ESSENTIALS OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 14 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ psychological disorder.
Answer: •A psychological disorder is a psychological dysfunction
associated with distress or impairment in fx and a response that is
not typical or culturally expected
◉ behavior therapy.
Answer: • considers specific bxs rather than inferred conflicts as
legitimate targets for change
◉ behavioral model.
Answer: • the explanation for human bx, including human's
dysfunction, is based on principles of learning and adaptation
derived from experimental psychology
◉ catharsis.
Answer: • rapid or sudden release of emotional tension thought to
be an important factor in psychoanalytic therapy
• therapeutic to recall emotional trauma that has been made
unconscious and to release the accompanying tension
,◉ classical conditioning.
Answer: • Pavlov, fundamental learning process. An event
automatically elicits a response is paired with another stimulus even
that does not (a neutral stimulus). After repeated pairings, the
neutral stimulus become s a conditioned stimulus that by itself can
elicit the desired response
◉ clinical description.
Answer: • the unique combination of behaviors, thoughts and
feelings that make up a specific disorder
◉ course (of disorder).
Answer: • pattern of development and change of a disorder over
time
• chronic-last long time, episodic-likely to recover in a few months,
time-limited-improve w/o tx in short period of time
◉ defense mechanisms.
Answer: • common pattern of bx, often an adaptive coping style
when it occurs in moderation, observed in response to a particular
situation. Psychoanalytic theory suggests tat defense mechanisms
are unconscious processes originating in the ego.
, ◉ Ego.
Answer: • part of our mind that ensure we act realistically
• characterized by logic and reason
• secondary processes
◉ Etiology.
Answer: • cause or source of a disorder
◉ Extinction.
Answer: • learning process in which a response maintained by
reinforcement in operant conditioning or pairing in classical
conditioning decreases when the reinforcement/pairing is removed
◉ free association.
Answer: • patients are instructed to say whatever comes to mind
• therapy technique intended to explore threatening material
◉ ID.
Answer: • animal within us-source of our strong sexual/aggressive
energies
• present at birth-basic drives-primary processes
CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 14 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ psychological disorder.
Answer: •A psychological disorder is a psychological dysfunction
associated with distress or impairment in fx and a response that is
not typical or culturally expected
◉ behavior therapy.
Answer: • considers specific bxs rather than inferred conflicts as
legitimate targets for change
◉ behavioral model.
Answer: • the explanation for human bx, including human's
dysfunction, is based on principles of learning and adaptation
derived from experimental psychology
◉ catharsis.
Answer: • rapid or sudden release of emotional tension thought to
be an important factor in psychoanalytic therapy
• therapeutic to recall emotional trauma that has been made
unconscious and to release the accompanying tension
,◉ classical conditioning.
Answer: • Pavlov, fundamental learning process. An event
automatically elicits a response is paired with another stimulus even
that does not (a neutral stimulus). After repeated pairings, the
neutral stimulus become s a conditioned stimulus that by itself can
elicit the desired response
◉ clinical description.
Answer: • the unique combination of behaviors, thoughts and
feelings that make up a specific disorder
◉ course (of disorder).
Answer: • pattern of development and change of a disorder over
time
• chronic-last long time, episodic-likely to recover in a few months,
time-limited-improve w/o tx in short period of time
◉ defense mechanisms.
Answer: • common pattern of bx, often an adaptive coping style
when it occurs in moderation, observed in response to a particular
situation. Psychoanalytic theory suggests tat defense mechanisms
are unconscious processes originating in the ego.
, ◉ Ego.
Answer: • part of our mind that ensure we act realistically
• characterized by logic and reason
• secondary processes
◉ Etiology.
Answer: • cause or source of a disorder
◉ Extinction.
Answer: • learning process in which a response maintained by
reinforcement in operant conditioning or pairing in classical
conditioning decreases when the reinforcement/pairing is removed
◉ free association.
Answer: • patients are instructed to say whatever comes to mind
• therapy technique intended to explore threatening material
◉ ID.
Answer: • animal within us-source of our strong sexual/aggressive
energies
• present at birth-basic drives-primary processes
