Psychology exam 2

Which of the following is a criticism of DSM-5?

1. Normal problems are increasingly seen as pathology. -removal of MDD -lowering criteria for GAD -Removal of Asperger's as 2nd dx 2. Influence from pharmaceutical industry 3. Shift attention to people who could do well without while those who need help don't get it.

The _____ of schizophrenia are marked by a distortion or an excess of normal function, whereas the _____ reflect social withdrawal, behavioral deficits, and the loss or decrease of normal functions.]

positive symptoms/negative symptoms

Depressed people tend to have fewer receptors of the neurotransmitters

. serotonin and nonrepinephrine

Which of the following therapies represents the application of operant principles to psychological disorders?]

Behavior therapies

are differences between individuals that stem not necessarily from their ages but from the historical period and society in which they were born and developed.

Cohort effects

5. You feel fine at the picnic until a spider very similar to the one that bit you last year and made you sick starts to walk onto your picnic blanket. This reaction is most likely a(n)

Conditioned response

Behaviorism is a theory of learning that focuses solely on observable actions and responses

Learning

The Americans with Disabilities Act]

Passed in 1990 Provides a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities

Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft are what type of antidepressant drugs?]

SRI

Which of the following class of drugs is used to treat agoraphobia?

SSRI

_____ is a severe psychological disorder that is characterized by highly disordered, psychotic thought processes.

Schizophrenia

Which of the following statements is true of teratogens?

Teratogens have a wide-spread, not specific, effects on prenatal development

Which of the following statements is true of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?]

a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world.

Xanax, Valium, and Librium are benzodiazepines that are commonly used drug therapies for treating]

anxiety disorders

Integrative therapy is most compatible with the _____ model of abnormal behavior.]

biopsychosocial

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the stages of prenatal development

ccurs in three main stages Germinal Stage,Embryonic Stage,Fetal Stage

Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes. In this scenario the jumping back to the hot water is the

classical conditioning

Organisms learn about the consequences of behavior through

classical conditioning.

In the Raedawn situation, the fact that she is also nauseous when she boards any type of aircraft. In Classical Conditioning, this is known as:

controlled stimulis

Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft are what type of antidepressant drugs?

elective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

Which of the following is a primary goal of humanistic therapists?]

he primary goal of this type of therapy is to gain insight, self-accpetance and self-fulfillment, and to gain new, optimistic perceptions of the world and oneself

Individuals with bulimia nervosa tend to have _____ of perfectionism and _____ of self-efficacy.]

high levels/ low levels

Which of the following is true of neuroleptic drugs?]

if an individual with schizophrenia stops taking neuroleptic drugs, the symptoms return.

The adage "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" best reflects which of the following types of learning?

observational learning

____ are recurrent thoughts, and _____ are recurrent behaviors.]

obsessions/compulsions

The potential side effect of neuroleptic drugs is _____, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary random movements of the facial muscles, tongue, and mouth, as well as extensive twitching of the neck, arms, and legs.]

tardive dyskinesia

Pavlov's experiment, the dog automatically salivated to food because food is a(n)

unconditioned response