CUET UG Booster Psychology-Psychological Disorders Unit 4 Test ( M5)
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QUESTION 1 OF 20
Meena suddenly reports losing her ability to walk after a highly stressful event. Doctors can find no physical or biological cause for this impairment. Which disorder is she most likely experiencing?
QUESTION 2 OF 20
Which statement regarding illness anxiety disorder is INCORRECT?
QUESTION 3 OF 20
Arrange the typical process experienced by an individual undergoing a dissociative fugue:
1. Assumption of a new identity.
2. Sudden 'waking up' with no memory of the events that occurred during the state.
3. Unexpected travel away from home and workplace.
4. Inability to recall the previous identity.
QUESTION 4 OF 20
Dissociative identity disorder, often referred to as multiple personality, is often associated with ________ in childhood.
QUESTION 5 OF 20
Evaluate the following risk factors for depression: I. Women are particularly at risk during young adulthood. II. For men, the risk is highest in early middle age.
QUESTION 6 OF 20
Which of the following sets of signs should be taken seriously as indicating a student is in distress or potentially experiencing a loss of interest/depression?
QUESTION 7 OF 20
Consider the nature of manic episodes in Bipolar I disorder: I. Manic episodes always appear permanently by themselves without any mood interruption. II. Manic episodes rarely appear by themselves; they usually alternate with depression.
QUESTION 8 OF 20
Arrange the measures suggested by WHO for preventing suicide related to severe mood swings in a logical sequence from society-level access to individual management:
1. Limiting access to the means of suicide.
2. Early identification, treatment and care of people at risk.
3. Training health workers in assessing and managing for suicide.
4. Care for people who attempted suicide and providing community support.
QUESTION 9 OF 20
People with schizophrenia who believe that they are specially empowered persons are experiencing delusions of ________.
QUESTION 10 OF 20
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| 1. Tactile hallucination | A. Food or drink tastes strange |
| 2. Somatic hallucination | B. Forms of tingling or burning on skin |
| 3. Gustatory hallucination | C. Feeling something happening inside the body |
| 4. Auditory hallucination | D. Hearing voices or sounds |
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QUESTION 13 OF 20
A teacher describes a student as being "driven by a motor," constantly fidgeting, climbing aimlessly, and talking incessantly. This child is displaying which specific feature of ADHD?
QUESTION 14 OF 20
Identify the false statement concerning Autism Spectrum Disorder:
QUESTION 15 OF 20
Which of the following correctly defines conduct disorder? I. Age-inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family expectations and societal norms. II. Aggressive actions that cause or threaten harm to people or animals.
QUESTION 16 OF 20
What is a distinguishing cognitive characteristic of individuals with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)?
QUESTION 17 OF 20
In ________, the individual has a distorted body image that leads her/him to see herself/himself as overweight, often refusing to eat.
QUESTION 18 OF 20
Match the Following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| 1. Bulimia nervosa | A. Refusing to eat |
| 2. Anorexia nervosa | B. Eating followed by purging |
| 3. Binge eating | C. Eating rapidly without purging |
| 4. Purging disorder | D. Purging without binge eating |
QUESTION 19 OF 20
Suresh finds that he needs to drink increasingly greater amounts of alcohol to feel the confident and happy effects he used to get from a single glass. What biological adaptation has his body developed?
QUESTION 20 OF 20
Arrange the typical progression of cocaine drug dependence:
1. Cocaine dominates the person's life and dependence develops.
2. Person is intoxicated throughout the day, functioning poorly.
3. Regular use of cocaine begins.
4. Stopping results in depression, fatigue, and irritability.
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1 Meena suddenly reports losing her ability to walk after a highly stressful event. Doctors can find no physical or biological cause for this impairment. Which disorder is she most likely experiencing?
Psychological stress is "converted" into a physical motor/sensory deficit. No biological or neurological basis exists for the symptom. It often follows a significant trauma or stressful event.
- Conversion disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) involves symptoms affecting voluntary motor or sensory functions, such as paralysis or blindness, that suggest a medical condition but have no organic basis. In Meena's case, the loss of the ability to walk (motor function) immediately following a stressful event is the hallmark of this disorder. The psychological distress is literally "converted" into a physical limitation.
- Option A → Involves worry about having an illness, not the sudden loss of a physical function.
- Option C → Relates to memory loss and unexpected travel, not physical paralysis.
- Option D → Involves fear of open spaces or situations where escape is difficult.
Application: Identifying the "Conversion" of a mental stressor into a specific physical "Motor" deficit.
Final Logic: Sudden loss of a bodily function (walking) without a medical cause points directly to Conversion.
Convert Stress to Symptoms.
2 Which statement regarding illness anxiety disorder is INCORRECT?
Focus is on the fear of illness, not the actual symptoms. Physical complaints are usually minimal or absent. "Paralysis" belongs to Conversion disorder, not Illness Anxiety.
- Option C is incorrect because in Illness Anxiety Disorder, the primary feature is the preoccupation and worry about having or developing a disease, rather than the presence of actual physical symptoms. If symptoms are present, they are mild. "Multiple physical complaints like paralysis" is characteristic of Somatic Symptom Disorder or Conversion Disorder, not Illness Anxiety.
- Option A → Correct; constant worry is the defining cognitive feature.
- Option B → Correct; these individuals are hyper-sensitive to health-related information.
- Option D → Correct; "medical reassurance" typically provides only temporary or no relief.
Application: The word "Exclusively" combined with "Paralysis" (a motor symptom) identifies the statement as factually misplaced.
Final Logic: Illness Anxiety is about the thought of being sick, not the fact of being paralyzed.
Anxiety = Mental (Worry); Somatic = Body (Complaints).
3 Arrange the typical process experienced by an individual undergoing a dissociative fugue:
1. Assumption of a new identity.
2. Sudden 'waking up' with no memory of the events that occurred during the state.
3. Unexpected travel away from home and workplace.
4. Inability to recall the previous identity.
Step 1: Physical flight (Travel). Step 2: Psychological shift (New/No identity). Step 3: Resolution (Waking up).
- The sequence of Dissociative Fugue typically begins with 3 (Unexpected travel) away from home. During this state, the individual experiences 1 (Assumption of a new identity) and 4 (Inability to recall the previous identity). The fugue ends with 2 (Sudden 'waking up'), where the person returns to their original identity but has amnesia for the period of the fugue. Note: While 1 and 4 occur simultaneously, 3 is the catalyst and 2 is the resolution.
- Option B → Incorrect; one cannot assume a new identity before the travel/fugue begins.
- Option C → Incorrect; places the inability to recall after the assumption of a new identity, though the physical flight must always come first.
- Option D → Incorrect; starts with the end-state of memory loss before the physical flight.
Application: "Fugue" comes from the Latin for "flight." The physical act of leaving must be the primary stage.
Final Logic: Travel $\rightarrow$ Identity shift $\rightarrow$ Waking up.
Fugue = Flight.
4 Dissociative identity disorder, often referred to as multiple personality, is often associated with ________ in childhood.
DID is a defense mechanism against overwhelming pain. It is most commonly linked to severe childhood abuse (physical/sexual). The mind "splits" to compartmentalize trauma.
- Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is highly correlated with severe traumatic experiences during early childhood. Dissociation serves as a mental escape for a child who cannot physically escape an abusive or overwhelming environment. The child "creates" alternate identities to hold the traumatic memories while the host identity remains functional.
- Option A → While genetics play a role in most disorders, trauma is the specific environmental hallmark of DID.
- Option C → Intellectual disability is a separate neurodevelopmental category.
- Option D → There is no clinical evidence linking DID to viral infections.
Application: Associating "Dissociation" with its primary cause: Trauma.
Final Logic: DID is fundamentally a trauma-based disorder.
Split Identity = Split from Pain (Trauma).
5 Evaluate the following risk factors for depression: I. Women are particularly at risk during young adulthood. II. For men, the risk is highest in early middle age.
Depression risk varies by gender and age. Women face higher risk in early adulthood (biological/social transitions). Men face higher risk in middle age (vocational/mid-life stressors).
- According to NCERT and psychological research, gender differences in depression are significant. Statement I is correct; women show a higher prevalence and are especially vulnerable during young adulthood. Statement II is also correct; for men, the peak risk period typically shifts toward early middle age.
- Options A, B, and D → These are rejected because both statements reflect the specific epidemiological findings discussed in the NCERT text regarding the demographic distribution of depression.
Application: Confirming specific demographic facts provided in the "Depressive Disorders" section.
Final Logic: The data regarding young adult women and middle-aged men is a standardized clinical observation.
Women = Young; Men = Middle.
6 Which of the following sets of signs should be taken seriously as indicating a student is in distress or potentially experiencing a loss of interest/depression?
Anhedonia (loss of interest) is a core symptom. Behavioral changes (declining performance) indicate impairment. Withdrawal (absence) is a common coping mechanism.
- Depression in students often manifests as a withdrawal from their normal life. Anhedonia (lack of interest in common activities), a drop in academic performance (declining grades), and avoiding social/school settings (mysterious absence) are red flags for mental distress. These are "Negative" shifts in functioning.
- Option A → These describe Mania (the opposite of depression).
- Option C → These describe Schizophrenia.
- Option D → This describes Binge Eating Disorder.
Application: Matching the "Depression" theme (Low/Withdrawal) to the behaviors.
Final Logic: Depression results in a "loss" of normal functioning, which Option B captures.
Depression = Drop (Grades, Interest, Presence).
7 Consider the nature of manic episodes in Bipolar I disorder: I. Manic episodes always appear permanently by themselves without any mood interruption. II. Manic episodes rarely appear by themselves; they usually alternate with depression.
Bipolar means "Two Poles." It is a cyclic disorder, not a permanent state of one mood. Mania is followed or preceded by depression.
- Statement II is correct because Bipolar Disorder is characterized by alternating periods of mania and depression. Statement I is false because manic episodes are not "permanent"; they are discrete periods of time. A "permanent" state of one mood would not be "Bipolar." Even in Bipolar I, which is defined by the presence of at least one manic episode, depression is nearly always part of the long-term clinical picture.
- Option A → Mania is an episodic state, not a permanent one.
- Option C → Rejected because Statement I is factually and logically incorrect regarding the "bi" (two) in bipolar.
- Option D → Rejected because Statement II is the correct definition.
Application: The word "always" and "permanently" in Statement I are red flags for clinical inaccuracy.
Final Logic: Bipolar disorder is defined by its cycling/alternating nature.
Bi = Two. It takes two (Mania and Depression) to be Bipolar.
8 Arrange the measures suggested by WHO for preventing suicide related to severe mood swings in a logical sequence from society-level access to individual management:
1. Limiting access to the means of suicide.
2. Early identification, treatment and care of people at risk.
3. Training health workers in assessing and managing for suicide.
4. Care for people who attempted suicide and providing community support.
Step 1: Environmental (Limiting means). Step 2: System-level (Training workers). Step 3: Individual identification. Step 4: Aftercare (Community support).
- The WHO provides a comprehensive framework. It starts with macro-level prevention like 1 (Limiting access to means) such as pesticides or firearms. Next is 2 (Early identification) of those in distress. This is facilitated by 3 (Training health workers) to ensure the systems are in place. Finally, 4 (Care and community support) provides the safety net for survivors.
- Options B, C, D → These do not follow the logical flow from broad environmental prevention to specific individual clinical intervention as outlined in the NCERT/WHO guidelines.
Application: Ordering from "Public Policy" (Means) to "Private Care" (Support).
Final Logic: Prevention begins with the environment and ends with specific patient support.
Policy People.
9 People with schizophrenia who believe that they are specially empowered persons are experiencing delusions of ________.
Grandeur = Greatness. Focus: Inflated self-importance, power, or identity. Belief in having special missions or divine status.
- Delusions of Grandeur involve the fixed, false belief that one is much more important, powerful, or famous than they actually are. Examples include believing one is a savior, a world leader, or possesses supernatural powers.
- Option A → Belief that one is being harmed or spied on.
- Option B → Belief that neutral environment cues are directed at them personally.
- Option D → Belief that one's body/mind is being puppeted by external forces.
Application: Matching "Empowered/Superior" to "Grand."
Final Logic: Grandeur refers to an inflated sense of greatness.
Grand = Great.
10 Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| 1. Tactile hallucination | A. Food or drink tastes strange |
| 2. Somatic hallucination | B. Forms of tingling or burning on skin |
| 3. Gustatory hallucination | C. Feeling something happening inside the body |
| 4. Auditory hallucination | D. Hearing voices or sounds |
Tactile = Touch/Skin. Somatic = Organs/Internal. Gustatory = Taste. Auditory = Hearing.
- Mapping the sensory system to the symptom: 1-B: Tactile refers to touch; tingling/burning on the skin is the classic form. 2-C: Somatic refers to the body; in hallucinations, this means feeling internal movements (e.g., snakes in the stomach). 3-A: Gustatory refers to the sense of taste (food/drink). 4-D: Auditory refers to hearing sounds or voices.
- Options B, C, D → These misalign the biological senses with their corresponding descriptions (e.g., matching Somatic with Taste).
Application: Matching medical Latin roots (Gusta = Taste, Tact = Touch) to the options.
Final Logic: Systematic sensory mapping confirms Option A.
T-S-G-A: Touch-Stomach-Gusta(Taste)-Audio.
11
Passage explicitly defines "Positive" as "bizarre additions." Delusions are "extra" thoughts added to reality. They are "pathological excesses."
- The passage defines Positive Symptoms as "pathological excesses" or "bizarre additions" to a person's behavior. Since delusions are false beliefs that are added to a person's mental state (rather than something being taken away), they fall directly into this category as per the provided text.
- Option A → Defined as "deficits" or something missing.
- Option B → Refers to physical movement (Catatonia).
- Option D → This is a specific negative symptom (poverty of speech).
Application: Direct matching of the phrase "bizarre additions" from the passage to the term "Positive symptoms."
Final Logic: If Addition = Positive, then Delusions (an addition) = Positive.
Positive = Plus (+).
12
Alogia = A (Without) + Logia (Speech/Logic). It is a "Negative" symptom because speech is missing. It often involves slow or empty replies.
- Alogia, or poverty of speech, is a negative symptom of schizophrenia characterized by a reduction in the amount or content of speech. The person may speak very little or provide very brief, empty answers to questions. This represents a "deficit" in the normal flow of thought and communication.
- Option A → This is a positive symptom (making up new, meaningless words).
- Option C → This is a positive symptom (false sensory perceptions).
- Option D → This is a psychomotor symptom (immobility).
Application: Identifying the clinical term for "Poverty of Speech."
Final Logic: Alogia is the specific technical term for reduced verbal output.
A-Logia = No Logo (No words).
13 A teacher describes a student as being "driven by a motor," constantly fidgeting, climbing aimlessly, and talking incessantly. This child is displaying which specific feature of ADHD?
"Driven by a motor" is the classic clinical descriptor for hyperactivity. Excess physical movement is the key. Talking incessantly is a verbal form of hyperactivity.
- Hyperactivity in ADHD manifests as excessive physical energy and a constant need for movement. The descriptors "driven by a motor," "fidgeting," and "climbing" are textbook examples of this. It differs from inattention (focus issues) and impulsivity (acting without thinking).
- Option A → Refers to difficulty staying on task or being easily distracted.
- Option B → Refers to inability to wait for a turn or interrupting others.
- Option D → This is a symptom of Schizophrenia (loss of will), the opposite of being "driven."
Application: Matching the "Energy/Motor" theme to the term "Hyper."
Final Logic: High activity level = Hyper-activity.
Motor = Motion = Hyperactivity.
14 Identify the false statement concerning Autism Spectrum Disorder:
ASD is fundamentally a social-communication disorder. Difficulty "initiating" social interaction is a core diagnostic criteria. Sharing emotions (Social-emotional reciprocity) is specifically impaired.
- Option D is false because the core characteristic of Autism Spectrum Disorder is the inability or extreme difficulty in initiating social interactions. Children with ASD often struggle to understand social cues, share emotions with others, or engage in the "give-and-take" of social life.
- Option A → True; social impairment is the "anchor" symptom.
- Option B → True; sameness and routine are highly valued.
- Option C → True; intellectual disability is a frequent comorbidity (70%).
Application: Finding the statement that contradicts the "Social Impairment" definition.
Final Logic: If the disorder is defined by social difficulty, a statement saying they are "natural/easy" at it must be false.
Autism = Social Wall.
15 Which of the following correctly defines conduct disorder? I. Age-inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family expectations and societal norms. II. Aggressive actions that cause or threaten harm to people or animals.
Conduct disorder is the more "severe" version of ODD. It involves breaking major rules/laws (Norm violation). Cruelty to people/animals is a key clinical indicator.
- Statement I correctly describes the "rule-breaking" and "norm-violating" nature of Conduct Disorder. Statement II correctly identifies the "Aggressive" dimension, which includes physical fights, bullying, and cruelty. Together, these statements cover the diagnostic pillars of the disorder in children and adolescents.
- Options A, B, and D → These are rejected because both statements are standard components of the NCERT definition of Conduct Disorder.
Application: Validating the multi-dimensional definition of behavioral disorders.
Final Logic: Conduct disorder is defined by both societal rule-breaking AND physical aggression.
Conduct = Cruelty and Confrontation.
16 What is a distinguishing cognitive characteristic of individuals with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)?
ODD children often lack "insight" into their behavior. They blame others or the situation ("He made me do it"). They believe their reaction is perfectly reasonable.
- A key cognitive feature of ODD is that the individual often does not perceive themselves as defiant. Instead, they feel they are simply responding to "unreasonable demands" or "unfair circumstances." This externalization of blame helps maintain the oppositional pattern.
- Option A → This describes Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD) or extreme Conduct Disorder.
- Option C → This is a psychotic symptom (Schizophrenia), not a behavior disorder feature.
- Option D → This is Conversion Disorder.
Application: Identifying the "Justification" aspect of behavior disorders.
Final Logic: ODD involves a refusal to take responsibility for one's defiance.
ODD = "It's Not My Fault."
17 In ________, the individual has a distorted body image that leads her/him to see herself/himself as overweight, often refusing to eat.
Key: Self-starvation. Key: Distorted body image (Dysmorphia). The fear of fatness is the driving force.
- Anorexia Nervosa is the specific eating disorder characterized by a refusal to eat and a distorted body image. The individual "sees" themselves as overweight despite being clinically underweight. This differs from Bulimia, where the individual does eat (binge) but then purges.
- Option A → Involves bingeing and purging cycles.
- Option C → Involves bingeing without any restriction or purging.
- Option D → Involves physical symptoms with no medical cause.
Application: Matching "Refusing to eat" to the definition of Anorexia.
Final Logic: Starvation + Distorted Image = Anorexia.
Anorexia = "Away" (from food).
18 Match the Following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| 1. Bulimia nervosa | A. Refusing to eat |
| 2. Anorexia nervosa | B. Eating followed by purging |
| 3. Binge eating | C. Eating rapidly without purging |
| 4. Purging disorder | D. Purging without binge eating |
Bulimia = Binge + Purge. Anorexia = Starve. Binge Eating = Binge Only. Purging Disorder = Purge Only.
- Mapping behaviors to disorders: 1-B: Bulimia is defined by eating followed by compensatory behaviors (purging). 2-A: Anorexia is defined by the refusal to eat. 3-C: Binge eating involves eating large amounts without purging. 4-D: Purging disorder is a specific condition where the individual purges even though they have not binged.
- Options B, C, D → These misalign the core behaviors. For example, B incorrectly matches Anorexia (Starving) with Binge Eating (Rapid eating).
Application: Isolating the "Binge" and "Purge" variables to match the names.
Final Logic: Bulimia must have both; Binge-Eating must have only the first; Anorexia has neither (only restriction).
B-P (Bulimia: Binge/Purge). B-O (Binge: Binge Only).
19 Suresh finds that he needs to drink increasingly greater amounts of alcohol to feel the confident and happy effects he used to get from a single glass. What biological adaptation has his body developed?
Tolerance = Needing more for the same effect. The body becomes "used to" the substance. It is a key indicator of physical dependence.
- Tolerance is a biological process where repeated use of a substance (like alcohol) results in a diminished effect. To achieve the original "high" or feeling of confidence, Suresh must consume increasingly greater amounts. This is a hallmark sign of a developing Substance Use Disorder.
- Option A → The negative physical symptoms that occur when the drug leaves the body.
- Option C → Feeling detached from one's own body.
- Option D → Fear of public spaces.
Application: Identifying the concept of "Needing more."
Final Logic: In pharmacology, "increasing dose for same effect" = Tolerance.
Tolerance = Taller (Dose).
20 Arrange the typical progression of cocaine drug dependence:
1. Cocaine dominates the person's life and dependence develops.
2. Person is intoxicated throughout the day, functioning poorly.
3. Regular use of cocaine begins.
4. Stopping results in depression, fatigue, and irritability.
Step 1: Normalizing the habit (Regular use). Step 2: Escalation (Intoxicated all day). Step 3: Clinical outcome (Dependence). Step 4: Cessation effect (Withdrawal).
- The progression follows the path from use to addiction: 1. 3: It starts with the transition to regular use. 2. 2: This escalates until the person is intoxicated throughout the day, impairing their social and work life. 3. 1: At this point, the drug dominates the life and full dependence is established. 4. 4: Finally, the physical dependence is proven when stopping causes withdrawal (depression, fatigue).
- Options B, C, D → These misplace the withdrawal (4) or the start of the habit (3) in the chronological timeline of addiction development.
Application: Ordering from "Behavior" (Use) to "Biological State" (Withdrawal).
Final Logic: Withdrawal (4) must be the final stage after dependence (1) has been reached.
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