Final - Last Questions
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
