PSYC 102 Quiz 3 Review 2026: Complete Answers with A+ Grading

PSYC 102 Quiz 3 Review 2026: Complete Answers with A+ Grading 1. Schizophrenia is more likely to affect ________ than ________. - ANSWER men;women 2. Which personality disorder is highly associated with childhood sexual abuse? - ANSWER Borderline personality disorder 3. Cathy, who works at the Herp Aquarium, is terrified of snakes. She knows her fear is irrational but she is terrified anyway. Cathy asks if she has a phobia. What would you say? - ANSWER No, this isn't a phobia because there is no avoidance of snakes - she works at the Herp Aquarium. 4. Dr. Carlos believes that Daniel's depression is due to his mother's death when he was only six months old. What perspective of abnormality does Dr. Carlos have? - ANSWER Psychoanalytic 5. According to the psychoanalytic model of psychopathology, what is the cause of mental illness? - ANSWER Abnormal learned behaviors 6. If someone's abnormal behavior is related to an endocrine system malfunction, their problem fits the ____________ perspective of abnormality. - ANSWER Biological 7. Fred is afraid of spiders. He won't even watch a nature show on TV about them. When he sees a picture of a spider, he has a panic attack, but when he avoids looking at the image, his panic goes away. Fred's avoidance of spiders is being - ANSWER negatively reinforced, because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down. 8. The best way to determine what is "normal" is to ask several of your friends about what they believe is normal. - ANSWER False 9. Is it necessary to know the cause of a psychological disorder to treat it? Explain. - ANSWER 10. Compare and contrast the use of exposure therapies and anti-anxiety medications for anxiety disorders. Why are psychiatrists more likely to use anti-anxiety medications? Why are clinical psychologists more likely to use exposure therapy? What are the pros and cons of these choices? - ANSWER 11. Sophie is terrified of the color orange. She knows it is irrational to be so afraid but she can't help it. If confronted with the color orange, her heart races and she is afraid she'll pass out. She never eats oranges, avoids Halloween, and will cross the road to avoid confronting someone wearing orange. What is the best diagnosis for Sophie? Based on what we know, what might have caused this disorder? What would be the most effective treatment for this disorder? - ANSWER Diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder) was extremely rare before the 1950s, but by the 1990s, some therapists were reporting many cases of this disorder. What is the most likely reason for the increase in this disorder? - ANSWER A wide-spread genetic mutation seemed to occur in the 1960s, resulting in more people being born with the disorder. Previous 12. One criticism of the DSM is that it adheres to a _________ model, which means that a person is seen as either having a mental disorder, or not having a mental disorder. There is little or no allowance for "degrees" of a disorder. - ANSWER Categorical 13. The part of the brain MOST closely associated with the control of eating and body weight is the: - ANSWER Hypothalamus 14. The function in the body of glucagonlike peptide-1 is to act as natural ______. - ANSWER appetite suppressants 15. According to Salvador Minuchin, a(n) ______ family pattern is one in which members are overinvolved in each other's affairs. - ANSWER emneshed 16. A therapist who sat with the bulimic patient while the patient ate appropriate quantities of "forbidden" foods, and then stayed until the patient no longer had the urge to purge would be practicing: - ANSWER exposure and response prevention 17. Which therapeutic approach seeks to reduce or eliminate problem behavior by changing a person's thought processes? - ANSWER cognitive approach 18. Which of the following treatments is NOT considered a biological therapy? - ANSWER Psychosurgery 19. Behavior modification is an operant technique that helps change behavior through the use of primarily _____ reinforcers. - ANSWER secondary 20. The technique of exposure and response prevention has been used successfully in treating individuals with - ANSWER obsessive-compulsive disorder 21. Juan is a psychologist who frequently uses free association, dream interpretation, and transference interpretation. What is his MOST likely theoretical approach? - ANSWER psychodynamic 22. Electroconvulsive therapy is effective in reducing depressive symptoms for most (50%) of the people who use it. - ANSWER True 23. Bipolar Disorder I has a stronger genetic component than schizophrenia. - ANSWER True 24. All of the following are true of major depressive disorder EXCEPT - ANSWER Under 50% of those hospitalized are fully recovered after one year. 25. Fluid intelligence - ANSWER an individual's current ability to think and reason abstractly 26. Crystallized intelligence - ANSWER information, skills, and strategies learned through previous experience 27. Emotional intelligence - ANSWER skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions; important in understanding the feelings and needs of other people 28. What are the 3 kinds of intelligence? - ANSWER fluid, crystallized, emotional