Weeks 1, 2 and 3 Flashcards
The term that describes the idea that human behaviour is determined by genetics and biology is:
a. prefrontal lobotomy
b. nurture
c. nature
d. DNA
c. nature
The theory that behaviour is driven by unconscious processes is known as:
a. psychoanalytic
b. behavioural
c. cognitive
d. eclectic
a. psychoanalytic
The idea that constitutional predisposition combined with environmental stress will lead to mental illness is known as:
a. positive growth
b. the diathesis-stress model
c. unacceptable theorising
d. schizophrenia
b. the diathesis-stress model
Internalising the moral standards of society is Freud’s idea of:
a. the id
b. latent throught processes
c. cognitive behavioural functioning
d. superego
d. superego
Avoiding talking to or seeing someone because you like them is an example of which of Freud’s defence mechanisms?
a. Reaction formation
b. Projection
c. Denial
d. Repression
a. Reaction formation
Freud’s ideas of the unconscious influences on behaviour have been criticised because:
a. it is difficult to test
b. it does not give an accurate to support it
c. it does not give an accurate account of women
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Changing what you do because of the consequences of your behaviour is known as:
a. classical conditioning
b. operant conditioning
c. modelling
d. vicarious learning
b. operant conditionining
Aaron Beck claimed that depression occurs because of:
a. biological malfunctions
b. post-traumatic stress disorder
c. cognitive distortions such as selectively believing negative information about yourself
d. modelling by peers
c. cognitive distortions such as selectively believing negative information about yourself.
One criticism of cognitive psychology by social psychology is that:
a. thoughts can cause feelings
b. feelings can cause thoughts
c. thoughts and feelings are caused by behaviour
d. behaviour causes thoughts and feelings
b. feelings can cause thoughts
‘The convergence of interests between humanistic and positive (a cognitive model) psychology’ is called what kind of approach in psychology?
a. cognitive behavioural
b. sociological
c. pop psychology
d. eclectic
d. eclectic
Sociological theories tend to focus on:
a. social forces in society
b. demographic factors
c. group behaviour
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Thomas Szasz believed that:
a. the social bonds of attachment are overly strong and people do not have a sense of self
b. psychiatrists exercise coercive domination over others and make the problems contributing to mental illness worse, not better
c. all behaviour is determined by the environment
d. behaviour is caused by unconscious motivations
b. psychiatrists exercise coercive domination over others and make the problems contributing to mental illness worse, not better.
One critique of sociological theories is that they:
a. are overly correlational
b. focus too much on causes
c. are individualistic
d. are too difficult to understand
a. are overly correlational
The clearest example of a nature theory is:
a. self-actualisation
b. behaviourism
c. Durkheim’s anomie
d. biomedical model
d. biomedical model
In twin studies, heredity accounts for less than 50% in predicting schizophrenia. This shows that:
a. it is important to study the neurobiology of schizophrenics
b. both nature and nurture need to be accounted for to understand schizophrenia
c. Gottesman was correct to rear siblings together
d. you cannot escape your destiny
b. both nature and nurture need to be accounted for to understand schizophrenia
