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AB PSYCH FINAL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| According to the WHO, what percentage of children will have mental-health related problems before age 18? | 15% |
| Learning disorders are diagnosed when: | Discrepancy between expected performance and actual performance |
| gender ratio for ADHD and learning disorders (greater in boys than in girls)? | ADHD: 3x; LD: even |
| How would you explain the Flynn Effect? | More stimulating environments/ technology |
| Most causes of mild ID are known | FALSE |
| The CDC surveyed med ages 20-39. What % said they were sexually experienced? | 100% |
| Gender differences in attitudes toward pre-marital sex have been ______ over time. | decreasing |
| Studies suggest that, in comparison with other girls and boys, girls with CAH are more | More masculine |
| What psychological factor has been shown to be a primary cause of sexual dysfunction? | Distraction |
| One of the most effective treatments for sexual dysfunction is: | Education regarding normal sexualit |
| The typical adult who molests a child: | Does not use physical force |
| Orgasmic recondition works by | Reinforcement of appropriate patterns of arousal |
| Gender dysphoria is diagnosed when: | A person’s physical gender is inconsistent with their gender identity |
| In terms of causes, gender dysphoria is most strongly influenced by: | Genetics and neurobiology |
| If Jane’s neurocognitive disorder has damaged her brain’s dopamine pathways, we can assume the cause is: | Parkinson’s Disease |
| ND due to HIV can be distinguished from more Alzheimer’s or Vascular ND because: | HIV-ND is not generally associated with aphasias |
| Vascular neurocognitive disorder involves tingling or weakness in limbs | true |
| Neurocognitive disorder due to HIV involves aphasia | false |
| Symptoms of neurocognitive disorder due to chronic traumatic encephalopathy primarily include memory loss. | True |
| Patients with ND due to Alzheimer’s disease benefit from medications that work by: | Preventing breakdown of acetylcholine |
| Extrapyramidal symptoms, serious side effects of anti-psychotic medications that occur in some individuals with schizophrenia, are similar to the symptoms of__ | parkinson's |
| Smooth movement eye pursuit and emotion identification have been proposed _____for schizophrenia due to deficits detected in unaffected relatives of patients. | endophytes |
| What is the evidence for structural damage in the brains of schizophrenic patients? | The majority of schizophrenic patients have enlarged ventricles in their brains |
| disorder would be diagnosed when an individual presents with one episode of psychotic symptoms that lasts only for a few months. | __Schizophreniform |
| Dilators of gradually increasing size are used in the treatment of | Vaginismus |
| Research suggests that gender non-conformity always results in: | Gender dysphoria |
| Which of the following might be an example of a persecutory delusion? | "My family is trying to weaken me by poisoning my food.” |
| The most prevalent of all male sexual dysfunctions is_whereas__is the most common reason males seek treatment for sexual dysfunction. | premature ejaculation; erectile dysfunction |
| The procedure that is carried out entirely in the patient’s imagination and used to reduce the inappropriate sexual arousal that exists in paraphilia and pedophilia is called | covert sensitization_ |
| Sensate focus and non-demand pleasuring | range of sexual dysfunctions |
| Masturbatory training | female orgasmic disorder |
| Exposure to erotic materials | sexual desire disorder |
| Jessica tells you that she has recently begun sex therapy. she tells you that her first assignment in therapy is to purchase a vibrator and to practice masturbating.Jessica is being treated for which disorder | female orgasmic disorder |
| In which of the following situations would the risk of developing schizophrenia be the LOWEST for a child? | The child of a non-schizophrenic parent with a schizophrenic fraternal twin |
| Studies of girls with___)have shown that hormones likely play a role in the development of gender identity. | congenital adrenal hyperplasia, CAH) |
| Which of the following is accurate in regard to the long-term outlook for schizophrenic patients? | Complete recovery from schizophrenia is rare |
| Families with a high expressed emotion (EE) score view the symptoms of schizophrenia as | Controllable |
| Which of the following is FALSE in regard to gender differences in sexual self-schemas? | Men’s self-schema are characterized by higher levels of conflict |
| Tardive dyskinesia, a condition that can occur in patients who take antipsychotic medications: | Is often irreversible |
| An unusually high concern with nocturnal emissions has been reported in _____________, where there is a strong culturally-held belief that loss of semen causes depletion of physical and mental energy. | India |
| Mort has displayed a number of schizophrenic symptoms. An obvious one was his lack of speech content manifested in nonsensical ramblings and slowed speech response. This symptoms is called___________________. | Alogia |
| One explanation for the fact that parts of the brain usually associated with producing rather than comprehending speech are active when one is experiencing an auditory hallucination is that these individuals are: | Listening to their own thoughts |
| Some individuals with schizophrenia display waxy immobility or agitated excitement. These symptoms are termed | catatonia |
| The most common type of hallucinations individual's experience are___ | auditory |
| Of the following, the individual most likely to receive an appropriate diagnosis of hypoactive sexual desire disorder is: | red, who has sex at least once a week to satisfy his wife, but would prefer to be left alone since he is rarely interested in sex |
| Which of the following neurocognitive disorders is associated with inheritance of a dominant gene? | Huntington's Disease |
| The term "organic mental disorders" is no longer used to describe neurocognitive disorders becaus | Most psychological disorders have an "organic" component |
| People with neurocognitive disorders generally suffer from___which is defined as the inability to recognize and name objects. | agnosia |
| If Jane's dementia is caused by a process that has damaged her brain's dopamine pathways, it can be assumed that this condition is caused by | Parkinson's Disease |
| Mr. Smith appears confused, agitated, and a bit frightened. He does not know his own name and cannot recognize his son. Mr. Smith's son reports that his father had been completely fine with no symptoms prior to that morning. | delirium |
| ne of the major differences between neurocognitive disorder caused by Alzheimer's disease and neurocognitive disorder caused by depression is that Alzheimer's type neurocognitive disorder: | Is not reversible |
| Which of the following is FALSE regarding factors contributing to the prevalence of Alzheimer’s? | differences in prevalence across cultural groups are likely related to differences in substance use |
| the results of a study that looked at the writings of a group of Catholic nuns (Massie et al., 1996), suggest that the development of Alzheimer's type dementia might be predicted in early life by analyzing the __ present in an individual's writing. | Idea density |
| Evidence of neurobiological contributions to ADHD include all of the following EXCEPT: | Over-abundance of dopamine in key brain networks |
| As viewed from the two-group approach, the group of children with the___type of intellectual disability typically present with more mild deficits. | cultural-familial, |
| Research regarding the Presenilin and beta-amyloid genes and Alzheimer’s have indicated that: | These genes may help explain the co-occurrence between Alzheimer’s Disease and Down Syndrome |
| Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the different types of neurocognitive disorders? | ll forms of neurocognitive disorders have the same onset, symptoms, and course |
| Which of the following is NOT a single-gene cause of intellectual disability? | Down syndrome |
| Which of the following symptom types is new to the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder in DSM-5? | Deficits in social and emotional reciprocit |
| Which of the following is TRUE regarding intellectual disability? | The sex ratio of ID decreases as the severity of intellectual impairments increases |
| The differential loading hypothesis discussed in class regarding ADHD suggests that: | Development of ADHD among females may require more risk factors than development of ADHD among male |
| The_)suggests that the more synapses one develops throughout life, the more neuronal death required before an individual with a neurocognitive disorder becomes impaired. | cognitive reserve hypothesis |
| All of the following have been implicated as having a potential causal influence on autism spectrum disorders, EXCEPT: | Higher levels of oxytocin |
| During the late stages of neurocognitive disorder, the___probably experiences the greatest need for psychosocial treatment. | caregiver |
| Thapar et al. (2009) were able to address the role of inherited confounds in their study of the association between pre-natal smoking and ADHD because: | the researchers examined the association as a function of genetic relatedness |
| Dysfunction involving the inter-parietal sulcus has been implicated in__ | mathematics |
| Which is TRUE regarding specific learning disorders? | Disorders of Written Expression rarely occur in the absence of either Reading or Mathematics Disorders |
| Anoxic events during delivery have been linked to the development of a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders. This is an example of: | Mutlifinality |
| Down syndrome occurs more often with older mothers than younger mothers because the likelihood of chromosomal nondisjunction __ with age | increases |
| The two most robust predictors of prognosis among children with autism spectrum disorders are___and___ | IQ and language ability |
| The progress of cognitive deterioration in Alzheimer’s disease is most rapid during the _________ stages of the disease. | Middle |
| Fran is a 25-year-old woman who has been having a great deal of time taking care of herself . The diagnosis of intellectual disability for Fran is: | Inappropriate because she did not appear to meet criteria before age 18 |
| In the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, a phenomenon called___occurs in which cognitive disturbances tend to become worse toward evening. | sundowner syndrome |
| Researchers studying the brains of individuals with autism suggest that this area of the brain may be enlarged in young children with the disorder, contributing to their increased anxiety and fear. | amygdala |
| avolition () | apathy; lack of initiation/persistence |
| alogia | relative absence of speech |
| annedonia | lack of pleasure/indifference |
| affecting reflecting | little expressed emotions |
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