Question 1

If you think the radio announcer is talking directly and personally to you and to you alone, this is a delusion of _____.

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Question 2

One positive symptom of schizophrenia is _____.

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Question 3

Schizophrenia is found in all socioeconomic classes. However, it is MOST likely to be found in someone from a:

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A)   lower socioeconomic level.
B)   middle socioeconomic level.
C)   professional socioeconomic level.
D)   privileged (wealthy)  socioeconomic level.

Question 4

Rosa is sure that her family is planning to kidnap her and take her inheritance. She has found her husband talking on the phone in whispers and seen her children looking at her strangely. Rosa is MOST likely suffering from:

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A)   delusions of grandeur.
B)   delusions of reference.
C)   delusions of control.
D)   delusions of persecution.

Question 5

Those with schizophrenia who are unable to recognize other people's needs and emotions and who also distance themselves from reality are displaying:

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A)   poverty of speech.
B)   blunted or flat affect.
C)   loss of volition.
D)   social withdrawal.

Question 6

Which statement is true of the prevalence of schizophrenia in men and women?

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A)   Men are usually diagnosed with schizophrenia before the age of 15, while women are usually diagnosed after the age of 30.
B)   Men are diagnosed with schizophrenia far more often than are women.
C)   Equal numbers of men and women receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
D)   Women tend to have much higher rates of schizophrenia, which is theoretically related to the higher levels of estrogen in their blood.

Question 7

The famous clinical theorist _____ argued that schizophrenia is actually a constructive process in which people try to cure themselves of the confusion and unhappiness caused by their social environments.

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A)   R. D. Laing
B)   Drew Stauter
C)   Emil Kraepelin
D)   Stefan Friedemann

Question 8

Schizophrenia researchers have been:

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A)   about equally successful in identifying biological and psychological origins of schizophrenia.
B)   more successful in identifying biological origins than psychological origins of schizophrenia.
C)   more successful in identifying psychological origins than biological origins of schizophrenia.
D)   frustratingly unsuccessful in identifying either biological or psychological origins of schizophrenia.

Question 9

David Rosenhan (1973)  sent eight normal people to various psychiatric hospitals. All eight complained of hearing voices that said "empty," "hollow," and "thud." After being admitted to one of the hospitals, each person acted normally, yet all were diagnosed as having schizophrenia. One of the conclusions from this study is that:

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A)   clinicians are unable to detect "real" schizophrenia.
B)   the expectations produced by labeling can alter perception.
C)   hospitals can produce schizophrenic behavior in normal people.
D)   auditory hallucinations are sufficient for a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Question 10

Those with schizophrenia who remain standing for hours and resist efforts to be moved are experiencing:

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A)   catatonic stupor.
B)   catatonic excitement.
C)   catatonic rigidity.
D)   catatonic posturing.

Question 11

Downward drift is BEST reflected in which statement?

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A)   Poverty and social disruption cause schizophrenia.
B)   Schizophrenia causes people to fall into poverty and social disruption.
C)   Genetic factors cause both schizophrenia and poverty.
D)   Schizophrenia causes marital disruption, which causes poverty.

Question 12

A mother experiences "baby blues" shortly after delivering a child. The chances that she later will develop postpartum psychosis are closest to:

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A)   1 in 2.
B)   1 in 10.
C)   1 in 100.
D)   1 in 1,000.

Question 13

According to Freudian psychodynamic interpretation, people who develop schizophrenia regress to a state of:

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A)   secondary denial.
B)   primary narcissism.
C)   primary process thought.
D)   secondary thought processing.

Question 14

Why are people who take medication for schizophrenia often given medication that helps control shaking and tremors?

Accepted Answer

A)   Schizophrenia often leads to the development of Parkinsonism.
B)   Medication used to treat schizophrenia leads to Parkinson-like symptoms.
C)   Dopamine is used to treat both schizophrenia and Parkinsonism.
D)   Too little or too much dopamine (an imbalance)  leads to Parkinsonism and schizophrenia.

Question 15

People with schizophrenia who wave their arms around in wild motions and make kicking motions with their legs are experiencing:

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A)   catatonic stupor.
B)   catatonic excitement.
C)   catatonic rigidity.
D)   catatonic posturing.

Question 16

A person with schizophrenia who is experiencing anhedonia is displaying:

Accepted Answer

A)   poverty of speech.
B)   blunted or flat affect.
C)   loss of volition.
D)   social withdrawal.

Question 17

The psychomotor symptoms for schizophrenia may take certain extreme forms, collectively called:

Accepted Answer

A)   hebephrenia.
B)   catatonia.
C)   alogia.
D)   progromia.

Question 18

People with schizophrenia experience _____, a loss of contact with reality.

Accepted Answer

A)   anxiety
B)   neurosis
C)   depression
D)   psychosis

Question 19

The data from studies of the biological and adoptive parents of children who receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia as adults show that the concordance rate of schizophrenia with biological relatives is:

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A)   lower than with adoptive relatives.
B)   higher than with adoptive relatives.
C)   a direct function of the age at adoption.
D)   equally low with both biological and adoptive relatives.

Question 20

_____ are the most common formal thought disorders experienced by people suffering from schizophrenia.

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A)   Clang
B)   Neologisms
C)   Loose associations
D)   Perseveration

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Those with schizophrenia who are unable to recognize other people's needs and emotions and who also distance themselves from reality are displaying:

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The data from studies of the biological and adoptive parents of children who receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia as adults show that the concordance rate of schizophrenia with biological relatives is:

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A mother experiences "baby blues" shortly after delivering a child. The chances that she later will develop postpartum psychosis are closest to:

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Schizophrenia is found in all socioeconomic classes. However, it is MOST likely to be found in someone from a:

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According to Freudian psychodynamic interpretation, people who develop schizophrenia regress to a state of:

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Why are people who take medication for schizophrenia often given medication that helps control shaking and tremors?

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Which statement is true of the prevalence of schizophrenia in men and women?

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The psychomotor symptoms for schizophrenia may take certain extreme forms, collectively called:

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