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1.
The course of schizophrenia is generally more favorable for women than for men.
A)True
B)False
2.
Type I symptoms of schizophrenia involve the absence of behaviors, rather than the presence of behaviors.
A)True
B)False
3.
People holding delusions typically acknowledge that their beliefs may be wrong.
A)True
B)False
4.
Blunted affect is a severe reduction of affective responses to the environment.
A)True
B)False
5.
The inability to persist at common, goal-directed activities is known as avolition.
A)True
B)False
6.
Prodromal symptoms are present before people go into the acute phase of schizophrenia.
A)True
B)False
7.
Schizoaffective disorder is a mix of schizophrenia and mood disorders.
A)True
B)False
8.
The distinction between Type I and Type II schizophrenia is a part of the official DSM-IV-TR diagnostic framework.
A)True
B)False
9.
Many people with schizophrenia have a history of perinatal hypoxia.
A)True
B)False
10.
According to the social selection explanation, schizophrenia interferes with a person's ability to hold a job; thus, people with schizophrenia tend to drift downward in social class.
A)True
B)False
11.
Most cultures have a biological explanation for schizophrenia.
A)True
B)False
12.
Insulin coma therapy has recently been introduced as a treatment for schizophrenia.
A)True
B)False
13.
Woman with schizophrenia tend to show more severe deficits in language compared with men who have schizophrenia.
A)True
B)False
14.
A person with catatonia excitement becomes wildly agitated for no apparent reason.
A)True
B)False
15.
Cognitive theorists view schizophrenic behaviors as attempts to understand perceptual and attentional disturbances.
A)True
B)False







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