PSYC 2490 – TEST 1 QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS
\Q\.Pros of unstructured interview - ANSWERS✔-Facilitate rapport, mutual trust, and respect,
follows clients lead
\Q\.Cons of unstructured interview - ANSWERS✔-Poor reliability and validity
\Q\.Clinical interviews - ANSWERS✔-Asks about many aspects of individuals life such as medical
history, psychiatric history, age, marital status, family, education, etc.
\Q\.Pros of structured interview - ANSWERS✔-Highly reliable
\Q\.Cons of structured interview - ANSWERS✔-Does not build rapport
\Q\.Semi structured interview - ANSWERS✔-There is a list of questions that have been worked
out in advance but interviewers are also free to ask follow up questions when they feel it is
appropriate. Includes the mental status exam
,\Q\.Structured Clinical Interview for DSM disorders - ANSWERS✔-an interview that directly
probes for the existence of the criteria for disorders within the current classification manual, the
DSM-5. Follows the decision tree
\Q\.Single factor explanations - ANSWERS✔-Emphasize one factor as being a major contributor
to a particular psychological disorder
\Q\.Abraham Maslow believed - ANSWERS✔-That people are good and only behave
dysfunctional as a result of experience
\Q\.Cognitive therapy has enjoyed most success with the treatment of - ANSWERS✔-Eating
disorders
\Q\.According to third wave approaches to CBT, what is mindfulness - ANSWERS✔-Paying
attention on purpose and in the present moment
\Q\.In science, experiments are set up not to prove the worth of a theory but rather to reject
what is called the - ANSWERS✔-Null hypothesis
\Q\.Phallic stage - ANSWERS✔-At which stage of development did Freud believe that girls
experience the electra complex?
\Q\.Reliability has been improved in the editions of the DSM since DSM 3 by - ANSWERS✔-
More detailed descriptions, more empirical and operationally defined criteria
\Q\.Disorder where people feel their body is not theirs - ANSWERS✔-Somatogenisis refers to
, \Q\.Scientific study of the nature of psychological problems - ANSWERS✔-Psychopathology
refers to
\Q\.Changes in the way that abnormality has been viewed overtime has resulted in -
ANSWERS✔-Shift from supernatural to natural causes in explaining disorders
\Q\.It can be inferred form the chapters discussion that current theories about the brain bases
of abnormal behavior - ANSWERS✔-Have given more weight to the roles of neurotransmitters
than to actual neuronal damage
\Q\.According to Freud, ___ is the most fundamental of the defense mechanisms - ANSWERS✔-
Represssion
\Q\.Watson's behaviorism was based on - ANSWERS✔-Classical conditioning
\Q\.Psychological abnormality - ANSWERS✔-According to the text, behavior, speech, or thought
that impairs a person's ability to function in a way that is generally expected of them in the
context where the unusual functioning is occurring corresponds best to which concept?
\Q\.In the ____ world, treatment was humane and environmental and psychological factors
were emphasized - ANSWERS✔-Arab
\Q\.What were some of the harmful side effects of ECT when it was first used? - ANSWERS✔-
Broken limbs and cracked vertebrae
\Q\.Syndromes - ANSWERS✔-Groups of symptoms that occur together are called
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ANSWERS
\Q\.Pros of unstructured interview - ANSWERS✔-Facilitate rapport, mutual trust, and respect,
follows clients lead
\Q\.Cons of unstructured interview - ANSWERS✔-Poor reliability and validity
\Q\.Clinical interviews - ANSWERS✔-Asks about many aspects of individuals life such as medical
history, psychiatric history, age, marital status, family, education, etc.
\Q\.Pros of structured interview - ANSWERS✔-Highly reliable
\Q\.Cons of structured interview - ANSWERS✔-Does not build rapport
\Q\.Semi structured interview - ANSWERS✔-There is a list of questions that have been worked
out in advance but interviewers are also free to ask follow up questions when they feel it is
appropriate. Includes the mental status exam
,\Q\.Structured Clinical Interview for DSM disorders - ANSWERS✔-an interview that directly
probes for the existence of the criteria for disorders within the current classification manual, the
DSM-5. Follows the decision tree
\Q\.Single factor explanations - ANSWERS✔-Emphasize one factor as being a major contributor
to a particular psychological disorder
\Q\.Abraham Maslow believed - ANSWERS✔-That people are good and only behave
dysfunctional as a result of experience
\Q\.Cognitive therapy has enjoyed most success with the treatment of - ANSWERS✔-Eating
disorders
\Q\.According to third wave approaches to CBT, what is mindfulness - ANSWERS✔-Paying
attention on purpose and in the present moment
\Q\.In science, experiments are set up not to prove the worth of a theory but rather to reject
what is called the - ANSWERS✔-Null hypothesis
\Q\.Phallic stage - ANSWERS✔-At which stage of development did Freud believe that girls
experience the electra complex?
\Q\.Reliability has been improved in the editions of the DSM since DSM 3 by - ANSWERS✔-
More detailed descriptions, more empirical and operationally defined criteria
\Q\.Disorder where people feel their body is not theirs - ANSWERS✔-Somatogenisis refers to
, \Q\.Scientific study of the nature of psychological problems - ANSWERS✔-Psychopathology
refers to
\Q\.Changes in the way that abnormality has been viewed overtime has resulted in -
ANSWERS✔-Shift from supernatural to natural causes in explaining disorders
\Q\.It can be inferred form the chapters discussion that current theories about the brain bases
of abnormal behavior - ANSWERS✔-Have given more weight to the roles of neurotransmitters
than to actual neuronal damage
\Q\.According to Freud, ___ is the most fundamental of the defense mechanisms - ANSWERS✔-
Represssion
\Q\.Watson's behaviorism was based on - ANSWERS✔-Classical conditioning
\Q\.Psychological abnormality - ANSWERS✔-According to the text, behavior, speech, or thought
that impairs a person's ability to function in a way that is generally expected of them in the
context where the unusual functioning is occurring corresponds best to which concept?
\Q\.In the ____ world, treatment was humane and environmental and psychological factors
were emphasized - ANSWERS✔-Arab
\Q\.What were some of the harmful side effects of ECT when it was first used? - ANSWERS✔-
Broken limbs and cracked vertebrae
\Q\.Syndromes - ANSWERS✔-Groups of symptoms that occur together are called
