Exam 3: Models of Abnormality

An important factor to consider in using drugs for the treatment of abnormality would be that:

If a friend of yours needed treatment for depression, what would be advantages and disadvantages of your friend receiving either psychodynamic therapy or cognitive therapy? Which of these alternatives would you recommend to your friend?

If you recognize your worth as a person, Carl Rogers would say that you have developed:

If a mother seems excessively involved in her child's life such that the two do not seem to be independent people, their relationship is said to be:

The _____ helps to regulate emotions and memory.

The underlying symbolic meaning of a dream is its _____ content.

The model of abnormality that focuses on learning is the:

According to psychoanalytic theory, the basic part of the personality focused on instinctual needs is the _____.

Two-year-old Carol watches a cooking show on television and then goes into the kitchen to "bake a cake." This is an example of _____.

If someone is isolated and lacks social support or intimacy in his or her life, that person is more likely to _____ than someone who has social support and intimacy.

What is the main difference between group therapy and a self-help group?

The only time that Timmy gets attention is when he misbehaves in a bizarre way. This is an example of:

According to Aaron Beck's cognitive theory, one illogical thought process regularly found in depression is _____, the drawing of broad negative conclusions on the basis of a single insignificant event.

"When we try to establish how abnormality develops, we need to consider how individuals deal with the meaning of life and with the value they find in living." A psychologist from which background would agree MOST strongly with this statement?

If a patient is being guided to challenge irrational thinking and to try out new interpretations, the patient is MOST likely being treated by a follower of:

Imagine that you subscribe to the sociocultural model of abnormality. Which would be a part of your paradigm?

Infants tend to do things that feel good. This is in accord with what Freud called:

When a person describes a dream, he or she is MOST likely describing the _____ content.

Gestalt therapy was developed by:

Therapists who often deliberately frustrate and challenge their clients, and who often use role-playing and a "here and now" orientation, are: