Exam 2: Models of Abnormal Behavior

Which statement about neurotransmitters is accurate?

Peter survived a stroke that damaged much of the tissue in the left hemisphere of his brain.We can expect that Peter will ____.

The humanistic approach and the ____ approach emphasize the subjective world of the individual.Both were developed as a reaction against the deterministic and mechanistic quality of early models of psychopathology.

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

Which statement about object-relations therapy is accurate?

Humanistic therapists ____.

Dopamine is related to several mental disorders.Insufficient dopamine is a possible cause of ____, while having an excess of dopamine may be related to ____.

Which model of psychopathology considers unconscious influences to be the motivation for behavior?

Unlike behaviors in classical conditioning, operant behaviors are ____.

Which of the following approaches would be most likely to emphasize how other people, especially significant others, influence our behavior?

Dr.Weinberg is a humanistically oriented psychotherapist.Which of the following comments about cognitive therapy is she most likely to make?

An assumption of the multipath model of abnormality is that ____.

As we learn more about human behavior and mental disorders, the research suggests that ____.

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

Schema and irrational thoughts are two terms that are used in which model of psychopathology?

According to the psychodynamic model, people use unconscious strategies to protect their egos from anxieties.These strategies are called ____.

Which of the following increases the frequency of a behavior because it removes or reduces an aversive (punishing)event?

Dr.O'Brien says, "Psychodynamic theory has had a significant impact on psychology because it is based largely on observations in controlled conditions.Further, the theory emphasizes freedom of choice, and the therapy is effective with all disorders." Which part of Dr.O'Brien's statement is accurate?

A person's observable physical or behavioral characteristics are the ____.

Dr.Castillo says, "I look at psychopathology in terms of human suffering and the alienation that individuals now feel in an increasingly impersonal world.We are responsible for our actions, and responsible to others as well." Dr.Castillo's remarks best illustrate which approach?