PSY 661 SG EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Unconscious Incompetency - Answers - Novice, no experience
Conscious incompetency - Answers - Advanced beginner
Conscious competency - Answers - proficient, 2-5 years expereince
unconscious competency - Answers - expert, flexible, efficient, uses intuition
Attunement - Answers - recognizes other's emotions and is able to read social cues
Egocentrism - Answers - inability to differentiate b/w self and others. "All about me"
(especially in teens and kids)
Minimizing - Answers - Downplaying the significance of an event or emotion; common
strategy in dealing with feelings of guilt
Nueroplasticity - Answers - The ability of the brain to change continuously throughout an
individual's life; therapy can help to change the brain
Nurturing - Answers - climate-related aspects which impact the growth and actions of an
individual. Can be imature or maladaptive
Overdeterminism - Answers - Occurs when a single-observed effect is determined by
multiple causes, any one of which alone would be sufficient to account for the effect;
problem may come from different source
Reframing - Answers - Developing a new conceptual or emotional outlook relation to
situations experienced, and putting it into another frame which follows the facts or
evidence equally well, changing its whole definition. Restarting
Resilience - Answers - Ability to adapt or rebound quickly from change, illness, or bad
fortune. Able to handle stress
Biomedical Holistic model - Answers - Treating symptoms (medications) and looking at
the person as a whole, beyond the symptoms (therapy)
What is the Adaptive Information processing model (AIP) - Answers - Humans have an
inherent information processing system that usually processes experiences to a
physiological adaptive state in which information can be taken in and learning can
, occur. Memory is stored in a way that allows for connection with other adaptive memory
networks
What is Adaptive information processing (AIP) used for - Answers - EMDR to tx PTSD
What is the Diathesis-Stress model - Answers - Mental and physical disorders develop
from genetic or biological predisposition combined with stress. Often used to described
the pronunciation of mental disorders that are produced by the interaction of a
vulnerable hereditary predisposition, with precipitating events in the environment.
Nature vs nurture
What is the Diathesis-Stress model used for - Answers - Schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder
Function of Acetylcholine - Answers - Decrease levels is associated with memory and
cognitive impairments. An increase is associated with Alzheimer's disease
Function of cortisol - Answers - Stress hormone, inhibits inflammatory response;
responsible for weight gain. Can cause PTSD
Function of Dopamine - Answers - responsible for motor action and the reward system.
Too much may change mood, increase motor behavior, and disturb frontal lobe
functioning, resulting in depression, memory impairment, and apathy. Too little-
parkinson's/EPS symptoms; Too much-hallucinations
Function of Gaba - Answers - calming neurotransmitter; too much-sedation; too little:
anxiety
Function of Glutamate - Answers - Excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory. Can
cause problems with ACH if dysfunctional. Too much agitate neurons and can be toxic
What is the defense mechanism? Ex: Instead of feeling sad, a person gets drunk -
Answers - Acting out
What is the defense mechanism? Ex: A schizophrenic patient denies that he is ill and
does not take his medicine - Answers - Denial
What is the defense mechanism? Ex: Anger and hostility are transformed into pain and
somatic complaints - Answers - Hypochondria
What is the defense mechanism? Ex: Identification with the aggressor through which
the person becomes aggressive to gain control - Answers - Introjection
What is the defense mechanism? Avoiding, no social engagement - Answers - Isolation
ANSWERS
Unconscious Incompetency - Answers - Novice, no experience
Conscious incompetency - Answers - Advanced beginner
Conscious competency - Answers - proficient, 2-5 years expereince
unconscious competency - Answers - expert, flexible, efficient, uses intuition
Attunement - Answers - recognizes other's emotions and is able to read social cues
Egocentrism - Answers - inability to differentiate b/w self and others. "All about me"
(especially in teens and kids)
Minimizing - Answers - Downplaying the significance of an event or emotion; common
strategy in dealing with feelings of guilt
Nueroplasticity - Answers - The ability of the brain to change continuously throughout an
individual's life; therapy can help to change the brain
Nurturing - Answers - climate-related aspects which impact the growth and actions of an
individual. Can be imature or maladaptive
Overdeterminism - Answers - Occurs when a single-observed effect is determined by
multiple causes, any one of which alone would be sufficient to account for the effect;
problem may come from different source
Reframing - Answers - Developing a new conceptual or emotional outlook relation to
situations experienced, and putting it into another frame which follows the facts or
evidence equally well, changing its whole definition. Restarting
Resilience - Answers - Ability to adapt or rebound quickly from change, illness, or bad
fortune. Able to handle stress
Biomedical Holistic model - Answers - Treating symptoms (medications) and looking at
the person as a whole, beyond the symptoms (therapy)
What is the Adaptive Information processing model (AIP) - Answers - Humans have an
inherent information processing system that usually processes experiences to a
physiological adaptive state in which information can be taken in and learning can
, occur. Memory is stored in a way that allows for connection with other adaptive memory
networks
What is Adaptive information processing (AIP) used for - Answers - EMDR to tx PTSD
What is the Diathesis-Stress model - Answers - Mental and physical disorders develop
from genetic or biological predisposition combined with stress. Often used to described
the pronunciation of mental disorders that are produced by the interaction of a
vulnerable hereditary predisposition, with precipitating events in the environment.
Nature vs nurture
What is the Diathesis-Stress model used for - Answers - Schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder
Function of Acetylcholine - Answers - Decrease levels is associated with memory and
cognitive impairments. An increase is associated with Alzheimer's disease
Function of cortisol - Answers - Stress hormone, inhibits inflammatory response;
responsible for weight gain. Can cause PTSD
Function of Dopamine - Answers - responsible for motor action and the reward system.
Too much may change mood, increase motor behavior, and disturb frontal lobe
functioning, resulting in depression, memory impairment, and apathy. Too little-
parkinson's/EPS symptoms; Too much-hallucinations
Function of Gaba - Answers - calming neurotransmitter; too much-sedation; too little:
anxiety
Function of Glutamate - Answers - Excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory. Can
cause problems with ACH if dysfunctional. Too much agitate neurons and can be toxic
What is the defense mechanism? Ex: Instead of feeling sad, a person gets drunk -
Answers - Acting out
What is the defense mechanism? Ex: A schizophrenic patient denies that he is ill and
does not take his medicine - Answers - Denial
What is the defense mechanism? Ex: Anger and hostility are transformed into pain and
somatic complaints - Answers - Hypochondria
What is the defense mechanism? Ex: Identification with the aggressor through which
the person becomes aggressive to gain control - Answers - Introjection
What is the defense mechanism? Avoiding, no social engagement - Answers - Isolation
