Psych Final (3)

Melissa is fearful of men and refuses to go out on dates. Her therapist suggests that she is fearful because she was sexual,y abused by her father when she was young. This reflects a view that fear is caused by

Conditioning

On which of the following tasks would the presence of others be most likely to improved performace

Counting backward form 10 to 1

MTV series 16 and pregnant portrays the consequences of unprotected sex and the challenges of having a child. After analyzing the series' viewership rates over time, researchers concluded that the program led to

Decrease in teen pregnancy rates

Fritz Heider's attribution theory suggests that we attribute others behaviors to either their

Dispositions or their situations

Freud believed that _____ are the royal road to the unconscious

Dreams

40 year old Tanisha is happily married. However, she has been feeling much less interested in sexua activities since her ovaries were removed. What is causing this

Drop in her testosterone level

Mania is most likely to be characterized by feelings of

Elation

Attitudes are especially likely to affect behavior when

External influences on behavior are minimal

Jason spends a lot of money on luxury items in order to win the sexual affection of women he finds attractive. Evolutionary psychologists would be most likely to attribute his behavior to

Genetic predispositions

Compared with their non playing counterparts., young adolescents who play a lot of video games have been found tp

Get into more arguments and fights

Children respond to stress with greater anxiety if they

Have a reactive autonomic nervous system

Inanna suffers from chronic depression. According to the social-cognitive perspective, how is she most likely to respond when told that she performed very poorly on a test she took the previous day?

I'm academically incompetent and always be

Mexican-Americans born in the United States are at great risk of mental disorder than people who have recently immigrated to the United States. This is an example of

Immigrant paradox

Jeremy has responded to the stress of his parents divorce with excessive alcohol consumption and withdrawal from friends, family, and other sources of social support. These behaviors are most likely to place Jeremy at a heightened level of risk for

Major depressive disorder

Gays and Lesbians have been found to score midway between straight peopl eon

Mental rotation tasks

Anthony Phillips homes room teacher seats her pupils in alphabetical order. By the end of the school year, Anythony's best friends had become Jake Parker and Aaron Porter. This is BEST explained by

Mere exposure effect

In their genital responses to erotic videos, heterosexual women have been found to exhibit______ than do heterosexual men

More bisexual attraction

Homosexual men tend to have _____ homosexual relatives on their mothers side of the family than on their fathers side. The maternal relatives of homosexual men on the mothers side of the family produce_____ offspring than do the maternal relatives of heterosexual men on the mothers side of the family

More; more

A boy's sexual desire for his mother and feelings of hostility toward his father constitute what Freud calls

Oedipus complex

A biological perspective would be LEAST helpful for explaining

The dramatic increase in reported cases of dissociative identity disorder through the 1980s

Freud suggests that the process of identification is most directly responsible for strengthening

The superego

Derek is a 3rd grade teacher who believes that he should accept his students regardless of their behavioral shortcoming. Derek's attitude toward his students is an example of Carl Rogers' concept of

Unconditional positive regard

Grading the performance of minority group members by using lower standards and a patronizing attitude is called

Unconscous patronization

A homosexual orientation is

Unlikely to be successfully changed

Men and women are most likely to differ in their levels of

Violent crime

Research participants believed that the arch conformity test involved a study of

Visual perception

Generalized Anxiety disorder is characterized by

a continuous state of tension, apprehension, and autonomic nervous system arousal.

Prejudice is best defined as

an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members

During a riot, a large sporting event, or mob action, people may lose self-awareness and self-restraint. This is known as

deindividuation

International studies find that married fathers tend to have ______ than bachelors or married men without children

lower testosterone levels

Heritability generally runs about ________ percent or a tad more for each of the Big Five trait dimensions.

40

Juan's wife brought him to the emergency room because Juan could not remember his name, the names of his family members, where he worked, or any other personal information. This is not a medical condition, but can be described as

A fugue state

Behaving with unselfish concern for the welfare of others is called

Altruism

A season pattern of symptoms is most likely to be a characteristic of

Bipolar disorder

According to social exchange theory, altruistic behavior is guided by

Calculations of costs and benefits

Darcy is in the market to buy a new car. The salesperson shows her the features of each car she is considering, explaining the pros and cons of purchasing each. The salesperson's strategy illustrates

Central route persuasion

When James reached the age of 21, he was clearly exhibiting all the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. He is not responding to medication. James is demonstrating __________ schizophrenia

Chronic

Freud emphasized that the ID operates on the ______ principle

Pleasure

Denial is a defense mechanism that involves

Refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities

According to the ___________ of attraction, we will like those who behaviors are rewarding to us.

Reward theory

After she was promoted to a high-level executive position in the large company for which she worked, Jordan developed more pro-business political attitudes. This best illustrates the impact of ______ on attitudes

Role playing

Maslow studied healthy creative people to investigae

Self actualization

Alicia is distressed because she experiences current vaginal pain that interferes with sexual inter course. She best illlustrates

Sexual dysfunction

Female orgasmic disorder is one form of

Sexual dysfunction

By injecting female animals with estrogens, researchers can increase the animals

Sexual receptiveness

Compared with boys, girls are more likely to play in ________ groups

Small

In their marital relationship, Sylvia most enjoys extended face-face conversations, whereas her husband most enjoys working side by side on extended projects. Their unique activity preferences best illustrate a difference in

Social connectedness

A collectivist culture is especially likely to emphases the importance of

Social harmony

A culturally modeled guide for how to act in particular situations is

Social script

Although Adderall is a ________ drug, it is commonly used in the treatment of ________.

Stimulant; ADHD