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Abnormal Psy
Chapters 1-5
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/21/2010

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The word mad was first used to describe a person displaying abnormal behavior in?
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1400
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One who systematically gathers information in order to describe, predict and explain abnormality is a clinical:
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Scientist
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R.D. Lange said "insanity a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world." This statement illustrates:
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that abnormality is situational
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The explicit and implicit rules for proper conduct that a society establishes are referred to as:
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norms
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The history, values, institutions, technology, and arts of a society make up that society's:
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culture
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Panic, anxiety and depression were common among those who lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Why were there behaviors NOT considered deviant?
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These behaviors were the result of circumstances.
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Research shows that danger to self or others is found in:
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some cases of abnormal functioning
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Despite popular misconceptions, most people with psychological are not:
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Dangerous
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Thomas Szasz's view about the idea of "mental illness" is that
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most abonormalities are simply "problems in living"
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If you were a schizophrenic living in the first half of the twentieth century and had a mother who was thought to be schizophenogeni, she would have been seen as?
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a schizophenic herself
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Challenges faced by clinical researchers include all the following except:
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there are very few graduate students trained in clinical research
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General Principles that explain the underlying causes or nature of abnormal behavior are called:
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nomothetic
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A study of a single person used to explain the underlying causes or nature of abnormal behavior in that person is consistent with the ______ approach
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idiographic
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True experiments involve the study of some?
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variable
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A case study of a patient includes a history, tests, and interviews with associates. A clear picture is constructed of this individual so that her behavior is understood, this approach is?
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experimental
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Which of the following is NOT considered a research method?
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a treatment plan for an individual
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Frued's study of Little Hans is an example of?
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A case study
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The controversy involving research with animals centers on?
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the rights of animals versus their usefulness in understanding human problems.
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Internal validity reflects how well a study
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Rules out the effects of all causes except those being studied
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The paradigm or model by people in the Middle Ages to explain abnormal behavior would have been?
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Demonological
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The model of abnormality that cites physical processes as being the key to behavior is the?
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Biological Model
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The model of abnormality that examines the effects of society and culture is the?
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Socialcultural Model
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The model of abnormality that focuses on unconscious internal processes and conflicts in behavior is the?
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psychodynamic model
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The model of abnormality that focuses on the role of values and choices in behavior is the?
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humanistic-existential model
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Messages moving from neuron to neuron must cross tiny spaces called?
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Synapses
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If a person had schizophrenia, one would suspect a problem with which of these neurotransmitters?
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Dopamine
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In how many cases of psychological disorders have psychologists identified an individual gene that appears to be responsible?
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virtually none
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Current research suggests that schizophrenia may be related to?
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A viral infection in utero
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Electroconvulsive therapy is used most often in the treatment of?
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Depression
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The oldest of the following modern psychological models is the?
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Psychodynamic model
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Freud believed that the three central forces that shape the personality were the?
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Instictual needs, rational thinking, and moral standards.
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The ______ operates in accord with the pleasure principle.
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Id
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The part of the personality that guides us to know when we can and cannot express our impluses is the?
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Ego
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According to Freud's psyychodynamic theory, the part of the personality that is the conscience is the?
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Superego
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A woman has had an aboration for which she feels very guilty and as a result takes a strong pro-life stance. The defense mechanism that best explains her behavior is?
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Reaction formation
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A behavior psychologist would that the temper tantrums results from:
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operant conditioning
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If you close your eyes and imagine biting into a big, sour lemon, you are likely to salivate. The salvation to this imagery is an example of a?
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Conditioned response
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The first step in using the treatment called "systematic desensitization" is to?
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Teach the skill of relaxation over the course of several sessions.
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Which of the following is least likely to be criticism of the cognitive model?
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Cognitive therapy has no support from research studies.
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The process of evaluating a person's personality?
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Clinical Assessment
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A functional analysis involves?
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Learning about a person's behaviors.
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One of the assumptions of a functional analysis is that?
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Abnormal behaviors are learned.
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Another term for developing norms for an assessment tool is?
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Standardization
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A panel of psychologists and psychiatrists evaluates the test results and clinical interviews of a client in a sanity hearing. They all arrive at the same diagnosis. The panal has high?
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Interrater reliability
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Because people who are manic have very elevated moods, a new test for mania includes questions about how happy the person feels and how often he or she laughs. This test has?
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Face Validity
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A new assessment tool does a good job differtiating those who later will be depressed and those who will not be depressed and it produces results similar to those of other tools measuring depression. Therefor the new assessment tool has good?
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Predictive Validity
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If a new test for assessing anorectic tendencies produces scores comparable to those of other tests for assessing anorectic tendicies, then the new test has high?
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Concurrent validity
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If a clinician begins by asking "Would you tell me about yourself?" the clinician is most likely conducting a?
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Unstructured Interview
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If a clinician is particularly interested in a client's family background and community influences, that clinician is most likely from which orientation?
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Sociocultural
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One limitation of the clinical interview as an assessment tool is that?
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the client may give an overly positive picture
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A patient looks at a series of black and white pictures, making up a dramatic story about each. The patient is taking?
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The thematic apperception test
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If a clinician focused on where you placed your drawing on the page, the size of the drawing and the parts you omitted, you most likely took which of the following tests?
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Draw-a-Person
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Biuet and Simon are know for their work creating an?
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Intelligence Test
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The most legitimate criticism of intelligence tests concerns their?
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Cultural Fairness
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A clinician who is using naturalistic observation would be most likely to do which of the following?
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Observe parent-child interactions in the family's home
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The DSM-IV-TR divides the categories along five seperate axes. The Axis 1 disorders are disorders.
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That cause significant impairment
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Mental retardation is found in _____ of DSM-IV-TR
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Axis II
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Axis III includes?
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Any relevant general medical conditions
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The initial problem in studying the effectivness of psychotherapy?
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Defining what it means for a treatment to be successful
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Fear differs from anxiety in that:
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fear is to a specific threat and anxiety is more general.
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College students who are so anxious that they can't function unless their clothes are arranged by color and type in their closets are experiencing a(n):

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obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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A person who constantly feels upset and nervous, so much so that it interferes with work is experiencing a(n):
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generalized anxiety disorder.
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A lasting and groundless fear of a specific object, activity, or situation is called a(n):
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phobia.
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Raphael was just outside the parking garage of the World Trade Center when the explosion occurred. At the time he was terrified and had visions of the building falling on him. Ever since the bombing he has had periods of anxiety and sleeplessness. This is an example of a:
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posttraumatic stress disorder.
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People with one anxiety disorder are most likely to:
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experience another anxiety disorder, too.
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One limitation of the sociocultural approach to understanding generalized anxiety disorders is that it cannot explain:
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why everyone who experiences danger doesn't experience generalized anxiety.
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“Phobic and generalized anxiety disorders arise when people stop looking at themselves honestly and with acceptance and instead deny and distort their true thoughts, emotions, and behavior.” This explanation for anxiety disorders would most likely be offered by:

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humanistic theorists.
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A person who believes that it is awful and catastrophic when things are not the way he or she would like them to be is displaying:
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irrational assumption.
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Cognitive therapists believe that generalized anxiety disorder is induced by:

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maladaptive assumptions.
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The therapy for generalized anxiety disorder developed by Albert Ellis is called:

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rational-emotive therapy.
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Disadvantages of taking benzodiazepines include all of the following except:
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lack of sleep, increased anxiety, and passivity.
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According to current research, using relaxation training to treat generalized anxiety disorder is:
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better than nothing, and about as effective as meditation.
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How do phobias and common fear differ?

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A phobia leads to a greater desire to avoid the object.
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Which of the following is an example of a narrow social phobia?

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fear of public speaking
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Pairing the thought of feared objects and relaxation training is:
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systematic desensitization.
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One procedure used to treat phobic disorders involves having the therapist confront the feared object or situation while the fearful client observes. This is called:
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modeling
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_______ is an anxiety disorder that occurs in much the same proportions across cultures; however, women are about twice as likely to receive this diagnosis as are men.

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Panic disorder
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Which of the following therapies is an effective long-term, nonpharmacological treatment for panic attack that involves teaching patients to interpret their physical sensations accurately?

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cognitive
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