Exam 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

The idea that our inherited tendencies influence the probability that we will encounter stressful life events is a characteristic of the

Recent research and increased understanding about the role of neurotransmitters in psychopathology point out that

Virtually all drugs that are used to treat psychopathology work by influencing

A rat is placed in a cage and given electrical shocks over which it has no control. When placed in a shuttle box, the rat does not attempt to escape the shock due to

If Jean suffers severe damage to her somatic nervous system, she is most likely to have impairment in

The process known as ______ is when a neurotransmitter is released, then quickly broken down and brought back from the synaptic cleft into the same neuron that originally released it.

The major difference between the modern cognitive science idea of the unconscious and Freud's view of the unconscious is that Freud saw the unconscious as ________, whereas modern cognitive science views the unconscious as ________.

Neurotransmitters that increase the likelihood that the connecting neuron will fire are known as ______.

The neurotransmitter associated with both schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease is

In the Stroop color-naming paradigm, a patient with a snake phobia would be expected to name the color of the printed word "fangs"

According to the diathesis-stress model, identical twins raised in the same household will

The Greater the ___________ of the neural representation of a piece of information in the brain, the more likely that the person will be conscious of the information.

An example of the relationship between emotion and health is demonstrated by the finding that

The fact that women are more likely to suffer from insect phobias than men is most likely due to

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are identical triplets. Huey suffers from clinical depression, Dewey suffers from agoraphobia, and Louie is mentally healthy. Explain how the diathesis-stress model applies to the triplets and their different states of mental health.

The information transmitted within each neuron through electrical impulses travelling along the axon of a neuron is known as _______.

A lifespan psychologist would point out that the only way to understand a patient's disorder is to understand how the individual

The study of twins has shown us that

Describe the basic components of the multidimensional integrative model. What are the dimensions, and what does the term integrative mean in this model?

The most recent research evidence suggests that the relationship between the brain (structure, function, neurotransmitters) and psychosocial factors (socialization, rearing, life events) is best described as