psych exam 3
Omar is so preoccupied by his fear of germs that he always keeps his car and apartment windows sealed tightly, he refuses to allow anyone into his apartment, he carries his own silverware for whenever he eats away from home, and he washes his hands every time he touches anything that has been touched by someone else. Omar would most likely be diagnosed with
OCD
The social withdrawal and haunting nightmares of battle-scarred war veterans best illustrate symptoms of
PTSD
Block design puzzles are used in one of the subtests of the
WAIS
generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by
a continuous state of tension, apprehension, and autonomic nervous system arousal.
Research at one point in time assess and compare the performance of different age groups on the SAT. The procedure used in this research best illustrates
a cross-sectional study
Conformity is best described as
adjusting one's behavior or thinking toward a group standard
Melissa suffers from auditory hallucinations and falsely believes that her former high school teachers are trying to kill her. Melissa's symptoms are most likely to be relieved by ________ drugs.
antipsychotic
The term psychopath and sociopath refers to an individual with
antisocial personality disorder
A fundamental problem w diagnostic labeling of psychologically disordered behaviors is that labels are often
bias our perception of labeled person
The interaction of genetic predisposition, mental processes, and cultural
biopsychosocial approach
The primary goal of psychoanalysis is to
bring unconscious conflicts to conscious awareness to help the person gain insight into conflicts and resolve them.
Which approach emphasizes importance of providing patients w feelings of positive
client-centered therapy
The assumption that thoughts intervene between events and emotional reactions is most clearly central to
cognitive therapies
Which form of therapy most directly encourages client to question reasoning
cognitive therapy
in Milgram's first study of obedience, the majority of teachers who were ordered to shock a learner
complied fully and delivered the highest level of shock
Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and - intelligences
creative
Babies in an Iranian orphanage suffered delayed intellectual development as a result of
deprived environment
Which of the following treatments is most likely to be used with severely depressed patients who have not responded to drug therapy
electroconvulsive therapy
Those who are socially aware and know what to say to soothe a grieving friend or to encourage a struggling workmate most clearly demonstrate
emotional intelligence
Humanistic therapies are most likely to involve
emphasizing the importance of self-awareness for psychological adjustment
Repeatedly introducing people to things they fear and avoid is most characteristic of
exposure therapy
During her first session w her psychoanalyst, Jackie is told to lie down on the office couch while the therapist sits behind her. She is told to talk about any thoughts that come to her mind and not block any thoughts. Jackies psychotherapist is using
free association
Which of the following is a postive symptom of schizophrenia
hallucinations
Wilma is extremely agitated because she hears voices that tell her to sexually seduce the male nurses in her hospital ward. Wilma is most clearly suffering from
hallucinations
A psychological disorder is a syndrome marked by clinically significant disturbance
in a person's cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviors.
Creating groups based on the outcome of a coin toss leads people to favor their own new group when dividing any rewards. This best illustrates
in group bias
Six-year-old Ezra believes that boys are better than girls, while 5-year-old Arlette believes that girls are better than boys. Their beliefs most clearly illustrate
in-group bias
After hearing respected medical authorities lecture about the value of regular exercise, Raul, who has rarely exercised, begins to jog regularly. The change in Raul's behavior best illustrates the impact of
informational social influence
Psychologists use ________ to assess individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others.
intelligence tests
After three months of riding the 8:30 bus to work, Cindy has actually started to feel affection for the gruff and scowling old bus driver. Cindy's reaction best illustrates
mere exposure effect
People tend to like the letters of their own name better than other letters. This is best explained in terms of
mere exposure effect
Professor Maslova attends faculty meetings simply to gain the approval of the college dean. Professor Maslova's behavior exemplifies the importance of
normative social influence
Emily attributes her failure to qualify for her college soccer team to factors that are stable, global, and internal. She best illustrates
pessimistic explanatory style
People are most inclined to like those who are nearby. This most clearly illustrates the association between - and interpersonal attraction
proximity
Helping people gain insight to unconscious origins of their disorder is a central aim of
psychoanalysis
Systematic desensitization is based on the idea that - in fear-provoking situations can gradually eliminate anxiety
relaxation
The main goal of psychoanalysis is to bring - feelings and thoughts into conscious awareness
repressed
Stephie has to take sat exam for her applications to graduate schools. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the SAT exam and general intelligence?
scores on the sat and general intelligence have a strong positive correlation
compared with randomly paired people, friends are more likely to share the same attitudes and beliefs. this belief illustrates the association between - and attraction
similarity
The medical model of psychologically disordered behavior is most likely to be criticized for neglecting the importance of
social circumstances and psychological factors
Which perspective suggests that explaining our own failures in terms that are global, stable, and internal contributes to depression
social-cognitive
Alan always has been terrified of spiders. He refuses to enter his bedroom at night until it has been thoroughly checked for spiders. Even a picture of a spider makes him extremely uncomfortable. Most likely, Alan is suffering from a psychological disorder called
specific phobia
Piper is taking an intelligence test that provides a single score, while Taylor is taking a test that has separate scores for four different categories of questions. Piper's test is the ________, and Taylor's is the ________.
stanford-binet, WAIS
Blacks have been found to score lower on tests of verbal aptitude when tested by Whites than when tested by Blacks. This best illustrates the impact of
stereotype threat
Self fulfilling expectations are most likely to be triggered by
stereotype threat
believing that wealthy people deserve to be robbed because of their ill-gotten gains best illustrates a potential consequence of
the just-world phenomenon
Those w narcissistic personality disorder are likely to be preoccupied with
their own self importance
Studies of implicit prejudice indicate that prejudice is often
unconscious
A test measures or predicts what is supposed to and said to have a high degree of
validity
The WAIS yields overall intelligence score, as well as separate scores for more specific abilities such as
working memory