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Chapters Included
culturally inappropriate or unexpected - (answer)Therapist Dr. X is working with a client who is heavily
involved with body-piercing. The client enjoys it, but Dr. X thinks the amounts is so excessive she
considers it abnormal behavior. She is employing which definition of abnormality?
frontal lobe - (answer)Which of the following lobes of the brain and cerebral cortex is associated with
thinking and reasoning skills and memory, as well as some aspects of emotion?
Impairment or distress; culturally inappropriate or unexpected reactions (violations of cultural or social
norms); psychological dysfunction - (answer)Which of the following contains all the elements of the
definition of "psychological disorder"?
a psychiatrist - (answer)Marcus is suffering from depression for which his therapist has prescribed
medication. His therapist is most likely
Adoption of scientific methodology - (answer)Which of the following has been an important recent (last
50 years) development in the field of psychopathology/psychotherapy
Reason the client first came to therapy; his or her initial complaint(s) - (answer)"Presenting problem"
refers to the
Prevalence - (answer)The number of people in the population displaying a particular disorder, or the
rate of the disorder in the population is called the
Causation - (answer)Etiology refers to
Dix - (answer)Who is associated with the mental hygiene movement?
secondary process - (answer)The id is NOT associated with which of the following
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Mediate conflict between id and super ego - (answer)According to the psychoanalytic theory, the role of
ego is to
conditional stimulus - (answer)Tim owns a cat who licks his chops when she hears cellophane cat food
packets being opened. This is not a skill she or her wild ancestors learned in the jungle. According to a
classical conditioning account, the cellophane sound is a(n)
Biological - (answer)A common media explanation of psychological disorder is "chemical imbalance,"
which is sometimes correct. In any case, this represents what model of causality?
An agonist - (answer)John was given a medication that increases the activity of serotonin. This type of
drug would be called
Inherited biological or genetic tendency
Biological or genetic predisposition - (answer)In discussing the diathesis-stress model of the
development of psychopathology, diathesis refers to
George, who has a vulnerability to depression, frequently sits alone in his room watching sad movies -
(answer)Which of the following most accurately illustrates the reciprocal gene-environment model of
interaction?
dendrite; axon - (answer)The receptor is____; transmitter is _____.
increase anxiety - (answer)Lower levels of the neurotransmitter GABA are associate with
panic disorder or a phobia - (answer)Janie comes to you for an evaluation. She presents with symptoms
of extreme anxiety and fear, including an increased heart rate, trembling and thoughts of wanting to
run. These seem to occur in rather specific settings and people do not have to be around her for these
to occur. She does not experience worry or anxiety in most other situations. Based on this information,
you are thinking that she may have one of the two possible anxiety disorders, which are:
Chapters Included
culturally inappropriate or unexpected - (answer)Therapist Dr. X is working with a client who is heavily
involved with body-piercing. The client enjoys it, but Dr. X thinks the amounts is so excessive she
considers it abnormal behavior. She is employing which definition of abnormality?
frontal lobe - (answer)Which of the following lobes of the brain and cerebral cortex is associated with
thinking and reasoning skills and memory, as well as some aspects of emotion?
Impairment or distress; culturally inappropriate or unexpected reactions (violations of cultural or social
norms); psychological dysfunction - (answer)Which of the following contains all the elements of the
definition of "psychological disorder"?
a psychiatrist - (answer)Marcus is suffering from depression for which his therapist has prescribed
medication. His therapist is most likely
Adoption of scientific methodology - (answer)Which of the following has been an important recent (last
50 years) development in the field of psychopathology/psychotherapy
Reason the client first came to therapy; his or her initial complaint(s) - (answer)"Presenting problem"
refers to the
Prevalence - (answer)The number of people in the population displaying a particular disorder, or the
rate of the disorder in the population is called the
Causation - (answer)Etiology refers to
Dix - (answer)Who is associated with the mental hygiene movement?
secondary process - (answer)The id is NOT associated with which of the following
, Test Bank - Understanding Psychology 9th (Ninth) edition by Charles G. Morris |All
Chapters Included
Mediate conflict between id and super ego - (answer)According to the psychoanalytic theory, the role of
ego is to
conditional stimulus - (answer)Tim owns a cat who licks his chops when she hears cellophane cat food
packets being opened. This is not a skill she or her wild ancestors learned in the jungle. According to a
classical conditioning account, the cellophane sound is a(n)
Biological - (answer)A common media explanation of psychological disorder is "chemical imbalance,"
which is sometimes correct. In any case, this represents what model of causality?
An agonist - (answer)John was given a medication that increases the activity of serotonin. This type of
drug would be called
Inherited biological or genetic tendency
Biological or genetic predisposition - (answer)In discussing the diathesis-stress model of the
development of psychopathology, diathesis refers to
George, who has a vulnerability to depression, frequently sits alone in his room watching sad movies -
(answer)Which of the following most accurately illustrates the reciprocal gene-environment model of
interaction?
dendrite; axon - (answer)The receptor is____; transmitter is _____.
increase anxiety - (answer)Lower levels of the neurotransmitter GABA are associate with
panic disorder or a phobia - (answer)Janie comes to you for an evaluation. She presents with symptoms
of extreme anxiety and fear, including an increased heart rate, trembling and thoughts of wanting to
run. These seem to occur in rather specific settings and people do not have to be around her for these
to occur. She does not experience worry or anxiety in most other situations. Based on this information,
you are thinking that she may have one of the two possible anxiety disorders, which are:
