13. Which type of compulsion has the highest prevalence rate?
(A) Symmetry
(B) Cleaning and contamination
(C) Hoarding
(D) Forbidden thoughts or actions

9. The problem with generating a false negative during an assessment strategy is that the patient (A) will not receive treatment for an actual disorder. (B) will receive treatment for a disorder they don’t have. (C) will be tired of being tested. (D) will be discredited.

10. The dimensional approach to classification of mental disorders differs from the categorical approach because the dimensional system provides (A) lists of symptoms that are associated with all of the forms of psychopathology that are currently believed to exist. (B) diagnostic labels based on the presence of specific symptoms. (C) information that is used to determine the cause and treatment of the disorder. (D) scales that indicate the degree to which patients are experiencing various cognitions, moods, and behaviors.

11. The purpose of creating mini panic attacks in panic control treatment therapy is to (A) help patients identify what makes them panic. (B) allow the patient to develop alternative attitudes about the feared situation. (C) convince the patient that panic attacks are not real (D) force the panic attacks into the unconscious.

12. In Japan, the anxiety syndrome termed taijin kyofusho involves a fear of (A) performing onstage. (B) speaking to females. (C) embarrassing oneself. (D) personally offending others.

14. In regard to a type of thinking pattern found in some patients with OCD, which of the following would be an example of thought-action fusion? (A) Washing one's hands repeatedly to ward off germs (B) Taking only very small steps while walking to prevent others from being in danger (C) Believing that thinking about an abortion is the moral equivalent of having an abortion (D) Saving stacks of old newspapers or magazines because they might be needed some day

15. Although both panic disorder patients and persons with somatic symptom disorder tend to misinterpret bodily sensations, patients with panic disorder (A) are having real physical sensations, while the sensations of those with somatic symptom disorder are "all in their heads." (B) tend to fear immediate catastrophe, while those with somatic symptom disorder tend to fear long-term illness. (C) are having imagined physical sensations, while those with somatic symptom disorder are experiencing real physical sensations. (D) tend to ignore the symptoms of their first attacks, while those with somatic symptom disorder tend to seek immediate medical treatment following the first indication of pain.

16. In dissociative amnesia, the individual typically has no memory of (A) any events. (B) events prior to a trauma. (C) selective events, particularly those involving trauma. (D) events following a trauma, particularly those involving interpersonal issues.

17. When used in connection with mood disorders, "flight of ideas" means (A) anxiety about airplane travel. (B) rapid speech expressing many exciting ideas at once. (C) limited imagination reflected in a slow way of speaking. (D) repression of all creative ideas.

18. Persistent depressive disorder (PDD) differs from major depressive disorder because people diagnosed with PDD have symptoms of depression that are ________. (A) longer-lasting (B) temporary (C) more severe (D) episodic

19. The rapid-cycling specifier refers to an individual with bipolar disorder who experiences at least ___ manic or depressive episodes in a year. (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8