Question 1

Which of the following statements is true of the incidence of eating disorders?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are no gender differences across development in the incidence of eating disorders. 
B)  There are gender differences in adolescence but these disappear in adulthood. 
C)  Females are more likely than males to have an eating disorder across the lifespan. 
D)  Males are more likely than females to have an eating disorder across the lifespan. 
A)  There are no gender differences across development in the incidence of eating disorders. 
B)  There are gender differences in adolescence but these disappear in adulthood. 
C)  Females are more likely than males to have an eating disorder across the lifespan. 
D)  Males are more likely than females to have an eating disorder across the lifespan. C

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true about the diagnosis of psychopathy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychopathy is more common in low socioeconomic groups compared to high socioeconomic groups. 
B)  Parenting practices and family factors directly predict the emergence of psychopathy. 
C)  Psychopathy can only be diagnosed in adulthood. 
D)  Psychopathy was originally included in the larger category of antisocial personality disorders. 
A)  Psychopathy is more common in low socioeconomic groups compared to high socioeconomic groups. 
B)  Parenting practices and family factors directly predict the emergence of psychopathy. 
C)  Psychopathy can only be diagnosed in adulthood. 
D)  Psychopathy was originally included in the larger category of antisocial personality disorders. D

Question 3

Sri is a child with an anxiety disorder.What cognitive and attention biases may contribute to his anxiety?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive and attention biases are likely contributing to Sri's anxiety disorder.Children like Sri tend to show more attention to and more difficulty disengaging from disturbing stimuli, a tendency to interpret ambiguous events in more negative ways, and selective recall of memories of events that are more negatively charged.

Question 4

Dr.Ehrenreich is a behavioral therapist.He wants to help a client overcome an extreme fear of spiders.How is he likely to proceed?

Accepted Answer

Dr.Ehrenreich is likely to use a classic

Question 5

Albert was diagnosed with schizophrenia.As a child, he showed less pronounced emotions than did his brother who did not develop schizophrenia.Albert's less frequent use of responses that indicate emotions is referred to as affective:

Accepted Answer

A)  blunting 
B)  dampening 
C)  inhibiting 
D)  muting 
A)  blunting 
B)  dampening 
C)  inhibiting 
D)  muting

Question 6

Researchers found support for the link between prenatal infection and the development of schizophrenia following a worldwide epidemic of:

Accepted Answer

A)  cytomegalovirus 
B)  gonorrhea 
C)  influenza 
D)  rubella 
A)  cytomegalovirus 
B)  gonorrhea 
C)  influenza 
D)  rubella

Question 7

In studies of videotapes of the first birthdays of children with and without autism, researchers noticed that autistic children differed in all the following ways EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  fewer hand movements 
B)  less joint attention 
C)  less responsiveness to their own name 
D)  less social interaction 
A)  fewer hand movements 
B)  less joint attention 
C)  less responsiveness to their own name 
D)  less social interaction

Question 8

Charlotte is picked on incessantly by her peers.She has developed a cognitive style in which she assumes that her mistreatment is because of something about her rather than about the world.The future looks very bleak to Charlotte and she feels hopeless.This illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  obsessive thoughts 
B)  insecurity motivation 
C)  learned helplessness 
D)  rumination 
A)  obsessive thoughts 
B)  insecurity motivation 
C)  learned helplessness 
D)  rumination

Question 9

________ therapy is based on the idea that a person's problems stem from how she sees and thinks about the world and how abnormal perceptions and cognitions cause problem behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive-behavioral 
B)  Model 
C)  Social learning 
D)  Psychoanalysis 
A)  Cognitive-behavioral 
B)  Model 
C)  Social learning 
D)  Psychoanalysis

Question 10

Eating disorders usually first emerge in:

Accepted Answer

A)  early childhood 
B)  middle childhood 
C)  adolescence 
D)  young adulthood 
A)  early childhood 
B)  middle childhood 
C)  adolescence 
D)  young adulthood

Question 11

Myron always considers the worst possible outcome for future events.He frequently engages in:

Accepted Answer

A)  catastrophizing 
B)  disaster thinking 
C)  co-ruminating 
D)  systematizing 
A)  catastrophizing 
B)  disaster thinking 
C)  co-ruminating 
D)  systematizing

Question 12

John Watson instilled anxiety in a child through:

Accepted Answer

A)  classical conditioning 
B)  exposure therapy 
C)  observational learning 
D)  operant conditioning 
A)  classical conditioning 
B)  exposure therapy 
C)  observational learning 
D)  operant conditioning

Question 13

Autism was first diagnosed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Block 
B)  Costello 
C)  Kanner 
D)  Sylvers 
A)  Block 
B)  Costello 
C)  Kanner 
D)  Sylvers

Question 14

Ralph has autism but his brother Jake does not.When interacting with another person, what is the most likely outcome?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both Ralph and Jake will focus on the other person's eyes. 
B)  Ralph will be more likely than Jake to focus on the other person's eyes. 
C)  Jake will be more likely than Ralph to focus on the other person's eyes. 
D)  Both Ralph and Jake will focus on the other person's mouth. 
A)  Both Ralph and Jake will focus on the other person's eyes. 
B)  Ralph will be more likely than Jake to focus on the other person's eyes. 
C)  Jake will be more likely than Ralph to focus on the other person's eyes. 
D)  Both Ralph and Jake will focus on the other person's mouth.

Question 15

Adam has severe problems with social interaction and communicating with others.These are defining characteristics of:

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety 
B)  autism 
C)  conduct disorder 
D)  elective mutism 
A)  anxiety 
B)  autism 
C)  conduct disorder 
D)  elective mutism

Question 16

Cindy's family is very intertwined in their relationships.It has been difficult for Cindy to emerge as an individual.This illustrates a family symptom of:

Accepted Answer

A)  deindividualization 
B)  enmeshment 
C)  entrapment 
D)  overprotectedness 
A)  deindividualization 
B)  enmeshment 
C)  entrapment 
D)  overprotectedness

Question 17

When Mitch has a problem, he has a difficult time shifting his attention away from it.Rather, he focuses intently and only on the problem.This illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  catastrophizing 
B)  co-rumination 
C)  learned helplessness 
D)  rumination 
A)  catastrophizing 
B)  co-rumination 
C)  learned helplessness 
D)  rumination

Question 18

Ms.Asbury is a guidance counselor at a local school district.She notices that more females than males have unipolar depression.What social factors may help account for these gender differences?

Accepted Answer

There are a number of social factors tha

Question 19

Minuchin coined the term anorexic families to describe families in which patterns of interactions may be related to the emergence of anorexia in the child.Describe the traits and behaviors seen in anorexic families.

Accepted Answer

Anorexic families tend to be enmeshed, t

Question 20

Michael is 33 years old and has panic disorder.He was likely diagnosed in:

Accepted Answer

A)  infancy 
B)  early childhood 
C)  middle childhood 
D)  adolescence 
A)  infancy 
B)  early childhood 
C)  middle childhood 
D)  adolescence

Which of the following statements is true of the incidence of eating disorders?

Which of the following statements is true about the diagnosis of psychopathy?

Sri is a child with an anxiety disorder.What cognitive and attention biases may contribute to his anxiety?

Dr.Ehrenreich is a behavioral therapist.He wants to help a client overcome an extreme fear of spiders.How is he likely to proceed?

Albert was diagnosed with schizophrenia.As a child, he showed less pronounced emotions than did his brother who did not develop schizophrenia.Albert's less frequent use of responses that indicate emotions is referred to as affective:

Researchers found support for the link between prenatal infection and the development of schizophrenia following a worldwide epidemic of:

In studies of videotapes of the first birthdays of children with and without autism, researchers noticed that autistic children differed in all the following ways EXCEPT:

Charlotte is picked on incessantly by her peers.She has developed a cognitive style in which she assumes that her mistreatment is because of something about her rather than about the world.The future looks very bleak to Charlotte and she feels hopeless.This illustrates:

________ therapy is based on the idea that a person's problems stem from how she sees and thinks about the world and how abnormal perceptions and cognitions cause problem behaviors.

Eating disorders usually first emerge in:

Myron always considers the worst possible outcome for future events.He frequently engages in:

John Watson instilled anxiety in a child through:

Autism was first diagnosed by:

Ralph has autism but his brother Jake does not.When interacting with another person, what is the most likely outcome?

Adam has severe problems with social interaction and communicating with others.These are defining characteristics of:

Cindy's family is very intertwined in their relationships.It has been difficult for Cindy to emerge as an individual.This illustrates a family symptom of:

When Mitch has a problem, he has a difficult time shifting his attention away from it.Rather, he focuses intently and only on the problem.This illustrates:

Ms.Asbury is a guidance counselor at a local school district.She notices that more females than males have unipolar depression.What social factors may help account for these gender differences?

Minuchin coined the term anorexic families to describe families in which patterns of interactions may be related to the emergence of anorexia in the child.Describe the traits and behaviors seen in anorexic families.

Michael is 33 years old and has panic disorder.He was likely diagnosed in:

Approaching Psychological Development

The Biology of Development

Coming to Perceive the World

The Emergence of Action

Coming to Understand the Physical World

Connecting with the Social World

The Origins of Emotion, Temperament, and Personality

Language Development

The Growth of Knowledge

The Growth of Cognitive Skills

Intelligence and Schooling

Morality in Thought and Action

Knowing Ourselves, Knowing Others

Becoming Part of the Family

Becoming Part of the Community

Development after Childhood and Adolescence

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Exam 16: Psychopathology in Childhood

Which of the following statements is true of the incidence of eating disorders?

Which of the following statements is true about the diagnosis of psychopathy?

Sri is a child with an anxiety disorder.What cognitive and attention biases may contribute to his anxiety?

Dr.Ehrenreich is a behavioral therapist.He wants to help a client overcome an extreme fear of spiders.How is he likely to proceed?

Albert was diagnosed with schizophrenia.As a child, he showed less pronounced emotions than did his brother who did not develop schizophrenia.Albert's less frequent use of responses that indicate emotions is referred to as affective:

Researchers found support for the link between prenatal infection and the development of schizophrenia following a worldwide epidemic of:

In studies of videotapes of the first birthdays of children with and without autism, researchers noticed that autistic children differed in all the following ways EXCEPT:

Charlotte is picked on incessantly by her peers.She has developed a cognitive style in which she assumes that her mistreatment is because of something about her rather than about the world.The future looks very bleak to Charlotte and she feels hopeless.This illustrates:

________ therapy is based on the idea that a person's problems stem from how she sees and thinks about the world and how abnormal perceptions and cognitions cause problem behaviors.

Eating disorders usually first emerge in:

Myron always considers the worst possible outcome for future events.He frequently engages in:

John Watson instilled anxiety in a child through:

Autism was first diagnosed by:

Ralph has autism but his brother Jake does not.When interacting with another person, what is the most likely outcome?

Adam has severe problems with social interaction and communicating with others.These are defining characteristics of:

Cindy's family is very intertwined in their relationships.It has been difficult for Cindy to emerge as an individual.This illustrates a family symptom of:

When Mitch has a problem, he has a difficult time shifting his attention away from it.Rather, he focuses intently and only on the problem.This illustrates:

Ms.Asbury is a guidance counselor at a local school district.She notices that more females than males have unipolar depression.What social factors may help account for these gender differences?

Minuchin coined the term anorexic families to describe families in which patterns of interactions may be related to the emergence of anorexia in the child.Describe the traits and behaviors seen in anorexic families.

Michael is 33 years old and has panic disorder.He was likely diagnosed in:

Approaching Psychological Development

The Biology of Development

Coming to Perceive the World

The Emergence of Action

Coming to Understand the Physical World

Connecting with the Social World

The Origins of Emotion, Temperament, and Personality

Language Development

The Growth of Knowledge

The Growth of Cognitive Skills

Intelligence and Schooling

Morality in Thought and Action

Knowing Ourselves, Knowing Others

Becoming Part of the Family

Becoming Part of the Community

Development after Childhood and Adolescence

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