Missed psych qs Flashcards
A person suffers from food poisoning after eating a spoiled lemon, and later finds that the smell of limes and other citrus fruits make her nauseous. This is an example of:
acquisition.
generalization.
discrimination.
negative reinforcement.
The correct answer is B
Generalization is the process by which similar stimuli can produce the same conditioned response. Here, the response to the taste and smell of lemons has generalized to that of all citrus.
(A)Distortion.Acquisition is the process whereby a neutral stimulus is first made into a conditioned stimulus.
(C)OppositeDiscrimination is when an organism learns to distinguish between two similar stimuli. This is the opposite of generalization.
(D)Distortion.Negative reinforcement removes an unpleasant stimulus in order to increase a certain behavior.
A woman comes to the doctor with a two-week history of complete paralysis of her left arm. She has had no injury to the extremity, and full neurological workup fails to demonstrate any underlying cause. She seems surprisingly unconcerned about the paralysis, and seems more worried about an argument she had one month ago in which she hit her daughter. Based on this information, the woman’s most likely diagnosis is:
conversion disorder.
generalized anxiety disorder.
illness anxiety disorder.
histrionic personality disorder.
The correct answer is A
Conversion disorder is marked by a motor or sensory symptom in the absence of an underlying physical or neurological cause. It is associated with an inciting event that, in this case, may have been the argument with her daughter. Her lack of concern over the deficit is referred to as la belle indifférence.
(B) Distortion. Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by a persistent worry about various facets of life.
(C) Distortion. Illness anxiety disorder is characterized by constant worry about having or developing a serious medical condition.
(D) Distortion. Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by obsessive attention-seeking behavior.
