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41) Which of the following is TRUE with respect to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD)?
A) ADHD causes people to be very organized.
B) ADHD rarely occurs concurrently with other mental disorders.
C) ADHD is only diagnosed in children.
D) ADHD makes it more difficult to relate to others.
Skill: Understanding
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3
42) Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have difficulty
A) completing tasks.
B) remembering their name.
C) being spontaneous.
D) gaining weight.
Skill: Understanding
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3
43) Warning signs of suicide include all of the following EXCEPT
A) unexplained demonstration of happiness following a period of depression.
B) preoccupation with themes of death.
C) giving away prized possessions.
D) compulsion to repeatedly perform rituals.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Suicide: Giving Up on Life
Learning Outcome: 2.4
44) College students are
A) less at risk for suicide if they drink alcohol.
B) at increased risk for suicide if they identify as LGBT.
C) more able to handle pressures that can lead to suicide than their younger peers.
D) at higher risk of suicide than people of the same age who are not in college.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Suicide: Giving Up on Life
Learning Outcome: 2.4
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45) Suicide prevention techniques include
A) downplaying a person’s statement that they’d like to die.
B) asking directly if the person intends to hurt himself or herself.
C) reassuring a person that nothing could be so bad as to make suicide an option.
D) keeping all conversations with the person confidential.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Suicide: Giving Up on Life
Learning Outcome: 2.4
46) The mental health professional whose treatment is most likely to be based on Freud’s theories
is a
A) clinical psychologist.
B) psychoanalyst.
C) social worker.
D) psychiatrist.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Seeking Professional Help
Learning Outcome: 2.5
47) You can expect a therapist to
A) ask you about your history and various aspects of your life.
B) tell you what to do and how to behave.
C) offer to medicate you.
D) require you to make more than one visit.
Skill: Analyzing
Section: Seeking Professional Help
Learning Outcome: 2.5
48) A network of people who share ties and provide various types of services for each other is
A) psychological support.
B) emotional support.
C) social support.
D) community support.
Skill: Remembering
Section: What Is Psychological Health?
Learning Outcome: 2.1
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49) An awareness of what others might be going through is called
A) self-awareness.
B) openness.
C) extroversion.
D) empathy.
Skill: Remembering
Section: Keys to Enhancing Psychological Health
Learning Outcome: 2.2
50) People who have experienced repeated failures may develop a pattern of response in which
they give up and fail to take any positive action. This is called
A) resistance.
B) learned helplessness.
C) learned optimism.
D) laziness.
Skill: Remembering
Section: Keys to Enhancing Psychological Health
Learning Outcome: 2.2
51) According to Maslow’s hierarchy, individuals who have satisfied their basic needs and have
attained their full potential are
A) emotionally healthy.
B) mature.
C) self–actualized.
D) self–aware.
Skill: Understanding
Section: What Is Psychological Health?
Learning Outcome: 2.1
52) A treatment for depression that involves correcting consistently pessimistic or faulty thought
patterns is
A) cognitive therapy.
B) behavioral therapy.
C) psychodynamic therapy.
D) antidepressant therapy.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Seeking Professional Help
Learning Outcome: 2.5
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53) Being flexible in making plans with friends demonstrates
A) optimism.
B) self–esteem.
C) agreeableness.
D) self–efficacy.
Skill: Applying
Section: Keys to Enhancing Psychological Health
Learning Outcome: 2.2
54) Writing down five positive traits about yourself and resisting your inner critic is an exercise
in
A) learned optimism.
B) narcissism.
C) learned support.
D) self–efficacy.
Skill: Applying
Section: Keys to Enhancing Psychological Health
Learning Outcome: 2.2
55) A person who experiences flashbacks after a violent mugging might be suffering from
A) a phobia.
B) post-traumatic stress disorder.
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D) schizophrenia.
Skill: Applying
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3
56) Marcella has a persistent fear of social situations; she is suffering from
A) a phobia.
B) post-traumatic stress disorder.
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D) schizophrenia.
Skill: Applying
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3
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57) Evan washes his hands more than 50 times a day because of an ongoing fixation on germs;
he is most likely suffering from
A) a phobia.
B) post-traumatic stress disorder.
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D) schizophrenia.
Skill: Applying
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3
58) An acute anxiety attack that brings on intense physical symptoms is a(n)
A) flashback.
B) generalized anxiety disorder.
C) obsessive-compulsive symptom.
D) panic attack.
Skill: Remembering
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3
59) Research suggests that anxiety disorders
A) are highly resistant to treatment.
B) have essentially no biological basis.
C) can develop as a learned response to a recurrent stress-inducing situation.
D) are most prevalent among adults age 65 or older.
Skill: Understanding
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3
60) Although he is often dispirited, exhausted, and pessimistic, for the last few days Jirou has
been studying, working out, and socializing with so much energy and enthusiasm that he has not
had more than two or three hours of sleep each night. Jirou might be suffering from
A) a personality disorder.
B) panic disorder.
C) post-traumatic stress disorder.
D) bipolar disorder.
Skill: Applying
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3
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61) Intense feelings or patterns of feelings that people experience are
A) emotions.
B) dreams.
C) desires.
D) needs.
Skill: Remembering
Section: What Is Psychological Health?
Learning Outcome: 2.1
62) The personality trait that involves the ability to adapt to a social situation and demonstrate
assertiveness is known as
A) emotional stability.
B) resiliency.
C) extroversion.
D) conscientiousness.
Skill: Remembering
Section: Keys to Enhancing Psychological Health
Learning Outcome: 2.2
63) According to the PERMA model, which of the following strategies is most likely to enhance
your well–being?
A) Start seeing a therapist who can help you recall early traumas that may be blocking your
personal growth.
B) Set realistic goals and pursue them with effort.
C) Vent to all your friends on a regular basis to remind them of what you are going through.
D) Indulge in unhealthy foods once in a while to reward and calm yourself.
Skill: Applying
Section: Keys to Enhancing Psychological Health
Learning Outcome: 2.2
64) The general term for a disorder that disrupts thoughts, feelings, moods, and behavior to the
extent that it interferes with daily life is
A) neuroticism.
B) mental illness.
C) neurological impairment.
D) cognitive disorder.
Skill: Remembering
Section: When Psychological Health Deteriorates
Learning Outcome: 2.3