Midterm

Question 1

George was tormented by the deprecating voices he kept hearing. This is an example of which of the four D’s?

Answer 1

Distress

Question 2

This is the examination of the impact of culture, race, gender, and similar factors on our behaviors and focuses on how such factors may influence abnormal behavior.

Answer 2

Multicultural Psychology

Question 3

These medications reduce tension and worry

Answer 3

Antianxiety drugs

Question 4

This study measures the incidence and prevalence of a disorder in a given population

Answer 4

Epidemiological study

Question 5

These medications lift the mood of depressed people

Answer 5

Antidepressants

Question 6

Before the 1950s, psychotherapy was offered only by

Answer 6

Psychiatrists

Question 7

This is the study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits, and abilities.

Answer 7

Positive Psychology

Question 8

While there are numerous definitions of abnormality, most definitions share the following features: deviance, distress, danger, and:

Answer 8

Dysfunction

Question 9

This practice begun in the 1960s to release hundreds of thousands of patients from public mental hospitals.

Answer 9

Deinstitutionalization

Question 10

John’s family had a difficult time understanding why he chose to wear an overcoat, a hat, and gloves during the summer. This is an example of which of the four D’s?

Answer 10

Deviance

Question 11

These medications correct extremely confused and distorted thinking.

Answer 11

Antipsychotics

Question 12

If you decide to stand on your desk when your professor is lecturing, your conduct would be outside the stated:

Answer 12

Norms

Question 13

Maria obsesses for hours over her hair and make-up in the morning. She has been fired from two jobs in the past four months as she cannot get to work on time. This is an example of which of the four D’s?

Answer 13

Dysfunction

Question 14

Rico’s family chose to celebrate Christmas Eve by cooking a variety of foods only prepared once a year in celebration of the Christmas holiday. This is an example of one’s:

Answer 14

Culture

Question 15

This model sees physical processes as a key to human behavior:

Answer 15

Biological model

Question 16

Dr. Jacobs supports this model which believes a full understanding of his patients’ thoughts, emotions, and behavior mmust also include an understanding of their biological basis.

Answer 16

Biological model

Question 17

The Biological Model is best rooted in

Answer 17

Medicine

Question 18

Serotonin, Dopamine, and Norepinephrine are examples of

Answer 18

neurotransmitters

Question 19

The three main biological treatments include all of the following except

Answer 19

Psychotherapy

Question 20

This model looks at people’s unconscious internal processes and conflicts

Answer 20

Psychodynamic model

Question 21

This model emphasizes behavior and the ways in which it is learned.

Answer 21

Behavioral model

Question 22

This model concentrates on the responses an organism makes to it’s environment

Answer 22

Behavioral

Question 23

This is the process of learning in which behavior that leads to satisfying consequences is likely to be repeated.

Answer 23

Operant conditioning

Question 24

This is the process of learning in which an individual acquires responses by observing and imitating others.

Answer 24

Modeling

Question 25

______ experience unusually high rates of anxiety disorders.

Answer 25

African Americans

Question 26

This approach seeks to address the unique issues faced by members of minority groups.

Answer 26

Culture-sensitive therapies

Question 27

This approach seeks to address the pressures of being a woman in Western society.

Answer 27

gender-sensitive therapies

Question 28

The categories of clinical assessment techniques and tools include all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 28

Surveys

Question 29

Dr. Lucas is a ___________ who tries to discover assumptions and interpretations that influence the person.

Answer 29

cognitive interviewer

Question 30

These inventories measure the severity of such emotions as anxiety, depression and anger.

Answer 30

affective

Question 31

These inventories are used particularly by behavioral and family-social clinicians and ask respondents how they would react in a variety of situations.

Answer 31

social skills

Question 32

___________ is the central nervous system’s physiological and emotional response to a serious threat to one’s well-being.

Answer 32

fear

Question 33

___________ is the central nervous system’s physiological and emotional response to a vague sense of threat or danger.

Answer 33

anxiety

Question 34

According to Freud, children experience ___________ anxiety when they face actual danger and ___________ anxiety when they are repeatedly prevented, by parents or circumstances, from expressing their id impulses.

Answer 34

realistic; neurotic

Question 35

According to Freud, children experience ___________ anxiety when they are repeatedly prevented, by parents or circumstances, from expressing their id impulses, and ___________ anxiety when they are punished or threatened for expressing their id impulses.

Answer 35

neurotic; moral

Question 36

The humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers, in which clinicians try to help clients by being accepting, empathizing accurately, and conveying genuineness, is referred to as:

Answer 36

client-centered.

Question 37

Phobia comes from the Greek word for:

Answer 37

fear

Question 38

This is a persistent and unreasonable fear of a particular object, activity, or situation.

Answer 38

phobia

Question 39

This is the fear of being in public places or situations where escape might be difficult or help unavailable if panic-like symptoms were to occur.

Answer 39

agoraphobia

Question 40

Kevin suffers from ___________ and is afraid to leave the house and travel to public places or other locations where escape might be difficult for him.

Answer 40

agoraphobia

Question 41

Behaviorists propose ___________ as a common way of acquiring phobic reactions.

Answer 41

classical conditioning

Question 42

Jill has been experiencing recurring periods of shortness of breath, sweating, trembling, faintness, and a feeling of unreality for over a month. She may be suffering from:

Answer 42

panic disorder

Question 43

Panic disorder may be accompanied by:

Answer 43

agoraphobia

Question 44

The most common theme that runs through the thoughts of people troubled by obsessive thinking appears to be:

Answer 44

dirt or contamination

Question 45

Sigmund Freud traced obsessive-compulsive disorder to the ___________ stage of development.

Answer 45

anal

Question 46

Exposure and response prevention is a ___________ treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Answer 46

behavioral

Question 47

More and more individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder are now being treated by a combination of behavioral, cognitive, and ___________ therapy.

Answer 47

drug

Question 48

In the DSM-5, each of the following has been assigned as an obsessive-compulsive-related disorder EXCEPT:

Answer 48

impulse-control disorder

Question 49

Repeatedly checking one’s appearance in a mirror is indicative of:

Answer 49

body dysmorphic disorder.