Exam 2: Models of Abnormal Behavior

Who developed the A-B-C theory of personality and irrational beliefs?

Which of the following is a strength of the behavioral model?

The term psychologists use as the cause of abnormal behavior is the behavior's ____.

Unlike traditional psychoanalysts, post-Freudians tend to ____.

A reasonable criticism of the multicultural model is that it ____.

Imagine that a client from a non-European family comes to a psychological clinic for help.How would therapists endorsing a family systems approach see the person's problems differently than a multicultural psychologist? How might they see them similarly?

One limitation of the family systems approach is that ____.

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

After three sessions, Molly decided she was madly in love with Dr.Arnold.As a psychoanalyst, Dr.Arnold would most likely ____.

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.

According to the multicultural model, cultural differences ____.

Dr.Al-Suwaidi explains his clients' psychological problems by considering biological, psychological, social, and sociocultural explanations.He is using what the text refers to as the ____ model.

Which statement about classical conditioning is accurate?

Dr.Alcott makes the following statement about Janet's depression: "Your depression may be due to your misperception of this unfortunate situation and your tendency to blame yourself for events that are beyond your control.What we need to do is help you to recognize and modify your irrational beliefs." Dr.Alcott's comments are characteristic of the ____.

If a loud siren is sounded, any newborn infant will automatically scream.In classical conditioning terminology, the siren is a(n)____.

Dr.Ansorg believes that her clients can acquire appropriate social skills by watching her interact with other people in a social setting.Dr.Ansorg assumes which paradigm of learning?

Jason exploits other people and never feels guilty about it.He rarely helps other people and feels no pride when he does.According to psychodynamic thinking, Jason has ____.

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 ____.

In his original experiments, Pavlov paired a bell tone with the presentation of food.After a while, the bell tone alone could provoke salivation.By the time this happened, the ____.

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 ____.