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Question 1

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What is an example of positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
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  • Hallucinations
  • Poverty of speech
  • Depression

Question 2

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What does "prodromal" mean?
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  • The start of a disease before specific symptoms occur
  • Not meeting enough criteria for a diagnosis
  • Symptoms that rule out a specific diagnosis

Question 3

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According to the DSM-5, rapid cycling in bipolar disorder refers to
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  • experiencing more than 6 manic episodes in a 6 month period
  • experiencing more than 4 mood episodes in the previous 12 months
  • experiencing more than 5 mood episodes in the previous 18 months

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Hypomania is best defined as
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  • experiencing significantly increased mania
  • mania of lower intensity
  • a manic episode that last less than six weeks

Question 5

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Define polysomnography
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  • Excessive sleep due to physical illness
  • Excessive dreaming related to psychiatric illness
  • a sleep study designed to diagnose sleep disorders

Question 6

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Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome may occur in individuals taking antidepressants for more than
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  • 1 week
  • 1 month
  • 90 days

Question 7

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A client who presents himself or herself to others as ill, impaired, or injured may have a diagnosis of
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  • drug-induced psychosis
  • deception disorder
  • factitious disorder

Question 8

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Excoriation refers to
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  • a compulsion to eat non-foods
  • skin picking
  • a treatment for burn victims

Question 9

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Compulsions in OCD refer to repetitive behaviors and
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  • mental acts (such as counting, praying, repeating words silently)
  • a co-morbidity of a depressive episode
  • intrusive thoughts

Question 10

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Hoarding is an example of
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  • a psychotic disorder
  • a mood disorder
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder

Question 11

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Agoraphobia is an example of
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  • an anxiety disorder
  • a thought disorder
  • a mood disorder

Question 12

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Stereotypy is best described as
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  • a type of visual halluncination
  • double vision
  • a repetitive motion with no purpose

Question 13

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Delusions are fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence.
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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Rumination disorder refers to having repeated, relentless, or racing thoughts that interfere with quality of life.
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Object relations theory suggests that the way people relate to others and situations in their adult lives is shaped by family experiences during infancy.
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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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The psychologist who helped to devise therapeutic techniques for children was
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  • Melanie Klein
  • Otto Rank
  • Anna Freud

Question 17

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The idea of a transitional (comfort) object was developed by
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  • DW Winnicott
  • Karen Horney
  • Anna Freud

Question 18

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Which defense mechanism is defined by "making excuses"?
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  • depersonalization
  • rationalization
  • reaction formation

Question 19

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Dissociation is an example of what kind of defense mechanism
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  • neurotic
  • pathological
  • immature

Question 20

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Somatization refers to the transformation of uncomfortable feelings towards others into uncomfortable feelings toward oneself: pain, illness, and anxiety.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Broca's area refers to
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  • The region of the brain that translates thoughts into speech or sign
  • The region of the brain that helps to process and sort through an overwhelming amount of stimuli
  • The region of the brain that works to regulate behavior

Question 22

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Flooding refers to
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  • a treatment technique for phobias.
  • a treatment technique for reality testing.
  • a treatment technique for impulsive behaviors.

Question 23

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The concept of unconditional positive regard was developed by which humanistic psychologist?
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  • Albert Ellis
  • Carl Rogers
  • Albert Bandura

Question 24

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The O is SOAP refers to
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  • openness
  • objective data
  • observation

Question 25

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Dichotomous thinking refers to thinking that is
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  • all or nothing
  • integrative
  • solution-focused

Question 26

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Munchausen Syndrome is an example of a _________________________ disorder.
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  • psychotic
  • anxiety
  • factitious

Question 27

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Buspar (buspirone) is an example of what kind of medication?
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  • antidepressant
  • antipsychotic
  • antianxiety

Question 28

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____________________________ refers to potentially maladaptive feelings or behaviors that are diverted into socially acceptable, adaptive channels.
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  • Sublimation
  • Substitution
  • Splitting

Question 29

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Authoritative parenting is more _______________________ than authoritarian parenting.
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  • responsive and democratic
  • geared towards punishment
  • focused on rules and consequences

Question 30

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The highest needs in Maslow's hierarchy are related to social needs such as love and belonging.
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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Concrete operations refers to the period of ages _____________________ .
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  • 5-9
  • 7-11
  • 11-21

Question 32

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Sensorimotor development occurs before the age of 2.
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  • True
  • False

Question 33

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The latency period begins at puberty.
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  • True
  • False

Question 34

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Elavil (amitriptyline) is an example of what kind of medication?
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  • SSRI
  • tricyclic
  • MAOI

Question 35

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Tourette's is an example of what kind of disorder?
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  • conduct
  • motor
  • communication

Question 36

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Haldol (haloperidol) is an example of an atypical antipsychotic.
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  • True
  • False

Question 37

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Which medication is not consider to be a mood stabilizer?
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  • Lamictal
  • Tegretol
  • Luvox

Question 38

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Which is not a criteria for major depressive disorder?
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  • insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day
  • fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day
  • increased alcohol or drug use

Question 39

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Psychogenic refers to something that originates from the
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  • central nervous system
  • brain
  • autonomic nervous system

Question 40

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______________________ refers to any disease with unknown pathogenesis or apparently spontaneous origin.
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  • Idiopathy
  • Cancer
  • Functional illness

Question 41

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A placebo is an inert substance or form of therapy that creates a beneficial response in a patient.
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  • True
  • False

Question 42

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The first stage of Kohlberg's moral development theory is
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  • preconventional morality
  • conventional morality
  • postconventional morality

Question 43

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Psychoanalytic theory suggests that a(n) ____________________________ can result in problems with drinking, eating, smoking, or nail biting.
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  • oral fixation
  • oral problems such as swallowing
  • feeding problem in the first year

Question 44

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During the __________________ period sexual feelings and impulses (libido) are suppressed.
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  • anal
  • genital
  • latent

Question 45

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The ____________________________ is the component of personality composed of our internalized ideals that we have acquired from our parents and from society.
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  • superego
  • id
  • ego

Question 46

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What word describes the concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea, or object?
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  • apoplexy
  • cathexis
  • catharsis

Question 47

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The __________________________ theory in social work is a practice-guiding principle that highlights the importance of understanding an individual and individual behavior in light of the environmental contexts in which that person lives and acts.
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  • person-in-environment
  • family systems
  • family interaction

Question 48

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Persistent depressive disorder is also know as __________________________.
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  • dysthymia
  • rapid-cycling bipolar disorder
  • melancholia

Question 49

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Which of the following would not be a medication used to treat major depressive disorder?
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  • Elavil
  • Clozaril
  • Luvox

Question 50

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Agranulocytosis is a serious but rare condition that may result from the use of which atypical antipsychotic?
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  • Clozaril
  • Seroquel
  • Abilify

Question 51

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Which of the following would not be considered a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
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  • social withdrawal
  • depression
  • lack of REM sleep
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