All of Psychology Quizes

Which of the following theorists is not Neo freudian

Albert Bandura

Which classification system is used by most mental health professionals in the United States of America?

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders

Who led the reform efforts for mental health care in the United States?

Dorethea Dix

Asa is buying a gift for his mother, an overbearing woman who is difficult to please. When a clerk asks him whom he is shopping for he replies, " my smother instead of " my mother. What does this exemplify?

Freudian slip

Which treatment modality involves 5-10 people with the same issue or concern meeting together with a trained clinican?

Group therapy

Who suggested that men have womb envy because they cannot give birth?

Karen Horney

Who believed that moral development, like cognitive development, follows a series of stages

Lawrence Kohlberg

The____ is composed of a series of true and false questions in order to establish an individual's clinical profile

Minnesota multiphase Personality

Yuri experiences excessive, distressing, and persistent fear or anxiety about heights. Yuri suffer from an

Phobia

Who called the stages of development psychosexual stages?

Sigmund Freud

Who developed the first comprehensive theory of personality ?

Sigmund Freud

Who developed psychoanalysis?

Sigmund Frued

Amir bites his fingernails. This is an example of ________, a pattern of behavior in which we regularly engage.

a habit

If I am looking at a snake and processing the fear caused by the snake, what part of my brain am I using

amygdala

A panic disorder is a type of ______ disorder characterized by panic attacks, along with at least one month of worry about panic attacks or self-defeating behavior related to the attacks.

anxiety

Which term refers to the adjustment of a schema by adding information similar to what is already known

assimilation

______ were the first institutions created for the specific purpose of housing people with psychological disorders.

asylums

______is a long-standing connection or bond with others

attachment

Egon can't pay attention in class. He is easily distracted, won't sit still, and displays poor impulse control. The school counselor suggested that his parents take him to a doctor to have him assessed for ________.

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Encoding information occurs through ________.

automatic processing and effortful processing

Which kind of therapy involves a therapeutic orientation that employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors?

behavior

Mae notices that her daughter, Natalie is extremely preoccupied with the freckles on her nose, Mae believes her daughter may have a _____ disorder

body dysmorphic

Phyllis cannot be alone. Her moods and behaviors are unstable, as are her relationships with other people. She often displays inappropriate and intense anger. Recently, Phyllis wrote a suicide note and offered to show it to her husband. Which of the following diagnoses accounts for her personality?

borderline personality disorder

Elena finds it very difficult to remember a long string of numbers, so she tries to memorize three numbers at a time. Later, she is able to repeat the numbers correctly because she grouped the numbers into more manageable groups of three. This is an example of ________.

chunking

Humanistic therapy is also called ______ therapy

client- centered

What is comorbidity?

co-occurrence of two disorders

_________ developmental involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity

cognitive

In order to overcome an eating disorder, several therapist works to change her cognitive distortions and self-defeating behaviors by helping her learn to identify such behaviors. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?

cognitive behavioral therapy

The____ refers to the common psychological tendencies that have been passed down from one generation to the next

collective unconscious

A psychological disorder is a ______

condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

Which term refers to the fact that the therapist cannot disclose private communications to any third party unless mandated or permitted by law to do so?

confidentiality

Ina can no longer read the street signs, but she refuses to admit she needs glasses to drive.Which defense mechanism does this exemplify

denial

Specific normative events are also called ________.

developmental milestones

Body dysmorphia is a _____

distorted body image

Thalia suffers from insomnia. She tries everything, and she finally develops the habit of counting backward when she wants to sleep but cannot. Thalia finds that she falls asleep much easier once she starts counting backward, so she continues to do so. ________ theory suggests that she continues this habit because it results in homeostasis.

drive

What does nurture refer to in the nature vs nurture debate

environment and culture

________motivation arises from external factors or rewards

extrinsic

______dysphoria is a diagnostic category in DSM-5 for individuals who do not identify with the cultural expectations associated with their biological sex

gender

Miguel worries excessively about things beyond his control, and his worries often interfere with his life. He avoids driving because he worries about car accidents. He calls his parents twice a day because he worries they are dead. He checks his credit card statement three times a day because he worries about identity theft. Miguel probably suffers from ________.

generalized anxiety disorder

What is the developmental task of Erik Erickson's seventh stage of psychological development, in which individuals contribute to society and focus on being part of a family?

generatively vs stagnation

What does nature refer to in the nature vs nurture debate

genes and biology

Drive theory states that deviations from ________ create physiological needs that result in psychological drive states that direct behavior to meet the need.

homeostasis

Which of the following is an example of instinct

infant rooting for a nipple

A (an)_____ complex refers to the feeling that one lacks worth and doesn't measure up to the standards of others or of society

inferiority

During the therapist first meeting with the client, called_____, the therapist gathers specific information to address the client's immediate needs.

intake

_______motivation is based on internal feelings rather than external rewards

intrinsic

People may not intend to distort facts, but ________.

it can happen in the process of retrieving old memories and combining them with new memories

In order for a memory to go into storage, it has to pass through three distinct stage: sensory, memory, short term memory, and _____ memory

long term

What is the set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over different periods of time?

memory

_______is wants or needs that direct behavior toward some goal

motivation

When Imogene feels anxiety, she clings to her mother and father for affection and reassurance. What coping strategy is Imogene using?

moving toward people

Nathan has an overinflated and unjustified sense of self-importance. He is preoccupied with fantasies of success and believes that he is entitled to special treatment from others. Which of the following diagnoses accounts for Nathan's personality?

narcissistic personality disorder

People with ___disorders experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted and/ or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts

obsessive-compulsive

______ delusions involve the false belief that other people or agencies are plotting to harm the person

paranoid

In medieval times, abnormal behaviors were viewed as a sign that a person was _____

possessed by demons

Cordelia, an active duty marine, served in Afghanistan. While she was on patrol with her friend, an IED went off, killing her friend and injuring her. In the two months since her friend died, Cordelia has been jumpy, irritable, avoids talking about her friend, and once every few days experiences a flashback to the explosion. Cordelia is experiencing a ________ disorder.

post-traumatic stress

Schizophrenia is considered a ______ disorder

psychotic

Which of the following is the time immediately following an orgasm during which an individual is incapable of expecting another orgasm?

refractory period

Which pscyhosocial stage does the nurse identify as a priority to consider while planning for a 20-year-old client?

schizophrenia

the encoding of words and their meaning is known as _____ encoding

semantic

During Piaget's _______ stage, the world is experienced through senses and actions

sensorimotor

Dozens of people witness a purse snatching. One of the eyewitnesses loudly yells "the man with the blue shirt did it." Later, when questioned by police, several other eyewitnesses remember the purse snatcher wearing a blue shirt, even though the purse snatcher was a woman in flowered dress. This is an example of ________: the effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories.

suggestibility

_____ involves thoughts of death by suicide, thinking, about or planning suicide or making a suicide attempt

suicidal ideation

Elaborative rehearsal involves ________.

thinking about the meaning of the new information and its relation to knowledge already stored in your memory

Between birth and one year, infants are dependent on their caregivers; therefore, caregivers who are responsive and sensitive to their infant's needs help their baby to develop a sense of the world as a safe, predictable place. What is the primary developmental task of this stage?

trust vs mistrust

What is procedural memory?

type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things