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  1. Which of the following best characterizes antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)?

    Answer: Pervasive disregard for and violation of others' rights since age 15

    ASPD is defined by a persistent pattern of violating others' rights, deceitfulness, impulsivity, and lack of remorse, with conduct disorder symptoms before age 15.

  2. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is most commonly associated with depression onset during which season?

    Answer: Fall/Winter

    SAD most commonly presents with depressive episodes beginning in fall or winter, likely linked to reduced sunlight and disrupted circadian rhythms.

  3. Conversion disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) involves:

    Answer: Neurological symptoms inconsistent with known neurological disease

    Conversion disorder presents with neurological symptoms (e.g., paralysis, blindness) that cannot be explained by a neurological condition and are incompatible with recognized disease.

  4. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) requires symptom onset before which age according to DSM-5?

    Answer: Age 12

    DSM-5 changed the age-of-onset criterion from age 7 (DSM-IV) to several symptoms present before age 12.

  5. Which of the following is a hallmark feature of narcissistic personality disorder?

    Answer: Grandiose sense of self-importance and lack of empathy

    Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, distinguishing it from other Cluster B disorders.

  6. In classical conditioning terms, a phobia is conceptualized as a conditioned fear response where the phobic stimulus functions as the:

    Answer: Conditioned stimulus (CS)

    The phobic stimulus has been paired with an aversive unconditioned stimulus and now elicits fear on its own, making it a conditioned stimulus.

  7. Which of the following disorders involves the presence of two or more distinct personality states or identities?

    Answer: Dissociative identity disorder

    Dissociative identity disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder) is defined by two or more distinct personality states accompanied by amnesia between states.