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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: Psychopathology Final All Multiple Choice Questions
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EXAM CODE: NRNP 6635 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY EXAM AN
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SWERS-101




EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:dd



1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. Wolpe's use of systematic desensitization represents the therapeutic use of which of the fo
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llowing?
a. Operant conditioning
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b. Cognitive mapping
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c. Affective restructuring
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d. Classical conditioning
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[Verified Solution]: d. Classical conditioning
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Q2. According to psychoanalytic theory, which of the following develops early in life to ensure
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that we can adapt to the demands of the real world while still finding ways to meet our basic
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needs?
a. Ego
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b. Superego
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c. Libido
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d. Ideal self
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[Verified Solution]: a. Ego dd dddd dd




Q3. Who demonstrated that some techniques of mesmerism were effective in treating certain
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psychological disorders? dd



a. Philippe Pinel
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b. Anton Mesmer
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c. Sigmund Freud
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d. Jean-Martin Charcot
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[Verified Solution]: d. Jean-Martin Charcot
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,Q4. What is the scientific study of psychological disorders called?
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a. Psychopathology
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b. Psychoanalysis
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c. Pseudoscience
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d. Parapsychology
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[Verified Solution]: a. Psychopathology dd dddd dd




Q5. A therapist who focuses on factors like the reinforcements that maintain maladaptive beh
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avior is from which theoretical tradition?
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a. Psychoanalytic
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b. Humanistic
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c. Cognitive
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d. Behavioral
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[Verified Solution]: d. Behavioral dd dddd dd




Q6. Mentally ill people have sometimes been forced to undergo the religious ritual called exor
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cism. What is the purpose of exorcism?
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a. To cure the mental illness by making the individual more religious
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b. To build up muscle strength and make the person healthier
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c. To rid the body of evil spirits
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d. To prove that the person was not a witch
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[Verified Solution]: c. To rid the body of evil spirits
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Q7. When 20-year-
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old Larry was first diagnosed with schizophrenia, his family members wanted to know if and
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how the disorder would progress, and how it would affect Larry in the future. In medical term
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s, the family wanted to know what about Larry's disorder?
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a. Diagnosis
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b. Prognosis
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c. Pathophysiology
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d. Etiology
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[Verified Solution]: b. Prognosis dd dddd dd




Q8. You are terribly frightened of heights—
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so frightened that you cannot drive over a bridge to get to work or go out on the third story b
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alcony of your apartment. Because of these fears, you visit a therapist who uses a technique pi
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oneered by Wolpe. What is this technique?
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,a. Systematic desensitization
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b. Person centered therapy
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c. Exorcism
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d. Aversive conditioning
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[Verified Solution]: a. Systematic desensitization
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Q9. In keeping with an accepted treatment for mental illness in the 14th century, a physician
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treating King Charles VI of France had him moved to the countryside to do which of the follo
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wing?
a. Have him closer to a hospital that treated mental illness
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b. Provide him with cleaner air and the time and space to relax
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c. Hide him from those who were threatening him
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d. Cure him of hysteria
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[Verified Solution]: b. Provide him with cleaner air and the time and space to relax
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Q10. In Erik Erikson's theory of lifespan development, at what age does an individual reach t
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he mature stage?
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a. 55 years old
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b. 65 years old
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c. 75 years old
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d. 85 years old
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[Verified Solution]: b. 65 years old dd dddd dd dd dd




Q11. In the process of self-actualizing, people do which of the following?
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a. Adopt a conditioned response to a variety of stimuli
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b. Direct their own course of therapy under the guidance of a counselor
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c. Strive to achieve their highest potential against life's obstacles
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d. Achieve a complete and almost unqualified acceptance of their own dysfunctions
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[Verified Solution]: c. Strive to achieve their highest potential against life's obstacles
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Q12. Dr. Cisneros is studying learning responses in rats. Which orientation is Dr. Cisneros lik
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ely to have?
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a. Behaviorism
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b. Oedipal theory
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c. Psychiatry
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d. Humanistic Psychology
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[Verified Solution]: a. Behaviorism dd dddd dd

, Q13. Which well- dddd dd



known behavioral scientist was the author of The Behavior of Organisms (1938) and Walden
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Two (1948)? dd



a. John Watson
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b. Ivan Pavlov
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c. B.F. Skinner
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d. Edward L. Thorndike
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[Verified Solution]: c. B.F. Skinner dd dddd dd dd




Q14. The use of the term melancholy to refer to depression reflects the belief that depression i
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s caused by an excess of which of the following?
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a. Blood
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c. Yellow bile
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d. Black bile
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[Verified Solution]: d. Black bile dd dddd dd dd




Q15. Jose has inherited a personality trait that makes him more likely to keep to himself than
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to socialize. As a result, he does not have many friends and spends a lot of time alone. If Jose
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were to develop depression, which model would probably best explain this situation and the ca
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use of his depression?
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a. Diathesis-stress
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b. Biological
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c. Reciprocal gene-environment
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d. Interpersonal
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[Verified Solution]: c. Reciprocal gene-environment
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Q16. 2. Research studies using the procedure called "cross fostering" have shown that pups b
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orn to fearful and easily stressed rats but raised by calm mothers tended to be which of the fol
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lowing?
a. Calm
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b. Emotional and reactive
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c. Calm but emotional and reactive when raising their own young
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d. Emotional and reactive but calm when raising their own young
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[Verified Solution]: a. Calm dd dddd dd




Q17. 4. Extremely low levels of GABA are associated with which of the following?
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a. Decreased anxiety
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b. Increased depression
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