Intro to Psych Final Exam – Flashcards

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Psychiatrists and psychologists label behavior as disordered when it is
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deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional
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Inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity are major symptoms of
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ADHD
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According to the medical model, psychological disorders are
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sickness that needs to be diagnosed and cured
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The DSM-IV does not
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explain the causes of the various psychological disorders
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A generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by
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a continuous state of tension, apprehension, and autonomic nervous system arousal
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While he was studying, Matthew was suddenly overwhelmed by feelings of intense apprehension. For several minutes he felt so agitated that he could not catch his breath. Matthew was most likely suffering from
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a panic attack
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Kaylee is so afraid of spiders and insects that she avoids most outdoor activities and even refuses to go to the basement of her own house alone. Kaylee appears to suffer from
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a phobia
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Mrs. Swift is alarmed by her own intrusive and irrational thoughts that her house is contaminated by germs. Her experience best illustrates the agitating effects of
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an obsession
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The billionaire aviator Howard Hughes insisted that his assistants carry out elaborate hand-washing rituals and wear white gloves when handling any document he would later touch. His behavior best illustrated the symptoms of
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obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Repeatedly washing your hands is to ________ as repeatedly thinking about your own death is to ________.
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compulsion; obsession
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Melissa is fearful of men and refuses to go out on dates. Her therapist suggests that she is fearful because she was sexually abused by her father when she was young. The therapist's suggestion most clearly reflects a ________ perspective.
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learning
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Luke suffers from acrophobia, a fear of high places. Luke's therapist suggests that his reaction to heights is a generalization of the fear triggered by a childhood playground accident in which he fell off a sliding board. The therapist's suggestion reflects a ________ perspective.
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learning
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Disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity are most characteristic of ________ disorders.
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dissociative
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Evidence that symptoms of dissociative identity disorder are triggered by the suggestions and leading questions of therapists most clearly points out the importance of ________ in the onset of this disorder.
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role-playing
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The distinctive features used to identify the three clusters of personality disorders are
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anxiety, eccentricity, and impulsivity
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A major depressive disorder is most likely to be characterized by
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feelings of personal worthlessness
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A disorder in which an individual is overexcited, hyperactive, and wildly optimistic is known as
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mania
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George Frideric Handel composed his Messiah during three weeks of intense, creative energy. Many believe Handel suffered a mild form of
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bipolar disorder
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Laura's husband died three years ago, but she is still depressed. Her therapist suggests that she is really angry at her husband for abandoning her. The therapist's interpretation reflects the ________ perspective.
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psychoanalytic
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Abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin are associated with
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depression
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The social-cognitive perspective has emphasized that depression is perpetuated by
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self-blaming attributions
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Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are the ________ of inappropriate behaviors, and negative symptoms are the ________ of appropriate behaviors.
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presence; absence
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One of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia is
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an expressionless face
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In which type of disorder is a person's speech likely to be so full of unrelated words and phrases that it could be characterized as a "word salad"?
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schizophrenia
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Flat affect and catatonia are symptoms most closely associated with
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schizophrenia
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Those with ________ symptoms of schizophrenia more often have a(n) ________ condition that responds to drug therapy.
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positive; reactive
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Schizophrenia is associated with an excess of receptors for
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dopamine
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Which of the following therapists would most likely try to understand an adult's psychological disorder by exploring that person's childhood experiences?
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a psychoanalyst
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Mr. Choi's therapist wants to help him become aware of his conflicting childhood feelings of love and hate for his parents. The therapist's goal best reflects a primary aim of
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psychoanalysis
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Which form of therapy would most likely help depressed patients by teaching them how to resolve disagreements with their friends?
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interpersonal psychotherapy
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Unlike psychoanalytic therapists, humanistic therapists tend to focus on the ________ more than the ________.
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present; past
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Which therapeutic approach relies most heavily on patients' discovering their own ways of effectively dealing with their difficulties?
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client-centered therapy
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Psychological research on the principles of learning has most directly influenced the development of
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behavior therapy
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A procedure that trains people to make new responses to stimuli that currently trigger unwanted responses is called
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counterconditioning
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Systematic desensitization is a form of
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counterconditioning
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Systematic desensitization involves
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associating a pleasant relaxed state with anxiety-arousing stimuli
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Systematic desensitization is based on the idea that ________ facilitates the elimination of fear.
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relaxation
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In treating alcoholism, therapists have clients consume alcohol that contains a nausea-producing drug. This technique is known as
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aversive conditioning
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The assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions is most clearly central to
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cognitive therapies
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An integrated therapy that aims to modify both self-defeating thinking and maladaptive actions is known as
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cognitive-behavior therapy
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A common ingredient underlying the success of diverse psychotherapies is the
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client's expectation that psychotherapy will make things better
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Sluggishness, tremors, and twitches similar to those of Parkinson's disease are most likely to be associated with the excessive use of certain ________ drugs.
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antipsychotic
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Tardive dyskinesia is often associated with long-term use of drugs that occupy certain ________ receptor sites.
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dopamine
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Xanax and Ativan are ________ drugs.
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anti anxiety
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Selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitors are frequently prescribed for the treatment of
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depression
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Lithium is often an effective ________ drug.
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mood-stabilizing
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Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another?
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social psychology
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Attribution theory was designed to account for
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how people explain others' behavior
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Fritz Heider concluded that people tend to attribute others' behavior either to their
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dispositions or their situation
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The fundamental attribution error refers to our tendency to underestimate the impact of ________ and to overestimate the impact of ________ in explaining the behavior of others.
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situational influences; personal dispositions
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Freire did very poorly on his last arithmetic test. The tendency to make the fundamental attribution error might lead his sixth-grade teacher to conclude that Freire did poorly because
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he is unmotivated to do well in school
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We have a tendency to explain the behavior of strangers in terms of ________ and to explain our own behavior in terms of ________.
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personality traits; situational constraints
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Carol is restless during class because her professor's distressed facial expressions lead her to believe that he dislikes teaching. The professor, on the other hand, is distressed because he sees Carol's restlessness as an indication that she lacks any motivation to learn. At this point, both student and professor should be informed of the dangers of
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the fundamental attribution error
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Attitudes are ________ that guide behavior.
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belief-based feelings
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Philip Zimbardo devised a simulated prison and randomly assigned college students to serve as prisoners or guards. This experiment best illustrated the impact of
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role-playing on attitudes
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Having observed participants in his simulated prison study, Philip Zimbardo offered an explanation for the destructive behavior of U.S. military guards at Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison. Zimbardo's explanation best exemplified
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a situational attribution
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The discomfort we feel when two thoughts are inconsistent is called
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cognitive dissonance
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Which theory best explains why our actions can lead us to modify our attitudes?
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cognitive dissonance theory
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Research participants believed that the Asch conformity test involved a study of
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visual perception
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Solomon Asch reported that individuals conformed to a group's judgment of the lengths of lines
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even when the group judgment was clearly incorrect
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Normative social influence results from peoples' desire to
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gain social approval
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Most people are likely to be surprised by the results of Milgram's initial obedience experiment because
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the "teachers" were more obedient than most people would have predicted
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The Milgram obedience experiments were controversial because the
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"teachers" were deceived and frequently subjected to stress
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In Milgram's obedience experiments, "teachers" were most likely to deliver high levels of shock when
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the "learner" was placed in a different room from the "teacher"
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In Milgram's obedience experiments, "teachers" exhibited a somewhat lower level of compliance with an experimenter's orders when
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the experiment was not associated with a prestigious institution like Yale University
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According to Milgram, the most fundamental lesson to be learned from his study of obedience is that
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even ordinary people, who are not usually hostile, can become agents of destruction
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