A large U.S. study of 80,000 students was conducted by the American College of Health Association (ACHA; 2009). What did students report regarding their health status?
a) Overall, 66 of students listed their general health as excellent or very good.
b) Overall, 27 of students listed their general health as excellent or very good.
c) Overall, 7 of students listed their general health as fair or poor.
d) A and C only
Question 2Dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia:
a) Are two entirely different disorders.
b) Are synonyms.
c) Are very similar; the schizophrenic has two personalities, while the person with dissociative identity disorder has three or more.
d) Are similar in that both involve a split between cognition and emotion.
Question 3Which of the following factors is an example of a diathesis according to the diathesis-stress model?
a) A genetic predisposition for schizophrenia.
b) Socio-cultural pressure to be thin for eating disorders.
c) Negative cognitive set for depression.
d) All of the above.
Question 4Compared to DSM-II, the later DSMs _____________ the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
a) eliminated
b) added
c) narrowed
d) broadened
Question 5According to learned helplessness theory, following a failure on an important exam, which of the following explanations for the failure is most likely to lead to depression?
a) This teacher doesn't like me.
b) I am stupid.
c) I was in a bad mood on the day of the test.
d) I did not study hard enough.
Question 6Connolly and D'Arcy argue that the use of _______________ in assessment has several advantages when assessing patients who lack communication ability.
a) cognitive ERP
b) non-verbal subtests from WISC-III or WAIS-III
c) Halstead-Reitan battery
d) electrodermal responding
Question 7Canadian comedian Howie Mandel refuses to shake hands with people he meets because of fears of being contaminated. Howie suffers from:
a) Hypochondriasis
b) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
c) Agoraphobia
d) Social phobia
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