INTRODUCTION TO ABNORMAL CHILD AND
ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY WEIS CHAPTERS
1 TO 16 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◉ 2. Brookridge Middle School is targeting a suicide prevention
program to students at risk due to their social and bullying status.
This would be considered which of the following? a. universal
prevention program b. selective prevention program c. indicated
prevention program d. tertiary prevention program
Answer: Ans: B
◉ 3. Which of the following disorders has the shortest minimum
duration for diagnosis? a. major depressive disorder b. disruptive
mood dysregulation disorder c. persistent depressive disorder in
adults d. persistent depressive disorder in children
Answer: Ans: A
◉ 4. How does the irritable mood seen in DMDD differ from the
mood features seen in disruptive behavior disorders? a. In DMDD,
irritability is more persistent. b. In DMDD, irritability has earlier
onset. c. In DMDD, irritability has later onset. d. DMDD involves
reliably different environmental triggers.
Answer: Ans: A
,◉ 5. The existence of persistent irritability and recurrent temper
outbursts best distinguishes DMDD from which of the following? a.
ADHD b. ODD c. bipolar disorder d. MDD
Answer: Ans: A
◉ 6. Safe Alternatives for Teens and Youths involves all EXCEPT
which of the following? a. restricting adolescents' means of suicide
at home b. parent sessions with the therapist c. a no harm contract d.
developing coping strategies
Answer: Ans: C
◉ 7. Which of the following is NOT a way in which DMDD can be
differentiated from ODD? a. Children with ODD usually direct their
defiance toward particular individuals, while children with DMDD
usually direct their anger and aggression more generally, even
destroying their own property. b. Temper outbursts are longer and
more severe in DMDD. c. DMDD is more persistent than ODD. d.
DMDD is more likely to lead to anxiety and depressive disorders in
adolescence than ODD.
Answer: Ans: C
◉ 8. Youths with DMDD have been shown to have which deficits
related to emotional processing?
,a. They are particularly bad at judging positive emotions in faces and
show hyperactivity in the amygdala when viewing angry or fearful
faces.
b. They are particularly good at judging angry and fearful faces and
show hyperactivity in the amygdala when viewing these faces.
c. They are particularly bad at judging sad, fearful, and angry faces
and show hyperactivity in the amygdala when viewing these faces.
d. They are particularly bad at judging sad, fearful, and angry faces
and show underactivity in the amygdala when viewing these faces.
Answer: Ans: D
◉ 9. In a frustrating visual task that was rigged to provide inaccurate
feedback, children with DMDD produced which pattern of response
compared to healthy controls? a. more agitation and greater
activation of the amygdala b. more negative arousal and lower
activation of the amygdala c. more agitation and greater activation in
the right medial frontal gyrus and left anterior cingulate cortex d.
more negative arousal and lower activation in the right medial
frontal gyrus and left anterior cingulate cortex
Answer: Ans: C
◉ 10. Research has indicated that those with DMDD may
demonstrate temper outbursts for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT ______. a. They may interpret their own frustration as anger
and act accordingly. b. They may interpret others' fear as anger and
act aggressively toward them as a result. c. They may like that others
, are afraid of them and act out to perpetuate their power in these
situations. d. They may find frustration and other similar states as
particularly aversive and hard to handle and may act out more than
the average child in response to similar stressors.
Answer: Ans: C
◉ 11. What is the recommended role of medication in treating
DMDD?
a. Lithium is the first-line medicinal treatment.
b. Antipsychotics are the first-line medicinal treatment, but these are
only effective in those with comorbid ADHD.
c. Stimulant medication is the first-line medicinal treatment, but
only in those with no comorbidities.
d. Antidepressants are recommended for some youths with DMDD.
Answer: Ans: D
◉ 12. Because the Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempters
(TASA) study had no control group, which of the following CANNOT
be concluded?
a. All treatment conditions showed equivalent effectiveness.
b. Any treatment is more effective than no treatment.
c. Combined treatment is no more effective than medication alone.
d. CBT is no more effective than medication.
Answer: Ans: B
ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY WEIS CHAPTERS
1 TO 16 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◉ 2. Brookridge Middle School is targeting a suicide prevention
program to students at risk due to their social and bullying status.
This would be considered which of the following? a. universal
prevention program b. selective prevention program c. indicated
prevention program d. tertiary prevention program
Answer: Ans: B
◉ 3. Which of the following disorders has the shortest minimum
duration for diagnosis? a. major depressive disorder b. disruptive
mood dysregulation disorder c. persistent depressive disorder in
adults d. persistent depressive disorder in children
Answer: Ans: A
◉ 4. How does the irritable mood seen in DMDD differ from the
mood features seen in disruptive behavior disorders? a. In DMDD,
irritability is more persistent. b. In DMDD, irritability has earlier
onset. c. In DMDD, irritability has later onset. d. DMDD involves
reliably different environmental triggers.
Answer: Ans: A
,◉ 5. The existence of persistent irritability and recurrent temper
outbursts best distinguishes DMDD from which of the following? a.
ADHD b. ODD c. bipolar disorder d. MDD
Answer: Ans: A
◉ 6. Safe Alternatives for Teens and Youths involves all EXCEPT
which of the following? a. restricting adolescents' means of suicide
at home b. parent sessions with the therapist c. a no harm contract d.
developing coping strategies
Answer: Ans: C
◉ 7. Which of the following is NOT a way in which DMDD can be
differentiated from ODD? a. Children with ODD usually direct their
defiance toward particular individuals, while children with DMDD
usually direct their anger and aggression more generally, even
destroying their own property. b. Temper outbursts are longer and
more severe in DMDD. c. DMDD is more persistent than ODD. d.
DMDD is more likely to lead to anxiety and depressive disorders in
adolescence than ODD.
Answer: Ans: C
◉ 8. Youths with DMDD have been shown to have which deficits
related to emotional processing?
,a. They are particularly bad at judging positive emotions in faces and
show hyperactivity in the amygdala when viewing angry or fearful
faces.
b. They are particularly good at judging angry and fearful faces and
show hyperactivity in the amygdala when viewing these faces.
c. They are particularly bad at judging sad, fearful, and angry faces
and show hyperactivity in the amygdala when viewing these faces.
d. They are particularly bad at judging sad, fearful, and angry faces
and show underactivity in the amygdala when viewing these faces.
Answer: Ans: D
◉ 9. In a frustrating visual task that was rigged to provide inaccurate
feedback, children with DMDD produced which pattern of response
compared to healthy controls? a. more agitation and greater
activation of the amygdala b. more negative arousal and lower
activation of the amygdala c. more agitation and greater activation in
the right medial frontal gyrus and left anterior cingulate cortex d.
more negative arousal and lower activation in the right medial
frontal gyrus and left anterior cingulate cortex
Answer: Ans: C
◉ 10. Research has indicated that those with DMDD may
demonstrate temper outbursts for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT ______. a. They may interpret their own frustration as anger
and act accordingly. b. They may interpret others' fear as anger and
act aggressively toward them as a result. c. They may like that others
, are afraid of them and act out to perpetuate their power in these
situations. d. They may find frustration and other similar states as
particularly aversive and hard to handle and may act out more than
the average child in response to similar stressors.
Answer: Ans: C
◉ 11. What is the recommended role of medication in treating
DMDD?
a. Lithium is the first-line medicinal treatment.
b. Antipsychotics are the first-line medicinal treatment, but these are
only effective in those with comorbid ADHD.
c. Stimulant medication is the first-line medicinal treatment, but
only in those with no comorbidities.
d. Antidepressants are recommended for some youths with DMDD.
Answer: Ans: D
◉ 12. Because the Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempters
(TASA) study had no control group, which of the following CANNOT
be concluded?
a. All treatment conditions showed equivalent effectiveness.
b. Any treatment is more effective than no treatment.
c. Combined treatment is no more effective than medication alone.
d. CBT is no more effective than medication.
Answer: Ans: B
