Psych 270 - Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers
Abnormal psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the application of psychological
science to the study of mental disorders. Includes investigation of the causes and
treatment of psychopathological conditions.
Actuarial interpretation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-analysis of test results based on
an explicit set of rules derived from empirical research
Allegiance effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a characterization of psychotherapy
outcome research such that investigators commonly find the most effective
treatment is the one to which they hold a theoretical allegiance
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the process of gathering and organizing
information about a person's behavior
Attachments - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-selective bonds that develop between
infants and their caregivers, usually their parents, and are theorized to be related
to later development - analogous to the process of imprinting, which has been
observed in many animals
Attributions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-perceived causes; people's beliefs about
cause-effect relations
,Autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the division of the peripheral
nervous system that regulates the functions of various bodily organs such as the
heart and stomach - the actions of the autonomic nervous system are largely
involuntary, and it has two branches, the sympathetic and parasympathetic
nervous systems
Behavior genetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of broad genetic influences
on individual differences in normal and abnormal behavior, usually by studying
twins or other family members who differ in terms of shared genes and/or
experiences - behavior genetic studies also provide information on environmental
contributions to behavior
Biopsychosocial model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a view of the etiology of mental
disorders that assumes that disorders can best be understood in terms of the
interaction of biological, psychological, and social systems
Case study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a careful description and analysis of the
problems experienced by one person
Categorical approach to classification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a view of the
classification based on the assumption that there are qualitative differences
between normal and abnormal behavior as well as between one form of
abnormal behavior and other forms of abnormal behavior
Cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the uneven surface of the brain that lies
just underneath the skull and controls and integrates sophisticated memory,
sensory, and motor functions
, Cerebral hemispheres - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the 2 major structures of the
forebrain and the site of most sensory, emotional, and cognitive processes- the
functions are lateralized - the left cerebral hemisphere is involved in language and
related functions, and the right side is involved in spatial organization and analysis
Chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chainlike structures found in the nucleus
of cells that carry genes and information about heredity- humans normally have
23 pairs
Classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pavlov's form of learning through
association- a conditioned response eventually is elicited by a conditioned
stimulus after repeated pairings with an unconditioned stimulus (which produces
an unconditioned response)
Classification system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a system for grouping together
objects or organisms that share certain properties in common- in
psychopathology, the set of categories in DSM-IV that describes mental disorders
Clinical psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the profession and academic
discipline that is concerned with the application of psychological science to the
assessment and treatment of mental disorders
Cognitive-behavior therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the expansion of the scope of
behavior therapy to include cognition and research on human information
processing - includes various general techniques, such as Beck's cognitive therapy
and Ellis' RET
Answers
Abnormal psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the application of psychological
science to the study of mental disorders. Includes investigation of the causes and
treatment of psychopathological conditions.
Actuarial interpretation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-analysis of test results based on
an explicit set of rules derived from empirical research
Allegiance effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a characterization of psychotherapy
outcome research such that investigators commonly find the most effective
treatment is the one to which they hold a theoretical allegiance
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the process of gathering and organizing
information about a person's behavior
Attachments - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-selective bonds that develop between
infants and their caregivers, usually their parents, and are theorized to be related
to later development - analogous to the process of imprinting, which has been
observed in many animals
Attributions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-perceived causes; people's beliefs about
cause-effect relations
,Autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the division of the peripheral
nervous system that regulates the functions of various bodily organs such as the
heart and stomach - the actions of the autonomic nervous system are largely
involuntary, and it has two branches, the sympathetic and parasympathetic
nervous systems
Behavior genetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of broad genetic influences
on individual differences in normal and abnormal behavior, usually by studying
twins or other family members who differ in terms of shared genes and/or
experiences - behavior genetic studies also provide information on environmental
contributions to behavior
Biopsychosocial model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a view of the etiology of mental
disorders that assumes that disorders can best be understood in terms of the
interaction of biological, psychological, and social systems
Case study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a careful description and analysis of the
problems experienced by one person
Categorical approach to classification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a view of the
classification based on the assumption that there are qualitative differences
between normal and abnormal behavior as well as between one form of
abnormal behavior and other forms of abnormal behavior
Cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the uneven surface of the brain that lies
just underneath the skull and controls and integrates sophisticated memory,
sensory, and motor functions
, Cerebral hemispheres - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the 2 major structures of the
forebrain and the site of most sensory, emotional, and cognitive processes- the
functions are lateralized - the left cerebral hemisphere is involved in language and
related functions, and the right side is involved in spatial organization and analysis
Chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chainlike structures found in the nucleus
of cells that carry genes and information about heredity- humans normally have
23 pairs
Classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pavlov's form of learning through
association- a conditioned response eventually is elicited by a conditioned
stimulus after repeated pairings with an unconditioned stimulus (which produces
an unconditioned response)
Classification system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a system for grouping together
objects or organisms that share certain properties in common- in
psychopathology, the set of categories in DSM-IV that describes mental disorders
Clinical psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the profession and academic
discipline that is concerned with the application of psychological science to the
assessment and treatment of mental disorders
Cognitive-behavior therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the expansion of the scope of
behavior therapy to include cognition and research on human information
processing - includes various general techniques, such as Beck's cognitive therapy
and Ellis' RET
