psyc 110` – Flashcard

Edgar is learning deep-breathing techniques to reduce anxiety about having been robbed at knifepoint. This is an example of__________________. A. Problem-focused coping B. Emotion-focused coping C. Avoidance D. Reappraisal

Which stage of the general adaptation syndrome might explain why college students tend to experience a higher rate of absenteeism from class around midterm and final exam time each semester? A. Resistance B. Exhaustion C. Alarm

Rosalie is a rather easy-going kind of woman. She works hard when she's at the office, but she refuses to do more than 40 hours of work per week. She knows that she could earn more money if she worked harder but she really values time at home with her husband and children. She likes to garden, listen to music, and sip wine while sitting on her deck during a sunset. Rosalie even turns off her cell phone during the weekends so that she won't be bothered. Rosalie has a __________. A. Type A Personality B. Type B Personality

John is the type of person who wants everything done perfectly the first time. When playing a game, he feels like he must win. He is easily provoked to anger, but he is also readily ambitious. Based on these traits, John must be a ____________. A. Type A Personality B. Type B Personality

Eric was recently fired from his job. His response to this stressful event was to take charge of the situation and research available jobs in his field. Then he applied to each of the open positions for which he was qualified, in order to reduce the impact of the situation. This active type of coping is known as A. Emotional control. B. Behavioral control. C. Cognitive control . D. Decisional control.

Dikeshia is giving a presentation in her abnormal psychology class on the prevalence of psychological disorders. If you were a student in that class, what general category of disorders would you expect her to mention as one of the most prevalent psychological disorders? A) Anxiety disorders B) Dissociative disorders C) Personality disorders D) Schizophrenia

Sierra is constantly worried that everyone whom she comes in contact with is full of germs, so she is constantly rushing off to wash her hands. Sierra suffers from which psychological disorder? A) Clinical depression . B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder C) Social phobia D) Paranoid schizophrenia

Shelby is concerned that she is spending too much of her day worrying about things that are out of her control. She often experiences disturbances in sleep and often feels tense, even in situations where there is nothing that is directly threatening her safety. If you were a clinical psychologist, you would be trying to determine if Shelby meets the criteria for A) agoraphobia. B) generalized anxiety disorder. C) major depressive disorder. D) social phobia.

After being passed up for a promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son, a man disappears. He shows up two weeks later in another town with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He appears to be suffering from ______. A) schizophrenia B) a somatoform disorder C) a dissociative disorder D) factitious disorder

Davis has such an intense, irrational fear of clowns that he cannot take his daughters to see the circus when it is in town. Davis would be most correctly diagnosed as suffering from A) obsessive-compulsive disorder. B) panic disorder. C) a phobia. D) posttraumatic stress disorder.

A patient in a psychiatric hospital exhibits disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, and hallucinations. This person is probably suffering from___________. A) schizophrenia B) bipolar disorder C) a dissociative disorder D) passive-aggressive personality

Lionel has been in therapy for four weeks now. At the first meeting with his therapist, the therapist waited for Lionel to begin discussing why he was there and what he hoped to gain from the session. The therapist also reminds Lionel that he is responsible for solving his own problems. Lionel's therapist is making use of A) Perls' Gestalt therapy. B) Jung's analytic therapy. C) Rogers' client-centered therapy. D) Beck's cognitive therapy.

Karen is a family therapist who has just arrived at her client family's home to have dinner with them and spend the evening. Her visit is not social, but rather will be an opportunity for her to see how the family interacts with one another. Karen is using which family therapy model? A) Stratified family therapy B) Structural family therapy C) Logical family intervention. D) Strategic family intervention.

After learning how to relax, Herman begins his systematic desensitization treatment for his claustrophobia by A) constructing an anxiety hierarchy . B) being exposed to tight spaces with no means of escape. C) deconstructing an anxiety hierarchy. D) trying to recall how he developed this fear as a child.

Dawn is afraid of flying. Her therapist has begun a 10-week treatment involving talking about the fears of flying, rating her fear, talking about different types of planes, looking at pictures of planes, watching planes at the airport, using imagery, and eventually going on a trip. This therapy technique is known as A) systematic desensitization. B) systematic sensitization. C) transmatic desensitization. D) automatic desensitization.

Suppose a friend asks you for advice about entering psychotherapy for his or her anxiety disorder. Which of the following recommendations should you make? A) Avoid psychotherapy because 5-10% of patients get worse with this form of treatment. B) Behavioral or cognitive-behavioral therapies are most effective for this category of disorders. C) Humanistic therapies are most effective for this category of disorders. D) Psychodynamic therapies are most effective for this category of disorders.