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Taking into consideration that the common feature of the somatoform disorders is the presence of
physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition, what of the following statements regarding
Factitious Disorders is incorrect?

A. Malingering and Factitious Disorder both involve the intentional production

B. In Factitious Disorder, panic attacks are often mistaken for heart attacks

C. In Malingering, the individual has an external incentive (money, getting out of work, etc.) that he/she
hopes to achieve by his/her presentation

D. In Factitious Disorder, there is no apparent external motivation for the faking other than to receive
medical attention. - ✔✔-Answer: B

Explanation: Panic attack: panic attacks are often mistaken for heart attacks, and medical assessment of
cardiovascular status should be completed before beginning a psychologically-based intervention for
panic symptoms. (no reference to Factitious Disorder/ Malingering Disorder).



If Cathersis is the process by which sources of energy are tied to thoughts, actions, objects, or people,
what is the source of all basic drives as people progress through the stages of life?

A. mental energy

B. chemical rebound

C. physiologic energy

D. biological energy - ✔✔-Answer: D

Explanation: Biological energy is the source of all basic drives as people progress through the stages of
life.



Luke spends 16 hours a day practicing for a big game and as a result he neglects his wife and children
quite often. According to Freud's System of Personality, what part of the personality system (process) is
responsible for the guilty feelings that result from the violation of the standards and morals set?

A. Id

B. Ego

C. Libido

,D. Superego - ✔✔-Answer: D

Explanation: Guilty feelings result from a violation of the standards and morals set by the superego.



7. A topographical concept states that the personality has a conscious mind, a preconscious mind, and
an unconscious mind. By what stage is the human personality determined?

A. In the adolescence

B. When a person is 21

C. In the first five years of life

D. When a person is 18 - ✔✔-Answer: C

Explanation: As a stage theorist, Freud postulated that the human personality is determined in the most
critical years of personal development - the first five years of life.



8. If a person can not pass emotionally from oral to anal stage, because of what factor is the emotional
development "stuck"?

A. The person didn't received the needed affection

B. The cathexis was not strong enough

C. The person has experienced too much pain

D. The fixation was not intense enough - ✔✔-Answer: C

Explanation: taking into consideration that a person experiences either too much pain (trauma) or too
much pleasure at any given stage, he/she may resist letting go of that stage. Cognitive and physical
development occurs, but emotional development is "stuck".



16. During the embryonic (second through eighth weeks) and fetal stages (last seven months on
average) of pregnancy, maternal characteristics and external environmental forces (teratogens) have a
major effect on the baby's development. What future mothers are in high risk of giving birth to a child
with Down syndrome?

A. Mothers over 30

B. Adolescent mothers

C. Mothers over 22

D. Mothers over 27 - ✔✔-Answer: A

Explanation: Mothers over 30 have an increased risk of delivering a Down syndrome baby. Also,
infertility rates increase.

,If maturity is the living out of the results of the pre-genital (oral, anal, and phallic) and genital stages,
what is specific for the oral stage?

A. The first experience of "imposed control"

B. Pleasure is derived from nursing and sucking

C. Pleasure is derived from fondling genitals

D. Children observe the differences between males and females - ✔✔-Answer: B

Explanation: Oral stage (0-2 years): Pleasure is derived from nursing and sucking. Infants will put
everything into their mouths.



Taking into consideration that a 17 years old boy has a 50-70 Iq score, what type of mental retardation is
he suffering of and is it curable/educable?

A. Mild/educable

B. Moderate/trainable

C. Severe, incurable

D. Moderate, educable - ✔✔-Answer: D

Explanation: With a 50-70 IQ score, a person suffers of Mild mental retardation and it is educable.



Taking into consideration that MOTIVATION is the social or psychological condition that directs one's
behavior toward a certain goal, how can be the PHOBIA defined?

A. strong, irrational fear of a specific object or situation

B. the branch of medicine dealing with the classification of disease

C. "slave" state which occurs as an inevitable accompaniment

D. the course of development of an organism or an individual - ✔✔-Answer: A

Explanation: Phobia - a strong, irrational fear of a specific object or situation. Note that anxiety, on the
other hand, is considered more generalized and without a known cause.



Taking into consideration that the Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Model explains abnormality in terms
of internal (intrapsychic, unconscious) dynamics at work within the individual, which of the following
statements refers to Behavioral (Learning Theory) Model?

, A. the cognitive-behavioral position emphasizes the role of mental factors to explain abnormality,
primarily through cognitive distortions (Beck) or irrational thinking (Ellis)

B. abnormality in terms of internal dynamics at work within the individual

C. the human being as an organism made up of numerous biologic and biochemical systems which are
primarily responsible for determining adjustment, behavior, and disorders

D. Applies the laws of learning, motivation, and conditioning to explain abnormality in terms of
behavioral excesses and deficits. - ✔✔-Answer: D

Explanation: Behavioral (Learning Theory) Model: applies the laws of learning, motivation, and
conditioning to explain abnormality in terms of behavioral excesses and deficits.



Exposure of a developing embryo or fetus to certain environmental factors can damage the developing
organism or even cause death. What impact does the cigarette use of the mother have on the child?

A. reduced muscle tone

B. intelligence deficit

C. lower birth weights and pre-term births

D. skill deficit - ✔✔-Answer: C

Explanation: Cigarette smoking (nicotine) often causes lower birth weights and pre-term births.



From two Weeks to Two Years Old (Referred to as Infancy or Babyhood), exhibit a gradual decrease in
helplessness. What statement about this stage is irrelevant?

A. At about 8 months, infants realize that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight

B. Children exhibit a gradual decrease in helplessness.

C. Bonding/attachment takes place

D. Morality is by constraint - ✔✔-Answer: A

Explanation: At about 18 months, infants realize that objects continue to exist even when they are out
of sight (Object Permanence).



. Taking into consideration that Ann's parents are keeping hands off and letting children "be themselves"
with the hope that this will encourage the child to become self-reliant and develop initiative, how is
their parenting style called?

A. Authoritarian

B. Authoritative

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