Top 250+ Solved Abnormal Psychology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following is classified as a mood disorder?
a. bipolar disorder
b. multiple personality disorder
c. delusional disorder
d. dissociative disorder
Q. The antisocial personality
a. avoids other people as much as possible.
b. is relatively easy to treat effectively by psychotherapy.
c. tends to be selfish and lacking remorse.
d. usually gives a bad first impression.
Q. Hearing voices that are not really there would be called a(n)
a. hallucination.
b. delusion.
c. auditory regression.
d. depressive psychosis.
Q. Behavioral problems in which the person exhibits symptoms suggesting physical disease orinjury, but for which there is no identifiable cause, are called
a. mood disorders.
b. schizophrenia.
c. organic brain pathologies.
d. somatoform disorders.
Q. Obsessive-compulsive behavior, panic, and phobias are formally classified as __________disorders.
a. psychotic
b. manic
c. anxiety
d. mood
Q. Delusional thinking is characteristic of
a. psychosis.
b. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
c. conversion disorder.
d. fugue.
Q. A person who is preoccupied with fears of having a serious disease suffers from
a. a conversion reaction.
b. hypochondriasis.
c. a traumatic disorder.
d. an obsession.
Q. Sensory experiences that occur in the absence of a stimulus are called
a. illusions.
b. hallucinations.
c. delusions.
d. affect episodes.
Q. Sudden temporary amnesia or instances of multiple personality are __________ disorders.
a. dissociative
b. anxiety
c. psychotic
d. schizophrenic
Q. Obsessive-compulsive disorders involve
a. loss of contact with reality.
b. unresolved anger.
c. unresolved Oedipal conflict.
d. high levels of anxiety.
Q. The dopamine-psychosis link is based on the observation that
a. low dopamine levels of activity in the brain seem to produce psychotic symptoms.
b. there are high levels of dopamine activity in the brains of psychotic people.
c. there are high levels of amphetamine in the brains of schizophrenics.
d. dopamine interacts with serotonin creating psychosis.
Q. The antisocial personality is one who
a. is irresponsible and seems to lack remorse.
b. is frequently dangerous and out of contact with reality.
c. is always a delinquent or criminal.
d. benefits greatly from humanistic and psychoanalytic therapies.
Q. Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an extremelyunstable self image, is moody, and does not develop stable relationships?
a. borderline
b. histrionic
c. narcissistic
d. schizoid
Q. CT scans of the brains of some young schizophrenics show __________ than normal.
a. wider ventricles
b. smaller fissures
c. smaller ventricles
d. fewer fissures
Q. The most effective method of predicting that a mental patient will commit an act of violenceis by
a. psychological tests.
b. psychiatric interviews.
c. psychological interviews.
d. There is no effective metho