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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    What condition is electroconvulsive therapy most often used to treat?

    • A.

      Bipolar Disorder

    • B.

      Depression

    • C.

      Autism

    • D.

      Schizophrenia

    Correct Answer
    B. Depression
  • 2. 

    What disorder did American psychiatrist Leo Kanner first discover in 1943?

    • A.

      Autism

    • B.

      Bipolar Disorder

    • C.

      Panic Disorder

    • D.

      Schizophrenia

    Correct Answer
    A. Autism
  • 3. 

    What is the delusion of being an animal called?

    • A.

      Nagualism

    • B.

      Lycanthropy

    • C.

      Demonology

    • D.

      Transmigration

    Correct Answer
    B. Lycanthropy
  • 4. 

    What is the name of the view in which abnormal psychological functioning is caused by physical causes?

    • A.

      Psychogenic Perspective

    • B.

      Physical Perspective

    • C.

      Psychophysical Perspective

    • D.

      Somatogenic Perspective

    Correct Answer
    D. Somatogenic Perspective
  • 5. 

    What is the Thematic Apperception Test used to explore?

    • A.

      Level Of Competence

    • B.

      Personality

    • C.

      Communication Skills

    • D.

      Intelligence

    Correct Answer
    B. Personality
  • 6. 

    What part of the hypothalamus reduces hunger when activated?

    • A.

      Ventromedial Hypothalamus

    • B.

      Frontal Hypothalamus

    • C.

      Bilateral Hypothalamus

    • D.

      Lateral Hypothalamus

    Correct Answer
    A. Ventromedial Hypothalamus
  • 7. 

    What was the first state to recognize psychology as a practice-oriented profession?

    • A.

      Connecticut

    • B.

      Pennsylvania

    • C.

      Vermont

    • D.

      New York

    Correct Answer
    A. Connecticut
  • 8. 

    What, according to Carl Jung, is the name of the female aspect in the collective unconscious of men?

    • A.

      Animus

    • B.

      Sophia

    • C.

      Embryonic

    • D.

      Anima

    Correct Answer
    D. Anima
  • 9. 

    What, according to Freud, is the psychological force that employs reason?

    • A.

      Id

    • B.

      Drive

    • C.

      Superego

    • D.

      Ego

    Correct Answer
    D. Ego
  • 10. 

    In 1883, the first laboratory of psychology was established in what American city?

    • A.

      Harvard University

    • B.

      New York University

    • C.

      Johns Hopkins University

    • D.

      Brown University

    Correct Answer
    C. Johns Hopkins University
  • 11. 

    Which of the four lobes of the brain is responsible for receptive language, memory and emotion?

    • A.

      Parietal

    • B.

      Frontal

    • C.

      Temporal

    • D.

      Occipital

    Correct Answer
    C. Temporal
  • 12. 

    Which of these disorders is not said to be linked with the functioning of the basil ganglia?

    • A.

      Tourette's Syndrome

    • B.

      Adhd

    • C.

      Bipolar Disorder

    • D.

      Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Correct Answer
    C. Bipolar Disorder

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