ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE
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⫸ 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
⫸ 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
EXAM EXAM REVIEW FULL SOLUTION
GRADED A+.
⫸ 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
⫸ 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
