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According to Robert Sternberg's triangular model of love, _____ refers to a couple's closeness, to their mutual concern and sharing of feelings and resources

intimacy (feelings and resources)

According to the study conducted by Sprecher and Felmlee in 2008, U.S. women are more willing than U.S. men to marry someone who:

is not good-looking

Kim has a poor appetite...

major depressive disorder

Posttraumatic stress disorder:

may occur months or years after a traumatic experience

What is true of psychiatrist Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy

Aaron Beck believed that clients may selectively perceive the world as a harmful place and ignore evidence to the contrary

What is an advantage of group therapy used by psychotherapists?

It allows the therapist to work with several clients at once

What is true of the elaboration likelihood model

It describes the ways in which people respond to persuasive messages

Identify a true statement about behavior therapy

It helps clients discontinue overeating, smoking, and phobic avoidance of harmless stimuli

What is true of the attraction-similarity hypothesis

It theorizes that reciprocity is a powerful determinant of attraction

From the behavioral perspective, what is true of aggression

Strong, agile organisms are likely to be reinforced for aggressive behavior

What best describes psychodynamic therapies

assume that psychological problems reflect early childhood experiences and internal conflicts

Behavior inconsistent with an attitude that may have the effect of modifying an attitude is known as__________

attitude-discrepant behavior

People are said to __________ when they change their behavior to adhere to social norms

conform

Lisa has been invited to a party...

conformity (party)

Miguel, a teenager, exhibits erratic behavior...

demonological model

In the elaboration likelihood model, _____ inspires thoughtful consideration of arguments and evidence

discrimination

In the context of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud considered__________the "royal road to the unconscious."

dreams

Asylums were intended primarily for

housing people with psychological disorders

According to Robert Sternberg's triangular model of love...

intimacy

Sanchez, an 8-year-old boy, suffers from unpredictable panic attacks and constantly talks to his imaginary friends...

medical model

Dissociative identity disorder was formerly termed_________

multiple personality disorder

Antidepressant medication tends to increase the concentration of __________ in the brain

noradrenaline

Stanley Milgram undertook a series of classic experiments at Yale University in 1963 to study the factors that contribute to_________

obedience to authority

Kyle is possessed by the thought that he might develop a severe disease due to the germs...

obsessive-compulsive disorder (germs)

A woman has difficulty concentrating on her job...

obsessive-compulsive disorder (job)

Evan and Amy are physically attracted to each other...

passion

Extreme, irrational fears of objects and situations, such as hypodermic needles and public speaking are examples of _____

phobias

Kim and her family were involved in a road accident

posttraumatic stress disorder

The group effect called __________ is likely to lead the group to make more risky shifts in decision making

social facilitation

In collectivist cultures that stress interdependence, such as Asian cultures, people are more likely to attribute another person's behavior to that person's_________

social roles and obligations

In__________, mental processes such as thoughts, emotions, memory, consciousness, even knowledge of one's own identity—the processes that make a person feel whole—may seem to be split off from one another

the dissociative disorders

In the experiment on social influence conducted by Solomon Asch, the discomfort faced by the participants in the study was caused by:

the pressure to conform

When Jacob met his supervisor for the first time...

the primacy effect

Sunny was considered a shy person at school...

the recency effect

In the context of the origins of dissociative disorders, both psychodynamic and learning theories suggest that:

unpleasant thoughts associated with dissociative disorder cannot be kept out of mind

During the Age of Reason, many health professionals, who supported the medical model, began to:

view psychological disorders as diseases of the mind

Amanda does not like being in crowded rooms...

Claustrophobia

What is true of aggression

Electrical stimulation of part of the hypothalamus triggers stereotypical aggressive behaviors in many lower animals

_________ is defined by recurrent, anxiety-provoking thoughts or images that seem irrational and beyond control and seemingly irresistible urges to engage in thoughts or behaviors that tend to reduce the anxiety

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

_________ are based on the thinking of Sigmund Freud

Psychodynamic therapies

Conversion disorder is characterized by:

a major change in, or loss of, physical functioning, although there are no medical findings to explain the loss of functioning

A similarity between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder is that both:

are characterized by feelings of anxiety and helplessness that are caused by a traumatic event

While returning home from office, Luke was robbed by two men in his neighborhood...

bystander effect

In the context of schizophrenia, people with the condition termed _____ show striking impairment in motor activity

catatonia

In the context of specific phobias, __________ is the fear of tight or enclosed places

claustrophobia

Modern psychodynamic therapies differ from traditional psychoanalysis in that the:

client and the therapist usually sit face to face

Robert Sternberg's triangular model of love involves three components, and _____ is one of them

commitment

Dr. Thomas, a psychiatrist, works at a facility that treats people with psychological disorders...

community mental health center

In the context of group behavior, __________ is the concern that others are assessing one's behavior

evaluation apprehension

People with depersonalization-derealization disorder:

experience episodes of feeling detached from themselves or feeling that the world around them is unreal

A form of group therapy that may be undertaken from the systems approach is called__________

family therapy

When compared to hypnosis, Sigmund Freud found __________ to be a more gradual method of breaking through the walls of defense that block a client's insight into unconscious processes

free association

In the context of psychosurgery...

gamma knife surgery

In the context of depressive disorders, people who remain depressed:

have lower self-esteem

We tend to live among people who are similar to us in background, and we therefore come into contact with them more often. This reflects__________

propinquity

The deliberate seeking and attending to information that is consistent with one's attitudes is known as__________

selective exposure

What is true of the biological views that explain the origins of anxiety disorders

A predisposition toward anxiety, in the form of a highly reactive autonomic nervous system, can be inherited

Excessive fear of public speaking is a common_________

social anxiety disorder

According to Durlez and Stangor & Crandall, __________ is a source of prejudice

social conflict


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