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