50 MCQ on Abnormal Psychology
1. Partial or total inability to
recall
A. amnesia
2. Fear of water is
A. zoophobia
3. Term used to describe the phenomenon the person becomes amnesic and departs home with a new identity
A. amnesia
4. Dream analysis is practiced by -----
A. psycho analyst
5. Any detrimental characteristics that is either innate or acquired is :
A. temperament b
6. Serotonin is a
A. hormone
7. Hippocrates classified all mental disorders into:
A. four
8. Disorder which consists of physical complaints without any physical pathology is termed as –
A. dissociative disorders
9. Disorder by which the person feels that his certain body parts are with an ugly appearance:
A. dysmorphic disorder
10. Clinical term for fear of public places
A. algophobia
11. Outcome of a person’s efforts to deal with stress and meet his or her needs is ------
A. adjustment
12. ICD is published by ------- a. WHO b. APA c .PSA d .UNO39. Perception without stimulus is known as ______
A. hallucination
13. Unshakeable false belief keeping out of cultural norms
A. hallucination
14. Hypnosis is dealt with
A. behaviorism
15. Negative stress is known as –
A. eustress
16. Predisposition or vulnerability to develop a disorder is ----
A. stress
17. Excessive emotional attachment of a daughter for her father
A. electra complex
18. Excessive emotional attachment of a son for his mother
A. electra complex
B. oedipus complex
C. inferiority complex
D. superiority complex
Answer- b
19. Feigning of symptoms to maintain the personal benefits that a sick role may provide.
A. malingering
20. Thwarting of a need or a desire is
A. frustration
21. Preoccupations based on
misinterpretations of bodily symptoms ,with the fear that one has a serious disease.A. amnesia
2. Fear of water is
A. zoophobia
3. Term used to describe the phenomenon the person becomes amnesic and departs home with a new identity
A. amnesia
4. Dream analysis is practiced by -----
A. psycho analyst
5. Any detrimental characteristics that is either innate or acquired is :
A. temperament b
6. Serotonin is a
A. hormone
7. Hippocrates classified all mental disorders into:
A. four
8. Disorder which consists of physical complaints without any physical pathology is termed as –
A. dissociative disorders
9. Disorder by which the person feels that his certain body parts are with an ugly appearance:
A. dysmorphic disorder
10. Clinical term for fear of public places
A. algophobia
11. Outcome of a person’s efforts to deal with stress and meet his or her needs is ------
A. adjustment
12. ICD is published by ------- a. WHO b. APA c .PSA d .UNO39. Perception without stimulus is known as ______
A. hallucination
13. Unshakeable false belief keeping out of cultural norms
A. hallucination
14. Hypnosis is dealt with
A. behaviorism
15. Negative stress is known as –
A. eustress
16. Predisposition or vulnerability to develop a disorder is ----
A. stress
17. Excessive emotional attachment of a daughter for her father
A. electra complex
18. Excessive emotional attachment of a son for his mother
A. electra complex
B. oedipus complex
C. inferiority complex
D. superiority complex
Answer- b
19. Feigning of symptoms to maintain the personal benefits that a sick role may provide.
A. malingering
20. Thwarting of a need or a desire is
A. frustration
A. hypochondriacs
B. obsessions
C. compulsions
D. amnesia
Answer- a
22. Partial loss of sensitivity is --------
A. anesthesia
B. analgesia
C. hypersthesia
D. hypertension.
Answer- a
23. MZ twins are otherwise known as :
A. identical
B. quadruples
C. dz
D. non identical
Answer- a
24. Write the odd one
A. delusion
B. repression
C. denial
D. sublimation
Answer- a
25. Fear of animals
A. hydrophobia
B. zoophobia
C. claustrophobia
D. monophobia
Answer-b
26. Shock therapy is otherwise known as---
A. eeg
B. ect
C. cat
D. mri
Answer- b
27. Clinical term for causal factor
A. epidemiology
B. etiology
C. prognosis
D. relapse
Answer- b
28. Feeling of apprehension due to the anticipation of danger
A. fear
B. anxiety
C. depression
D. stress
Answer- b
29. Persistent and disproportionate fear of some specific object or situation that presents little or no actual danger to the person.
A. depression
B. phobia
C. mania
D. stress
Answer- b
30. Mood disorders are formerly known as ---
A. depression
B. anxiety disorders
C. affective disorders
D. somatoform disorders
Answer- c
31. Which disorder is formerly called as Briquet’s disorder
A. somatization disorder
B. pain disorder
C. hypochondriasis
D. mania
Answer- a
32. Preoccupation with certain aspects of the body
A. OCD
B. gad
C. bdd
D. ptsd
Answer- c
33. In ________one’s sense of self is temporarily lost.
A. depersonalization
B. derealisation
C. hypochondriasis
D. anxiety
Answer- a
34. Failure to recall previously stored personal information
A. dissociative amnesia
B. somatoform disorders
C. hypochondriasis
D. phobia
Answer- a
35. ______means flight
A. fugue
B. amnesia
C. projection
D. relapse
Answer- a
36. ----is an example of behavior therapy
A. flooding
B. dream analysis
C. psychoanalysis
D. counselling
Answer- a
37. Overt repetitive behaviors or more covert mental acts
A. obsessions
B. compulsions
C. suppression
D. stereotypes
Answer- b
38. Study of the distribution of disorders in a given population
A. epidemiology
B. prevalence
C. prognosis
D. relapse
Answer- a
39. The primary method of treatment for demonic possession was
A. exorcism
B. mass madness
C. psychotherapy
D. flooding
Answer- a
40. Who believed that hysteria is caused by the uterus?
A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Hippocrates
D. morgan
Answer- b
41. A condition in which people
believed themselves possessed by wolves
A. lycanthropy
42. Dancing mania is a part of ------
A. dissociation
43. Founder of American psychiatry
A. pinel
44. Who is the person behind the rise of mental hygiene movement?
A. dorothea dix
45. Who is the author of the book A Mind that is found in itself ?
A. rush
46. Free Association is dealt with
A. behaviorism
47. Classical conditioning is put forward by
A. wolpe
48. Who is the father of Behaviorism?
A. john b watson
49. Who put forward operant conditioning?
A. wolpe
50. Process by which stimulus increases the probability of desirable behavior
A. punishment
A. lycanthropy
42. Dancing mania is a part of ------
A. dissociation
43. Founder of American psychiatry
A. pinel
44. Who is the person behind the rise of mental hygiene movement?
A. dorothea dix
45. Who is the author of the book A Mind that is found in itself ?
A. rush
46. Free Association is dealt with
A. behaviorism
47. Classical conditioning is put forward by
A. wolpe
48. Who is the father of Behaviorism?
A. john b watson
49. Who put forward operant conditioning?
A. wolpe
50. Process by which stimulus increases the probability of desirable behavior
A. punishment
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Answer of question 13 should be delusion.
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