In a recent study of instant messaging and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), children with ADHD were more likely to IM statements that were __________ than were children without ADHD.
a) hostile and off the topic
b) hostile and nonsensical
c) friendly and nonsensical
d) friendly and off the topic
Question 2Jill is seeking treatment for depression, which started after she ended a long-term relationship. Which of the following would be a global depressive attribution she might make?
a) My relationships end badly because I get jealous and I drive them away.
b) There must be something wrong with me, because I always attract people who are wrong for me.
c) Sometimes I feel there is something the matter with me. Maybe, I am not pretty enough.
d) My next relationship will likely be better.
Question 3A historian is writing a biography of Abraham Lincoln. He describes the symptoms Lincoln suffered during his life and asks your opinion on the most likely diagnosis. What would you respond?
a) depression
b) cyclothymia
c) schizophrenia
d) avoidant personality disorder
Question 4What is the current status of chronic fatigue syndrome?
a) It is not yet an official diagnostic category.
b) It is listed as a somatoform disorder in DSM.
c) It is listed as a provisional disorder in the current DSM.
d) It is listed as a psychophysiological disorder in most diagnostic classifications.
Question 5How did E. M. Jellinek, the founder of the modern study of alcoholism, view alcoholism?
a) a sign of moral degeneracy
b) a permanent, irreversible condition
c) a psychological, not physical, addiction
d) a long lasting, but not permanent condition
Question 6Studies of children whose mothers had schizophrenia but were raised by adopted parents indicate
a) that there is not a strong genetic factor in the development of schizophrenia.
b) that there is a strong genetic factor in the development of schizophrenia.
c) that children who were adopted into homes with low EE were more likely to develop schizophrenia.
d) These studies have been inconclusive.
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