Exam 2: Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders

A key structure in the forebrain is the ____, which consists of layers of specialized nerve cells.

Tuyet-Hoa says, "I tend to focus on the individual and how that person can reach his or her full potential. I am optimistic that people can fulfill themselves when they are free of society's burdening expectations." Tuyet-Hoa's ideas sound most like ____.

The scientific field that studies the effects of drugs on the mind and behavior is called ____.

One strength of the behavioral model is that it ____.

According to the psychodynamic model, people use unconscious strategies to protect their egos from anxieties. The general term for these strategies is ____.

Sandy inherited a biological predisposition toward impulsive behavior. However, she grew up in a religious family, and has several close friends who help to moderate her behavior. Sandy has ____ that reduce her impulsive behavior.

Thuy is faced with a dilemma. She lives in a war-torn country in which for years, the economy has been severely disrupted. In order to feed herself and her children, she steals food, but she feels a great sense of guilt when she does. According to Freud, the personality structure involved in the guilt she feels for stealing the food is the ____.

Dopamine is related to several mental disorders, including ____.

When Stanley is afraid of meeting a woman, he finds an excuse to run off by himself. The immediate effect of running away is to make him feel less anxious and more at ease. Stanley's behavior illustrates the ____.

Patty knows that if she cries, she will get her way. Paul knows that if he cries, he will be ignored. Which model of behavior suggests that Patty will increase her crying and Paul will decrease his crying?

The function of neural dendrites is to ____.

A mother says to her daughter, "I value you regardless of your behavior. I may disapprove of what you do, but I will still respect and love you." According to Rogers, this mother is ____.

Dr. Young says, "My client faced such severe traumas in her first five years of life that she blocked the memories from conscious recall. The result is that although she is 29 years old, and cannot remember her childhood." Dr. Young is describing the psychodynamic concept of ____.

The limbic system is a group of deep brain structures associated with ____.

An assumption of the multipath model of abnormality is that ____.

Which statement about short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy is accurate?

In the brain, myelination ____

Classical conditioning is a form of associative learning. What exactly is associated?

Which model of psychopathology considers unconscious influences to be the motivation for behavior?

When stress or perceived threat triggers the HPA axis, the ____ stimulates the ____ to release hormones.