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| The unique way each individual thinks, acts, and feels is called _____. |
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| Sigmund Freud's theory came at a time in history when the predominant attitude toward sex was ______. |
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| Sex should take place only in marriage and to make babies. |
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| Many have compared Freud's idea of the mind to an iceberg. If that were the case and you were standing on the deck of a ship in Alaska , what part of the mind would you see above the water? |
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| Which of Freud's levels of consciousness consists of thoughts and feelings that can be easily brought into immediate awareness? |
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| For Freud, thoughts and feelings that are well below the surface of awareness and cannot normally be recalled are in the _____ mind. |
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| The pleasure principle is associated with which element of Freud's personality theory? |
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| There were three friends. Harry was rational, logical, and cunning. Hermione was rule oriented, moral, and always ethical. Ron was pleasure seeking, found it hard to delay gratification, and usually just did what he wanted. According to Freud, Harry was mostly ______. |
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| The superego develops _____. |
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| Asa preschool aged child learns rules, customs, and expectations of society. |
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| According to Freud, the result of conflict between the id and superego is ______. |
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| id: devil and angel ego. Id makes demands, superego puts restrictions |
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| Dan plays the trumpet, is on the debate team, bites his nails, and chews gum. Freud might say Dan was fixated in the _____ stage. |
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| Steve is extremely uptight and compulsively neat and orderly. According to Freudian theory, he became fixated at the ______ stage of psychosexual development. |
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| On which of the following traits would you expect a person described as "anal expulsive" to obtain an elevated score? |
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| Four-year-old Larry squeezes between his Mommy and Daddy as they sit together on the couch. He cuddles with his mommy and pushes his daddy away. This illustrates which Freudian concept? |
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| Jill is an 8-year-old girl who is having a birthday party. According to Freud, since Jill is in the latency period, whom would you expect to be at her party? |
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| In which psychosexual stage do sexual interests reawaken and become stronger? |
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| Which neo-Freudian viewed personality disturbances as resulting from the feelings of inferiority all people share? |
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| According to Karen Horney, men had _____. |
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| Felt the need to compensate for lack of child hearing ability by striving for success in other areas. |
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| Which neo-Freudian theorist believed social relationships were the key to understanding personality? |
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| For the behaviorist, personality is a set of learned responses or ______. |
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A baseball player's son is quite talented; he has recieved lots of awards over the years. When he gets up to bat he expects to get a hit, and when he is in the field he expects to make every catch.
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| What do Abraham Maslow's and Carl Roger's theories have in common? |
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| Believed humans are striving to fulfill their innate capacities |
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| What are the Big Five personality traits? |
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| Openness, conscientiousness extraversion, agreeableness and neurotics |
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| The field of _____ is devoted to the study of just how much of personality is due to inherited traits. |
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| What major conclusions about personality traits emerged from the Minnesota twin study? |
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| Identical twins are more similar than fraternal twins or unrelated people in intelligence. |
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| Which personality test relies on the interpretation of inkblots to understand personality? |
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| All of the following are projective tests EXCEPT the _____. |
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| MMPI, true life situation |
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| What is one criticism of projective tests? |
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| It is based on art not on science. |
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| The most commonly used personality inventory is the _____. |
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| What is the branch of psychology that is concerned with the study of abnormal behavior? |
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| For those people in the Middle Ages who believed abnormal behavior resulted from spirit possession, the treatment of choice was ______. |
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| What is the primary difficulty with applying the criterion of "social norm deviance " to define abnormal behavior? |
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| Cultures norms are different from situational context. |
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| Any behavior that does not allow a person to function within or adapt to the stresses and everyday demands of life is considered ______? |
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Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes harm to others, or harms their ability to function in daily is called
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| Joanna is experiencing severe anxiety. Her psychiatrist attributes her disorder to a chemical imbalance. Her psychiatrist is using the _____ of abnormality. |
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| The psychoanalytical model holds that abnormal behavior is the result of _____. |
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| Thought - various forms of emotional, behavioral - related malfunction |
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| According to the cognative perspective, disordered behavior is the result of ______. |
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| Illogical Thinking Patterns |
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| What do psychologists call disorders that are found only in particular cultures? |
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| The primary purpose of the DSM-IV-TR is to ______ |
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| Help psychological professionals diagnose psychological disorders |
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| Excessive or unrealaistic fearfulness and anxiety are characteristics of ______. |
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| Free-floating anxiety refers to anxiety that is _____. |
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| Unrealed to any realistic, known factor and it is often symptom of an anxiety disorder. |
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| An axiety disorder that involves a fear of interacting with others or being in a social situation is called _____. |
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| Fears of snakes, thunderstorms, darkness, and water are classified as _______ phobias. |
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| Your aunt has a fear that makes it difficult for her to leace her home. She feels trapped and is unable to work or engage in any kind of activity that requires her going outside of her home. You are not surprised when you find out your aunt is diagnosed with _______ |
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| A disorder in which intruding thoughts that occur again and again are followed by repetitive, ritualistic behavior meant to lower the anxiety caused by the thoughts is called _______ disorder. |
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| Which of the following is the term used to describe a sudden onset of extreme panic with various symptoms including racing heart, rapid breathing, and sweating? |
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| The psychoanalytical model views anxiety as _____. |
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| Danger signal that repressed urges or conflicts threatening to surface |
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| The behavioral perspective views anxiety as ______. |
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| behavioral reactions are learned |
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| Which of the following is a disorder that takes the form of bodily ailment that has no physical cause? |
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| A person who is preoccupied with every sensation of her body, worries excessively about getting ill, and continuously goes to doctors who never find anything physically wrong with her is likely to be diagnosed with ______. |
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| A person who expiriences rather dramatic and specific symptoms such as blindness, paralysis, deafness, or numbness or certain body parts, none of which have real physical causes, and exhibits lack of concern about the symptom will probably be diagnosed with ______. |
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| The police find a man who is disheveled and in a daze wandering through the downtown area. When the police ask him for his name, he seems bewildered. A search if missing persons photographs reveals that this man was reported missing three months ago in a town no more than 700 miles away. |
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| Major depression, dysthymia, and biopolar disorder are all examples of ______ disorders |
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| A person who suffers from bipolar disorder alternates between _______. |
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| Which of the following is the biological explanation for mood disorders? |
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| Effects of brain chemicals: Serotonin and dopamine |
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| A patient in a psychiatric hospital exhibits disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, and hallicinations. This erson is suffering from ______. |
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| Nick is admitted to a mental institution because he hears voices talking to him that no one else can hear, and he sees demons attacking him, though no one else could see anything near him. Nick's symptoms are known as ______. |
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| Which of the following statements might someone with a bilogical perspective make about schizophrenia? |
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| Genetic origins, chemical influences. |
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| Marty is moody, manipulative, unstable, lacks a clear sense of identity, and oftens clings to others. He wants to have close relationships but is unable to do so because he is untrusting of others. Marty is suffering from _______ personality disorder. |
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| _______ is a mood disorder that is caused by the body's reaction to low levels of light present in the winter months? |
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| Seasonal Affective Disorder |
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