PSYC 382 Exam 1 (ch. 1-4) Questions With Complete
Solutions
"A set of values, attitudes, beliefs, history, and behavior shared
by a group and communicated from one generation to the next"
is called... Correct Answer culture
A clinician interviews a new patient with an unstructured
interview. Which of the following is/are more likely to happen
than if a structured interview was used? Correct Answer 1 and
3 are correct. (1. patient feels free to express himself, 3. clinician
later finds out that important information was missed in the
interview)
A community starts a program designed to keep young people
from being exposed to alcohol and illegal drugs... This is an
example of... Correct Answer primary prevention
A counselor notices that his client reacts very strongly to
criticism... denies weaknesses and exaggerates abilities... A
Humanistic model would say that this man had... Correct
Answer conditions of worth
A doctor tells a patient that their mental illness is likely due to
an inherited abnormal serotonin reuptake pump gene...
antidepressant medication. Which model is this doctor using?
Correct Answer Biological
A friend asks you if therapy for mental illnesses is generally
effective. Your best answer to his question would be... Correct
, Answer "Yes, the average therapy patient is better off than
three-fourths of those not in therapy."
A performance artist, Petr Pavlensky, has made news by sewing
his lips shut... Which of the following might convince you that
he is not a danger to himself or others? Correct Answer 1, 2,
and 3 are correct. (1. knows how to keep wounds from getting
infected, 2. knows risks, 3. plans to mitigate serious risks)
A therapist decides that Mary's disinterest in her studies is due to
a loss of associated rewards. This therapist likely uses which
model? Correct Answer Behavioral
A therapist tells a client that their anxiety comes from poor
assumptions they make about how the world works and suggests
that the client examine these assumptions, test them, and replace
them with more accurate and useful assumptions. Which model
is this therapist using? Correct Answer Cognitive
A therapist tells a patient that her greater than normal reaction to
a trauma is probably the result of her having Hispanic culture,
prevalence of certain genes, and the maladaptive ego defense
mechanism. Which model(s) is this therapist using? Correct
Answer 1, 2, and 3 are correct. (1. Sociocultural, 2.
Psychodynamic, 3. Biological)
A therapist tells a patient that their difficulty in controlling their
life is that they have conflicting, mutually incompatible goals
that are unconsciously struggling for expression with the result
that the actual expressed behavior fails to adequately satisfy
Solutions
"A set of values, attitudes, beliefs, history, and behavior shared
by a group and communicated from one generation to the next"
is called... Correct Answer culture
A clinician interviews a new patient with an unstructured
interview. Which of the following is/are more likely to happen
than if a structured interview was used? Correct Answer 1 and
3 are correct. (1. patient feels free to express himself, 3. clinician
later finds out that important information was missed in the
interview)
A community starts a program designed to keep young people
from being exposed to alcohol and illegal drugs... This is an
example of... Correct Answer primary prevention
A counselor notices that his client reacts very strongly to
criticism... denies weaknesses and exaggerates abilities... A
Humanistic model would say that this man had... Correct
Answer conditions of worth
A doctor tells a patient that their mental illness is likely due to
an inherited abnormal serotonin reuptake pump gene...
antidepressant medication. Which model is this doctor using?
Correct Answer Biological
A friend asks you if therapy for mental illnesses is generally
effective. Your best answer to his question would be... Correct
, Answer "Yes, the average therapy patient is better off than
three-fourths of those not in therapy."
A performance artist, Petr Pavlensky, has made news by sewing
his lips shut... Which of the following might convince you that
he is not a danger to himself or others? Correct Answer 1, 2,
and 3 are correct. (1. knows how to keep wounds from getting
infected, 2. knows risks, 3. plans to mitigate serious risks)
A therapist decides that Mary's disinterest in her studies is due to
a loss of associated rewards. This therapist likely uses which
model? Correct Answer Behavioral
A therapist tells a client that their anxiety comes from poor
assumptions they make about how the world works and suggests
that the client examine these assumptions, test them, and replace
them with more accurate and useful assumptions. Which model
is this therapist using? Correct Answer Cognitive
A therapist tells a patient that her greater than normal reaction to
a trauma is probably the result of her having Hispanic culture,
prevalence of certain genes, and the maladaptive ego defense
mechanism. Which model(s) is this therapist using? Correct
Answer 1, 2, and 3 are correct. (1. Sociocultural, 2.
Psychodynamic, 3. Biological)
A therapist tells a patient that their difficulty in controlling their
life is that they have conflicting, mutually incompatible goals
that are unconsciously struggling for expression with the result
that the actual expressed behavior fails to adequately satisfy
