Exam 2: Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches

Jackie's parents were very strict - they controlled who she could be friends with, which activities she could engage in, and there were harsh punishments if she disobeyed. Which of the following would Jackie be most likely to develop?

What is the unconditioned response in the following illustration? Fiona gets a blood test, and faints when blood begins to be drawn by the technician.

) A nerve impulse is:

Ted is extremely fearful that he might blurt out foul language at work, and offend other employees. Ted is experiencing:

Psychodynamic therapy today is practiced in the same way as when Freud developed it.

The id, ego, and superego are:

The famous Bobo dolls study was conducted by which Canadian researcher?

The analyst's feelings towards the client are referred to as:

Rational-emotive behaviour therapy primarily focuses on

According to the biopsychosocial model, one of the most powerful risk factors for psychological disorders is:

Who originated the field of psychotherapy research?

Describe a paradigm. Why is it important to adopt a paradigm in the study of abnormal psychology?

Rogers believed that conditions of worth were important for psychological wellbeing.

A criticism of the biopsychosocial approach is that:

When Melissa experiences test anxiety, she sticks her pen in her mouth and begins sucking on it. This defence mechanism is referred to as:

The 2003 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect found that there was a _______% increase in child maltreatment over the past 5 years.

Identifying particular genes associated with mental disorders is the _________ approach to the biological paradigm.

Ego analysis is a form of psychotherapy that:

The biopsychosocial model suggests that various factors increase one's risk of developing a mental illness

In their community sample of French-speaking Canadian adolescents, Elisa Romano and colleagues found that the prevalence of psychiatric disorders was __________ than that reported for English-speaking adolescents.