Question 1

Which drugs tend to be used with people diagnosed with OCD to help them:

Accepted Answer

A)  Antipsychotics
B)  Valium
C)  Lithium
D)  Hormone replacements
E)  SSRIs E

Question 2

The most frequently occurring score of a set of numbers(e.g., 3,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,8) is called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Middle score
B)  Median
C)  Mode
D)  Mean
E)  Square C

Question 3

Who proposed the ABC model, a cognitive explanation for depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ellis
B)  Beck
C)  Pavlov
D)  Freud
E)  Wolpe A

Question 4

Which of the following are characteristics of a major depressive disorder

Accepted Answer

A)  Loss of energy
B)  Change in sleep patterns
C)  Weight change
D)  Impaired concentration
E)  All of these

Question 5

OCD could be explained by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Too much dopamine
B)  Not enough dopamine
C)  Not enough serotonin
D)  Too much serotonin
E)  Not enough testosterone

Question 6

Which of the following terms is not linked to systematic desensitisation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fear hierarchy
B)  Reciprocal inhibition
C)  Relaxation
D)  Flooding
E)  Classical conditioning

Question 7

The behaviour/variable that is measured in an experiment is called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypothesis
B)  Null hypothesis
C)  Independent variable
D)  Extraneous variable
E)  Dependent variable

Question 8

A behavioural psychologist may attempt to explain how a person has developed a phobia via:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive triad
B)  Genetic influences
C)  Classical conditioning
D)  Preparedness
E)  Lack of a neurotransmitter

Question 9

Flooding is quite effective in helping to treat:

Accepted Answer

A)  Phobias
B)  OCD
C)  Schizophrenia
D)  Major depressive disorder
E)  Bipolar disorder

Question 10

Which of the following brain structures has not been linked to OCD?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anterior cingulate
B)  Thalamus
C)  Orbitofrontal cortex
D)  Hypothalamus
E)  Striatum

Question 11

According to Beck, what should be tackled in CBT to help someone overcome depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Negative thoughts about the future
B)  Negative thoughts about self
C)  Negative thoughts about the world
D)  All of these
E)  None of these

Question 12

Another way in which a behavioural psycholgist may try to explain how a phobia is formed is via:

Accepted Answer

A)  Modelling
B)  Brain functioning
C)  Flooding
D)  Habituation
E)  Diathesis-stress approach

Question 13

I have collected ordinal data and used an independent groups design; which inferential statistical test should I use?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sign Test
B)  Wilcoxon Test
C)  Spearman's Test
D)  The mean
E)  Mann-Whitney U Test

Exam 6: Psychopathology and Research Methods

Which drugs tend to be used with people diagnosed with OCD to help them: