Psychological Disorders

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Psychology (Biological Psychology) Quiz am Psychological Disorders, erstellt von Katie Morbey am 28/03/2019.
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Frage 1

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All of the following are positive symptoms of schizophrenia except:
Antworten
  • Social withdrawal
  • Auditory hallucinations
  • Disorganised speech
  • Visual hallucinations

Frage 2

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The negative symptoms of schizophrenia:
Antworten
  • Are best illustrated by delusions
  • Are likely to be caused by excessive brain dopamine activity
  • Represent the absence of behaviours that are usually present
  • Are best illustrated by poor abstract thinking

Frage 3

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The positive symptoms of schizophrenia may be caused by:
Antworten
  • An imbalance of norepinephrine in the brain
  • A single recessive gene
  • Excessive activity in forebrain dopamine circuits in the brain
  • Excessive activity in midbrain dopamine circuits in the brain

Frage 4

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The fact that the odds of a child born to two parents, both of whom have schizophrenia, is less than 50% suggests that:
Antworten
  • Schizophrenia is associated with infertility
  • Schizophrenia is not produced by a single gene
  • Schizophrenia is a metabolic disorder
  • Schizophrenia is produced by a single dominant gene

Frage 5

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Imagine that you have been handed a list of drugs and that beside each drug name is a number that represents the potency of that drug for blocking midbrain dopamine receptors (where a low number means a greater potency at blocking). Which would you choose for the treatment of schizophrenia?
Antworten
  • Potency value = 0.1
  • Potency value = 0.3
  • Potency value = 1.0
  • Potency value = 5.0

Frage 6

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Administration of high doses of which of the following drugs would be expected to produce the positive symptoms of schizophrenia:
Antworten
  • L-DOPA
  • Methamphetamine
  • Cocaine
  • All of the above are correct

Frage 7

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John has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has shown improvement in positive symptoms while taking chlorpromazine (CPZ). John may be at risk of his positive symptoms returning if he:
Antworten
  • Stops taking CPZ and takes cocaine at a party
  • Takes double his CPZ does per pay
  • Mixes alcohol with CPZ
  • Takes reserpine in addition to CPZ

Frage 8

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The mesolimbic pathway projects from the ___________ to the __________:
Antworten
  • Substantia nigra; caudate
  • Globus pallidus; ventral tegmental area
  • Ventral tegmental area; frontal cortex
  • Ventral tegmental area; nucleus accumbens and amygdala

Frage 9

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Clozapine is referred to as an "atypical" antipsychotic drug because it:
Antworten
  • Can reverse positive symptoms of schizophrenia without producing tardive dyskinesia
  • Is more potent at blocking D2 than D4 receptors
  • Effectively treat schizophrenia but also produces motor side effects
  • Does not have any effect on dopamine

Frage 10

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The negative symptoms of schizophrenia may be related to:
Antworten
  • Excessive birth weight
  • Mild brain damage
  • Overactivity of dopaminergic neurons
  • Having an older mother

Frage 11

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Which of the following suggests that schizophrenia may be associated with atypical neuroanatomy:
Antworten
  • The size of the lateral ventricles increases in people with schizophrenia
  • The size of the lateral ventricles decreases in people with schizophrenia
  • Older people, who have already lost substantial numbers of neurons, are more likely to develop schizophrenia than younger people
  • The neurological symptoms observed in schizophrenia are unique to schizophrenia

Frage 12

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The major affective disorders are also known as:
Antworten
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Schizoaffective disorders
  • Manic-depression disorders
  • Mood disorders

Frage 13

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_______________ is/are NOT an effective treatment for unipolar depression
Antworten
  • Drugs that block the reuptake of serotonin or norepinephrine
  • Good sleep hygiene
  • Lithium salts
  • Electroconvulsive therapy

Frage 14

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The ability of fluoxetine (Prozac) to function as an effective treatment for _____________ is related to its capacity to ____________:
Antworten
  • Delusions and hallucinations; block serotonin reuptake
  • Depression; block serotonin reuptake
  • Anxiety disorders; inhibit MAO
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder; release glycine

Frage 15

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A person with ____________ allele(s) of the gene for the _____________ transporter is at risk for depression
Antworten
  • A long and a short; dopamine
  • Two long; serotonin
  • Two short; serotonin
  • Two long; GABA
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