ATI RN
Psychobiological Disorders Questions
Question 1 of 5
A woman complains that she keeps collapsing to the ground every time she hears a loud bang. What is she describing
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Cataplexy is a sudden, transient loss of muscle tone often triggered by strong emotions or stimuli like a loud bang, commonly seen in narcolepsy. Catatonia involves immobility or purposeless movement, waxy flexibility is a catatonic feature, rigidity is muscle stiffness, and catalepsy is fixed posture, none of which fit the trigger-response pattern described.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following follows an X-linked dominant inheritance pattern?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Erikson maintained that personality develops in a predetermined order through eight stages of psychological development. Which Erikson's psychological crisis stage is linked to the Freudian 'Oral' psycho-sexual stage of development
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Memory is categorised into subcomponents. Which of the following is paired correctly
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
The chief distinguishing feature of psychotic disorders is
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, are primarily characterized by a loss of contact with reality, often manifesting as confusion between fantasy and reality (e.g., hallucinations and delusions). Antisocial conduct (B) relates more to personality disorders, overwhelming anxiety (C) to anxiety disorders, and obsessive behavior (D) to obsessive-compulsive disorders, making A the correct answer.