Chapter 2

Question 0

What psychological problems are linked to norepinephrine?

Answer 0

Depression (in book says “depressed mood” p. 30)

Question 1

What psychological problems are linked to serotonin?

Answer 1

Depression
Anxiety
Dysfunctional behaviors such as aggressive impulses

Question 2

What psychological problem is associated with GABA?

Answer 2

Anxiety

Question 3

What helps reduce the symptoms of psychosis (hallucinations[unreal perceptual experiences] and delusions [fantastic unrealistic beliefs])

Answer 3

Antipsychotic drugs

Question 4

These drugs reduce symptoms of depression

Answer 4

Antidepressant drugs

Question 5

A metallic element that is widely used as a mode stabilizer (particularly in the treatment of bipolar disorder)

Answer 5

Lithium

Question 6

Treatment in the Stone Age and Middle Ages where the skull was drilled into in hopes of curing mental illness

Answer 6

Trephination

Question 7

This approach focuses on the influence of reinforcements and punishments in producing behavior

Answer 7

Behavioral approaches

Question 8

What is epigenetics?

Answer 8

The study of how environmental conditions can change the expression of genes without changing the gene sequence

Question 9

What is psychoanalysis and who developed it?

Answer 9

A form of treatment for psychopathology involving alleviating unconscious conflicts driving psychological symptoms by helping people gain insight into their conflicts and finding ways of resolving these conflicts (Freud)

Question 10

What is the ID

Answer 10

According to Freud, the most primitive part of the unconscious; consists of drives and impulses seeking immediate gratification (drives to maximize pleasure and minimize pain;

Question 11

What is the Ego

Answer 11

The force that seeks to gratify our wishes and needs in ways that remain within the rules of society. (The principle decision maker)

Question 12

What is the superego

Answer 12

The storehouse of rules and regulations learned from ones parents; our sense of morality (

Question 13

According to Freud, what is the stage of psychosexual development from birth to 18 months?

Answer 13

Oral stage: libidinal impulses are best satisfied through stimulation of the mouth area, usually through feeding or sucking

Question 14

What is the goal of humanistic therapy

Answer 14

To help the clients discover their greatest potential through self exploration. The therapist simply provides the optimal conditions for the patient to heal him/herself

Question 15

The process of adaptation by which immigrants, native groups, and ethnics minorities adjust to the new culture through making behavioral and cognitive changes is called_____

Answer 15

Acculturation