(POST TEST) EXAM 2024-2025 WITH
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Which statement BEST expresses how the understanding of psychopathology has changed over time? -
ANS-Professionals today are more likely than those in the past to view mental disorders as closely
related to physical disorders.
Psychopathology and mental illness are BEST seen as ______ terms. - ANS-synonymous
A majority of Americans now believe that depression is biologically based. - ANS-true
The biopsychosocial perspective integrates multiple levels of analysis in understanding mental disorders.
- ANS-true
Mental illness is largely a social construct rather than a cultural universal. - ANS-false
, Descartes believed that the mind controls the body in the pituitary gland. - ANS-false (the pineal gland
controls the body)
Texting appears to use the same parts of the brain as other language processes do. - ANS-false
In conversion reactions, physical symptoms occur in the absence of underlying physical pathology. -
ANS-true
Process-experiential therapy is another name for emotion-focused therapy. - ANS-true
Dr. Hernandez studies the personal distress and interpersonal impairment associated with social anxiety
disorder. Dr. Hernandez is MOST likely to identify her area of specialization as ______. - ANS-
psychopathology
During any given year, approximately 1 in ______ Americans experiences a diagnosable mental disorder.
- ANS-5
Each year, approximately ______ million people in the United States suffer from a mental disorder. -
ANS-50
The relationship between mental illness and gun violence is BEST described as ______. - ANS-weak
Symptom is to sign as ______ is to ______. - ANS-subjective; objective
The ______ perspective on psychological disorders is MOST closely associated with the notion that the
genes related to mental disorders are also related to positive traits. - ANS-evolutionary
With respect to the levels at which psychopathology may be examined, the broadest and MOST general
level is the ______ level, whereas the MOST specific level is the ______ level. - ANS-cultural; genetic
The presence of schizophrenia is very ______ from one society to the next, ______ an evolutionary
perspective on the disorder. - ANS-similar; supporting