PSY FINAL EXAM

Which of the following behavioral characteristics would tell you that a friend of yours is experiencing antisocial personality disorder rather than some other personality disorder

He is uncaring toward others and focused on pleasure

Which of the following best summarizes the main function(s) of your nervous system

It allows you to receive sensory information, process that information, and then respond to it.

Lila is not an alcoholic and never drinks to excess. However, she does have wine with dinner every evening. When Lila is two weeks pregnant, she asks you whether this can injure her baby. What correct response can you give her?

She should stop drinking wine completely until after the baby is born.

Everything on Floyd's desk is kept in its exact place. He straightens his things each day and gets very upset when something is not put back in its proper place. He does not like to bring work home with him because it means the paperwork is not properly filed when he gets to work the next morning. Based on this, Floyd is likely to be diagnosed with a personality disorder in the ________ cluster.

anxious

Psychologists use the term personality mainly to refer to characteristics and behaviors that

are relatively stable across time and circumstances

Fallon is afraid of loud sounds, like thunder. She associates lightning with thunder because it regularly precedes thunder. Thus, when Fallon sees lightning, she braces herself for hearing a big boom several seconds later. Fallon has experienced a certain kind of associative learning known as

classical conditioning

Jenny is receiving psychotherapy for an eating disorder. Her therapist is warm and empathetic and can easily take her perspective. He encourages Jenny to express her thoughts and feelings about her eating issues and does not judge or criticize anything she says. This therapist is most likely using a ________ therapeutic approach

client-centered

As you walk into class, you notice that everyone is sitting on the floor. You sit on the floor, too. In this situation, the fact that you change your behavior to match the people around you is an example of

conformity

Paloma randomly assigns participants to two groups and compares the group that receives a treatment with the group that receives no treatment. The group that gets no treatment is the ________ group.

control

Hugh is sad that his best friend is studying abroad for the entire academic year. His brother tries to get him to go to some social events, but Hugh does not want to do anything. Hugh's behavior is not energized, directed, or sustained, and he is lacking

motivation

The basic building blocks of the nervous system are the

neurons

Jonathan is traveling to Italy, and his motto for his trip is "When in Rome, do as the Romans do!" This phrase suggests that Jonathan is most likely to learn how to behave in Rome based on

observational learning

According to psychosexual development theory, when the erogenous zone centers on the genitals, a person is in the ________ stage.

phallic

Terry's home was destroyed in a hurricane. It is hard to find food, so he is constantly hungry. However, he feels lucky because his family survived and he is together with his loved ones. According to Maslow's theory, Terry's ________ needs are not met, but his ________ needs are being met

physiological; belonging

Jane is four months pregnant. When describing how her baby is developing, Jane is most likely talking about changes that occur during the ________ period.

prenatal

Johanna is a therapist who works with clients to help them understand their problems and work toward a solution by changing their behavior. Johanna is practicing

psychotherapy

Anna is reading her psychology textbook. The light reflects off the words on the page and falls on the sensory receptors in her retina, which results in ________. Then her brain interprets the stimuli as particular words, which is called ________.

sensation; perception