PSY 3604-3

Question 1

Alleles

Answer 1

different forms of genes

Question 2

Penetrance

Answer 2

The percentage of individuals with a particular genotype that actually displays the phenotype associated with the genotype.

Question 3

Normative data

Answer 3

Information collected from a representative sample that the examiner can then use to make comparisons with his or her subjects

Question 4

bias in testing

Answer 4

The degree to which construct-irrelevant factors systematically affect a specific group’s performance.

Question 5

Projective testing

Answer 5

Techniques that use various ambiguous stimuli that a subject is encouraged to interpret and from which the subject’s personality characteristics can be analyzed.

Question 6

Objective testing

Answer 6

Structured tests, such as questionnaires, self-inventories, or rating scales, used in psychological assessment.

Question 7

Empirical keying

Answer 7

A method of test construction in which items are selected on the basis of their demonstrated predictive power rather than their content

Question 8

Response validity (MMPI)

Question 9

culture

Answer 9

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

Question 10

assessment

Answer 10

The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something

Question 11

Specific phobia

Answer 11

Persistent or disproportionate fears of various objects, places, or situations, such as fears of situations (airplanes or elevators), other species (snakes, spiders), or aspects of the environment (high places, water).

Question 12

social phobia

Answer 12

Social anxiety disorder

Fear of situations in which a person might be exposed to the scrutiny of others and fear of acting in a humiliating or embarrassing way.

Question 13

OCD

Answer 13

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Anxiety disorder characterized by the persistent intrusion of unwanted and intrusive thoughts or distressing images; these are usually accompanied by compulsive behaviors designed to neutralize the obsessive thoughts or images or to prevent some dreaded event or situation.

Question 14

Panic attack

Answer 14

A severe, intense fear response that appears to come out of the blue; it has many physical and cognitive symptoms such as fear of dying or losing control.

Question 15

Panic Disorder

Answer 15

Occurrence of repeated unexpected panic attacks, often accompanied by intense anxiety about having another one.

Question 16

Panic Disorder Cycle

Answer 16

panic attack and associated sensations
–> Apprehension or worry abt another panic attack or distressing situation –>
trigger stimulus such as body sensations that feel like panic (anger, exercise, sexual, arousal, drugs) (repeat)