Question 1

During the stress response, the hypothalamus releases a substance that acts on what part of the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)   thyroid
B)   pituitary
C)   pancreas
D)   substantia nigra B

Question 2

Each of Sigmund Freud's psychosexual stages is organized around

Accepted Answer

A)   a latency period.
B)   an erogenous zone.
C)   developing abilities for rational thought.
D)   the development of new psychic structures. B

Question 3

Painting a picture of a bloody war scene rather than acting on an aggressive impulse is an example of what defense mechanism?

Accepted Answer

A)   sublimation
B)   displacement
C)   reaction formation
D)   intellectualization A

Question 4

How does a negative reinforcer increase the probability of a response?

Accepted Answer

A)   It punishes the respondent.
B)   It extinguishes the response.
C)   It provides a pleasant reward.
D)   It takes away something aversive.

Question 5

What part of the brain releases corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) during the stress response?

Accepted Answer

A)   thyroid
B)   pituitary
C)   hypothalamus
D)   adrenal cortex

Question 6

A mother turns on the radio right before she feeds her toddler each evening. After a few days, the child begins to open his mouth and hold out his spoon as soon as the mother turns on the radio. What is the radio in this example?

Accepted Answer

A)   conditioned stimulus
B)   conditioned response
C)   unconditioned stimulus
D)   unconditioned response

Question 7

What are the units that make up chromosomes?

Accepted Answer

A)   neurons
B)   genes
C)   loci
D)   karyotypes

Question 8

Researchers have found there can be as many as a hundred or more variations of a given receptor protein.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What are the natural pain relievers produced by the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)   hormones
B)   endocrines
C)   endorphins
D)   neuropeptides

Question 10

Rose has been healthy her entire life. However, she has begun to experience changes in her behavior and through processes. She has noticed that, under stress, these changes occur. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)   changes in the nervous system
B)   gene expression
C)   behavior genetics
D)   population genetics

Question 11

The autonomic system transmits information from sense organs to muscles responsible for voluntary movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to modeling theorists, why would a young man want to join the military?

Accepted Answer

A)   He has passed through the latency stage.
B)   He has been positively reinforced for aggression.
C)   He has seen how military officers are well respected.
D)   He has experienced an unavoidable impulse for aggression.

Question 13

Which neuroimaging technique measures cerebral blood flow?

Accepted Answer

A)   computed tomography (CT) 
B)   magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 
C)   magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) 
D)   single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Question 14

Modeling is a process of learning that can occur

Accepted Answer

A)   during hypnosis.
B)   through extinction.
C)   without reinforcement.
D)   through classical conditioning.

Question 15

Staying home from the football game to work on a term paper is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)   repression.
B)   subconscious thinking.
C)   primary process thinking.
D)   secondary process thinking.

Question 16

Elaine's parents were both athletes in college as were her grandparents. Her parents have tried to convince her to participate in sports, and cannot understand why she has little interest. More specifically, they cannot understand why she is not more physically developed as a potential athlete since most members of the family are athletic. What term provides an explanation for this dilemma?

Accepted Answer

A)   penetrance
B)   heritability
C)   genetics
D)   hormones

Question 17

Which of the following enables a person to identify stimuli quickly, cluster information effectively, and make inferences?

Accepted Answer

A)   model
B)   schema
C)   memory
D)   conditioning

Question 18

Which perspective looks at maladaptive behavior as a joint product of disordered processes in the body, in psychological functioning, and in the social environment?

Accepted Answer

A)   biological
B)   psychodynamic
C)   behavioral
D)   cognitive

Question 19

Ann left work feeling very angry at her boss. When she got home she yelled at her roommate. Ann's behavior is an example of which defense mechanism?

Accepted Answer

A)   denial
B)   displacement
C)   sublimation
D)   intellectualization

Question 20

Aaron Beck believes that the type of maladaptive behavior a person exhibits depends on

Accepted Answer

A)   modeling.
B)   idiosyncratic schemata.
C)   level of self-actualization.
D)   the stage at which conflict is unresolved.

Exam 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Maladaptive Behavior