Exam 2: Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders

Two characters on the "Star Trek" television series, Mr. Spock and Commander Data, are completely logical. They make their decisions on the basis of realistic considerations, not emotions or moral judgment. From a psychodynamic perspective, their personalities are entirely ____.

Defense mechanisms ____.

Are traditional psychoanalytic therapy and humanistic psychotherapies effective in helping severely disturbed people?

A kindergarten teacher wants to reduce the amount of aggressiveness children display in her class and on the playground. Using operant conditioning principles, the teacher should ____.

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

Before contemporary multicultural models were developed, racial differences in rates of mental disorder were often explained in terms of ____.

Which factor is a biological explanation of psychopathology?

Psychodynamic theory ____.

Which statement about classical conditioning is accurate ?

Joseph, a student in the abnormal psychology class, says, "Why are we studying Freud? All he ever talked about was sex and his theory is totally outdated!" A valid response from his professor would be ____.

What term is used to describe the cause of abnormal behavior?

Compare and contrast the psychodynamic model and the humanistic-existential model on the following issues: the origins of abnormal behavior, the role of conscious experience in everyday behavior, determinism, and methods of treatment.

A major contribution of the humanistic perspective is its ____.

Patients in psychoanalysis unconsciously attempt to impede their treatment by preventing exposure of repressed material. This process is referred to as ____.

Which statement about interpersonal therapy is accurate ?

Which statement about the biological model is accurate ?

Constance was instructed by her therapist to say whatever came to mind, even if it was illogical or embarrassing. Her therapist was using which psychodynamic technique?

In the diathesis-stress theory, the diathesis is ____.

Unlike the early behaviorists, behaviorally-oriented mental health professionals today ____.

A person hears this from his therapist: "Your interpretation of the events in your life brings on your behaviors. If you can see yourself as less of a failure and more of a success, your behaviors will change." The therapist probably supports which approach to abnormal behavior?