Psychologists do not have an answer to why extremely successful people with lots to live for become despondent and commit suicide.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Because of his extreme behavior, Jeffrey Dahmer was ruled to be insane.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Psychological disorders are more common than many physical ailments.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Advocates of the learning perspective believe abnormal behavior results from faulty thinking and distorted perceptions.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

All clinicians and researchers use the same set of criteria to classify psychological disorders.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Susan has been plagued by chronic, excessive worry for the past three months. She fits the criterion for Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Agoraphobia always begins with panic attacks.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Persistent thoughts about germ contamination is an example of a compulsion, whereas excessive hand washing is an example of an obsession.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Having a strep infection at an early age may predispose a person to develop OCD.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Boys are more likely to be depressed than girls prior to puberty.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Bipolar disorder is more common than major depressive disorder.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

During their lifetime, women are much more likely then men to have bipolar disorder.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

People who have relatives with mood disorders are at higher risk of developing mood disturbances.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

There is evidence that suicidal behavior runs in families.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

The least likely person to commit suicide in America is an Asian American.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

In schizophrenics, visual hallucinations are more common than auditory hallucinations.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

All schizophrenics have negative symptoms.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia include social withdrawal, flat affect, apathy and loss of motivation.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Schizophrenics display abnormal lateralization of brain functions and slow communication between the left and right hemispheres.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Genetics appears to play a major role in the development of schizophrenia.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Stress plays no role in the development of schizophrenia.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

People with somatoform disorders are not consciously faking an illness to avoid work or other activities.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

A large 40-year study of schizophrenics in Japan suggested that the postwar period did not impact onset of schizophrenia.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

The majority of women never have orgasms.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Orgasmic disorders and other sexual dysfunctions in women are increasingly being treated with hormones.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False

Depression is linked to sexual dysfunction in both women and men.

1.   ?    True
2.   ?    False