Question 1

Statistics on the prevalence of suicide tend to

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A)  understate its frequency because many people disguise their suicides as accidents. 
B)  overstate its frequency because all drug overdoses are automatically ruled to be suicides. 
C)  overstate its frequency because the police prefer to label doubtful cases suicide instead of murder. 
D)  understate its frequency because most people who commit suicide are listed as missing. 
A)  understate its frequency because many people disguise their suicides as accidents. 
B)  overstate its frequency because all drug overdoses are automatically ruled to be suicides. 
C)  overstate its frequency because the police prefer to label doubtful cases suicide instead of murder. 
D)  understate its frequency because most people who commit suicide are listed as missing.

Question 2

Someone who suffers from catatonic schizophrenia

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A)  has elaborate hallucinations. 
B)  has delusions of grandeur and persecution. 
C)  does not have thought disorders. 
D)  has periods of total inactivity. 
A)  has elaborate hallucinations. 
B)  has delusions of grandeur and persecution. 
C)  does not have thought disorders. 
D)  has periods of total inactivity.

Question 3

People with bipolar disorder alternate between periods of

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A)  obsessions and compulsions. 
B)  alcohol abuse and abstention from alcohol. 
C)  depression and mania. 
D)  one personality and another. 
A)  obsessions and compulsions. 
B)  alcohol abuse and abstention from alcohol. 
C)  depression and mania. 
D)  one personality and another.

Question 4

According to one theory, people develop a phobia of an object if they see that object and then feel pain. Evidence against this simple theory includes the fact that

Accepted Answer

A)  many people have phobias of objects with which they have had no unpleasant experiences. 
B)  systematic desensitization is an effective way of treating phobias. 
C)  anyone who is successfully treated for one phobia immediately develops another one. 
D)  the most common objects of phobias are totally harmless objects such as trees and houses. 
A)  many people have phobias of objects with which they have had no unpleasant experiences. 
B)  systematic desensitization is an effective way of treating phobias. 
C)  anyone who is successfully treated for one phobia immediately develops another one. 
D)  the most common objects of phobias are totally harmless objects such as trees and houses.

Question 5

Suppose you fail a French test. You are most likely to become depressed as a result if you believe that you failed because

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A)  the test was unfairly hard. 
B)  you do not have an adequate background in French. 
C)  you were unable to study sufficiently due to illness. 
D)  you are not a very smart person. 
A)  the test was unfairly hard. 
B)  you do not have an adequate background in French. 
C)  you were unable to study sufficiently due to illness. 
D)  you are not a very smart person.

Question 6

Addiction to alcohol and other drugs is a complex issue. Which of the following is one of the best questions to ask yourself to determine if you are addicted?

Accepted Answer

A)  Do I use the substance every day? 
B)  Do I sometimes go for several days or even weeks without the substance and then use large amounts of it? 
C)  How often do I drink by myself? 
D)  Do I sometimes use more of the substance than I had decided I would? 
A)  Do I use the substance every day? 
B)  Do I sometimes go for several days or even weeks without the substance and then use large amounts of it? 
C)  How often do I drink by myself? 
D)  Do I sometimes use more of the substance than I had decided I would?

Question 7

Which kind of person (if any) is most likely to become an alcoholic?

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A)  one who grew up in a social environment that strongly condemned alcoholism 
B)  one who grew up in a family that always drank a little wine with dinner 
C)  one who is biologically related to alcoholics, even if he or she was reared by nonalcoholics 
D)  All people have an equal likelihood of becoming alcoholics. 
A)  one who grew up in a social environment that strongly condemned alcoholism 
B)  one who grew up in a family that always drank a little wine with dinner 
C)  one who is biologically related to alcoholics, even if he or she was reared by nonalcoholics 
D)  All people have an equal likelihood of becoming alcoholics.

Statistics on the prevalence of suicide tend to

Someone who suffers from catatonic schizophrenia

People with bipolar disorder alternate between periods of

According to one theory, people develop a phobia of an object if they see that object and then feel pain. Evidence against this simple theory includes the fact that

Suppose you fail a French test. You are most likely to become depressed as a result if you believe that you failed because

Addiction to alcohol and other drugs is a complex issue. Which of the following is one of the best questions to ask yourself to determine if you are addicted?

Which kind of person (if any) is most likely to become an alcoholic?

What Is Psychology

A --What Is Psychology

Scientific Methods in Psychology

A--Scientific Methods in Psychology

Biological Psychology

A--Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

A--Sensation and Perception

Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

A--Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

Learning

A--Learning

Memory

A--Memory

Cognition and Language

A--Cognition and Language

Intelligence

A--Intelligence

Consciousness

A--Consciousness

Motivated Behaviors

A--Motivated Behaviors

Emotional Behaviors, Stress, and Health

A--Emotional Behaviors, Stress, and Health

Social Psychology

A--Social Psychology

Personality

A--Personality

Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

A--Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

A--Specific Disorders and Treatments

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Exam 16: Specific Disorders and Treatments

Statistics on the prevalence of suicide tend to

Someone who suffers from catatonic schizophrenia

People with bipolar disorder alternate between periods of

According to one theory, people develop a phobia of an object if they see that object and then feel pain. Evidence against this simple theory includes the fact that

Suppose you fail a French test. You are most likely to become depressed as a result if you believe that you failed because

Addiction to alcohol and other drugs is a complex issue. Which of the following is one of the best questions to ask yourself to determine if you are addicted?

Which kind of person (if any) is most likely to become an alcoholic?

What Is Psychology

A --What Is Psychology

Scientific Methods in Psychology

A--Scientific Methods in Psychology

Biological Psychology

A--Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

A--Sensation and Perception

Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

A--Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

Learning

A--Learning

Memory

A--Memory

Cognition and Language

A--Cognition and Language

Intelligence

A--Intelligence

Consciousness

A--Consciousness

Motivated Behaviors

A--Motivated Behaviors

Emotional Behaviors, Stress, and Health

A--Emotional Behaviors, Stress, and Health

Social Psychology

A--Social Psychology

Personality

A--Personality

Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

A--Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

A--Specific Disorders and Treatments

Exam Extenssion: S 1-16--Final Examination

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