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It’s not until about ____ years of age that most children express more favorable attitudes towards members of their own ethnic group or racial group than members of other groups.
4
Psychoanalyst Adolph Stern provided the first organized clinical description of BPD. Of the ten basic characteristics he identified, which did he consider primary?
Narcissism
For most children, expressions of pride, shame, and guilt are first evident by ___ months of age.
30
Use of which of the following substances is not likely to produce a substance induced psychotic disorder?
Opioids
According to ___, gender role development involves developing conceptual frameworks (schemas) of masculinity and femininity as the result of sociocultural experiences.
Bern
Kochanska and Knaack (2003) conclude that effortful control is an important contributor to the early development of conscience. Their research found that effortful control becomes a stable, coherent trait by __ months of age.
33-45
The aspect of memory that is capable of storing a very large amount of info for a very brief period of time is referred to as ___ memory.
Sensory
To be consistent with ethical requirements, when a psychologist realizes that a dual relationship is unavoidable, the psychologist should
Take reasonable steps to resolve the issue in a way that best protects the interests of the affected person
For members of minority groups, long term exposure to racial oppression is most likely to result in
Attempting to earn acceptance by acquiring material goods and other signs of status
A movie viewer is most likely to say he feels uncomfortable in a crowded theater when the movie is
A boring documentary
The best overall conclusion that can be drawn about dual relationships in forensic settings is that psychologists should
Avoid them when they are inconsistent
The physiological response known as long term potentiation takes place in the
Hippocampus
Henry Stack Sullivan’s interpersonal approach to psychiatry identifies what as the primary cause of psychopathology?
Excessive anxiety
As defined by Piaget, a ___ circular reaction occurs when a baby’s action gets a pleasurable or interesting response from another person or object, which then leads the baby to repeat the action.
Secondary
Studies suggest that the ___ of OCD are similar across cultures
Prevalence rates, age of onset, gender distribution, and comorbidity
The endoplasmic reticulum is involved in
Transporting proteins and fata
Patterson focuses on the family in describing the origins of aggression in children. Specifically, he relates high aggressiveness in children to
Coercive exchanges between the parent and child
As described in the DSM-5, level of severity of Alcohol Use Disorder and other SUDs is based on
Number of symptoms
Sex therapy has been most successful in treating
Premature ejaculation.
What test would be useful for assessing IQ of a 12 year old with limited English proficiency?
Raven Standard Progressive Matrices
According to Berscheid and Walster’s 2-factor theory of love, love is the result of
Physiological arousal and a label for it
During your first session with a Japanese client, your goals are to normalize the client’s problems and instill a sense of hope. According to Sue and Zane, these goals are:
Examples of giving
Which of the following drugs are most effective for individuals who receive a diagnosis of MDD with atypical features?
MAOIs or SSRIs
Lisa Baumgartner’s longitudinal research identified a six phase process for incorporating a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS into one’s identity. The final phase is:
Integration
The routing subtests for the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales are
Object series/matrices and vocabulary
From a psychoanalytic perspective, a phobia is
An externalization of a forbidden impulse
Which aspect of memory is most negatively impacted by increasing age in adulthood?
Secondary memory/long-term memory
In adolescence, sibling relationships usually become
Less emotionally intense and more distance
___ inhibition occurs when the ability to remember new information is impaired by previously acquired information
Proactive
The stages of change model identifies two factors as the primary predictors of successful transition from one stage to the next. They are:
Perceived self-efficacy and decisional balance
Research on the jigsaw classroom supports findings of
Sherif’s Robber’s Cave Study
The James-Lange theory of emotions emphasizes the role of
visceral and muscular reactions
In the context of the Rorschach test, form quality indicates
The degree of congruence between the response and reality
The neurotransmitter glutamate is responsible for what in relation to alcohol use
The effects of alcohol on cognitive abilities
Ho recommended the use of what approach when working with African American clients?
Ecostructural
In adults, the early motor symptoms of Huntington’s disease most often involve
repetitive movements in the extremities and face
According to Gerald Patterson, what is a key contributor to conduct disorder?
Parents’ childrearing skills
Administering all combinations of tasks in different orders to different subgroups of subjects is what kind of research design
Counterbalanced
What research design is useful for controlling potential effects of a confounding organismic variable on the results of a research study when participants scores on that variable are known at the start?
Randomized block
Restlessness, psychomotor agitation, flushed face, diuresis, rambling speech, and muscle twitching are suggestive of what?
Caffeine intoxication
An anglo-American therapist with an internal locus of control and internal locus of responsibility is most likely to experience problems when working with an African American client who has an:
Internal locus of control and external locus of responsibility
In comparison to bilateral ECT, unilateral ECT to the right hemisphere:
Produces less anterograde amnesia for verbal and nonverbal tasks
Vygotsky viewed the “self-talk” of young children as
A means of self-guidance and self-instruction
Research on cigarette smoking has found that:
On average, men gain 6 lbs and women gain 8 lbs after they quit
According to Margaret Mahler’s object relations theory, the development of a sense of self is the result of separation-individuation processes that begin at about ___ months of age.
4-5 (able to lean away from caregiver and scan environment)
Papez’s circuit is involved in:
Control of emotions and acquiring new memories (pathway of the limbic system)
In the case of Brown v. Board of Education, research by Kenneth and Mamie Clark was used to support the argument that:
School segregation contributes to negative self-image among African American children
An African-American adult in which stage of Cross’s Black Racial Identity Development Model denigrates all aspects of white culture while idealizing all aspects of African American culture?
Immersion-emersion
When treating a patient with delirium, a priority is to identify and then treat or remove its cause. In addition, it is important to:
Keep the patient in a quiet room where he/she can be monitored by staff/family
What type of design is useful in a situation where it would be unethical to withdraw treatment just for the purpose of confirming effects?
Multiple baseline
Is it permissible to use hypnotically induced testimony in legal proceedings?
Yes, in some jurisdictions under specific conditions (e.g. when corroborating evidence is available)
What drug would be useful for reducing neuropathic pain?
Amitriptyline
When compared to older adults with chronic pain, younger adults:
Report more pain intensity and more depression symptoms
The average correlation coefficient for IQ for a parent and biological child when the child is reared by the parent is:
.40
Perry and colleagues suggested that highly aggressive children:
Show little remorse after hurting another child
A practitioner of Roger’s client-centered therapy would use the Q-sort technique to
Evaluate progress in therapy (assesses congruence between self and ideal self)
According to Piaget, which is a necessary prerequisite for reversibility?
Symbolism
Studies looking at the impact of gender on reactions to crowding have found that
Women cope better with crowding in laboratory conditions and men cope better with crowding in residential settings
A sudden loud noise would elicit which reflex from a one-month old infant?
Moro
Second-generation (atypical) antipsychotics like clozapine and risperidone are (what neurotransmitter action)
serotonin-dopamine antagonists
