CHAPTER 9: ABNORMAL REVIEW
1.
About how many suicides are committed annually in the United States?
A)
15,000
B)
36,000
C)
120,000
D)
700,000 ✔️Ans -B
2.
About how many deaths occur by suicide each year around the world?
A)
10,000
B)
30,000
C)
500,000
D)
1,000,000 ✔️Ans -D
3.
About how many suicides are attempted annually in the United States?
A)
30,000
B)
120,000
C)
600,000
D)
2 million ✔️Ans -C
4.
Compared to heart disease and cancer, suicide accounts for _____ in the United
States.
,A)
about the same number of deaths
B)
actually more deaths
C)
less than a tenth of the deaths
D)
less than 1 percent of the deaths ✔️Ans -C
5.
Estimates of the number of suicides that occur in the United States probably
underrepresent the total because of all of the following EXCEPT:
A)
It's hard to know for sure whether a death is a suicide or an unintentional
accident.
B)
Some families don't acknowledge suicide because of the stigma associated
with it.
C)
Parasuicides are often included in the number of suicides.
D)
It's hard to know whether drug overdoses are accidental or not.
✔️Ans -C
6.
Why do many people think that estimates of the rates of suicide are
inaccurate?
A)
Insurance companies pay extra life insurance in cases of suicide.
B)
Many reported suicides are probably really accidents.
C)
The stigma associated with suicide make people hesitate to report it.
D)
Suicide is not a DSM-5 category ✔️Ans -C
7.
What is a parasuicide?
A)
,a failed attempt to commit suicide
B)
a murder followed by a successful suicide
C)
a successfully committed suicide on the first try
D)
a successfully committed suicide after many tries ✔️Ans -A
8.
It is common that the majority of people who commit suicidal acts also have
another psychological disorder. Which would be the MOST common disorder
associated with suicidal attempts?
A)
eating disorders
B)
dissociative disorders
C)
mood disorders
D)
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder ✔️Ans -C
9.
In his definition of suicide, Edwin Schneidman includes all of the following
factors EXCEPT that it:
A)
involves conscious effort.
B)
is self-inflicted.
C)
results from depression or emotional distress.
D)
involves direct effort. ✔️Ans -C
10.
Sylvia shot herself by placing the gun barrel in her mouth, in the middle of a
dense wood, where she knew she wouldn't be heard or found. Sylvia is an
example of what Edwin Shneidman refers to as a:
A)
death seeker.
, B)
death initiator.
C)
death ignorer.
D)
death darer ✔️Ans -A
11.
The critical way in which the death seeker differs from the death darer,
according to Edwin Shneidman, is:
A)
death seekers speed along a death sure to occur naturally.
B)
death seekers are ambivalent about their death.
C)
death seekers intend to end their lives with their action.
D)
death seekers believe that death will not end their existence. ✔️Ans
-C
12.
Ambivalent about dying, Jay repeatedly played a dangerous game involving
gas and a cigarette lighter. Jay is an example of what Edwin Shneidman refers
to as a:
A)
death seeker.
B)
death initiator.
C)
death ignorer.
D)
death darer. ✔️Ans -D
13.
Cecil and Jeanne, teenagers, made a love pact, jumping from a cliff in order to
be with each other for eternity. Cecil and Jeanne are examples of what Edwin
Shneidman refers to as:
A)
death seekers.
1.
About how many suicides are committed annually in the United States?
A)
15,000
B)
36,000
C)
120,000
D)
700,000 ✔️Ans -B
2.
About how many deaths occur by suicide each year around the world?
A)
10,000
B)
30,000
C)
500,000
D)
1,000,000 ✔️Ans -D
3.
About how many suicides are attempted annually in the United States?
A)
30,000
B)
120,000
C)
600,000
D)
2 million ✔️Ans -C
4.
Compared to heart disease and cancer, suicide accounts for _____ in the United
States.
,A)
about the same number of deaths
B)
actually more deaths
C)
less than a tenth of the deaths
D)
less than 1 percent of the deaths ✔️Ans -C
5.
Estimates of the number of suicides that occur in the United States probably
underrepresent the total because of all of the following EXCEPT:
A)
It's hard to know for sure whether a death is a suicide or an unintentional
accident.
B)
Some families don't acknowledge suicide because of the stigma associated
with it.
C)
Parasuicides are often included in the number of suicides.
D)
It's hard to know whether drug overdoses are accidental or not.
✔️Ans -C
6.
Why do many people think that estimates of the rates of suicide are
inaccurate?
A)
Insurance companies pay extra life insurance in cases of suicide.
B)
Many reported suicides are probably really accidents.
C)
The stigma associated with suicide make people hesitate to report it.
D)
Suicide is not a DSM-5 category ✔️Ans -C
7.
What is a parasuicide?
A)
,a failed attempt to commit suicide
B)
a murder followed by a successful suicide
C)
a successfully committed suicide on the first try
D)
a successfully committed suicide after many tries ✔️Ans -A
8.
It is common that the majority of people who commit suicidal acts also have
another psychological disorder. Which would be the MOST common disorder
associated with suicidal attempts?
A)
eating disorders
B)
dissociative disorders
C)
mood disorders
D)
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder ✔️Ans -C
9.
In his definition of suicide, Edwin Schneidman includes all of the following
factors EXCEPT that it:
A)
involves conscious effort.
B)
is self-inflicted.
C)
results from depression or emotional distress.
D)
involves direct effort. ✔️Ans -C
10.
Sylvia shot herself by placing the gun barrel in her mouth, in the middle of a
dense wood, where she knew she wouldn't be heard or found. Sylvia is an
example of what Edwin Shneidman refers to as a:
A)
death seeker.
, B)
death initiator.
C)
death ignorer.
D)
death darer ✔️Ans -A
11.
The critical way in which the death seeker differs from the death darer,
according to Edwin Shneidman, is:
A)
death seekers speed along a death sure to occur naturally.
B)
death seekers are ambivalent about their death.
C)
death seekers intend to end their lives with their action.
D)
death seekers believe that death will not end their existence. ✔️Ans
-C
12.
Ambivalent about dying, Jay repeatedly played a dangerous game involving
gas and a cigarette lighter. Jay is an example of what Edwin Shneidman refers
to as a:
A)
death seeker.
B)
death initiator.
C)
death ignorer.
D)
death darer. ✔️Ans -D
13.
Cecil and Jeanne, teenagers, made a love pact, jumping from a cliff in order to
be with each other for eternity. Cecil and Jeanne are examples of what Edwin
Shneidman refers to as:
A)
death seekers.
