Final Psych 2

The seeds of individualism and collectivism are found in the__________in which a person grows up.

a. culture

The immune system is able to eradicate foreign substances like pathogens because of the functioning of white blood cells called__________.

a. leukocytes

The risk of coronary heart disease can be reduced by:

a. lowering LDL serum cholesterol.

People with mood disorders:

a. may become severely depressed when things are going well or when they encounter mildly upsetting events.

The core of generalized anxiety disorder appears to be:

a. pervasive worrying about numerous stressors.

In__________, a tormenting event is revisited in the form of intrusive memories, recurrent dreams, and flashbacks—the feeling that the event is recurring.

a. posttraumatic stress disorder

Alfred Adler's individual psychology focuses on:

b. the role of feelings of inferiority and the creative self in the formation of personality.

Which of the following situations represents acculturation among immigrants living in the United States?

c. A child from France is learning English at home.

Which of the following is Hans Selye's term for stress that is healthful?

c. Eustress

__________is also termed as modeling.

c. Observational learning

A man cancels an important business trip to a mountainous country because he is afraid of the steep roads. He is also terrified of cable cars and the venue of the meeting is accessible only by cable cars. The man most likely suffers from _____.

a. acrophobia

_________is a type of somatic symptom disorder that was earlier called hypochondria.

a. Illness anxiety disorder

Which of the following is a risk factor for coronary heart disease?

a. Overeating

In the context of stress, which of the following is true of humor?

a. Research suggests that humor can moderate the effects of stress.

Which of the following is true of corticosteroids?

a. They combat allergic reactions.

According to Jung's hypothesis, which of the following refers to the primitive images contained in the collective unconscious?

b. Archetypes

Which of the following statements is true of approach-approach conflicts?

b. Both goals involved in these conflicts are attainable.

__________such as pathogens, injuries, age, gender, and a family history of disease may strike us as the most obvious causes of illness.

c. Biological factors

Which of the following is one of Selye's three stages in the general adaptation syndrome?

c. The exhaustion stage

Type A people:

c. are highly driven, competitive, impatient, hostile, and aggressive.

The _____ of conversion disorders holds that people with conversion disorder are susceptible to being hypnotized.

c. biopsychosocial perspective

Mary has schizophrenia and exhibits symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, lack of emotional expression, and social withdrawal. Mary exhibits:

c. both positive and negative symptoms.

People with higher levels of self-efficacy are more likely to:

c. control their alcohol intake.

While conducting experiments to study the effect of humor on stressed students, it was found that exposing students to humorous videotapes raised the level of__________in their saliva.

c. immunoglobulin A

Eysenck focused on the relationships between two personality traits:__________and emotional stability- instability.

c. introversion-extraversion

People with__________are "loners." They do not develop warm, tender feelings for others.

c. schizoid personality disorder

__________is the feeling of being pulled in two or more directions by opposing motives.

d. Conflict

Conversion disorder is characterized by:

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

Unlike Type A people, Type B people:

d. are less ambitious and less impatient.

People with panic attacks tend to

d. misinterpret bodily cues and view them as threats.

Erikson labeled the first stage of psychosocial development in his theory of personality development as the stage of _____.

a. trust versus mistrust

Which of the following is true of social cognitive theory?

b. It focuses on learning by observation.

Which of the following is true of the immune system?

b. It remembers how to battle antigens, often for years.

Which of the following is a difference between life changes and daily hassles?

b. Life changes occur at irregular intervals, whereas daily hassles occur regularly.

According to the five-factor model, the five basic personality factors are extraversion, neuroticism,__________, agreeableness, and openness to experience.

b. conscientiousness

People with__________insist that they are suffering from a serious physical malady, even though no medical evidence of it can be found.

b. illness anxiety disorder

Feeling lonely and being socially isolated are examples of _____.

b. inner concern hassles

In humanistic theory, the innate tendency to strive to realize one's potential is called__________.

b. self-actualization

The__________activates the adrenal medulla, causing it to release a mixture of adrenaline and noradrenaline during the alarm reaction stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

b. sympathetic nervous system

According to Albert Ellis, _____.

b. the belief that one must be preoccupied by threats is a prescription for perpetual emotional upheaval