Ap psych unit 4 test
Which of the following is a common misconception about anorexia nervosa
Anorexia is a women's illness
Schizophrenia is a disorder that is MOST likely to be treated with
Biomedical therapies
One of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia includes
Hallucinations
To facilitate diagnostic reliability, the DSM-5 typically bases diagnoses on
Observable patterns of behavior
An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members is called
Prejudice 6
Freud's techniques and assumptions are most evident in today's
Psychodynamic therapies
Which of the following represents the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another?
Social psychology
A therapist who takes an eclectic approach is one who
Uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic approaches
Experiencing physical symptoms, such as blindness or paralysis, that make no physiological sense is indicative of
conversion disorder
Conformity is best described as
adjusting one's behavior or thinking toward a group standard
According to Erikson, achieving a sense of identity is the special task of
adolescence
A lack of conscience is most characteristic of those who experience ________ disorder.
antisocial personality
Panic attacks are most closely associated with
anxiety disorders
Parents who are demanding and yet sensitively responsive to their children are said to be
authoritative
In treating alcohol dependency, therapists have clients consume alcohol that contains a nausea-producing drug. This technique is known as:
aversive conditioning
Participants in the Milgram obedience studies were ordered to
deliver electric shocks to a learner for giving incorrect answers
Abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin are associated with
depression
Because it is so pervasive, ________ is often considered "the common cold" of psychological disorders.
depression
The discomfort we feel when two thoughts are inconsistent is called
cognitive dissonance
Exhibiting two or more distinct and altering personalities is a symptom of a
dissociative identity disorder
The biomedical treatment most widely used today is
drug therapy
Which form of therapy has most directly contributed to the sharp reduction in the number of residents in U.S. mental hospitals?
drug therapy
An overwhelming desire for harmony in a decision-making group increases the probability of
groupthink
Two characteristics of authoritarian parents are that they
impose rules and expect obedience
Cognitive therapy works, top-down, by changing thought processes. Antidepressant drugs work, bottom-up, on the emotion-forming
limbic system
the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived is known as
object permenance
Obsessions are
offensive and unwanted thoughts that persistently preoccupy a person
Parents who make few demands on their children and use little punishment are
permissive
Phobias are most likely to be characterized by
persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation
Two years after being brutally beaten and raped, Brianna still experiences jumpy anxiety, has trouble sleeping, and has vivid flashbacks of her assault. Brianna is most clearly showing signs of
post-traumatic stress disorder
According to the ___ perspective, anxiety is sometimes produced by the submerged mental energy associated with repressed impulses.
psychoanalytic
Though not performed today, lobotomies provide a historical example of
psychosurgery
If children cannot grasp the principle of conservation, they are unable to
recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same despite changes in it's shape.
Erik Erikson suggested that a sense of basic trust during infancy results from
responsive parenting
Some psychological disorders occur primarily in one culture. However, ________ occurs worldwide.
schizophrenia
Those with narcissistic personality disorder are likely to be preoccupied with
their own self importance
A person who is agoraphobic is most likely to
stay close to home
Adolescence extends from
the beginnings of sexual maturity to independent adulthood
People are less likely to give aid if an emergency occurs in the presence of many observers. This is known as
the bystander effect
According to Piaget, egocentrism refers to
the difficulty perceiving things from another person's point of view
Teaching people to stop blaming themselves for failure and negative circumstances beyond their control is most direct concern to
Cognitive therapies
The foot-in-the-door phenomenon refers to the tendency to
Comply with a large request if one has previously complied with a small request.
Compared with men, women are much more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from
Depression
Sierra, a 28-year-old heroin addict, is pregnant. Her baby will be born:
a heroin addict
Compared with those who suffer no disorder, those who abuse alcohol have ___ risk of committing suicide. Compared with the general population, those who have been depressed have ___ risk of committing suicide.
a higher; a higher
In which disorder do people alternate between states of lethargic hopelessness and wild overexcitement
bipolar disorder
Lithium has been found to be especially effective in the treatment of
bipolar disorder
Which of the following disorders is classified as a mood disorder
bipolar disorder
Diffusion of responsibility often plays an important role in the
bystander effect
Adelle's feelings of unhappiness, low self-esteem, and hopelessness have become so extreme that she has attempted suicide. Which of the following treatments is likely to provide her with the quickest relief from her misery?
electroconvulsive therapy
Bulimia nervosa is characterized by
episodes of overeating followed by vomiting
Social loafing refers to the tendency for people to
exert less effort when they are pooling their efforts toward a common goal
In which of the following disorders is a person continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic arousal?
generalized anxiety disorder