Clincal Psychology

Question 1

Action of SSRI at synapse

Answer 1

SSRI’s down regulate the activity of SERT and increase the extracellular level of 5-HT

Question 2

Attribution Theory of Depression:

Answer 2

Likely to become depressed if they attribute negative life events to:

• internal rather than external factors
• stable rather than unstable factors
• global rather than specific factors

Question 3

Little Albert (Watson & Rayner)

Answer 3

Pairing rat (the conditioned stimulus CS) with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) which produced the unconditioned response (UCR) and subsequently conditioned response (CR)

Question 4

Predominant evolutionary theory of phobias

Answer 4

Biological preparedness

Question 5

conceptual approaches to personality

Answer 5

situational
ideographic
nomothetic

Question 6

ideographic approach to personality

Answer 6

describes different people with different terms (people’s personalities are distinct)

Question 7

nomothetic approach to personality

Answer 7

describes different people using same types (extremes) or traits (continuum)
current approach

Question 8

trait-based approaches

Answer 8

trait concept essential to understanding and predicting human behavior across a variety of contexts

Question 9

factor analysis in personality

Answer 9

find common variance between ratings of traits > identify how many factors (units of common variance) are needed to explain overall variance in ratings

Question 10

Fundamental Lexical Hypothesis

Answer 10

Idea that natural language encompasses all relevant personality dimensions

Question 11

The big 5

Answer 11

agreeableness 
conscientiousness
extraversion
neuroticism
openness

Question 12

how does arousal effect introverts and extroverts performance differently

Answer 12

introverts performance decreases after arousal

extroverts performance improves after arousal