Which brain region is believed to play a critical role in OCD?

Which of the following is an example of a variable ratio reinforcement schedule?

Joyce playing scratch-off lottery tickets

What is the main idea of the behavioral perspective on personality?

Personality is significantly shaped by the reinforcements and consequences outside of the organism.

Which psychological disorder is characterized by major disturbances in thought, perception, and behavior?

Schizophrenia

What is the main idea of the Stroop effect?

The brain's reaction time slows when it must deal with conflicting information.

Kieran is attempting to condition a parrot to greet him when he enters the room. He repeatedly pairs his entry to the room with a treat for the parrot. Kieran can say that ________ has occurred as soon as the parrot greets him in response to his entry.

acquisition

Encoding information occurs through

automatic processing and effortful processing.

When an organism receives a reinforcer each time it displays a behavior, it is called________ reinforcement.

continuous

Psychopathology is the study of physical illness only, including their symptoms, etiology (i.e., their causes), and treatment.

false

Janice is in the middle of a distinct period of an abnormally and persistently elevated mood. In the last week she has cleaned her house from top to bottom (breaking windows and dishes in the process), bought a new car that she can't afford, and dug up most of her yard in case she might want a garden next year. Janice is experiencing ________.

mania

Which brain region is believed to play a critical role in OCD?

orbitofrontal cortex

What is procedural memory?

type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things

The ________ refers to the common psychological tendencies that have been passed down from one generation to the next.

collective unconscious

Identify the obsession in the following sentence. "Keisha is overly concerned about germs, so she spends hours wiping the surfaces of her home and washing her hands."

concern over germs

In ________ conditioning, an established conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus.

higher order

The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective test

in which people are presented with ambiguous images

Who proposed the locus of control concept?

Julian Rotter

What was the main point of Ivan Pavlov's experiment with dogs?

Learning can occur when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Apollonia was diagnosed with major depressive disorder five years ago. She knows her mother took medicine to combat depression and she worries her daughter will experience depression too. Why? Apollonia also suffers from social anxiety disorder.

Mood disorders have been shown to have a strong genetic and biological basis.

Which of the following experiments involves the use of operant conditioning?

Rewarding a child for finishing his oatmeal much and counting hoe many times the child needs to be rewarded before he finishes his oatmeal voluntarily.

Dr. Griffiths diagnosed Manuel with major depressive disorder because he ________.

appears tearful to others and spends weeks at a time feeling sad, empty, and hopeless

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "Acrophobia is characterized by intense fear, anxiety, and avoidance of situations in which it might be difficult to escape or receive help if one experiences symptoms of a panic attack."

change the word "acrophobia" to the word "agoraphobia"

Jemma wants to teach her son to say thank you. Every time he says thank you, Jemma praises him and gives him a hug. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

continuous

Exhibiting a personality that ________ is a common characteristic of all personality disorders.

differs markedly from the expectations of one's culture

Which of the following is a common characteristic of all anxiety disorders?

excessive, persistent fear and anxiety

I am trying to learn the names of all 50 states. While I am actively remembering and recalling this information, it is considered ________.

explicit memory

Which experiment involves the use of classical conditioning?

knowing that a student fears exams, the instructor wears a bright red shirt only on exam day, every exam day, to see how long it is before the red shirt becomes an object of fear to the student

Jeff is an unforgiving perfectionist who would rather deliver work a week late than turn in a project with even minor mistakes. In fact, he spends so much time working that he never has time for anything else. Jeff is known to be rigid, inflexible, and stubborn, and he never compromises. Which of the following diagnoses accounts for Jeff's personality?

obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Self-Efficacy

our level of confidence in our own abilities

Dr. Grimes conducts a ________ by requesting that his patient respond to ambiguous stimuli, thus revealing hidden feelings, impulses, and desires.

projective test

Veena's thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors are impaired to the point where she is unable to function normally in life. She experiences significant difficulties in many day-to-day activities, such as holding a job, paying bills, grooming, maintaining personal hygiene, and sustaining relationships. Which of the following disorders is Veena living with?

schizophrenia

According to Abraham Maslow, the highest need is

self-actualization

Kerry is conditioned to fear strawberries. Raspberries are similar to strawberries, and even though no attempt was made to make Kerry fear raspberries, she reacts with fear when she sees them. This is an example of ________.

stimulus generalization