How do cognitive factors affect the onset and maintenance of social phobia? Explain and provide 3 specific examples to
illustrate your understanding.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2Studies of family concordance patterns for schizophrenia have found
A) such strong correspondence between gene-sharing and diagnosis that environmental factors have
been ruled out.
B) little evidence of increased concordance with increased gene-sharing.
C) that the more genetically related you are to someone with schizophrenia, the greater your risk of the
disorder.
D) strong correspondence between gene-sharing and diagnosis but only for males.
Question 3What is the major difference between a diagnosis of undifferentiated schizophrenia and schizophreniform
disorder?
A) the duration of symptoms
B) the presence of delusions and hallucinations
C) the age of the person when they develop the disorder
D) the degree of emotional instability and disconnection from other people
Question 4Individuals with delusional disorder differ from those with schizophrenia in that
A) their delusions are not well-formed. B) they behave relatively normally.
C) they know their delusions are delusions. D) they rarely act on their delusions.
Question 5The Danish adoption studies have been criticized for
A) only studying males.
B) not confirming the family history of the subjects.
C) not treating the subjects found to have schizophrenia.
D) not assessing the child-rearing environments of the index and control groups.
Question 6Which of the following statements most clearly summarizes our understanding of schizophrenia?
A) The role of genes in schizophrenia is well-established.
B) Schizophrenia is one of the few psychological disorders that is most effectively treated with
medication.
C) While much is known about the causes of schizophrenia, there are many questions still to be
answered.
D) The relative influence of nature and nurture has been established.
Question 7Today there is a growing recognition of the fact that
A) cognitive factors determine the course of both psychological and biological disorders.
B) behavioral and biological factors interact to determine health.
C) all psychological disorders have a clearly defined biological basis.
D) it is unlikely we will ever be able to determine the causes of psychological disorders.