PSY 381 Final || A+ Graded Already.
The most common age when symptoms of schizophrenia may initially appear is?
A) before age three.
B) between six and ten years old.
C) in adolescence and early adulthood.
D) after age 40. correct answers C) in adolescence and early adulthood.
Catatonic behavior refers to disturbances in
A) speech.
B) motor function.
C) emotional expression.
D) capacity for intimacy. correct answers B) motor function.
What term is used to describe patients who feel no joy or excitement, even while doing things
they formerly enjoyed?
A) anhedonia
B) blunted affect
C) affective disorder
D) inappropriate affect correct answers
What are delusions?
A) examples of disorganized speech
B) rigidly held, idiosyncratic beliefs
C) sensory experiences in the absence of external stimuli
D) lifelong convictions that are limited to one's cultural group correct answers B) rigidly held,
idiosyncratic beliefs
One of the first neurochemical theories of schizophrenia focused on altered activity of which of
the following systems?
, A) serotonin
B) dopamine
C) norepinephrine
D) estrogen correct answers B) dopamine
When does the prodromal phase of schizophrenia occur?
A) after the active phase
B) at the point of greatest disturbance
C) before active psychotic symptoms are present
D) when the patient is treated with neuroleptic medications correct answers C) before active
psychotic symptoms are present
Institutionalized schizophrenics are sometimes helped with the use of token economies. The
basis of these programs is that the patients receive
A) payment for unskilled labor.
B) rewards for appropriate behavior.
C) education about how to manage money.
D) state aid for treatment. correct answers
What diagnostic category is used to describe individuals who experience transient symptoms of
schizophrenia and then complete recovery?
A) catatonia
B) anhedonia
C) split personality
D) brief psychotic disorder correct answers D) brief psychotic disorder
Which of the following symptoms is likely to show the most improvement with the use of
antipsychotic medication?
A) alogia
The most common age when symptoms of schizophrenia may initially appear is?
A) before age three.
B) between six and ten years old.
C) in adolescence and early adulthood.
D) after age 40. correct answers C) in adolescence and early adulthood.
Catatonic behavior refers to disturbances in
A) speech.
B) motor function.
C) emotional expression.
D) capacity for intimacy. correct answers B) motor function.
What term is used to describe patients who feel no joy or excitement, even while doing things
they formerly enjoyed?
A) anhedonia
B) blunted affect
C) affective disorder
D) inappropriate affect correct answers
What are delusions?
A) examples of disorganized speech
B) rigidly held, idiosyncratic beliefs
C) sensory experiences in the absence of external stimuli
D) lifelong convictions that are limited to one's cultural group correct answers B) rigidly held,
idiosyncratic beliefs
One of the first neurochemical theories of schizophrenia focused on altered activity of which of
the following systems?
, A) serotonin
B) dopamine
C) norepinephrine
D) estrogen correct answers B) dopamine
When does the prodromal phase of schizophrenia occur?
A) after the active phase
B) at the point of greatest disturbance
C) before active psychotic symptoms are present
D) when the patient is treated with neuroleptic medications correct answers C) before active
psychotic symptoms are present
Institutionalized schizophrenics are sometimes helped with the use of token economies. The
basis of these programs is that the patients receive
A) payment for unskilled labor.
B) rewards for appropriate behavior.
C) education about how to manage money.
D) state aid for treatment. correct answers
What diagnostic category is used to describe individuals who experience transient symptoms of
schizophrenia and then complete recovery?
A) catatonia
B) anhedonia
C) split personality
D) brief psychotic disorder correct answers D) brief psychotic disorder
Which of the following symptoms is likely to show the most improvement with the use of
antipsychotic medication?
A) alogia
