Exam 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

You and a friend are lost while walking on a street in a foreign city. A stranger approaches, and you are concerned that the stranger may try to mug you. Your friend assumes that the stranger is approaching to give you directions. As the stranger approaches, you experience fear, but your friend experiences relief. Your different emotional reactions can be explained by the theory of emotion.

The procedures referred to as quantitative genetics are used to

Given the role of social factors in psychological disorders and the fact that psychological disorders are still associated with social stigma (people tend to think that the disorder is something to be ashamed of), there is a much greater chance that people with psychological disorders will

Drugs that increase the activity of a neurotransmitter are called .

When comparing the brains of rats raised in a rich environment requiring lots of learning and motor behavior with the brains of rats raised as "couch potatoes" (Greenough, et al., 1990), the cerebellums of the more active rats

The significance of the study conducted by Insel, Scanlan, Champoux, and Soumi (1988) in which rhesus monkeys were raised either with a sense of control or without one and later exposed to an anxiety-inducing drug is that chemicals such as neurotransmitters

Most automatic functions (e.g., breathing, sleeping, and motor coordination) are controlled by the part of the brain called the _.

Meno is 64 years old. Although continuously faced with considerable stress and difficulty in his life, he always displays an optimistic, upbeat attitude. According to research, Meno should

According to modern cognitive science, the unconscious

Regarding the research on socialization and health, the safest conclusion is that

About 80% of the neurons contained in the central nervous system are located in the .

Drugs often seem to work in a manner by reaching higher areas of the cortex where thinking occurs last. This is called _.

Recent research suggests that

The peripheral nervous system is made up of the .

Research with the elderly has found that depression is more likely in those individuals who

The most accurate way to think of genes is that they

The neurotransmitter associated with both schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease is .

The best description of the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology is that it is based on

Recent research and increased understanding about the role of neurotransmitters in psychopathology point out that

Anxious males tend to have a higher rate of alcoholism than females. One likely explanation for this difference is that men are