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Psychobiological Disorders Questions
Question 1 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 2 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 3 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.
Question 4 of 5
A much-feared outcome of Alzheimer's disease is
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Alzheimer's disease commonly progresses to senile dementia, a severe cognitive decline that is a feared outcome. Functional psychosis (A) is not specific to Alzheimer's, paranoia (B) may occur but isn't the primary outcome, and general paresis (C) is linked to syphilis, not Alzheimer's, making D correct.
Question 5 of 5
Because there is considerable overlap among the types of schizophrenia, and because patterns of behavior shift over time, many patients are simply classified as suffering from schizophrenia.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Undifferentiated schizophrenia is diagnosed when symptoms don't clearly fit into specific subtypes (e.g., paranoid, catatonic) or show overlap, which matches the description. Borderline (A) relates to personality disorders, atypical (B) and mixed (C) are not standard schizophrenia classifications, making D correct.