Abnormal Psychology 10e Midterm (TIU)

The finding that many adolescents who attempt suicide know someone who has attempted suicide provides a case for which process in suicidal actions?

Modeling

The MOST common mental disorders in the United States are:

anxiety disorders

Talking rapidly, dressing flamboyantly, and getting involved in dangerous activities are ____________ symptoms of mania.

behavioral

In the Middle Ages, the model of mental illness that MOST people beleived in was the:

demonolgy model

variable that is measured

dependent variable

According to Seligman's research, dogs that were initially exposed to inescapable electric shocks learned to __________ when given the opportunity to avoid subsequent escapable shocks.

do nothing

The individual MOST at risk for suicide is someone who:

has become increasingly introverted and adopted an overall more pessimistic outlook.

The child at the GRESTEST risk for suicide is one who:

has experienced family stress such as a parental unemployment or abuse

The ____________ model proposes that humans must have an accurate self-awareness and live meaningful lives to be psychologically well adjusted.

humanistic-existential

The body's network of activities and cells that identify and destroy antigens and cancer cells is called the:

immune system

As result of observing his parents generous behavior throughout his childhood, Dontrall developed a postive and generous attitude toward the world. According to the behavioral model, Dontrall acquired this perspective through the process of:

modeling

The theoretical position that explains the origin of anxiety as the overrun of defense mechanisms by neurotic or moral anxiety is the ________ approach.

psychodynamic

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

rational-emotive therapy

Easton saw his best friend shot and killed by a gunman who was driving through his neighborhood. A month later, Easton is in a psychologist's office complaining that he cannot work; everything seems hopeless. He has several other symptoms consistent with these complaints. Based on these data, the diagnosis would most likely be:

reactive depression

Having to walk the dog several times a day when it is raining is an example of a:

stressor

Shaun wants to be a good participant. He knows that his professor in an enviromentalist, so his answers on the survey reflect a pro-enviroment position. This is an example of:

subject bias

Assume that a recent local suicide attempt was clearly a case of modeling. The person who would MOST likely model another's suicide would be a(n):

teenager

Research on the relationship between religious beliefs and psychological health shows that people:

who are devout and see God as caring and helpful are the healthiest

The most appropriate motto for someone with generalized anxiety disorder is:

"Better safe than sorry."

A patient has social anxiety disorder. Which is an example of a biological treatment for this condition?

Prescribing an antidepressant medication such as paroxetine

If racial and ethnic disparities regarding access to treatment did not exist in the United States, then you would expect to observe which of the following?

An increase in the percentage of all racial and ethnic groups who receive treatment for depression

If people with unipolar depression were found to have lower levels of norepinephrine, such a finding would support which perspective:

Biological

With regard to assessing the effectiveness of the various models of abnormality, which model BEST lends itself to laboratory testing?

Cognitive-behavioral

The therapy found to be most effective for treating schizophrenia is:

Drug therapy

A therapist using free association and dream interpretation discovers that as a small child her client had been left alone by her mother on several occasions. The therapist concludes that the patient is experiencing unipolar depression. The therapist is MOST likely to be from which orientation?

Psychodynamic

The _______ theoretical perspective suggests that suicide is caused by the loss of loved ones and self-directed aggression.

Psychodynamic

Which model is MOST likely to predict that transference will occur during therapy?

Psychodynamic

If a therapist asked you to say whatever came to mind, then suggested interpretations designed to help you work through grief over real or imagined losses, your therapist would be using:

Psychodynamic therapy

The theory that states people develop generalized anxiety disorders because they failed to receive unconditional positive regard as children and evaluate themselves with conditions of worths is:

Roger's client-centered theory

What is NOT an example of an immediate stressor?

Serious illness

Darla thinks has bad luck. She repeatedly says, "Bad things just happen to me. It doesn't matter what I do. If it can go wrong, it will. And it always does." How does this thinking relate to the development of stress disorders?

She is more susceptible to a stress disorder.

After Caroline's plane crashed but she survived, her mother came to stay with her. Her friends visited often and went to lunch and dinner with Caroline occasionally. This situation probably contributed to Caroline's coping ability after the accident. How does this relate as a factor in her response to stress?

Social support

Which theoretical orientation would support the finding that Westerners experience more psychological symptoms of depression than do others around the world?

Sociocultural

Which person would NOT be considered abnormal, despite the fact that the person's behavior is dysfunctional?

Someone who goes on a hunger strike to protest social injustice

Which statement about the relationship between religion and suicide is the MOST accurate?

The degree of a person's devoutness is a more important predictor of suicide than his or her specific religion.

People with __________ interact with the world in a way that produces continual stress and often leads to coronary heart disease.

Type A personality style

Theory focused on the behaviors people exhibit and the thoughts they have is usually described as:

cognitive-behavioral

Which theoretical orientation would support the finding that there is a significant relationship between postive life events and feelings of life satisfaction and happiness?

cognitive-behavioral

The leading cause of death globally, resulting in 17 million deaths worldwide each year, is:

coronary heart disease

The interdependence that exists between events or characteristics is described as:

correlation

The most legitimate criticism of intelligence tests concerns their:

cultural fairness

If a person experienced anxiety or depression following a significant natural disaster, we would say that the person was:

exhibiting a typical reaction.

The clinician who would be MOST likely to ask, "Do you believe you will always feel like this in all situations?", is a(n):

existential clinician

A woman complains of an assortment of physiological ailments. You think that she is intentionally producing the physical symptoms to appear sick, which fills some psychological need. If this is true, the appropriate diagnosis is:

factitious disorder

Retrospective analysis involves:

gathering information about a suicide victim's past

variable that is manipulated

independent variable

For people to decide about participating in psychological research, they must be given full knowledge of the nature of the study and their rights. This principle is called:

informed consent

Using the four Ds to define abnormal behavior:

is still often vague and subjective

The form of experiment used MOST often to study the psychological effects of unusual or unpredictable events is:

natural

The stated and unstated rules for proper conduct that a society establishes are referred to as:

norms

A clinician's knowledge that a person about to be interviewed has already been diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder could lead to:

observer bias

A pattern of anxiety, insomnia, depression, and flashbacks persists for less than a month following a traumatic event is called:

posttraumatic stress disorder

A patient sees a therapist to help her address her eating disorder. The therapist focuses only on issues specifically related to this problem. This therapy is BEST described as:

short-term psychodynamic therapy

Someone interested in the effects of social change, poverty, and race on the risk for generalized anxiety disorders probably represents the ______ perspective.

sociocultural

The model of abnormality that examines the effects of society and culture is the _________ model.

sociocultural

Gabe appeared at the clinic complaining of pain in his knee, shoulder, and abdomen; nausea and vomiting; blurred vision; and exhaustion. The patient history revealed that he had been going to the clinic for years trying to get treatment for these complaints as well as a host of other physical symptoms. The diagnostic consensus was that Gabe suffered from:

somatic symptom disorder

A weakness of the biological model of abnormal behavior is that:

the effectiveness of biological treatments cannot be objectively evaluated

A correlational study of college employees shows a strong positive correlation between self-reported stress levels and days of work missed for illness, allowing the researcher to conclude that:

the researcher can make a fairly accurate prediction of days a person will miss for illness if the person's stress level is known.