Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. People with psychological disorders experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted and/or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts.
2. Depression is a devastating psychotic disorder in which the person’s thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors are impaired to the point of not being able to function normally in life.
3. Hyperactive children are fidgety, restless, and socially disruptive and have trouble with impulse control. A constant pattern has been shown to interfere with normal functioning.
4. Dream analysis occurs when the patient transfers positive or negative emotions associated with the patient’s other relationships to the psychoanalyst.
5. The goal of substance-related treatment is to help an addicted person manage compulsive drug-seeking behaviors.


1. False
This statement is false. People with obsessive-compulsive disorder experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted and/or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts.
2. False
This statement is false. Schizophrenia is a devastating psychotic disorder in which the person’s thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors are impaired to the point of not being able to function normally in life.
3. True
This statement is true. Hyperactive children are fidgety, restless, and socially disruptive and have trouble with impulse control. A constant pattern has been shown to interfere with normal functioning.
4. False
This statement is false. Transference occurs when the patient transfers positive or negative emotions associated with the patient’s other relationships to the psychoanalyst.
5. False
This statement is false. The goal of substance-related treatment is to help an addicted person stop compulsive drug-seeking behaviors.

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