A branch of psychology that deals with the psychological knowledge and practice used i helping a person with a behavioral disorder to find better coping and adjustment?
a. Psychopathology
b. Clinical Psychology
c. Abnormal Psychology
d. Psychiatry
b. Clinical Psychology
This is the reference point in determining abnormal behavior where abnormality is seen when an individual violates cultural practices
a. Abnormality as Norm Violation
b. Abnormality as Statistical Rarity
c. Abnormality as Maladaptive Behavior
d. Abnormality as Personal Discomfort
a. Abnormality as Norm Violation
It is a term used to refer to the likelihood of the presence of another disorder alongside another mental disorder
a. Comorbidity
b. Covalence
c. Copresence
d. Coexistence
a. Comorbidity
This perspective is mostly concerned with individuals’ childhood experiences and unconcsious behaviors
a. Humanistic-Existential Perspective
b. Neuroscientific Perspective
c. Clinical Perspective
d. Psychodynamic Perspective
d. Psychodynamic Perspective
This perspective sees abnormal behavior as a result of improper learning or improper associations with previous experiences
a. Neuroscience Perspective
b. Diagnostic Perspective
c. Psychodynamic Perspective
d. Behavioral Perspective
d. Behavioral Perspective
It is a method done during prehistoric times where a “witch doctor” or “shaman” bores a hole in the skull of an individual in order to release the “evil spirits” inhabiting the individual
a. Exorcism
b. Trephination
d. Redrum
d. Sacrificial Ceremony
b. Trephination
This mode states that people inheirt the tendency of having a mental disorder and that the environment triggers the prevalence of said mental disorder
a. Psychodynamic Model
b. Delirium Congruence Model
c. Diathesis-Stress Model
d. Behavioral Model
c. Diathesis-Stress Model
This is the axis in the multiaxial model which covers medical conditions that may affect an individual’s mental condition
a. Axis I
b. Axis II
c. Axis III
d. Axis IV
c. Axis III
A politician is having anxiety attacks related to her elected position as senator of the Republic of the Philippines. This is influenced by the people’s trust and expectations of her as an elected official/ The people’s expectation of her is contained in what axis in the multiaxial model of DSM-IV-TR?
a. Axis I
b. Axis II
c. Axis III
d. Axis IV
d. Axis IV
What happened to the multiaxial system in the DSM-5?
a. They added more axes to it
b. They modified the five axes to include a broader range of classifications
c. They abolished the multiaxial system
d. They remade every axis into something completely different
c. They abolished the multiaxial system
It is an action that a person feels compelled to repeat again and again in order to alleviate anxiety
a. Obsession
b. Compulsion
c. Hallucination
d. Reactions
b. Compulsion
A mood state characterized by marked negative affect and bodily symptoms of tension in which a person apprehensively anticipates future danger or misfortune
a. Fear
b. Apprehension
c. Anxiety
d. Anger
c. Anxiety
These are persistent beliefs that are simply contrary to reality
a. Hallucinations
b. Self-Beliefs
c. Paranoia
d. Delusions
d. Delusions
The following are symptoms that help determine the presence of a personality disorder within an individual EXCEPT:
a. A peculiar capacity to get under the skin of others
b. A reactive response to whatever happens in the environment
c. Maladaptive behaviors are mostly ego-syntonic
d. None of the above
d. None of the above
When an individual has complete lack of concern for other people and does things only to benefit himself to the point of becoming predatory, the personality disorder that the individual has belongts to what cluster?
a. Cluster A
b. Cluster B
c. Cluster C
d. Cluster D
b. Cluster B
A necessary procedure done before conducting a psychological intervention wherein the clinician must first inform the client about the nature of the planned intervention and afterwards ask the permission of the client to codnuct said intervention
a. Agreement
b. Informed Consent
c. Privacy
d. Clinical Assessment
b. Informed Consent
Melissa is having a hard time concentrating on her studies because every time she sees a door being opened, she feels compelled to close and open the door herself for exactly 4 times so that she wouldn’t feel anxious anymore. She is having a hard time interacting with her friends as a result and feels that this gnawing feeling of unease is spreading to other aspects of her life. Melissa is most likely has which mental disorder?
a. She has no mental disorder that can be diagnosed at present
b. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
c. Obsessive-Compusive Personality Disorder
d. Schizotypal Personality Disorder
b. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Characterized by a persistent state of tension and anxiety where the individual concerned has trouble controlling his/her anxiety most of the time
a. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
b. Agoraphobia
c. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
d. Dysthymia
c. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Ana suddenly falls down to her knees upon seeing her ex-boyfriend holding hands with another man. Ana starts to have difficulty breathing and to lose sensation in her hands. Ana is having a:
a. Traumatic Epileptic Response
b. Panic Attack
c. Grand Mal Seizure
d. Petite Mal Seizure
b. Panic Attack
Characterized by extreme fear of contracting a disease of acquiring an organic dysfunction
a. Conversion Disorder
b. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
c. Organic Obsession Disorder
d. Hypochondriasis
d. Hypochondriasis
The most common drug available in the Philippines
a. Shabu
b. Marijuana
c. Amphetamines
d. Caffeine
d. Caffeine
Psychogenic Amnesia: Being raped as a child; Biogenic Amnesia;____________
a. Identity crisis
b. Death of a spouse
c. Being cheated on by a partner
d. Having a car accident
d. Having a car accident
The official name of Multiple Personality Disorder in the DSM-5
a. Multiple Personality Disorder
b. Dislocated Persona Disorder
c. Dysthymic Disorder
d. Dissociative Identity Disorder
d. Dissociative Identity Disorder
A woman comes to a police station in Baguio City asking for assistance aqs to how or why she was able to arrive at that location when she, in fact, has a life and a family in Manila. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that she has had a very stressful life back in Manila and didn’t come home one day. This individual most likely experienced:
a. Psychogenic Amnesia
b. Dissociative Fugue
c. Alzheimer’s Disease
d. Dementia Praecox
b. Dissociative Fugue