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University of California, San Diego PSYC 124 Quiz 5 1)In schizophrenia, symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech (e

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University of California, San Diego

PSYC 124

Quiz 5

1)In schizophrenia, symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech (e.g. incoherence), and grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior are referred to as:

A.            Mediating symptoms

B.            Positive symptoms

C.            Negative symptoms

D.            Catastrophic symptoms

2.            In schizophrenia, when an individual believes they are someone with fame or power, this is referred to as:

A.            Word salad

B.            Delusions of control

C.            Nihilistic delusions

D.            Delusions of grandeur

3.            The prefrontal cortex plays an important role in many cognitive processes. The most important process and that most relevant to the development of schizophrenia is          .

A.            Executive functioning

B.            Visuospatial awareness

C.            Prospective memory

D.            Sociocultural relatedness

4.            When an individual displays symptom that meet the criteria for schizophrenia, but where there is also a significant mood episode reflecting either depression or mania that are present for the majority of the duration of the illness, that individual most likely would be diagnosed with:

A.            Schizophreniform disorder

 

B.            Substance-induced bipolar disorder with psychotic features

C.            Delusional disorder

D.            Schizoaffective disorder

5.            The slow deterioration of normal functioning before a diagnosis of schizophrenia is known as the                stage.

A.            Remission

B.            Residual

C.            Prodromal

D.            Active

6.            What is the diathesis-stress approach to understand psychosis?

A.            Psychosis is thought to be caused by a combination of genetically-inherited biological factors and environmental stress

B.            Psychosis is thought to be caused by a combination of gender and environmental stress

C.            Psychosis is thought to be caused by a combination of intelligence and life stress

D.            Psychosis is thought to be caused by a combination of low self-esteem and environmental stress

7.            One study design that allows researchers to determine the heritability of schizophrenia, while controlling for growing up in a shared environmental involves examining:

A.            Monozygotic twins living together

B.            Fraternal twins living together

C.            Adopted parents and offsprings living together

D.            Mothers and their biological children raised in adopted homes by non-biological parents

8.            Research suggests that information processing biases may be involved in the development of persecutory delusions. Which of the following factors are important in contributing to the development of cognitive biases involved in persecutory ideation?

A.            Anomalous experiences

B.            Anxiety, depression, and worry that would normally cause a bias towards negative thinking and threatening interpretations of events

C.            Reasoning biases on the part of the individual which lead them to seek confirmatory evidence for their persecutory interpretations rather than question them

D.            All of the above

9.            Which of the following statements describes the double-bind hypothesis in schizophrenia?

A.            Both parents actively encourage the individual to remain childlike and dependant

B.            A mother may both request and repel displays of affection

C.            A mother may demand excessive public displays of affection

D.            A mother may repel all displays of affection

10.          Cognitive-behavioral therapy for psychosis attempts to challenge the individual’s interpretation of:

A.            Their hallucinations

B.            Dreams

C.            Their personal hygiene

D.            Dysfunctional attributions