Reading Quiz CH2

Question 1

Which of the following refers to the biological reaction to alarming stressors that musters the body’s resources (for example, blood flow and respiration) to resist or flee a threat?
* circumplex model
* affect
* mood
* flight or fight response

Answer 1

• flight or fight response

Question 2

According to the multidimensional integrative approach, which of the following can cause phobia?
* biological influences
* behavioral influences
* emotional and cognitive influences
* social influences
* all of the above can interact together to cause phobia

Answer 2

• all of the above can interact together to cause phobia

Question 3

Which of the following refers to learning through observation and imitation of the behavior of other individuals and consequences of that behavior?
* modeling (observational learning)
* prepared learning
* implicit memory
* explicit memory

Answer 3

• modeling (observational learning)

Question 4

According to the diathesis-stress model, individuals can inherit a tendency, or _______, to develop a disorder, even though the disorder may not develop.
* stressor
* vulnerability
* environment
* alleles

Answer 4

• vulnerability

Question 5

Which lobe is the most interesting from the point of view of psyhchopathology?
* occipital lobe
* frontal lobe
* parietal lobe
* temporal lobe

Answer 5

• frontal lobe

Question 6

Which of the following is a chemical substance that decreases or blocks the effects of a neurotransmitter?
* antagonist
* agonist
* reuptake
* serotonin

Answer 6

• antagonist

Question 7

Which of the following is the best description of effects of naturally occurring neurotransmitters?
* they have different effects depending on the previous psychosocial experience of the organism.
* they always have the same effect regardless of psychosocial experience of the organism.
* they are always the root cause of psychopathology.

Answer 7

• they have different effects depending on the previous psychosocial experience of the organism.

Question 8

When monkeys were administered a benzodiazepine inverse agonist, the monkeys that had been raised with little control over their environment displayed signs of ________.
* anger and aggression
* anxiety and panic
* depression
* happiness

Answer 8

• anxiety and panic

Question 9

Based on the reading about psychosocial influences on brain structure and function, in order to treat psychopathology, it is typically:

• equally important to know and target the maintaining and initiating factors
• more important to know and target the initiating factors than the maintaining factors
• more important to know and target the maintaining factors than the initiating factors

Answer 9

• more important to know and target the maintaining factors than the initiating factors

Question 10

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an ________ neurotransmitter.
* excitatory
* alarming
* inhibitory
* emotional

Answer 10

• inhibitory