Exam 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Abnormal Behaviour

Watson and his student, Rosalie Rayner, demonstrated that

Freud believed that girls desire their father to gain what they strongly desire - a penis. Freud referred to this desire for the father as the

Sally became fearful of spiders as a child after repeatedly watching her mother show distress in the presence of a spider. Sally's fear of spiders is most easily accounted for by

Which of the following reasons was NOT suggested by the text to potentially account for the finding that people who were aggressive or psychotic were far more likely to be identified among the poor than the middle class?

According to Freud, the energy for the sexual drive called eros is referred to as __________.

Sigmund Freud, founder of the psychodynamic school of thought, was a

Which scenario illustrates a diathesis-stress pathway to disorder?

Regarding the HPA axis which of the following statements is NOT true?

Theories

In both girls and boys, Freudians refer to desire for the opposite-sex parent as the Oedipal Complex.

List the three forms research into the genetic bases of psychiatric disorders typically takes, and explain the basic premise of such studies.

According to the text, two of the most eminent advocates of humanistic psychology were

Freud theorized that children in the latency stage (from ages 6 to 12) are in a period of sexual quiescence during which the child focuses on developing intellectual and motor skills.

In science, experiments are set up not to prove the worth of a theory, but rather to reject what is called the

Which of the following is true regarding the gene-environment interaction?

Alex is a four-year-old boy who starts telling his mother that he wants to marry her. Freud would characterize his behaviour as reflecting

According to third wave approaches to CBT, what is mindfulness?

Behavioural theories focusing on classical conditioning and operant conditioning led to important advancements in our understanding of human behaviour. However, researchers eventually suggested that these learning principles provided an incomplete account of how people learn. Explain how Bandura's social learning theory extended these earlier learning paradigms.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the existential approach?

Geris is a clinical psychologist whose therapeutic approach reflects the view that thinking and behaviour are learned and thus can be changed. Further, her approach essentially follows the views expressed by Bandura's social learning theory. Which of the following is most likely Geris's treatment approach?