Kraepelin used the term praecox to convey that schizophrenia typically develops early in life. The ...

Kraepelin used the term praecox to convey that schizophrenia typically develops early in life. The actual
  age of onset of the condition
  _
 
  A) typically is during the mid-forties.
  B) typically is during the mid-twenties.
  C) typically is during the early teenage years.
  D) typically is during the mid-thirties.

Question 2

What type of behavioral therapy is most likely to be used in the treatment of child with an anxiety
  disorder?
 
  A) A combination of Ritalin and family therapy.
  B) Behavior therapy that includes assertiveness training and desensitization using graded real-life
  situations.
  C) A group therapy in which anxious children are taught to ignore their anxious feelings.
  D) Behavior therapy that includes a generalized desensitization to fearful situations using Ruthanne's
  imagination to picture these situations.

Question 3

When Bleuler coined the term schizophrenia the kind of split he believed was central to the disorder was
 
  A) an inability to make an intimate connection with other people.
  B) a divergence between the person's chronological age and their intellectual performance.
  C) a break with reality.
  D) a division of personality within the person.

Question 4

One problem with Kraepelin's use of the term dementia praecox is that
 
  A) it assumed that progressive deterioration of the brain is a universal feature of the disorder.
  B) it assumed that what we call schizophrenia only occurred in elderly patients.
  C) it assumed the intellectual functioning of patients remained constant even as their bodies aged.
  D) it was actually describing Alzheimer's dementia, not schizophrenia.

Question 5

Evidence that culture plays a role in the development of childhood anxiety disorders comes from the fact
  that
 
  A) children from cultures that favor independence report more fears.
  B) children from cultures that favor inhibition and compliance report more fears.
  C) overanxious children rarely have overanxious parents.
  D) African American children rarely show symptoms of PTSD.

Question 6

Childhood anxiety disorders are associated with each of the following factors EXCEPT
 
  A) an unusual constitutional sensitivity.
  B) maladaptive learning from an overprotective parent.
  C) a deficit in conditionability to aversive stimuli.
  D) moving to a new school.