Question 1

At which stage of development did Freud believe that girls experience the Electra complex?

Accepted Answer

A) oral stage 
B) phallic stage 
C) genital stage 
D) latency stage 
E) anal stage 
A) oral stage 
B) phallic stage 
C) genital stage 
D) latency stage 
E) anal stage

Question 2

Dementia,a deterioration in cognitive processes seen in disorders such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's,has been linked to

Accepted Answer

A) spinal cord injury. 
B) dysfunction of the reticular activating system of the midbrain. 
C) dysfunction of the hindbrain. 
D) the general loss or ineffective functioning of brain cells. 
E) damage to the cerebellum. 
A) spinal cord injury. 
B) dysfunction of the reticular activating system of the midbrain. 
C) dysfunction of the hindbrain. 
D) the general loss or ineffective functioning of brain cells. 
E) damage to the cerebellum.

Question 3

The metabolic problem associated with phenylketonuria (PKU)is genetically transmitted as a dominant trait,meaning that only one parent must carry the gene for a child to develop PKU.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following statements does NOT represent a valuable aspect of Freud's thinking,according to your text?

Accepted Answer

A) He legitimized discussion and research on sexual matters. 
B) He recognized that the motives for human behaviour were not always the obvious ones. 
C) He encouraged a concern with processes beyond our awareness. 
D) He emphasized the need to support claims with empirical evidence. 
E) His work on defense mechanisms has witnessed the greatest acceptance among clinicians than any of his ideas. 
A) He legitimized discussion and research on sexual matters. 
B) He recognized that the motives for human behaviour were not always the obvious ones. 
C) He encouraged a concern with processes beyond our awareness. 
D) He emphasized the need to support claims with empirical evidence. 
E) His work on defense mechanisms has witnessed the greatest acceptance among clinicians than any of his ideas.

Question 5

According to Freud,the energy for the sexual drive called eros is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) libido 
B) thanatos 
C) erogeny 
D) electra 
E) phallic 
A) libido 
B) thanatos 
C) erogeny 
D) electra 
E) phallic

Question 6

Recall the way classical conditioning applies to Pavlov's dogs and to Little Albert's conditioned fear of white rats.Which of the following analogies are correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Food is to bell as sudden loud noise is to little white rat 
B) Food is to bell as sudden loud noise is to fear / distress response 
C) Food is to salivation as white rat is to fear / distress response 
D) Food is to salivation as sudden loud noise is to playful response 
E) Bell is to salivation as white rat is to playful response 
A) Food is to bell as sudden loud noise is to little white rat 
B) Food is to bell as sudden loud noise is to fear / distress response 
C) Food is to salivation as white rat is to fear / distress response 
D) Food is to salivation as sudden loud noise is to playful response 
E) Bell is to salivation as white rat is to playful response

Question 7

Early behaviourists such as Watson were

Accepted Answer

A) environmentalists. 
B) psychoanalysts. 
C) biologists. 
D) geneticists. 
E) physicians. 
A) environmentalists. 
B) psychoanalysts. 
C) biologists. 
D) geneticists. 
E) physicians.

Question 8

In the first year of life,an infant is at the

Accepted Answer

A) anal stage. 
B) latency stage. 
C) phallic stage. 
D) genital stage. 
E) oral stage. 
A) anal stage. 
B) latency stage. 
C) phallic stage. 
D) genital stage. 
E) oral stage.

Question 9

It can be inferred from the Chapter's discussion that current theories about the brain bases of abnormal behavior

Accepted Answer

A) have not seriously considered the roles of neurotransmitters and neuronal damage. 
B) have given equal weight to the roles of neurotransmitters and neuronal damage. 
C) given more weight to the roles of neurotransmitters than to actual neuronal damage. 
D) have only considered the role of one neurotransmitter,dopamine. 
E) have given more weight to the role of actual neuronal damage than to neurotransmitters. 
A) have not seriously considered the roles of neurotransmitters and neuronal damage. 
B) have given equal weight to the roles of neurotransmitters and neuronal damage. 
C) given more weight to the roles of neurotransmitters than to actual neuronal damage. 
D) have only considered the role of one neurotransmitter,dopamine. 
E) have given more weight to the role of actual neuronal damage than to neurotransmitters.

Question 10

The leading exponents of the existential view as applied to human problem behaviour have been Rollo May and Viktor Frankl.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

An experiment by Canadian neurophysiologist Bryan Kolb and his colleagues demonstrated that the offspring of rats raised in a complex environment exhibited

Accepted Answer

A) decreased synaptic space on the neurons in the their cerebral cortex. 
B) increased synaptic space on the neurons in their cerebral cortex. 
C) an increase in the speed of neuronal transmission. 
D) increased numbers of the neurotransmitter dopamine. 
E) a decrease in the speed of neuronal transmission. 
A) decreased synaptic space on the neurons in the their cerebral cortex. 
B) increased synaptic space on the neurons in their cerebral cortex. 
C) an increase in the speed of neuronal transmission. 
D) increased numbers of the neurotransmitter dopamine. 
E) a decrease in the speed of neuronal transmission.

Question 12

Regarding the HPA axis which of the following statements is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) The HPA axis refers to the hippocampus,pituitary gland and adrenal cortex 
B) Action of the HPA includes release of cortisol by the adrenal cortex 
C) Cortisol facilitates an individual's response to short-term threat 
D) Cortisol affects the body in ways that confer survival benefits 
E) The HPA is chronically activated in most cases of depression and some cases of anxiety disorder 
A) The HPA axis refers to the hippocampus,pituitary gland and adrenal cortex 
B) Action of the HPA includes release of cortisol by the adrenal cortex 
C) Cortisol facilitates an individual's response to short-term threat 
D) Cortisol affects the body in ways that confer survival benefits 
E) The HPA is chronically activated in most cases of depression and some cases of anxiety disorder

Question 13

A teenager who sits in his room all day because his parents will not let him borrow the family car is showing what Freud referred to as regression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which statement is NOT true about Bertha Pappenheim,also known as Anna O.?

Accepted Answer

A) She revealed traumatic past experiences associated with deep emotional responses during hypnosis. 
B) She became Germany's first social worker. 
C) She continued to suffer from intermittent recurrence of her problems for years after being told she was 'cured' by Freud's mentor,Josef Breuer. 
D) She became a leading feminist. 
E) Though she became quite hostile towards psychoanalysis,she grudgingly allowed the girls in the home she ran to be psychoanalyzed because of their considerable problems. 
A) She revealed traumatic past experiences associated with deep emotional responses during hypnosis. 
B) She became Germany's first social worker. 
C) She continued to suffer from intermittent recurrence of her problems for years after being told she was 'cured' by Freud's mentor,Josef Breuer. 
D) She became a leading feminist. 
E) Though she became quite hostile towards psychoanalysis,she grudgingly allowed the girls in the home she ran to be psychoanalyzed because of their considerable problems.

Question 15

The case of Little Hans demonstrates what Freud meant by

Accepted Answer

A) the pleasure principle. 
B) the reality principle. 
C) the moral principle. 
D) reaction formation. 
E) castration anxiety. 
A) the pleasure principle. 
B) the reality principle. 
C) the moral principle. 
D) reaction formation. 
E) castration anxiety.

Question 16

Which scenario illustrates a diathesis-stress pathway to disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) parents of a boy prone to hyper-impulsive behavior punish him inconsistently and harshly and do not provide socializing experiences 
B) an impulsive boy with very little capacity for restraint robs a corner grocery and finds he enjoys the "rush" 
C) a girl with very high levels of extraversion / outgoingness is influenced by her friends to try cocaine at a party 
D) a girl with low self esteem,high anxiety and high need for control is exposed to unrealistic standards for body shape 
E) all of the above 
A) parents of a boy prone to hyper-impulsive behavior punish him inconsistently and harshly and do not provide socializing experiences 
B) an impulsive boy with very little capacity for restraint robs a corner grocery and finds he enjoys the "rush" 
C) a girl with very high levels of extraversion / outgoingness is influenced by her friends to try cocaine at a party 
D) a girl with low self esteem,high anxiety and high need for control is exposed to unrealistic standards for body shape 
E) all of the above

Question 17

Single factor explanations are the ultimate goal of scientific inquiry,but are rarely achieved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Biological theories of abnormal behavior have primarily implicated dysfunctions in

Accepted Answer

A) the brain (central nervous system),the peripheral nervous system,or the endocrine system. 
B) the peripheral nervous system and the endocrine system,but not the brain. 
C) the brain and the peripheral nervous system,but not the endocrine system. 
D) the brain only. 
E) the brain and the endocrine system,but not the peripheral nervous system. 
A) the brain (central nervous system),the peripheral nervous system,or the endocrine system. 
B) the peripheral nervous system and the endocrine system,but not the brain. 
C) the brain and the peripheral nervous system,but not the endocrine system. 
D) the brain only. 
E) the brain and the endocrine system,but not the peripheral nervous system.

Question 19

Albert Ellis

Accepted Answer

A) developed a behaviourist view of abnormal behaviour which focused primarily on the role of reinforcement of dysfunctional behaviours. 
B) believed that people who were low in self-efficacy were more likely to develop low self-worth. 
C) discussed irrational beliefs,which he believed distort responding and increase feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness. 
D) argued that people with disorders have underlying cognitive schemata that inappropriately direct their processing of information. 
E) was the first to develop a form of cognitive-behavioural therapy,entitled "cognitive- rational therapy". 
A) developed a behaviourist view of abnormal behaviour which focused primarily on the role of reinforcement of dysfunctional behaviours. 
B) believed that people who were low in self-efficacy were more likely to develop low self-worth. 
C) discussed irrational beliefs,which he believed distort responding and increase feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness. 
D) argued that people with disorders have underlying cognitive schemata that inappropriately direct their processing of information. 
E) was the first to develop a form of cognitive-behavioural therapy,entitled "cognitive- rational therapy".

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a manner in which disturbances in neurotransmitter systems can result in abnormal behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) Having certain neurotransmitters working in brain circuits not responsive to those transmitters 
B) Having an excess or deficit in the amount of the transmitter-deactivating substance in the synapse 
C) Having too much or too little of the neurotransmitter produced or released into the synapse 
D) Having too few or too many receptors on the dendrites of the receiving neurons 
E) Having the process of reuptake (drawing released neurotransmitters back into the releasing axon)be too rapid or too slow 
A) Having certain neurotransmitters working in brain circuits not responsive to those transmitters 
B) Having an excess or deficit in the amount of the transmitter-deactivating substance in the synapse 
C) Having too much or too little of the neurotransmitter produced or released into the synapse 
D) Having too few or too many receptors on the dendrites of the receiving neurons 
E) Having the process of reuptake (drawing released neurotransmitters back into the releasing axon)be too rapid or too slow

At which stage of development did Freud believe that girls experience the Electra complex?

Dementia,a deterioration in cognitive processes seen in disorders such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's,has been linked to

The metabolic problem associated with phenylketonuria (PKU)is genetically transmitted as a dominant trait,meaning that only one parent must carry the gene for a child to develop PKU.

Which of the following statements does NOT represent a valuable aspect of Freud's thinking,according to your text?

According to Freud,the energy for the sexual drive called eros is referred to as

Recall the way classical conditioning applies to Pavlov's dogs and to Little Albert's conditioned fear of white rats.Which of the following analogies are correct?

Early behaviourists such as Watson were

In the first year of life,an infant is at the

It can be inferred from the Chapter's discussion that current theories about the brain bases of abnormal behavior

The leading exponents of the existential view as applied to human problem behaviour have been Rollo May and Viktor Frankl.

An experiment by Canadian neurophysiologist Bryan Kolb and his colleagues demonstrated that the offspring of rats raised in a complex environment exhibited

Regarding the HPA axis which of the following statements is NOT true?

A teenager who sits in his room all day because his parents will not let him borrow the family car is showing what Freud referred to as regression.

Which statement is NOT true about Bertha Pappenheim,also known as Anna O.?

The case of Little Hans demonstrates what Freud meant by

Which scenario illustrates a diathesis-stress pathway to disorder?

Single factor explanations are the ultimate goal of scientific inquiry,but are rarely achieved.

Biological theories of abnormal behavior have primarily implicated dysfunctions in

Albert Ellis

Which of the following is NOT a manner in which disturbances in neurotransmitter systems can result in abnormal behavior?

Concepts of Abnormality Throughout History

Classification and Diagnosis

Psychological Assessment and Research Methods

Anxiety and Related Disorders

Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions

Depressive Disorders and Suicide

Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders

Eating Disorders

Substance-Related Disorders

The Personality Disorders

Sexual Dysfunction Disorders and Gender Dysphoria

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Behaviour and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Aging and Mental Health

Therapies

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in the Community

Mental Disorder and the Law

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Exam 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Abnormal Behaviour

At which stage of development did Freud believe that girls experience the Electra complex?

Dementia,a deterioration in cognitive processes seen in disorders such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's,has been linked to

The metabolic problem associated with phenylketonuria (PKU)is genetically transmitted as a dominant trait,meaning that only one parent must carry the gene for a child to develop PKU.

Which of the following statements does NOT represent a valuable aspect of Freud's thinking,according to your text?

According to Freud,the energy for the sexual drive called eros is referred to as

Recall the way classical conditioning applies to Pavlov's dogs and to Little Albert's conditioned fear of white rats.Which of the following analogies are correct?

Early behaviourists such as Watson were

In the first year of life,an infant is at the

It can be inferred from the Chapter's discussion that current theories about the brain bases of abnormal behavior

The leading exponents of the existential view as applied to human problem behaviour have been Rollo May and Viktor Frankl.

An experiment by Canadian neurophysiologist Bryan Kolb and his colleagues demonstrated that the offspring of rats raised in a complex environment exhibited

Regarding the HPA axis which of the following statements is NOT true?

A teenager who sits in his room all day because his parents will not let him borrow the family car is showing what Freud referred to as regression.

Which statement is NOT true about Bertha Pappenheim,also known as Anna O.?

The case of Little Hans demonstrates what Freud meant by

Which scenario illustrates a diathesis-stress pathway to disorder?

Single factor explanations are the ultimate goal of scientific inquiry,but are rarely achieved.

Biological theories of abnormal behavior have primarily implicated dysfunctions in

Albert Ellis

Which of the following is NOT a manner in which disturbances in neurotransmitter systems can result in abnormal behavior?

Concepts of Abnormality Throughout History

Classification and Diagnosis

Psychological Assessment and Research Methods

Anxiety and Related Disorders

Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions

Depressive Disorders and Suicide

Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders

Eating Disorders

Substance-Related Disorders

The Personality Disorders

Sexual Dysfunction Disorders and Gender Dysphoria

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Behaviour and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Aging and Mental Health

Therapies

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in the Community

Mental Disorder and the Law

Filters