PSY 11 – Fall 2016 NAME: ___________________________
Sections D01, B01, B03 & D14Q Quiz # 6: Take-Home due BY Friday, December 16th
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1. The main difference between Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder is that:
a) Major Depressive Disorder is more common in teens and Bipolar Disorder is more common in middle-aged adults.
b) Major Depressive Disorder is more common in men and Bipolar Disorder is more common in women.
c) Major Depressive Disorder is not linked to any time of year, but Bipolar Disorder appears during the winter months.
d) Major Depressive Disorder consists of at least two weeks of depressive symptoms, but Bipolar Disorder is Major Depressive Disorder with a Manic phase at another time in the person’s life.
2. When Alan gets bored, he slashes the tires of cars in the neighborhood. He used to torture his dog but now he likes to beat up the younger kids on his block instead. Alan may have:
a) Schizophrenia c) Dissociative Identity Disorder
b) Bipolar Disorder d) Antisocial Personality Disorder
3. Nadia has a nervous habit of constantly washing her hands. She wants to get help from a therapist because she can’t sit at her desk for long enough to get any work done. Nadia may have this disorder:
a) Schizophrenia b) Mania c) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder d) Generalized Anxiety Disorder
For Questions 4 – 7, based on your knowledge of the perspectives covered this semester, please match the perspective on the left with its “talk-therapy” focus on the right:
4. Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic a) changing a person’s specific actions and habits.
5. Behaviorist b) helping people to self-actualize and reach full potential.
6. Humanist c) changing maladaptive ways of thinking and feeling.
7. Cognitive d) revealing unconscious conflicts about relationships.
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For questions 8- 10, please match the type of medication at left to the way it works at right:
8. Antidepressant a) block dopamine receptors in order to reduce paranoia and thrill-seeking behaviors.
9. Antianxiety b) balance reuptake of serotonin, so that neurons can absorb it from the synapses.
10. Antipsychotic c) reduce the activation of the hypothalamus and the sympathetic nervous system.
For the following, please enter “True” or “False” (T/F):
11. _____ The difference between a “hallucination” and a “delusion” is that hallucinations are false
perceptions without actual sensory stimuli, while delusions are false beliefs of specialness or
persecution.
12. _____ The “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” has been revised in recent
decades to reflect changes in both social attitudes and scientific research.
13. _____ Phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders and panic attacks are types of all mood disorders.
14. _____ Hearing voices, seeing things that are not there, or believing that one is being chased by
demons or given special powers, are all symptoms of anxiety disorder.
15. _____ In schizophrenia, “positive” symptoms are considered pleasant but “negative” symptoms are
considered unpleasant for the person who has them.
16. _____ People with bipolar disorder usually have mood swings every few hours or days.
17. _____ Antisocial Personality Disorder is when a person avoids contact with other people.
18. _____ Dissociative Identity Disorder is a very common reaction to stressful traumas.
19. _____ Clinical psychologists are medical doctors who can prescribe drugs, while psychiatrists are
PhD’s with more extensive training in “talk therapies.”
20. _____ Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is, in the 21st century, used as a safe and effective
treatment for very severe depression after no other treatments have worked, and if the
person understands that a possible side-effect might be some loss of long-term memory.
