Exam 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

The model that describes the development of psychopathology as a combination of an inherited predisposition and the events that have occurred in the individual's life is called .

Insel, Scanlan, Champoux, and Soumi (1988) raised one group of rhesus monkeys with the ability to control things in their environment and another group of monkeys who had no control of their environment (e.g., when they would receive treats and toys). When injected with a drug that produces a feeling of severe anxiety, the monkeys

Neurotransmitters are important because they

Consider the causes of depression. Provide one possible explanation/example from each of the following influences: social, biological, behavioral, and emotional/cognitive.

Bullying studies in mice suggest that the functions of the mesolimbic system

When therapists ask patients how they are feeling and how they are experiencing their disorder today, it is essentially taking "snapshots" of their lives at the moment. This approach to understanding psychopathology is criticized as incomplete by .

The ability to plan, think, reason, and create is located in the part of the brain called the .

Recent evidence regarding the genetic influence on most psychological disorders has shown that

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

It is important to understand the process of how learned helplessness is created in laboratory animals because learned helplessness in animals resembles the human disorder of .

Regarding biological influences on the development of psychopathology, the most accurate statement is

The significance of the study conducted by Insel, Scanlan, Champoux, and Soumi (1988) in which rhesus monkeys were raised either with a sense of control or without one and later exposed to an anxiety-inducing drug is that chemicals such as neurotransmitters

Amanda is 12 years old, and her sister Samantha is 5 years old. While riding in a car with their parents, the girls witness a major automobile accident where a number of people are injured. The girls react very differently to the accident. This is probably due to

The procedures referred to as quantitative genetics are used to

According to the Diathesis-Stress Model:

Psychoactive medications (drugs that impact our thoughts, emotions, and behavior) usually alter neurotransmitters in the brain. Explain how both an agonist and an antagonist operate on a neurotransmitter. Explain the process of blocking reuptake and the effect it has on a neurotransmitter.

Given the role of social factors in psychological disorders and the fact that psychological disorders are still associated with social stigma (people tend to think that the disorder is something to be ashamed of), there is a much greater chance that people with psychological disorders will

Drugs that increase the activity of a neurotransmitter are called .

According to the multidimensional integrative approach to psychopathology, the following statement is true for most psychological disorders:

Extremely low levels of dopamine activity are associated with .