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AP Psych Unit 8 MCQ questions withaccurate answers.
Which of the following is the primary reason for using the most current edition of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?
A. To help a psychologist diagnose an individual with multiple personality disorder
B. To use a reliable classification system for mental disorders
C. To obtain statistics on the death rates of people with a certain cancer
D. To determine whether a person should be labeled with a psychological disorder
E. To assist individuals in self-diagnosis of mental disorders ANS - to use a reliable classification system
for mental disorders
What term associated with psychological disorders best describes a thought, feeling, or behavior that is
atypical or rare?
A. Distressing
B. Dangerous
C. Deviant
D. dysfunctional
E. disordered ANS - deviant
, What is an appropriate reason for a clinician to break confidentiality?
A. The clinician needs to ask another clinician advice about a particular client, and it is impossible to do
so while maintaining the client's anonymity.
B. A husband asks details about his wife's therapy.
C. The clinician wants to publish findings based on conclusions from a client's treatment to inform the
community of a successful therapeutic strategy.
D. The client is a danger to self or others.
E. An adult client's parent wants to know what the client discusses with the clinician in therapy. ANS -
The client is a danger to self or others
Dr. Freddy believes that the development of schizophrenia is solely caused by biological factors. Which
of the following is NOT accounted for by this belief?
A. Drug therapy is the most common treatment for schizophrenia.
B.Individuals whose mother was exposed to the flu virus during pregnancy have a greater possibility of
developing schizophrenia later in life.
C. Individuals with schizophrenia typically have enlarged brain ventricles.
D. If one member of a set of identical twins develops schizophrenia, the other twin has an almost 50
percent chance of also developing schizophrenia.
E. Excess amounts of dopamine are often found in people exhibiting schizophrenia. ANS - If one
member of a set of identical twins develops schizophrenia, the other twin has an almost 50 percent
chances of also developing schizophrenia
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