stable
3 multiple choice options
What stage of life can most personality disorders be Adolescence
traced back to? 3 multiple choice options
Except for schizoid personality disorder, the symptoms of True
personality disorders decrease over the lifespan 1 multiple choice option
Which of the following is an environmental factor related Childhood abuse
to the development of personality disorders? 3 multiple choice options
The DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorders Dimensional
takes a ______ approach to classifying personality 3 multiple choice options
pathology
Which of the following is an example of Feeling detached or observing the self as if one were an outside observer
depersonalization? 3 multiple choice options
What is the main deficit experienced by individuals with The inability to recall important autobiographical information
dissociative amnesia? 3 multiple choice options
Which of the following behaviors is NOT characteristic of Experiencing different "personalities" at different times
someone with illness anxiety disorder? 3 multiple choice options
There is a great deal of misinformation about dissociative True
identity disorder in the popular media 1 multiple choice option
Individuals with factitious disorder ____ create symtpoms, Voluntarily; Involuntarily
while individuals with conversion disorder ____ produce 3 multiple choice options
symptoms.
People in prison are more likely to have a mental health True
disorder, such as a psychotic disorder, depressive 1 multiple choice option
disorder, or personality disorder, than people not in
prison.
What are the two key components that the insanity Presence of severe mental illness & Lack of knowledge about the nature or
defense is based upon? wrongfulness of the act.
2 multiple choice options
, The "guilty but mentally ill" charge is legally the same as Finding a person guilty
which of the following? 3 multiple choice options
The attempted assassination of which US President led to Ronald Reagan
an overhaul in the insanity defense across the country? 3 multiple choice options
Which of the following is NOT true of mental health and They rely on institutionalized (inpatient) treatment for individuals
drug treatment courts? 3 multiple choice options
Dissociative disorders differ from normal dssociation Are chronic and disrupt memory and identity
because they _____ 3 multiple choice options
Depersonalization/derealization disorder is characterized Feeling detached from one's self or surroundings
by: 3 multiple choice options
Dissociative amnesia involves: Inability to recall important personal information
3 multiple choice options
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) includes: Two or more distinct personality states with memory gaps
3 multiple choice options
Individuals with somatic symptom disorders often seek Medical doctors
treatment primarily from: 3 multiple choice options
Somatic Symptom Disorder involves Excessive distress or anxiety about physical symptoms
3 multiple choice options
Conversion Disorder presents with: Neurological-like symptoms inconsistent with medical findings
3 multiple choice options
Factitious Disorder is characterized by: Intentional production of medical symptoms
3 multiple choice options
The onset of schizophrenia typically occurs during: Late teens or young 20s
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following is a positive symptom of Hallucinations
schizophrenia 3 multiple choice options
Persecutory delusions refer to the belief that Others are out to harm or target you
3 multiple choice options
What word best describes a personality disorder? Stable
3 multiple choice options
What stage of life can most personality disorders be Adolescence
traced back to? 3 multiple choice options
Except for schizoid personality disorder, the symptoms of True
personality disorders decrease over the lifespan 1 multiple choice option
Which of the following is an environmental factor related Childhood abuse
to the development of personality disorders? 3 multiple choice options
The DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorders Dimensional
takes a ______ approach to classifying personality 3 multiple choice options
pathology
Which of the following is an example of Feeling detached or observing the self as if one were an outside observer
depersonalization? 3 multiple choice options
What is the main deficit experienced by individuals with The inability to recall important autobiographical information
dissociative amnesia? 3 multiple choice options
Which of the following behaviors is NOT characteristic of Experiencing different "personalities" at different times
someone with illness anxiety disorder? 3 multiple choice options
There is a great deal of misinformation about dissociative True
identity disorder in the popular media 1 multiple choice option
Individuals with factitious disorder ____ create symtpoms, Voluntarily; Involuntarily
while individuals with conversion disorder ____ produce 3 multiple choice options
symptoms.
People in prison are more likely to have a mental health True
disorder, such as a psychotic disorder, depressive 1 multiple choice option
disorder, or personality disorder, than people not in
prison.
What are the two key components that the insanity Presence of severe mental illness & Lack of knowledge about the nature or
defense is based upon? wrongfulness of the act.
2 multiple choice options
, The "guilty but mentally ill" charge is legally the same as Finding a person guilty
which of the following? 3 multiple choice options
The attempted assassination of which US President led to Ronald Reagan
an overhaul in the insanity defense across the country? 3 multiple choice options
Which of the following is NOT true of mental health and They rely on institutionalized (inpatient) treatment for individuals
drug treatment courts? 3 multiple choice options
Dissociative disorders differ from normal dssociation Are chronic and disrupt memory and identity
because they _____ 3 multiple choice options
Depersonalization/derealization disorder is characterized Feeling detached from one's self or surroundings
by: 3 multiple choice options
Dissociative amnesia involves: Inability to recall important personal information
3 multiple choice options
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) includes: Two or more distinct personality states with memory gaps
3 multiple choice options
Individuals with somatic symptom disorders often seek Medical doctors
treatment primarily from: 3 multiple choice options
Somatic Symptom Disorder involves Excessive distress or anxiety about physical symptoms
3 multiple choice options
Conversion Disorder presents with: Neurological-like symptoms inconsistent with medical findings
3 multiple choice options
Factitious Disorder is characterized by: Intentional production of medical symptoms
3 multiple choice options
The onset of schizophrenia typically occurs during: Late teens or young 20s
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following is a positive symptom of Hallucinations
schizophrenia 3 multiple choice options
Persecutory delusions refer to the belief that Others are out to harm or target you
3 multiple choice options
