Test 4 Flashcards
Behaviour is classified as disordered when it is:
a) deviant
b) distressful
c) dysfunctional
d) all of the above
d
Joe has an intense, irrational fear of snakes. He is suffering from a(n):
phobia
Sharon is continually tense, jittery, and apprehensive for no specific reason. She would probably be diagnosed as suffering a(n):
generalised anxiety disorder
Which neurotransmitter is present in overabundant amounts during the manic phase of bipolar disorder?
norepinephrine
On Monday, Matt felt optimistic, energetic, and on top of the world. On Tuesday, he felt hopeless and lethargic, and thought that the future looked very grim. Matt would most likely be diagnosed as having:
bipolar disorder
Most of the hallucinations of schizophrenia patients involve the sense of:
hearing
The technique in which a person is asked to report everything that comes to his or hr mind is called ____; it is favoured by ____ therapists.
free association; psychoanalytic
The operant conditioning technique in which desired behaviours are rewarded with points or poker chips that can later be exchanged for various rewards is called:
a token economy
Cognitive-behaviour therapy aims to:
alter the way people think and act
Seth enters therapy to talk about some issues that have been upsetting him. The therapist prescribes some medication to help him. The therapist is most likely a:
psychiatrist
Which biomedical therapy is most likely to be practised today?
drug therapy
The antipsychotic drugs appear to produce their effects by blocking the receptor sites for:
dopamine
Which theory describes how we explain others’ behaviour as being due to internal dispositions or external situations?
attribution theory
Which of the following is an example of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?
a) to persuade a customer to buy a product a store owner offers a small gift
b) after agreeing to wear a small “enforce recycling” lapel pin, a woman agrees to collect signatures on a petition to make recycling required by law
c) after offering to sell a car at a ridiculously low price, a car salesperson is forced to tell the customer the car will cost $1000 more
d) all of the above are examples
b
In his study of obedience, Stanley Milgram found that the majority of subjects:
complied with all the demands of the experiment
Increasing the number of people that are present during an emergency tends to:
decrease the likelihood that anyone will help
seen as a failure to adapt to the environment
psychological disorder
part of the medical model: refers to the factors or causes that are responsible for, or related to, the development of disorders.
etiology
part of the medical model: a classification or labeling of a client’s stated and perceived difficulties following a formal assessment by a psychologist or trained professional.
diagnosis
part of the medical model: therapeutic method to help alleviate the long-term symptoms of psychological disorders.
treatment
part of the medical model: a prediction of the course or outcome of a disease or disorder; the chances of recovery from a disease.
prognosis
provides health care practitioners with a comprehensive system for diagnosing mental illnesses based on specific ideational and behavioral symptoms
DSM-IV-TR
Classification having several dimensions, each of which is employed in categorizing
multiaxial classification
states that psychological disorders develop due to a combination of genetic vulnerability and risk factors in the environment; a person may be predisposed for a mental disorder that remains unexpressed until triggered by stress
diathesis-stress model