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