MIDTERM 2

Question 1

Sawyer wants to marry his mother when he grows up.

Answer 1

Phallic

Question 2

Sigmund Freud was addicted to cigars.

Answer 2

Oral

Question 3

Ben is quite amused by poop (bowel) jokes and tells them every chance he gets.

Answer 3

Anal

Question 4

Barney wants so desperately to gamble, he drives to Atlantic City and spends all his money.

Answer 4

ID

Question 5

Ted will not break his “bro-oath”, because he believes in the integrity of the “Bro Code”.

Answer 5

Super ego

Question 6

Marshall is trying to decide whether he wants to party with his friends, or complete his paper on constitutional law.

Answer 6

Ego

Question 7

Andrew rarely says no to his friends. He often says yes, even though sometimes he might not want to.

Answer 7

Agreeableness

Question 8

Devin is only concerned with herself. She has an interesting dynamic with Lola, who seems to place Devin on a pedestal, and yet is also rather selfish.

Answer 8

Neuroticism

Question 9

Nick is excited to travel to new places and eat new foods.

Answer 9

Openness to new expiriences

Question 10

Jay is a “Party-wolf”. He loves hanging out with many people and enjoys being the life of the party.

Answer 10

Extraversion

Question 11

Missy is very aware of her environment. Even when she’s mad, she refuses to use swear words in case other people overhear.

Answer 11

Contientousness

Question 12

This test uses 220 questions that address 5 major trait domains (which are also broken down into 25 trait facets) that include: Negative Affect, Detachment, Antagonism, Disinhibition and Psychoticism).

Answer 12

Personality Inventory for DSM-V (PID5)

Question 13

In this test, the psychologist infers your personality traits from your narratives (stories) given about pictures of ambiguous situations.

Answer 13

Projective Test-Thematic Apperception Test

Question 14

In this test, the psychologist infers your personality traits from descriptions you would give regarding ink blots on a piece of paper.

Answer 14

Projective-Test-Rosarch

Question 15

This test uses 567 questions, including multiple repeated questions that include validity scales, such as the Lie and Frequency Scales, and clinical scales, like Hysteria, Paranoia and Hypochondriasis.

Answer 15

Minnesota Multi Phasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2)

Question 16

A regular occurrence that leads to minute cortisol release.

Answer 16

Daily Hassle

Question 17

A single event that leads to sympathetic activation.

Answer 17

Life Stressor

Question 18

getting married

moving homes

getting a promotion

Answer 18

Which of the following are life stressors according to the Holmes-Rahe Life Stress inventory?

Question 19

described the General Adaptation Syndrome

Answer 19

Hans Selye

Question 20

The start of your first semester

Answer 20

Alarm Phase

Question 21

Developing studying routines

Answer 21

Resistance Phase

Question 22

Falling ill at christmas

Answer 22

Exhaustion Phase

Question 23

Von was arranging a time to pick up an item. However, the seller informed them that it could only be picked up during office hours, yet Von had assumed that it would be at a residence. The initial cognitive dissonance made Von feel uncomfortable, but Von answered cordially on text: “Thank you for the clarification! I assumed it was a residence, not a business. :)” and chose to keep the discomfort to themselves.

Answer 23

Emotion-focused coping

Question 24

Feeling the crunch of time and responsibilities, and now that Von needed to find some time during the weekday business hours, Von looked at their packed schedule and found a time slot that allowed them to pick up the item before 5 PM on a Tuesday. They booked it into their calendar.

Answer 24

Problem-Focused Coping

Question 25

The timing of the pick-up conflicted with after-school pick-up of Von's son. They called their friend, who agreed to pick up Von's son that Tuesday afternoon.

Answer 25

Seeking Social Support

Question 26

Kiki cycles through phases months at a time. Sometimes, when she is down, she withdraws from her friends and family, feeling sad and may even have suicidal ideations. However, when she is feeling good, she has extreme energy, working on her dance shows, choreographing many dances at once, all while buying massive amounts of fabric and decorations to make the costumes.

Answer 26

Bipolar disorder

Question 27

Howard Hughes had severely intrusive thoughts of contamination, so much so that he refused to shake hands with anyone, and had him and his servants perform elaborate (minutes long) rituals concerning food and utensils to alleviate his anxieties.

Answer 27

Obsessive compulsive disorder

Question 28

Jack has extreme mood swings, going from happy to sad in the blink of an eye. Sometimes, random external events seem to trigger the moods, and he can be extremely destructive to himself an others when in an extremely angry state.

Answer 28

Borderline personality disorder

Question 29

Sarah has long lasting and chronic bouts of sadness that last for months. They are often characterized by social withdrawal, suicidal ideations, fatigue, anhedonia and feelings of helplessness.

Answer 29

Major Depressive disorder

Question 30

John believes that he is being persecuted by the Russians, despite there being no evidence.

Answer 30

Schizophrenia-Paranoid delusions

Question 31

paranoid delusions

Answer 31

Positive symptoms

Question 32

visual hallucinations

Answer 32

Positive symptoms

Question 33

disorganized speech (e.g. word salad or echolalia)

Answer 33

Negative symptoms

Question 34

catatonia

Answer 34

Negative symptoms

Question 35

He (falsely) accuses his ex-girlfriend of being an alcoholic.

Answer 35

Projection-defense mechanism

Question 36

He blames his drinking on his ex-girlfriend, because he started drinking because of her rejection of him.

Answer 36

External locus of control

Question 37

He believes that he cannot do anything about his pain of rejection or his drinking.

Answer 37

Leanred-Helplessness

Question 38

An individual suffering from alcoholism says that he cannot sleep without drinking every night.

Answer 38

Self-Medication

Question 39

Phobias

Answer 39

Anxiety,Systematic Desensitization

Question 40

Schizophrenia

Answer 40

Personality, Dopamine blockers

Question 41

Major Depressive Disorder

Answer 41

Mood, SSRI

Question 42

ADHD/ ADD

Answer 42

Developmental, Stimulants

Question 43

Bipolar Disorder

Answer 43

Mood/ Lithium

Question 44

Monica has obsessions of dirt and grime "infecting" her home. Her fear has gotten point of dysfunction in which she will not leave the house until it is perfectly clean. Her psychologist recommends that Monica remain in her home while it is extremely messy, and refrain from cleaning, only relying on her friends and psychologist for support, until her anxiety is removed.

Answer 44

Exposure Therapy-Flooding

Question 45

Chandler tends to exhibit catastrophic thinking if his performance isn't to his standard. He'll state that he is a failure and start to become depressed. His psychologist recommends that every time that the words "I'm a failure" comes to mind, that Chandler acknowledge the words, dispute the accuracy of the thought, correct it to a more accurate thought, and verbalize it.

Answer 45

Albert Ellis- Rational Emotive Behavioural Treatment

Question 46

Ross is having trouble melding conflicting parts of his personality together. He understands he is fun-loving and slightly immature with his friends, but he must be professional and put together for his job as an Paleontology professor. His psychologist recommends that Ross use two chairs to represent those different sides of himself, and talk to himself, moving from chair to chair until he becomes whole.

Answer 46

Gesalt Therapy

Question 47

Joey is afraid of needles. So much so that he cannot view a medical video without anxiety. However, he must overcome this to play a medical doctor on Days of Our Lives. His psychologist recommends breaking down the fearful stimuli into 1) a picture of a needle 2) a video of the needle being administered 3) watching a person holding the needle and 4) actually getting the needle. His psychologist trains Joey on how to relax, pairing relaxation with each stimuli successful before progressing to the next stimuli in the hierarchy.

Answer 47

Exposure Therapy- Systematic Desensitization