Abnormal Psychology
Quiz 2
Spring 2020
Dr. Latoya Smart
Instructions: Answer all questions on the scantrons provided to you. If you were absent, complete
the quiz and transfer to the scantron by the end of Tuesday’s class. Turn in all completed
scantrons by end of class on Tuesday.
1. A p...
Abnormal Psychology
Quiz 2
Spring 2020
Dr. Latoya Smart
Instructions: Answer all questions on the scantrons provided to you. If you were absent, complete
the quiz and transfer to the scantron by the end of Tuesday’s class. Turn in all completed
scantrons by end of class on Tuesday.
1. A person with _____ experiences wide-ranging and persistent feelings of worry and
anxiety.
a. generalized anxiety disorder
b. specific phobia
c. social anxiety disorder
d. obsessive-compulsive disorder
2. The inaccurate and inappropriate beliefs held by people with various psychological
problems are called:
a. existential anxiety.
b. irrational assumptions.
c. moral anxiety.
d. conditions of worth.
3. A diagnostic criterion for posttraumatic stress disorder is the presence of significant
distress or impairment for:
a. up to three weeks.
b. more than one month.
c. more than six months.
d. more than one year.
4. Which test is a personality inventory?
a. Draw-a-Person
b. MMPI-2
c. Rorschach
d. TAT
5. Using the criteria listed in DSM-5, Dr. Ross and Dr. Carman agree that Chloe is
experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder. This is an example of:
a. reliability.
b. generalizability.
c. external validity.
d. internal validity.
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, 6. A professor who puts on rubber gloves before grading papers and faithfully avoids any
contact with the hands of students is exhibiting a(n):
a. cleaning compulsion.
b. checking compulsion.
c. order compulsion.
d. touching compulsion.
7. A person experiencing multiple personalities would MOST accurately be diagnosed with
dissociative:
a. schizophrenia.
b. identity disorder.
c. fugue.
d. amnesia.
8. If a person had his brain waves recorded to measure electrical activity, he MOST likely
had a(n):
a. positron emission tomography (PET) scan.
b. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
c. computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan.
d. electroencephalogram (EEG).
9. A(n) _____ inventory asks about how one would act with others in a variety of situations.
a. cognitive
b. affective
c. social skills
d. functional
10. According to Freud, a generalized anxiety disorder is MOST likely to result when:
a. a person does not dream, and thus has no outlet for anxiety.
b. defense mechanisms are too weak to cope with anxiety.
c. a person never has a chance to experience trauma.
d. defense mechanisms are too strong.
11. Compared with men, women are _____ to develop generalized anxiety disorder.
a. equally likely
b. about half as likely
c. twice as likely
d. not at all likely
12. People who are unable to recall important information about themselves, especially of an
upsetting nature, are MOST likely experiencing:
a. dissociative identity disorder.
b. dissociative amnesia.
c. body dysmorphic disorder.
d. depersonalization-derealization disorder.
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