Exam 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

Wayne knows he takes a medication that causes an increase in the amount of neurotransmitter activity in the brain.What process is being affected by the medication?

Dana has experienced an injury and can no longer perceive some sensory information.Which of Dana's nervous systems is damaged?

Greenough,Withers,and Wallace (1990)compared the brains of rats raised in a rich environment requiring lots of learning and motor behaviour with the brains of rats raised as "couch potatoes." What did the researchers find regarding the cerebellums of the more active rats?

Professor Knots is talking to her class about the tendency for people to fear spiders but not flowers. Which of the following could be an excerpt from her lecture?

Research by Grant and colleagues (1988)found that older adults who have fewer social contacts were more likely to suffer from depression than those who have more frequent social contacts.If the individuals with fewer social contacts became physically ill,what tended to happen?

From their review of studies examining Stroop effects in eating-disordered samples,what did Dobson and Dozois (2004)find in the colour-naming for body/weight words in those with anorexia?

According to a lifespan psychologist,to understand a patient's disorder,what must one also understand?

Which of the following parts of the brain is most associated with memory,thought,and reasoning?

Dr.Amin wants to decrease the amount of dopamine circulating in Rashid's brain.Which specific type of drug will Dr.Amin prescribe?

John's parents both suffer from depression and,as a result,he is being exposed to a great deal of negative emotion during his developmental years.What can we conclude about John?

Donald Meichenbaum developed self-instructional training for the treatment of depression.What is the goal of this treatment?

According to your textbook,the elevated rates of some psychological disorders in First Nations people are probably due to the contributions of poverty and another factor.What is this second factor?

In the 1992 studies conducted by Baxter and colleagues,patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)were provided with cognitive-behavioural therapy but no drugs.What important result did the brain imaging show?

You read in the newspaper that a mother lifted a car to free her trapped child.Which of the mother's systems was highly activated to perform this feat?

Name three important neurotransmitters and describe what impact each one is thought to have on human experience.

If you had to choose one brain area to protect so that you could stay alive,which would it be?

When people with and without support groups are studied,what have researchers found?

Socialization is considered one of the most important parts of human experience.Describe gender differences in animal phobias,depression,and panic disorder.Give examples of how differential gender socialization may contribute to these differences.

Dr.Jenkins argues that it is possible to inherit certain genes that could develop into a disorder,even though the disorder may never be activated unless conditions of trauma,challenge,or anxiety are experienced. Which model supports Dr.Jenkins's hypothesis?

What has brain imaging research revealed about cognitive-behavioural therapy?