Deck 10: Section 1: Abnormal Psychology

Question 1

_____ are to _____ as fingerprints and DNA are to detectives.

A) Psychosurgery and shock therapy; biomedical therapies
B) Resistance and transferences; psychoanalysts
C) Antidepressant drugs; serotonin and norepinephrine
D) Hallucinations and delusions; bipolar disorder

Answer 1

Resistance and transferences; psychoanalysts

Question 2

Generalized anxiety disorder differs from a specific phobia because in generalized anxiety order the anxiety is _____.

A) more global
B) more intense
C) less global
D) less intense

Answer 2

more global

Question 3

Which statement about the DSM-5 is TRUE?

A) The DSM-5 provides diagnostic guidelines for approximately 400 disorders.
B) A DSM-5 classification is required by insurance companies before they will pay for therapy.
C) The DSM-5 clusters disorders into major categories.
D) All the answers are correct.

Answer 3

All the answers are correct.

Question 4

Which statement about labels for mental disorders is TRUE?

A) People tend to ignore the labels when interpreting behavior.
B) People tend to interpret a person's behavior in relation to the label only.
C) Labels are needed to determine the proper treatment for mental disorders only.
D) People tend to interpret a person's behavior in relation to the label, and labels are needed to determine the proper treatment for mental disorders.

Question 5

In schizophrenia, there is a split between _____. In dissociative identity disorder, there is a split between _____.

A) fear and attraction; love and hate
B) love and hate; fear and attraction
C) mental functions and reality; two or more personalities
D) two or more personalities; mental functions and reality

Question 6

Why must a control for spontaneous remission be included in assessments of the effectiveness of psychotherapy?

A) Because people can get better without therapy.
B) Because researchers may incorrectly assume that improvement was due to therapy.
C) Because researchers can assess if improvement was significantly greater for treated people.
D) All the answers are correct.

Question 7

A biopsychosocial approach to specific phobic disorders would suggest that a _____ factor is determined in the learning of the fear and a _____ factor determines which fears are easier to learn.

A) biological; biological
B) biological; psychological
C) psychological; biological
D) psychological; psychological

Question 8

Concordance rates for identical twins for major depressive disorder and schizophrenia are about _____. If biological causes were solely responsible for a disorder, the concordance rates would be _____.

A) 25 percent; 50 percent
B) 50 percent; 100 percent
C) 75 percent; 25 percent
D) 100 percent; 75 percent

Question 9

Neurogenesis may be impacted by the antidepressant drugs used in _____ therapy and the positive thinking emphasized in _____ therapy.

A) biomedical; cognitive
B) biomedical; behavioral
C) humanistic; psychoanalysis
D) humanistic; cognitive

Question 10

Behavioral therapies MOST directly focus on changing a client's _____ and cognitive therapies MOST directly focus on changing a client's _____.

A) actions; emotions
B) emotions; thinking
C) actions; thinking
D) thinking; emotions

Question 11

Which does NOT belong with the others?

A) drugs
B) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
C) psychotherapy
D) psychosurgery