Psychology Chapter 4: Psychological Disorders

List of Questions and Answers

Q 1. Psychological disorders are deviant,distressing, dysfunctional and ____________.
a) disturbing
b) dangerous
c) dissociative
d) None of the above
Chapter 4: Psychological Disorders

Ans: b) dangerous

Q 2._________________ is the term used when people develop a fear of entering unfamiliar situations.
a) Social phobias
b) Agoraphobia
c) Specific phobias
d) None of the above
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Ans: b) Agoraphobia

Q 3.________________ is diagnosed if a person has a persistent belief that s/he has a serious illness, despite medical reassurance, lack of physical findings, and failure to develop the disease.
a) Somatisation disorders
b) Conversion disorders
c) Dissociative disorders
d) Hypochondriasis
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Ans: d) Hypochondriasis

Q 4.________________ is characterised by extensive but selective memory loss that has no known organic cause.
a) Dissociative amnesia
b) Dissociative fugue
c) Dissociative identity disorder
d) None of the above
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Ans: a) Dissociative amnesia

Q 5.In children's aggressive behaviour like dominating and bullying others without provocation is seen in :
a) verbal aggression
b) physical aggression
c) hostile aggression
d) proactive aggression
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Ans: d) proactive aggression

Q 6.Inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity are main features of :
a) Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
b) Oppositional Defiant Disorde
c) Conduct Disorder
d) None of the above
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Ans: a)Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Q 7.People with somatoform disorders mostly complain about :
a) inability to stop thinking about a particular idea or topic
b) recurrent anxiety attacks
c) bodily symptoms without any physical disease
d) All of the above
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Ans: c) bodily symptoms without any physical disease