ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY HOOLEY 18TH EDITION
1. Assuming a new identity in a new place is characteristic
of:
a) depersonalisation disorder.
b) all forms of dissociative amnesia.
c) dissociative fugue.
d) dissociative personality disorder.: c) dissociative fugue.
2. Which of the following is most suggestive of dissociative
identity disorder?
a) Grace's feelings about James switch from positive to
negative instantly.
b) Peter could not explain why he didn't finish the project.
c) Delilah was never able to make up her mind.
d) Kyla could not recall what she had done or where she had
been all day.: d) Kyla could not recall what she had done
or where she had been all day.
3. Which of the following is most commonly true of the host
identity in disso- ciative identity disorder?
a) It does not answer to the person's actual name.
b) It is always the most well adjusted of the identities.
c) It is the second or third alter to develop.
d) It is not the original identity.: d) It is not the original
identity.
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4. Brigid is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.
Brigid is the host identity. We can expect that the alter
identities:
a) are very much like Brigid.
b) are strikingly different to Brigid.
c) only 'come out' when there is no stress in the environment.
d) are very much like one another.: b) are strikingly different
to Brigid.
5. All of the following are associated with dissociative
identity disorder ex- cept:
a) depression.
b) hallucinations.
c) psychosis.
d) substance abuse.: c) psychosis.
6. Recent estimates suggest that about 50 percent of those
with dissociative identity disorder have:
a) only two identities.
b) two alters, in addition to the host identity.
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c) over ten identities.
d) as many as two hundred identities.: c) over ten identities.
7. What is one reason why the prevalence of dissociative
identity disorder (DID) has been increasing?
a) children in today's society are far more likely to experience
severe trauma than they were in the past.
b) many people with trauma from childhood are now reaching
adulthood.
c) as of 1980 most insurance companies had to accept DID as a
billable diagnosis.
d) it may be that the prevalence of DID has not changed at all,
but that clinicians may unknowingly encourage the emergence
of new identities.: d) it may be that the prevalence of DID
has not changed at all, but that clinicians may unknowingly
encourage the emergence of new identities.
8. According to sociocognitive theory of the aetiology of
dissociative identity disorder:
a) the mind separates due to some traumatic experience and is
never fully integrated, resulting in the multiple identities
observed in DID.
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b) the alters in DID develop as a means of escaping some form
of trauma. c) DID has a factitious origin.
d) DID may develop when a suggestive patient is treated by an
overzealous clinician.: d) DID may develop when a suggestive
patient is treated by an overzeal- ous clinician.
9. Which of the following is an example of a delusion?
a) Bob thought the CIA was controlling his thoughts.
b) The voices in Jamie's head told him not to trust the priest.
c) Tracey did not think she could get pregnant the first time
she had sex.
d) Carla saw and felt bugs crawling up her arm.: a) Bob thought
the CIA was controlling his thoughts.
10. Which of the following is likely a sign of disorganised
schizophrenia?
a) Dillon believes he is God, but will respond to any direction
he is given.
b) Peter appears to feel no emotion and tends to make odd
expressions and movements.
c) Kyle is constantly asking for a doctor as he is convinced
that his stomach will explode.
d) Trista fears for her life because the pictures on the wall
have told her she is
1. Assuming a new identity in a new place is characteristic
of:
a) depersonalisation disorder.
b) all forms of dissociative amnesia.
c) dissociative fugue.
d) dissociative personality disorder.: c) dissociative fugue.
2. Which of the following is most suggestive of dissociative
identity disorder?
a) Grace's feelings about James switch from positive to
negative instantly.
b) Peter could not explain why he didn't finish the project.
c) Delilah was never able to make up her mind.
d) Kyla could not recall what she had done or where she had
been all day.: d) Kyla could not recall what she had done
or where she had been all day.
3. Which of the following is most commonly true of the host
identity in disso- ciative identity disorder?
a) It does not answer to the person's actual name.
b) It is always the most well adjusted of the identities.
c) It is the second or third alter to develop.
d) It is not the original identity.: d) It is not the original
identity.
, ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY HOOLEY 18TH EDITION
4. Brigid is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.
Brigid is the host identity. We can expect that the alter
identities:
a) are very much like Brigid.
b) are strikingly different to Brigid.
c) only 'come out' when there is no stress in the environment.
d) are very much like one another.: b) are strikingly different
to Brigid.
5. All of the following are associated with dissociative
identity disorder ex- cept:
a) depression.
b) hallucinations.
c) psychosis.
d) substance abuse.: c) psychosis.
6. Recent estimates suggest that about 50 percent of those
with dissociative identity disorder have:
a) only two identities.
b) two alters, in addition to the host identity.
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c) over ten identities.
d) as many as two hundred identities.: c) over ten identities.
7. What is one reason why the prevalence of dissociative
identity disorder (DID) has been increasing?
a) children in today's society are far more likely to experience
severe trauma than they were in the past.
b) many people with trauma from childhood are now reaching
adulthood.
c) as of 1980 most insurance companies had to accept DID as a
billable diagnosis.
d) it may be that the prevalence of DID has not changed at all,
but that clinicians may unknowingly encourage the emergence
of new identities.: d) it may be that the prevalence of DID
has not changed at all, but that clinicians may unknowingly
encourage the emergence of new identities.
8. According to sociocognitive theory of the aetiology of
dissociative identity disorder:
a) the mind separates due to some traumatic experience and is
never fully integrated, resulting in the multiple identities
observed in DID.
, ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY HOOLEY 18TH EDITION
b) the alters in DID develop as a means of escaping some form
of trauma. c) DID has a factitious origin.
d) DID may develop when a suggestive patient is treated by an
overzealous clinician.: d) DID may develop when a suggestive
patient is treated by an overzeal- ous clinician.
9. Which of the following is an example of a delusion?
a) Bob thought the CIA was controlling his thoughts.
b) The voices in Jamie's head told him not to trust the priest.
c) Tracey did not think she could get pregnant the first time
she had sex.
d) Carla saw and felt bugs crawling up her arm.: a) Bob thought
the CIA was controlling his thoughts.
10. Which of the following is likely a sign of disorganised
schizophrenia?
a) Dillon believes he is God, but will respond to any direction
he is given.
b) Peter appears to feel no emotion and tends to make odd
expressions and movements.
c) Kyle is constantly asking for a doctor as he is convinced
that his stomach will explode.
d) Trista fears for her life because the pictures on the wall
have told her she is
