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Chapter 1   Defining abnormal behaviour

  1. Who first classified abnormal behaviour as being an imbalance of mind and body as opposed to possession by evil spirits?
    1. Plato
    2. Aristotle
    3. Hippocrates
    4. Pineal

  2. The publication of the malleus maleficarum was responsible for:
    1. reform in the care and treatment of mental illness
    2. the decree to identify and exterminate anyone in league with the devil
    3. scientific experiments to determine the cause of mental illness
    4. the idea that heredity and environment were factors in mental illness
  1. The Renaissance period was a resurgence of:
    1. the humanistic movement
    2. the humanitarian movement
    3. the reformation movement
    4. the resurgence movement

  2. The asylum movement is best represented in history by:
    1. the Bethlem Royal Hospital
    2. the Yorkshire Asylum
    3. the London Royal Hospital
    4. the William Tuke asylum
  1. Which medication was first used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders?
    1. Phenalizine
    2. Thorazine
    3. Lithium
    4. Prozac
  2. Which humanistic psychologist defined mental health as an individual’s life goal toward self-actualization and self-fulfilment?
    1. Carl Rogers
    2. Abraham Maslow
    3. Sigmund Freud
    4. Philippe Pineal
  1. Humanistic psychologists proposed that individuals have various resistances to stress. Which of the following is NOT one of those?
    1. Maturity
    2. Resistance
    3. Competence
    4. Efficiency
  1. In terms of an operational point of view in defining mental illness, which of the following is  NOT part of that definition?
    1. Exposure to psychiatric treatment
    2. Individual sensing abnormality seeking assistance
    3. Dysfunctional behaviour
    4. Self-actualization
  1. Which of the following is NOT an issue with the medical definition of abnormal behaviour?
    1. Cannot be detected in the early stages
    2. Designation of what symptoms are related to which disorders
    3. Categories are related to the reactions of others and social norms
    4. Disorders have a biological foundation
  1. Why is it important to classify abnormal behaviour?
    1. Decisions can be made in terms of treatment
    2. We can follow the progression of an illness
    3. Each disorder would have to be evaluated every time
    4. Unstandardized treatment

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1: b
2: b
3: a
4: a
5: c
6: b
7: d
8: d
9: c
10: d

Chapter 2  Models of abnormal behaviour

  1. Which of the following individuals is not considered part of the psychoanalytic model?
    1. Carl Jung
    2. Harry Stack Sullivan
    3. Alfred Adler
    4. Carl Rogers

  2. The standards of society occur in three stages. Which of the following is NOT one of the stages?
    1. Learning to respect the social rules
    2. Becoming a member of several subgroups of that society
    3. Behaving independently in accordance with society’s rules
    4. Creating a society for changes to the culture
  1. Anomie occurs because:
    1. social norms are no longer shared
    2. rules guiding behaviour are not written
    3. anarchy happens to groups
    4. culture can impact and make changes

  2. In the sociocultural model what is associated with psychopathology?
    1. Alienation
    2. Anarchy
    3. Anomie
    4. Androgyny
  1. Bandura’s social-learning view relies heavily on:
    1. classical conditioning
    2. instrumental conditioning
    3. behavioural repetition
    4. trial-and-error learning

  2. The electroencephalogram measures:
    1. evoked responses
    2. electrical activity
    3. ectodermic histology
    4. eye-cortical response

 

  1. The contingent negative variation is a form of:
    1. cortical response
    2. EEG
    3. ectodermic histology
    4. galvanized skin response

  1. What are the peripheral measures of the autonomic nervous system called?
    1. Galvanized skin response
    2. EEG
    3. Cortical response
    4. Evoked responses

 

  1. Which of the following is not a concept of the existential view :
    1. an individual has a unique pattern of potentialities
    2. a person must become self-aware
    3. one must accept the discomfort of non-being to find meaning
    4. religion allows one a belief system

  2. The adoption of a model by a society:
    1. decreases the resistance to other views/models
    2. increases the resistance to other views/models
    3. doesn’t change anything to other views/models
    4. allows for multiple models to be applied

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1: d
2: d
3: a
4: c
5: b
6: b
7: a
8: a
9: d
10:

Chapter 3   Psychology of disorders

  1. The individual who helped change mental health in the early 1900s was:
    1. Freud
    2. Beers
    3. Durkheim
    4. Rogers
  1. Which of the following is one of the two incorrect assumptions concerning care in the community?
    1. Physicians will be able to distinguish mental illness
    2. The government is able to integrate programs
    3. All mental illness is similar
    4. Mental health is better treated by out-patient hospitals

 

  1. According to statistics which of the following individuals is at the highest risk of suicide?
    1. 15-year-old male
    2. 22-year-old female
    3. 69-year-old male
    4. 55-year-old female
  1. Gender differences in suicide risk appears to mask the underlying factors. What is the most likely reason for this?
    1. Children in the home
    2. Employment factors
    3. Marital relationships
    4. Terminal illnesses

 

  1. Rational suicides are defined by:
    1. terminal illness
    2. loss of friends and family
    3. alcohol and/or drug abuse
    4. mood disorders
  1. Which perspective believes that suicide is anger turned inward?
    1. Psychodynamic
    2. Existential
    3. Humanistic
    4. Sociocultural

 

  1. Which perspective believes that suicide is a result of loss of identity and lack of social bonds?
    1. Psychodynamic
    2. Existential
    3. Humanistic
    4. Sociocultural
  1. What is the most important factor in psychological hardiness?
    1. Challenges in life
    2. Courage to face problems
    3. Commitment
    4. Control

 

  1. Which individual believed that the stress response was non-specific?
    1. Selye
    2. Cannon
    3. Maslow
    4. Ormat
  1. Which of the following is a psychological risk factor for suicide?
    1. Negative experiences in the family
    2. Rigid dichotomous thinking
    3. Depression
    4. Gender

 

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1: b
2: a
3: a
4: a
5: a
6: a
7: d
8: d
9: a
10: c

Chapter 4   Physiology of abnormal behaviour

  1. The first brain surgeries were conducted on:
    1. cats
    2. dogs
    3. humans
    4. monkeys
  2. Which of the following performed thousands of unnecessary lobotomies?
    1. Freeman
    2. Moniz
    3. Golz
    4. Jacobsen
  1. The nervous system is divided into two systems. Which of the following is one of those systems?
    1. Central nervous system
    2. Motor nervous system
    3. Sensory nervous system
    4. Mechanical nervous system

  2. The peripheral nervous system is divided into:
    1. three parts
    2. is not divided
    3. four parts
    4. two parts
  1. Ninety per centof the cells of the brain are made up of:
    1. neurons
    2. glial
    3. motor
    4. golgi
  2. Chromosomes are located in the:
    1. dendrites
    2. terminal buttons
    3. nucleus
    4. axon
  1. The membrane potential also called the resting potential has a voltage of:
    1. 70mV
    2. 100mV
    3. -70mV
    4. -100mV
  2. The cell membrane permits a slight flow of sodium and potassium but is more permeable to:
    1. potassium
    2. sodium
    3. chloride
    4. calcium

 

  1. The Sodium-potassium pump is a:
    1. mechanical pump
    2. chemical reaction
    3. fahrenheit reaction
    4. industrial pump

  2. The all-or-none law is supplemented by:
    1. movement law
    2. potential law
    3. package and store law
    4. rate law

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1: b
2: a
3: a
4: d
5: b
6: c
7: c
8: a
9: b
9: d
10: c 10: d

Chapter 5   Genetics and environmental factors

  1. The idea of ‘blending inheritance’ was hypothesized by:
    1. Darwin
    2. Regneir de Graaf
    3. Aristotle
    4. Mendel

  2. Mendel found that dominant and recessive traits appeared in constant proportions of about:
    1. 1 to 1
    2. 2 to 1
    3. 3 to 1
    4. 4 to 1

 

  1. When the genes of a gene pair are the same the organism is said to be:
    1. homozygous
    2. heterozygous
    3. homoalleles
    4. Heteroalleles

  2. The outward appearance of a gene is called a:
    1. phenotype
    2. genotype
    3. allelle
    4. gene pair

 

  1. Mitochondrial DNA has been implicated in cognitive disorders and is inherited from:
    1. father only
    2. mother only
    3. both parents
    4. neither parent and is not inherited

  2. Traits that are controlled by genes on the X chromosome and are recessive occurs more frequently in:
    1. males
    2. females
    3. equally in either gender
    4. gender doesn’t matter

 

  1. There are four nucleotide bases. Which of the following is NOT one of those bases?
    1. Guanine
    2. Cytosine
    3. Adenine
    4. Thyroxine

  2. Jan and Oliver are both carriers of cystic fibrosis although they do not have the disease themselves. What is the chance that their first child will have cystic fibrosis?
    1. 100%
    2. 0%
    3. 50%
    4. 25%

 

  1. What is the chance that Jan and Oliver’s second child will have cystic fibrosis?
    1. 100%
    2. 0%
    3. 50%
    4. 25%

  2. Huntington’s disease is a dominant single gene disorder. Sue has Huntington’s disease, but her partner George does not. If they have a child what is the chance that their child will also have Huntington’s disease?
    1. 100%
    2. 0%
    3. 50%
    4. 25%

 

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1: c
2: d
3: a
4: a
5: b
6: a
7: d
8: c
9: d
10: c

Chapter 6   Assessment, diagnosis, research methods and ethics

  1. Who is credited with developing the first systematic system of mental disorders?
    1. Freud
    2. Aristotle
    3. Kraepelin
    4. Walters

  2. What is the underlying premise for the medical model?
    1. People are susceptible
    2. There is an underlying cause to every illness
    3. Treatment is always in the form of medication
    4. Medical and psychological illnesses are similar

 

  1. The medical model of classification incorporates a method that:
    1. eliminates possibilities before arriving at the conclusion
    2. expands classification systems
    3. utilizes a narrow system of information
    4. relies on a time-frame analysis

  2. There are four reasons for categorizing and diagnosing mental disorders. Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?
    1. Organization of information
    2. Communication among professionals
    3. Categorize individuals and disease models
    4. Reduce undesirable variability

 

  1. The DSM multiaxial approach is based on five different aspects. What is Axis III used for?
    1. Major psychiatric disorders
    2. Personality disorders and specific developmental disorders
    3. Level of overall functioning of the individual
    4. Classification of general medical conditions

  2. When should assessments never be used in order to form a diagnosis?
    1. When the clinician believes there might be a physiological problem
    2. When there are drugs involved
    3. In isolation to rule out a problem
    4. If the diagnosis is extremely difficult

 

  1. Which of the following is NOT information about an individual’s personality:
    1. trait
    2. situational
    3. interactional
    4. constitutional

  2. What level of qualifications must you have in order to do medical research?
    1. Medical degree
    2. Medical certificate
    3. All of the above
    4. None of the above

 

  1. Terry Markum has designed a programme to help severely psychotic individuals in a group home. She intends to have all the participants sign a consent form. Would this research be?
    1. Unethical
    2. Ethical
    3. Ethical with restrictions
    4. It depends on the type of programme

  2. Which of the following individuals are at the highest risk for research and are the most vulnerable?
    1. 16-year-old male in a locked facility
    2. 37-year-old female with four young children
    3. 69-year-old Asian women in a care facility
    4. 10-year-old female living at home

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1: c
2: b
3: a
4: c
5: d
6: c
7: d
8: d
9: a
10: c

Chapter 7  Child development and abnormal psychology

  1. Which of the following is NOT an element of dysfunctional cognitions?
    1. Intellectual potential
    2. Developmental norms
    3. Degree of impairment
    4. Categories of dysfunction

  2. Buss and Plomin (1975) as well as others believe that there are four basic innate temperaments. Which of the following is NOT considered one of the four?
    1. Activity
    2. Emotionality
    3. Sociability
    4. Mobility

 

  1. Harry Harlow’s research with baby monkeys proved:
    1. tactile stimulation was important in development
    2. monkeys raised with a wire-mesh mother had a better sense of security
    3. monkeys raised with a terry-cloth mother exhibited avoidance
    4. tactile stimulation wasn’t important in development as long as food was available

  2. In psychoanalytic theory, which is considered the ‘pleasure seeker’?
    1. Id
    2. Ego
    3. Super ego
    4. Super id

 

  1. Which system is in charge of morality?
    1. Id
    2. Ego
    3. Super ego
    4. Super id

  2. Which system is in charge of cognitive and intellectual functioning?
    1. Id
    2. Ego
    3. Super ego
    4. Super id

 

  1. What system did Erikson place a greater emphasis on?
    1. Id
    2. Ego
    3. Super ego
    4. Super id

  2. Which of Erickson’s stages emphasized the task of establishing intimate relationships?
    1. Fidelity
    2. Love
    3. Care
    4. Wisdom

 

  1. Which of Erikson’s stages emphasized the task of mastering new skills and work habits?
    1. Will
    2. Purpose
    3. Competence
    4. Fidelity

  2. Erickson had _____ stages of development compared to Freud’s ____.
    1. 10 and 5
    2. 8 and 5
    3. 8 and 6
    4. 10 and 6

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1: d
2: d
3: a
4: a
5: c
6: b
7: b
8: b
9: c 10: b

Chapter 8   Child disorders and psychopathology

  1. Child psychology began with which individual:
    1. Alfred Adler
    2. G. Stanley Hall
    3. Sigmund Freud
    4. Scott Kimbell

  2. Little Hans was an individual that Freud used to support his theories on infantile sexuality. What was little Han’s phobia?
    1. Fear of cats
    2. Fear of dogs
    3. Fear of horses
    4. Fear of punishment

 

  1. What is one of the most important targets of treatment for a bulimic?
    1. To stop abusing laxatives
    2. To identify the triggering mechanisms
    3. To maintain normal weight
    4. To stop purging behaviour

  2. Melanie Klein and Anna Freud changed what psychoanalytic tool to be used with children?
    1. Projective tests
    2. Free association
    3. Dreams interpretation
    4. Psychosexual urges

 

  1. A child whose IQ test performance is matched with their chronological age is considered:
    1. below average
    2. average
    3. above average
    4. slightly below average

  2. Which of the following symptoms are often found in autism?
    1. Above average intellectual skills
    2. Below average intellectual skill
    3. High social skills
    4. High communication skills

 

  1. What are the differences between childhood disintegrative disorder and autism?
    1. Age of onset
    2. Deterioration continues to progress
    3. Language difficulties
    4. Mental retardation

  2. What are the differences between Rett’s disorder and autism?
    1. Language difficulties
    2. Mental retardation
    3. Social difficulties
    4. Repetitive movements

 

  1. Which of the behaviours would NOT be classified as conduct disorder?
    1. Torturing animals
    2. Assault
    3. Pushing other children down and laughing
    4. Arguing with parents

  2. Pica is a disorder that involves:
    1. lack of social skills
    2. eating unnatural substances
    3. uncontrolled eating
    4. lack of communication skills

 

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1: b
2: c
3: b
4: b
5: b
6: b
7: b
8: b
9: d
10: b

Chapter 9   Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

  1. Child psychology began with which individual:
    1. Alfred Adler
    2. G. Stanley Hall
    3. Sigmund Freud
    4. Scott Kimbell

  2. Little Hans was an individual that Freud used to support his theories on infantile sexuality. What was little Han’s phobia?
    1. Fear of cats
    2. Fear of dogs
    3. Fear of horses
    4. Fear of punishment

  3. What is one of the most important targets of treatment for a bulimic?
    1. To stop abusing laxatives
    2. To identify the triggering mechanisms
    3. To maintain normal weight
    4. To stop purging behaviour

  4. Melanie Klein and Anna Freud changed what psychoanalytic tool to be used with children?
    1. Projective tests
    2. Free association
    3. Dreams interpretation
    4. Psychosexual urges

  5. A child whose IQ test performance is matched with their chronological age is considered:
    1. below average
    2. average
    3. above average
    4. slightly below average

  6. Which of the following symptoms are often found in autism?
    1. Above average intellectual skills
    2. Below average intellectual skill
    3. High social skills
    4. High communication skills

  7. What are the differences between childhood disintegrative disorder and autism?
    1. Age of onset
    2. Deterioration continues to progress
    3. Language difficulties
    4. Mental retardation

  8. What are the differences between Rett’s disorder and autism?
    1. Language difficulties
    2. Mental retardation
    3. Social difficulties
    4. Repetitive movements

  9. Which of the behaviours would NOT be classified as conduct disorder?
    1. Torturing animals
    2. Assault
    3. Pushing other children down and laughing
    4. Arguing with parents

  10. Pica is a disorder that involves:
    1. lack of social skills
    2. eating unnatural substances
    3. uncontrolled eating
    4. lack of communication skills

 

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1: b
2: c
3: b
4: b
5: b
6: b
7: b
8: b
9: d
10: b

Chapter 10  Mood disorders

  1. Which of the following humours were responsible for depression?
    1. Yellow bile
    2. Blood
    3. Phlegm
    4. Black bile

  2. Depression can be divided into four distinct groups. Which of the following is NOT one of those?
    1. Affective
    2. Neurological
    3. Behavioural
    4. Cognitive

  3. Which model emphasized the dominant role of the loss of self-esteem in depression?
    1. Psychoanalytic model
    2. Social model
    3. Behavioural model
    4. Biochemical model

  4. The indoleamine theory of depression involved which neurotransmitter?
    1. Dopamine
    2. Adrenaline
    3. Serotonin
    4. Acetylcholine

  5. Which neurotransmitter is most involved with the reward system?
    1. Adrenaline
    2. Dopamine
    3. Serotonin
    4. Acetylcholine

  6. Which of the following is NOT one of the conceptual viewpoints of unipolar depression?
    1. Unitary
    2. Dualistic
    3. Monolistic
    4. Pluralistic

  7. Which of the following is NOT one of Kraepelin’s grouping of depression?
    1. Delirious melancholia
    2. Paranoid melancholia
    3. Melancholia complex
    4. Melancholia simplex

  8. What medication has been found to be most effective with bipolar disorders?
    1. MAOs
    2. Tricyclic antidepressants
    3. Lithium carbonate
    4. SSRIs

  9. What does ego-dystonic mean?
    1. Thoughts that are stable and are in variance with what a person believes
    2. Thoughts that are at marked variance with what a person actually desires
    3. Thoughts that are unstable but in variance with what a person actually desires
    4. Thoughts that are stable but in variance with what a person actually desires

  10. Which hormone is most responsible for the mother-infant attachment behaviour
    1. Dopamine
    2. Oestrogen
    3. Progesterone
    4. Oxytocin

 

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1: d
2: b
3: a
4: c
5: b
6: c
7: c
8: c
9: b
10: d

Chapter 11   Anxiety disorders

  1. Which of the following is NOT considered a stressor?
    1. A really hot room
    2. A hug from a friend
    3. A cut on your finger
    4. All of the above

  2. Which structure has been involved in the neural mechanisms of fear?
    1. Cortex
    2. Amygdala
    3. Hippocampus
    4. Pituitary gland

  3. Which type of anxiety refers to stable individual differences in anxiety?
    1. Complex anxiety
    2. State anxiety
    3. Trait anxiety
    4. Transient anxiety

  4. Which model for anxiety is also called the two factor theory?
    1. Biological model
    2. Learning model
    3. Social model
    4. Behavioural model

  5. Fear has four components. Which of the following is NOT one of those components?
    1. Outward expressions
    2. Physiological changes
    3. Experience of apprehension
    4. Cognitive analysis of the situation

  6. Which system is responsible for the flight or fight response?
    1. Hypothamico-pituitary-adrenocortic system
    2. Sympatho-adrenomedullary system
    3. Reward system
    4. Cortical system of stress and anxiety

  7. Which hormone is MOST important in stress and anxiety?
    1. Cortisol
    2. Dopamine
    3. Epinephrine
    4. Norepinephrine

  8. Ellen is afraid of her own shadow and she worries about everything. Ellen’s anxiety would be considered:
    1. state
    2. trait
    3. situational
    4. stimulus specific

  9. What type of therapy utilizes the individual’s thinking rather than unconscious fears as treatment?
    1. Psychoanalytic
    2. Behavioural
    3. Cognitive
    4. Social

  10. Watching someone else interact in a positive way with a stimulus that elicits fear is:
    1. stress inoculation
    2. emotive imagery
    3. modelling
    4. desensitization

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1: d
2: b
3: c
4: b
5: d
6: b
7: a
8: b
9: c
10: c

Chapter 12   Personality disorders

  1. This personality disorder is defined by allowing others to assume responsibility for all major areas of their life.
    1. borderline
    2. dependent
    3. anti-social
    4. obsessive-compulsive

  2. This model is based upon the premise that individuals are born with the genetic traits for a personality disorder which is then ‘triggered’ by the individual’s environment.
    1. Behavioural
    2. Social
    3. Biological
    4. Cognitive

  3. Emphasis is placed on the reinforcement and punishment practices of the family. This is based on the ________________  model.
    1. social
    2. biological
    3. behavioural
    4. cognitive

  4. Individuals develop personality disorders as a direct response to defence mechanisms that are flawed. This is based on the:
    1. psychoanalytic
    2. biological
    3. cognitive
    4. behavioural

  5. There are five basic social skills that are maladaptive for individuals with personality disorders. Which of the following is NOT one of the social skills?
    1. Social anxiety
    2. Assertion
    3. Acceptance
    4. Rewardingness
  6. The DSM-IV-TR identified four core features that characterize all personality disorders. Which of the following is NOT one of those core features?
    1. Extreme and distorted thinking patterns
    2. Problematic emotional response patterns
    3. Impulse control problems
    4. Disordered eating patterns

  7. Personality disorders are coded on Axis:
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 4

  8. ________________ is not innate and is shaped during later periods of development.
    1. Personality
    2. Temperament
    3. Happiness
    4. Environmental response

  9. __________________  refers to innate individual differences which are characterized by particular behavioural styles.
    1. Personality
    2. Temperament
    3. Happiness
    4. Environment

  10. Which of the following would be MOST likely for an individual with a personality disorder to seek treatment?
    1. Ultimatum from partner
    2. Feelings of discomfort
    3. Empathy for others
    4. Depression

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1: b
2: c
3: c
4: a
5: c
6: d
7: b
8: a
9: b
10: a

Chapter 13   Personality disorders

  1. Which drug is the most commonly abused in the UK?
    1. Heroine
    2. Cocaine
    3. Ecstasy
    4. Cannabis

  2. Which of the following individuals are in the highest group that abuses substance?
    1. 18-year-old female
    2. 16-year-old male
    3. 43-year-old male
    4. 25-year-old female

 

  1. Which of the following drugs can produce Korsakoff syndrome?
    1. Cocaine
    2. Heroine
    3. Alcohol
    4. Cannabis

  2. The neurotransmitter that is most affected during the use of alcohol is:
    1. dopamine
    2. acetylcholine
    3. serotonin
    4. GABA

  3. Ecstasy is in what class of drugs and causes elevated mood and euphoria?
    1. Cocaine
    2. Methamphetamines
    3. Opioids
    4. Cannabis

  4. The opiates bind to receptors that are called:
    1. dopaminergic
    2. serotonergic
    3. endorphins
    4. endodermis

  5. Which of the following is the mechanism of action for barbiturates??
    1. Dopamine
    2. Acetylcholine
    3. GABA
    4. Serotonin

  6. Which of the following drugs has the lowest addiction rate?
    1. Cocaine
    2. LSD
    3. Cannabis
    4. Heroine

  7. Drugs that block or inhibit postsynaptic effects are:
    1. agonists
    2. antagonists
    3. neurotransmitters
    4. facilitators

  8. Drugs that facilitate postsynaptic effects are:
    1. agonists
    2. antagonists
    3. neurotransmitters
    4. facilitators

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1: d
2: b
3: c
4: d
5: b
6: c
7: c
8: b
9: b
10: a

Chapter 14  Alzheimer’s, cognitive disorders and aging disorders

  1. What has been identified as one of the first signs of cognitive impairment?
    1. Memory loss
    2. Confusion
    3. Concrete thinking
    4. Cognitive impairment

  2. Plasticity is the brain’s ability to:
    1. change and adapt
    2. regenerate
    3. remove debris
    4. reintegrate information

  3. Which brain structure is involved with memory?
    1. Cortex
    2. Hippocampus
    3. Cerebellum
    4. Frontal lobe

  4. Which type of amnesia compromises long-term memory while leaving working memory intact?
    1. Anterograde
    2. Selective memory
    3. Retrograde
    4. intergrade

  5. Which of the following is one of the three main pathological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease?
    1. Protein production
    2. Granulovacuolar bodies
    3. Enlargement of the ventricles
    4. Cerebrovascular limitation

  6. Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that reduced the risk of cognitive decline?
    1. Above-average income
    2. Continuing education
    3. Children with a high cognitive status
    4. Individuals with above-average education

  7. Which of the following is generally a short-term condition?
    1. Delirium
    2. Amnesia
    3. Alzheimer’s
    4. Dementia

  8. Whish of the following is NOT part of a system of memory?
    1. Working memory
    2. Memory for events
    3. Memory supporting perceptual knowledge
    4. Memory for spatial effects

  9. Which type of amnesia affects recent memories more than past memories?
    1. Anterograde
    2. Selective
    3. Dementing
    4. Retrograde

  10. Which of the following is an example of a cortical dementia?
    1. Parkinson’s disease
    2. HIV dementia
    3. Mad cow (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) CJD
    4. Cerebrovascular disease

Show Answers

1: c
2: a
3: b
4: a
5: b
6: c
7: a
8: d
9: d
10: c

Author: Pamilla Ramsden

Pub Date: April 2013

Pages: 480

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