Question 1

Modeling is learning based on

Accepted Answer

A) imitation. 
B) self actualization. 
C) operant conditioning. 
D) classical conditioning. 
A) imitation. 
B) self actualization. 
C) operant conditioning. 
D) classical conditioning.

Question 2

Dualism refers to the out-of-date idea that

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A) mind and body are separate. 
B) the whole is more than the sum of its parts. 
C) the brain is made up of structures and functions. 
D) behavior is influenced by free will and determinism. 
A) mind and body are separate. 
B) the whole is more than the sum of its parts. 
C) the brain is made up of structures and functions. 
D) behavior is influenced by free will and determinism.

Question 3

The basic building blocks of the brain,the cells that are most active,are known as __________ .

Accepted Answer

The answer of The basic building blocks of the brain,the...

Question 4

Explain why MZ twins who divorce have more psychological problems than their married co-twins is not due to the difference in genes nor childrearing experiences that the twins share.

Accepted Answer

Identical twins have identical genes and

Question 5

According to Sigmund Freud,what is the purpose of defense mechanisms?

Accepted Answer

A) to reduce anxiety 
B) to establish reality contact 
C) to develop self?actualization 
D) to reduce reliance on social support 
A) to reduce anxiety 
B) to establish reality contact 
C) to develop self?actualization 
D) to reduce reliance on social support

Question 6

What term is used to describe the pattern of behavior that is apparent before a disorder develops?

Accepted Answer

A) premorbid history 
B) prognosis 
C) homeostasis 
D) developmental history 
A) premorbid history 
B) prognosis 
C) homeostasis 
D) developmental history

Question 7

Mary and Jim took their two-year-old to the supermarket this past week.For more than an hour all Little Jimmy did was yell and scream because in the past this would have obtained him an ice cream cone.Jim managed to ignore him.Finally,Little Jimmy stopped yelling and screaming.What operant conditioning concept is illustrated by this story?

Accepted Answer

A) shaping 
B) extinction 
C) punishment 
D) token economy 
A) shaping 
B) extinction 
C) punishment 
D) token economy

Question 8

What are attributions? Why are psychologists interested in them? Describe,with a specific example,how attributions can be used to explain depression.

Accepted Answer

Attributions involve how people perceive

Question 9

What are the four major anatomic components of a neuron?

Accepted Answer

A) dendrite,nerve,axon,and soma 
B) soma,dendrite,axon,and axon terminal 
C) nerve,nerve ending,synapse,and transmitter 
D) soma,receptor,transmitter,nerve 
A) dendrite,nerve,axon,and soma 
B) soma,dendrite,axon,and axon terminal 
C) nerve,nerve ending,synapse,and transmitter 
D) soma,receptor,transmitter,nerve

Question 10

The correlation between scores on a measure of hostility and age at death is -.64.We could conclude from this correlation coefficient that people who have

Accepted Answer

A) high hostility scores tend to live longer. 
B) low hostility scores tend to die younger. 
C) high hostility scores tend to die younger. 
D) low hostility scores die 64 percent sooner than those with high hostility scores. 
A) high hostility scores tend to live longer. 
B) low hostility scores tend to die younger. 
C) high hostility scores tend to die younger. 
D) low hostility scores die 64 percent sooner than those with high hostility scores.

Question 11

A newspaper headline heralds a finding that an excess of a particular brain chemical is the cause of a certain mental disorder.The article is not convincing to you.What potential flaw do you note in the report?

Accepted Answer

A) The chemical change could be due to other variables. 
B) Chemical changes cannot bring about changes in behavior. 
C) The genetic code associated with the chemical has not been identified. 
D) Such findings are very difficult to generalize to the entire population. 
A) The chemical change could be due to other variables. 
B) Chemical changes cannot bring about changes in behavior. 
C) The genetic code associated with the chemical has not been identified. 
D) Such findings are very difficult to generalize to the entire population.

Question 12

What is a phenotype?

Accepted Answer

A) a genetic structure 
B) a set of observable traits 
C) a pattern of dominant and recessive genes 
D) a description of a chromosomal abnormality 
A) a genetic structure 
B) a set of observable traits 
C) a pattern of dominant and recessive genes 
D) a description of a chromosomal abnormality

Question 13

In twin studies the key comparison involves determining how many pairs of twins either have the same disorder or are free of the disorder; this involves the calculation of

Accepted Answer

A) discordance rates. 
B) concordance rates. 
C) shared environment rates. 
D) nonshared environment rates. 
A) discordance rates. 
B) concordance rates. 
C) shared environment rates. 
D) nonshared environment rates.

Question 14

Who is credited with beginning the modern science of psychology at the University of Leipzig?

Accepted Answer

A) Ivan Pavlov 
B) Wilhelm Wundt 
C) B.F.Skinner 
D) Sigmund Freud 
A) Ivan Pavlov 
B) Wilhelm Wundt 
C) B.F.Skinner 
D) Sigmund Freud

Question 15

In psychoanalytic theory,sexual and aggressive drives are part of the

Accepted Answer

A) id. 
B) ego. 
C) superego. 
D) conscience. 
A) id. 
B) ego. 
C) superego. 
D) conscience.

Question 16

Socialization is a process that leads a child to develop

Accepted Answer

A) identity. 
B) self-schema. 
C) self-concept. 
D) self-control. 
A) identity. 
B) self-schema. 
C) self-concept. 
D) self-control.

Question 17

In patients with schizophrenia,what two parts of the brain are larger than normal?

Accepted Answer

A) Frontal lobe and parietal lobe 
B) Medulla and corpus callosum 
C) Ventricles and planum temporale 
D) Planum temporale and amygdala 
A) Frontal lobe and parietal lobe 
B) Medulla and corpus callosum 
C) Ventricles and planum temporale 
D) Planum temporale and amygdala

Question 18

Systems theory acknowledges that multiple contributions are important to causality and that they also

Accepted Answer

A) focus on childhood experiences. 
B) are unconscious conflicts. 
C) focus on physical illnesses. 
D) are interdependent. 
A) focus on childhood experiences. 
B) are unconscious conflicts. 
C) focus on physical illnesses. 
D) are interdependent.

Question 19

According to the principles of operant conditioning,what happens when negative reinforcement is applied?

Accepted Answer

A) behavior increases 
B) behavior decreases 
C) behavior is punished 
D) behavior remains at the same level 
A) behavior increases 
B) behavior decreases 
C) behavior is punished 
D) behavior remains at the same level

Question 20

Even when twin studies find that monozygotic twins have higher concordance rates than dizygotic twins,it is possible these results are not due to genetics but to the possibility that

Accepted Answer

A) DZ twins are usually treated very similarly. 
B) MZ twins may be treated more similarly than DZ twins. 
C) MZ twins are easier to locate and study. 
D) DZ twins are more likely to live in similar environments. 
A) DZ twins are usually treated very similarly. 
B) MZ twins may be treated more similarly than DZ twins. 
C) MZ twins are easier to locate and study. 
D) DZ twins are more likely to live in similar environments.

Modeling is learning based on

Dualism refers to the out-of-date idea that

The basic building blocks of the brain,the cells that are most active,are known as __________ .

Explain why MZ twins who divorce have more psychological problems than their married co-twins is not due to the difference in genes nor childrearing experiences that the twins share.

According to Sigmund Freud,what is the purpose of defense mechanisms?

What term is used to describe the pattern of behavior that is apparent before a disorder develops?

What are attributions? Why are psychologists interested in them? Describe,with a specific example,how attributions can be used to explain depression.

What are the four major anatomic components of a neuron?

The correlation between scores on a measure of hostility and age at death is -.64.We could conclude from this correlation coefficient that people who have

A newspaper headline heralds a finding that an excess of a particular brain chemical is the cause of a certain mental disorder.The article is not convincing to you.What potential flaw do you note in the report?

What is a phenotype?

In twin studies the key comparison involves determining how many pairs of twins either have the same disorder or are free of the disorder; this involves the calculation of

Who is credited with beginning the modern science of psychology at the University of Leipzig?

In psychoanalytic theory,sexual and aggressive drives are part of the

Socialization is a process that leads a child to develop

In patients with schizophrenia,what two parts of the brain are larger than normal?

Systems theory acknowledges that multiple contributions are important to causality and that they also

According to the principles of operant conditioning,what happens when negative reinforcement is applied?

Even when twin studies find that monozygotic twins have higher concordance rates than dizygotic twins,it is possible these results are not due to genetics but to the possibility that

Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Anxiety Disorders

Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, and Somatic Symptom Disorders

Stress and Physical Health

Personality Disorders

Feeding and Eating Disorders

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders and Gender Dysphoria

Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Psychological Disorders of Childhood

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Exam 2: Causes of Abnormal Behavior

Modeling is learning based on

Dualism refers to the out-of-date idea that

The basic building blocks of the brain,the cells that are most active,are known as __________ .

Explain why MZ twins who divorce have more psychological problems than their married co-twins is not due to the difference in genes nor childrearing experiences that the twins share.

According to Sigmund Freud,what is the purpose of defense mechanisms?

What term is used to describe the pattern of behavior that is apparent before a disorder develops?

What are attributions? Why are psychologists interested in them? Describe,with a specific example,how attributions can be used to explain depression.

What are the four major anatomic components of a neuron?

The correlation between scores on a measure of hostility and age at death is -.64.We could conclude from this correlation coefficient that people who have

A newspaper headline heralds a finding that an excess of a particular brain chemical is the cause of a certain mental disorder.The article is not convincing to you.What potential flaw do you note in the report?

What is a phenotype?

In twin studies the key comparison involves determining how many pairs of twins either have the same disorder or are free of the disorder; this involves the calculation of

Who is credited with beginning the modern science of psychology at the University of Leipzig?

In psychoanalytic theory,sexual and aggressive drives are part of the

Socialization is a process that leads a child to develop

In patients with schizophrenia,what two parts of the brain are larger than normal?

Systems theory acknowledges that multiple contributions are important to causality and that they also

According to the principles of operant conditioning,what happens when negative reinforcement is applied?

Even when twin studies find that monozygotic twins have higher concordance rates than dizygotic twins,it is possible these results are not due to genetics but to the possibility that

Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Anxiety Disorders

Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, and Somatic Symptom Disorders

Stress and Physical Health

Personality Disorders

Feeding and Eating Disorders

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders and Gender Dysphoria

Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Psychological Disorders of Childhood

Adjustment Disorders and Life-Cycle Transitions

Mental Health and the Law

Filters