Top 250+ Solved Abnormal Psychology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. DSM stands for
a. diagnostic schedule of medicine.
b. diagnostic and statistical manual.
c. depressive scale modalities.
d. doctor of surgical medicine.
Q. Parkinson's disease results from the death of neurons that produce
a. serotonin
b. acetylcholine
c. dopamine
d. norepinephrine
Q. Conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified as
a. physio-mental disorders.
b. somatoform disorders.
c. psychosomatic disorders.
d. somatization disorders.
Q. In most anxiety disorders, the person's distress is
a. focused on a specific situation.
b. related to ordinary life stresses.
c. greatly out of proportion to the situation.
d. based on a physical cause.
Q. An unusual state called "waxy flexibility" is sometimes observed in __________schizophrenia.
a. borderline
b. disorganized
c. catatonic
d. paranoid
Q. Which of the following medical conditions can produce a mild neurocognitive disorder andmild impairments in social/occupational functioning?
a. Parkinson\s disease
b. Huntington\s disease
c. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
d. HIV
Q. Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger to a personare called
a. anxieties.
b. dissociation\s.
c. phobias.
d. obsessions.
Q. In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear thatjudgments of the normality of behavior are
a. culturally relative.
b. statistical.
c. a matter of subjective discomfort.
d. related to conformity.
Q. False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called
a. fantasies.
b. hallucinations.
c. illusions.
d. delusions.
Q. True paranoids are rarely treated or admitted to hospitals because
a. they are potentially harmful and dangerous to others.
b. they resist the attempts of others to offer help.
c. their severe hallucinations make reasoning with them impossible.
d. psychiatric hospitals are primarily for psychotics.
Q. The most widely used system of psychological classification today is
a. the Freudian Psychoanalytic System (FPS).
b. found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
c. the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler.
d. to be found in the Federal Uniform Code of Psychopathology (UCP).
Q. A researcher seeking an organic basis for schizophrenia would be well-advised to investigatethe role of
a. amphetamines and amphetamine receptors.
b. adrenaline and noradrenaline.
c. histamine and antihistamine.
d. dopamine and dopamine receptors.
Q. When a person's sexual identity does not match his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is
a. paraphili
b. sexual dysfunction.
c. gender identity disorder.
d. androgyny.
Q. It has been discovered that all major anti-psychotic drugs
a. block the action of dopamine.
b. facilitate the action of dopamine.
c. increase levels of dopamine.
d. decrease levels of dopamine.
Q. The term schizophrenia can be interpreted to mean
a. a split between thought and emotion.
b. having more than one personality.
c. the same thing as a dissociative reaction.
d. that a person is insane.