Multiple Choice Quiz


1	What perspective views psychopathology as a result of prior learning and as treatable with an application of learning principles?
		A)	Psychoanalytic.
		B)	Cognitive.
		C)	Behaviorist.
		D)	Humanist.


2	What is the modern term for "dementia praecox"?
		A)	Psychopathology.
		B)	Alzheimer's disease.
		C)	Schizophrenia.
		D)	Syphilis.


3	Who did NOT work directly with Emil Kraepelin?
		A)	von Krafft-Ebbing.
		B)	Nissl.
		C)	Brodmann.
		D)	Alzheimer.


4	Who identified the bacterium responsible for syphilis?
		A)	von Krafft-Ebbing.
		B)	Nissl.
		C)	Bleuler.
		D)	Noguchi.


5	Who coined the term schizophrenia?
		A)	Bleuler.
		B)	Freud.
		C)	Brodmann.
		D)	Kraepelin.


6	Perceptual experiences that are not based on sensory stimuli are
		A)	loose associations.
		B)	delusions.
		C)	hallucinations.
		D)	illusions.


7	Neuroleptics affect which neurotransmitter?
		A)	Epinephrine.
		B)	Serotonin.
		C)	Dopamine.
		D)	Acetylcholine.


8	What brain abnormality is NOT associated with schizophrenia?
		A)	Cerebellar atrophy.
		B)	Enlarged ventricles.
		C)	Underdeveloped basal ganglia.
		D)	Cortical atrophy.


9	Schizophrenics demonstrate decreased blood flow compared to normals in rCBF studies of the
		A)	cerebellum.
		B)	frontal lobes.
		C)	basal ganglia.
		D)	temporal lobes.


10	Which of the following is not a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor?
		A)	Reserpine.
		B)	Zoloft.
		C)	Prozac.
		D)	Paxil.


11	Which structure of the brain is implicated in the endocrine responses?
		A)	Thalamus.
		B)	Prefrontal cortex.
		C)	Amygdala.
		D)	Hypothalamus.


12	Which structure is implicated in the circadian rhythm (dark-light cycles)?
		A)	Amygdala.
		B)	Hypothalamus.
		C)	Cingulate.
		D)	Hippocampus.


13	What was the first medication used to treat bipolar disorder?
		A)	L-dopa.
		B)	Reserpine.
		C)	Lithium carbonate.
		D)	Prozac.


14	What is the fear of public places?
		A)	Acrophobia.
		B)	Social phobia.
		C)	Agoraphobia.
		D)	Arachnophobia.


15	Preoccupying thoughts that involuntarily dominate an OCD patient's thinking are
		A)	compulsions.
		B)	anxieties.
		C)	phobias.
		D)	obsessions.


16	What chromosome is implicated in Alzheimer's disease?
		A)	18.
		B)	19.
		C)	20.
		D)	21.


17	What does chorea mean?
		A)	Brain.
		B)	Soul.
		C)	Dance.
		D)	Talk.


18	Which of the following neurotransmitter systems is NOT involved in Huntington's disease?
		A)	Serotonin.
		B)	GABA.
		C)	Dopamine.
		D)	Cholinergic.


19	What structure degenerates in Parkinson's disease?
		A)	Caudate.
		B)	Thalamus.
		C)	Putamen.
		D)	Substantia nigra.


20	Another name for a predisposition of a disorder is
		A)	concordance.
		B)	proximate causes.
		C)	diathesis.
		D)	etiology.

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