Psych Test 3

Question 1

You just ran a marathon in hot weather and perspired. According to drive reduction theory your body will have a ________ for water, which will produce a __________ for water, which will lead to a ________ to get water.

Answer 1

need; drive; motivation

Question 2

You stayed up all night to study for an exam. Then you slept for 7 hours after the test. Your sleeping behavior was regulated by the body’s tendency to maintain

Answer 2

Homeostasis

Question 3

According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, optimum performance is achieved when one is

Answer 3

moderately anxious

Question 4

All of the following are associated with anorexia EXCEPT

Answer 4

binging and purging

Question 5

A girl is terrified of becoming heavy, but she is of normal weight. She often consumes up to 5,000 calories in one sitting. She uses laxatives and diuretics to purge the calories

Answer 5

bulimia nervosa

Question 6

From Maslow’s perspective, motivation is primarily the result of

Answer 6

satisfying basic needs before moving to higher needs

Question 7

The highest and most elusive of Maslow’s needs is

Answer 7

self-actualization

Question 8

Many teachers offer prizes for students who read the most books. Over the summer they don’t read as much. This may be due to a lack of

Answer 8

extrinsic motivation

Question 9

Goals that are short term, specific, and challenging lead to

Answer 9

greater achievement

Question 10

Research on delayed gratification indicates that the best way to resist temptation is

Answer 10

to focus on activities other than the forbidden activity.

Question 11

Which system is responsible for calming of the body?

Answer 11

Parasympathetic nervous system

Question 12

Someone is interested in working in government intelligence. A polygraph is part of the interview. He’s worried, but his friend says the tests are infallible. Is his friend right?

Answer 12

No, anxiety can cause false positives.

Question 13

A couple is at a picnic and a bear invades their space. According to James Lange

Answer 13

they will run away and then experience fear as a result of the changes in their bodies.

Question 14

The Cannon-Bard Theory predicts that after witnessing a shocking event, a person will

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experience physical and emotional reactions simultaneously.

Question 15

A teacher is conducting an experiment asking her students to hold a pen between their teeth or a pen between their lips. After 5 minutes who held the pen between their teeth reported being happier. This strongly supports the

Answer 15

facial feedback hypothesis

Question 16

What effect, if any, does engaging in altruistic behavior have on ones wellbeing?

Answer 16

it increases happiness

Question 17

According to Freud the ego is referred to as a mediator because

Answer 17

it must balance the needs of the id, superego, and reality.

Question 18

A person was in an auto accident and his brother and passenger were killed. He was not hurt, but can’t remember the details. What defense mechanism is this?

Answer 18

repression

Question 19

Someone has been fascinated by fire, knows it is dangerous and decided to become a firefighter. Freud would say his fascination with fire

Answer 19

has been sublimated into a socially desirable behavior.

Question 20

If youhad to write a research paper on ego defense mechanisms, what’s a good summary?

Answer 20

the use of defense mechanisms can be beneficial to psychological health.

Question 21

According to Jung, the deepest impersonal layer of the conscious mind that is shared by all humans is called

Answer 21

collective unconscious

Question 22

Emotionally laden ideas and images that have rich and symbolic meaning for all people.

Answer 22

archetypes

Question 23

According to Adler, people are primarily motivated by

Answer 23

their desire to overcome perceived shortcomings.

Question 24

A counselor believes her clients have the innate ability to make good choices. She accepts them and wants her clients to learn to evaluate themselves not based on others opinions. What kind of counseling is she providing?

Answer 24

humanistic counseling

Question 25

According to humanistic theory a child who receives ___________ from her parents is likely to avoid the problems associated with ___________.

Answer 25

unconditional positive regard; conditions of worth.

Question 26

Which is not one of the big 5?

Answer 26

empathy

Question 27

According to the 5 factor model of personality, a person who is anxious and insecure is high on ___________.

Answer 27

neuroticism

Question 28

Which of the following concepts is associated with Bandura?

Answer 28

observational learning

Question 29

Someone was interviewed with a local bank and required to take the MMPI, and she wonders about it. As a psychology major what would you tell her?

Answer 29

It is often used by employers as a hiring tool.

Question 30

Someone is doing a research paper on projective personality tests. What conclusions should she draw regarding the Rorschach?

Answer 30

Many psychologists have questioned the reliability and validity of the test.

Question 31

A client is asked to look at a picture and tell a story. She is likely taking the

Answer 31

Thematic Apperception Test

Question 32

Of all the big 5 traits, _________ is probably the most important in terms of health and longevity.

Answer 32

Conscientiousness

Question 33

What aspect of type A behavior is most strongly related to heart disease?

Answer 33

hostility

Question 34

While sex typically refers to differences in the biology in males and females, gender typically refers to differences attributed to

Answer 34

socialization

Question 35

The term _________ refers to experiencing one's psychological gender as being different from ones physical sex.

Answer 35

transgender

Question 36

Although born with female sex organs, she has always felt uncomfortable being a girl. Interests and activities are masculine so she might be diagnosed with

Answer 36

gender identity disorder

Question 37

Research on new born and infant preferences in terms of gender related items supports the _________ approach

Answer 37

biological

Question 38

Those who adhere to the ________ perspective examine gender development by looking at how experience influences the formation of a person's sense of gender.

Answer 38

social cognitive

Question 39

A mental framework for understanding what is considered appropriate behavior from males and females is called

Answer 39

gender schema

Question 40

An expectation of how a woman or man should think, act, and feel, is referred to as

Answer 40

gender role

Question 41

The difficulty that many divorced fathers experience when trying to gain custody may be due to

Answer 41

gender stereotyping

Question 42

The research data on gender differences in general intellectual ability suggests

Answer 42

there are no systematic differences between males and females.

Question 43

A girl is telling her best friend that Kelsey will kiss any boy that asks her to. This girl is engaging in

Answer 43

relational aggression

Question 44

The strongest difference between males and females are evident in the areas of

Answer 44

sexuality and aggression

Question 45

The direction of ones erotic interest refers to a person's

Answer 45

sexual orientation

Question 46

The occurrence of homosexuality ranges from ____ % of the population.

Answer 46

2-10

Question 47

Although homosexual couples tend to report higher levels of relationship satisfaction they are more likely to

Answer 47

break up

Question 48

With orgasm comes the release with the neurotransmitter

Answer 48

oxytocin

Question 49

A man who is overweight wants to start an exercise program. According to the theory of reasoned action what is a critical factor for his success?

Answer 49

Having the belief that his friends will like what he is doing.

Question 50

In the stages of change model, a key factor that differentiates the ________ is awareness that a particular behavior is problematic.

Answer 50

contemplation stage from the action stage

Question 51

If a woman with a smoking problem were in the _______ stage, the best intervention would be to inform her about the dangers of this behavior. If she were in the ______ stage you would do well to provide her with specific skills.

Answer 51

precontemplation; preparation

Question 52

In the stages of change model, a person is experiencing ))))))))) when conscious attention is no longer required to maintain the new behavior

Answer 52

transcendence

Question 53

Who is experiencing the benefits of social support?

Answer 53

Ava, who joined a weight wathcers club.

Question 54

WHich of the following is NOT true when speaking of the relationship between religion and health?

Answer 54

religious involvement causes improvement in health.

Question 55

The circumstances that threaten a person or tax their coping abilities are called

Answer 55

stressors

Question 56

What is the sequence of stages in the GAS?

Answer 56

alarm, resistence, exhaustion

Question 57

What is NOT correct concerning the relationship between the immune system and stress?

Answer 57

Acute stressors produce enhanced immune system functioning.

Question 58

A serge in ___________ caused by severe emotional distress may contribute to one's risk of a heart attack.

Answer 58

adrenaline

Question 59

Which of these is n accurate description of the relationship between stress, the immune system and cancer?

Answer 59

physiological effects of stress inhibit immune responses to cancer.

Question 60

Which is LEAST associated with successful coping?

Answer 60

educational level.

Question 61

Which of the following statements about optimism and coping is FALSE?

Answer 61

optimists avoid paying attention to news that is negative.

Question 62

Smoking contributes to all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 62

death from accidents

Question 63

What is the name of the manual that psychologists use to classify mental disorders?

Answer 63

DSM-IV-TR

Question 64

Anxiety disorders involve fears that are

Answer 64

all of these

Question 65

Someone with sudden attacks of intense fear, heart races, feels faint, trouble catching breath. Sounds like he has

Answer 65

panic disorder

Question 66

A fear becomes a phobia when?

Answer 66

an individual will go to any length to avoid the phobia.

Question 67

Someone who believes she must touch the door, nob 7 times to prevent her mother from getting ill.

Answer 67

touching the door nob

Question 68

Someone who was in a serious car accident is fully recovered but has extreme anziety and won't go near the sight of the accident

Answer 68

post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 69

Which physiological approach will attribute a person's depression to scale negative and self-defending thoughts?

Answer 69

cognitive thoughts

Question 70

Roommate hasn't slept too much in the past days. she says she is on top of the world...next week is depressed... What is the diagnostic?

Answer 70

bipolar disorder

Question 71

Someone recently returned home after being gone for 4 months. She has no memory associated with these months. She is most likely experiencing...

Answer 71

dissociative fugue

Question 72

A woman who offends others, is not able to read emotions accurately, and shows little emotions herself....is most likely

Answer 72

suffering from schizophrenia

Question 73

A man believes that he is not the most skilled fisherman. When he is out in the lake, thousands of people are watching his moves to find out a secret. this is an example of

Answer 73

Schizophrenia delusion

Question 74

What kind of thinking involves scribing personal meaning to completely random events?

Answer 74

Referential

Question 75

Which of the following is a necessary criteria for a diagnosis of personality disorder?

Answer 75

chronic maladaptive behavior

Question 76

A man's ex-wife informs him that his son has been killed at a car accident. The man responds by saying "now I don't have to pay child support." He is suffering from..

Answer 76

antisocial personality disorder

Question 77

Individuals with borderline personality disorder display...

Answer 77

hyper-vigilance

Question 78

Psychotherapy are primarily used to treat...

Answer 78

all of these

Question 79

From Freud's psychodynamic perspective, what is the best way to gain into a person's core problems?

Answer 79

bring unconscious conflicts into a conscious awareness.

Question 80

A psycho dynamic therapist is working with a man who suffers from mood and anxiety problems. When asked to talk about the problems, the man changes the subject. What would the therapist say is going on?

Answer 80

resistance

Question 81

Which of the following is NOT recognized by Rogers as one that is essential for human growth?

Answer 81

active listening and reflective speech/unconditional positive regard/empathy and genuineness

Question 82

Two key assumptions of the _______ approach to therapy are that disorders are learned the same way as normal behaviors and can be treated with learning principles.

Answer 82

behavioral

Question 83

The second step in systematic desensitization is

Answer 83

putting the list of fears in order of severity.

Question 84

if a therapist gives an alcoholic a nausea-inducing drug, he is using

Answer 84

aversive conditioning

Question 85

a cognitive therapist helps a client who suffers from a major depressive disorder by

Answer 85

getting the client to recognize and identify irrational and self-defeating beliefs.

Question 86

A therapist challenges her client by saying, "so what if your fiance left you and married your roommate? Does that mean you're not a good person?" Which perspective is this?

Answer 86

Rational-Emotive

Question 87

It's a cognitive therapy technique where the client rates her emotions in order to gain perspective on the situation.

Answer 87

scaling

Question 88

A therapist asked the client to imagine a large X when she begins to think about things that make her anxious. This is an example of what technique?

Answer 88

thought stopping

Question 89

A major advantage to group therapy is that clients

Answer 89

have more opportunity to develop social skills.

Question 90

Your family therapist believes that to understand your problems she has to understand the role you play in the family system. Which statement supports this?

Answer 90

problems of the individual are often caused by problems in the family

Question 91

Research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy has found...

Answer 91

all of these

Question 92

Based on a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of psychotherapy, what percentage of clients report improvement?

Answer 92

70%

Question 93

Which statement best reflects the impact that psychotherapy for depression may have on heart disease?

Answer 93

Depression and heart disease are correlated and the risk can be reduced by treating depression.