Test Bank for Adult Psychopathology and

Test Bank for Adult Psychopathology and Diagnosis, 7e Deborah Beidel, Christopher Frueh, Michel Hersen (All Chapters) Chapter 1: Mental Disorders as Discrete Clinical Conditions: Dimensional Versus Categorical Classification

• The categorical model of classification assumes that
• Disorders share certain characteristics.
• Symptoms should be measured on a spectrum of severity.
• Disorders have specific etiologies, pathologies, and treatments.
• We cannot make a clear distinction between normal behavior and a psychological

disorder.

• The categorical model of classification
• Does not account for comorbidity.
• Accounts for comorbidity.
• Assumes that assigning more than one diagnosis is indicative of lack of clinical

experience.

• None of the above

• The categorical classification system was originally developed for the medical field by
• Sigmund Freud.
• Jean Piaget.
• Benjamin Franklin.
• Emil Kraepelin.

• What is one of the ways the DSM attempts to force differential diagnoses?
• Exclusionary criteria
• Providing clinician training seminars
• Making clear distinctions between disorders
• Utilizing rating scales with cut-off scores for each disorder

• What is the current version of the DSM? Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material

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Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Materiala. DSM-III

• DSM-IV
• DSM-IV-TR
• DSM-5

• Brown, Campbell, Lehman, Grisham, and Mancil (2001) reported that ____ of individuals in a

clinical setting who meet criteria for lifetime major depression or dysthymia also meet criteria for a current or past anxiety disorder.

• 0%
• 10%
• 50%
• 95%

• Some researchers have argued for an abandonment of the term comorbidity in favor of
• Shared-symptomatology.
• Convergence.
• Co-occurrence.
• Mixed episode.

• According to the textbook, modification of diagnostic criteria to form a more homogenous

disorder has resulted in which of the following?

• Increased accuracy of diagnosis assignment
• Increased diagnosis of “Not Otherwise Specified”
• Decreased diagnosis of “Not Otherwise Specified”
• Modifications have not had any effect on the assignment of diagnoses.

• When new diagnoses are added to the DSM to fill gaps, which of the following is most likely to

occur?

• Increased accuracy of diagnosis assignment
• Increased boundary problems
• Decreased ability to make a differential diagnosis
• Both b and c

• What is one of the major criticisms of the thresholds provided by the DSM to differentiate

severity of depression?

• The thresholds are arbitrary.
• The thresholds share overlap.
• Both a and b
• None of the above

• The primary goal of the authors of the DSM-5 was to shift toward developing which of the

following classification systems?

• Categorical classification
• Dimensional classification
• Mixed classification
• Evidence-based classification

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Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material12. In terms of the distinction between normal and abnormal personality functioning, the DSM-IV- TR

• Made a clear distinction between what is considered normal and abnormal.
• Did not make a clear distinction between what is considered normal and abnormal.
• Made no mention of normal functioning.
• None of the above

• Which category of disorders in the DSM has recently shifted to a dimensional classification

system?

• Anxiety disorders
• Substance-related disorders
• Developmental disorders
• Personality disorders

• What disorder in the DSM has a history of using a dimensional classification system?
• Anxiety disorders
• Intellectual disability
• Personality disorders
• None of the above

• In order to receive a diagnosis of intellectual disability, the individual must meet which of the

following criteria?

• Only need an IQ of 70 or below
• Only need to experience functional impairment
• Both a and b
• None of the above

• NIMH has largely rejected DSM-5 in favor of what nomenclature?
• DSM-IV-TR
• Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)
• A categorical approach
• Both A and C

• Negative affectivity, detachment, psychoticism, antagonism, and disinhibition are part of what?
• DSM-IV-TR personality disorders
• Axis II personality disorders in DSM-5
• The Five Factor Model of personality
• Both b and c

• Early onset dysthymia and depressive personality disorder are examples of which of the

following?

• The excellent ability of the categorical system to make clear distinction between these

two disorders

• Two disorders in which no meaningful distinction can be made
• Disorders that are not based in research
• New disorders proposed to be introduced in the upcoming version of the DSM

• Which classification system was discontinued in the DSM-5? Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material

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Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Materiala. Use of severity ratings

• Distinction between substance abuse and dependence
• Not Otherwise Specified diagnoses
• None of the above

• The main impetus for the effort to develop the DSM-5 was
• Boredom with the current criteria.
• To appease insurance companies.
• Frustration with the existing nomenclature.
• None of the above

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