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   Question 1

   ________ has shown that CBT and the antidepressants work by targeting different parts of the brain.

   1. Horney
   2. Hollon
   3. Mayberry
   4. Mayberg
   5. Rogers

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   Question 2

   By allowing a new Teacher to first observe someone else administering the final shock level, Milgram could get compliance rates as high as

   1. 90%.
   2. 65%.
   3. 95%.
   4. 70%.
   5. 85%.

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   Question 3

   10 PointsEllie is a graduate student in psychology at the local university. She is interested in one day specializing in the study of abnormal behavior. What area of psychology should she focus on in school?

   1. psychopathology
   2. psychobiology
   3. school psychology
   4. health psychology
   5. developmental psychology

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   Question 4

   10 PointsAccording to ________, people around the world share and recognize at least seven basic emotions.

   1. Robert Plutchik
   2. Abraham Maslow
   3. Hans Eysenck
   4. Walter Cannon
   5. Paul Ekman

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   Question 5

   10 PointsThe ________ approach to therapy would be appropriate for a person who persistently believes that he/she is a fool, is stupid, and is just plain no good.

   1. contingency
   2. cognitive
   3. behavioral
   4. psychosurgery
   5. sociocultural

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   Question 6

   10 PointsThe obedience effect is much stronger when

   1. there is little remoteness of victim from subject.
   2. two authority figures give conflicting commands.
   3. a peer first models obedience to the authority figure.
   4. the relative status of the authority figure to the subject is low.
   5. there is no direct surveillance of the subject by the authority figure.

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   Question 7

   10 PointsWhich of the following people would be most likely to receive a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder?

   1. Jared, who enjoys stealing cars and going for joy rides around his neighborhood.
   2. Lizette, who has a history of multiple suicide attempts.
   3. Marlon, who works as a long-distance truck driver so that he doesn’t have to interact with people more than necessary.
   4. Monet, who cannot make a decision without first knowing what her boyfriend thinks is best.
   5. Shaheen, who has an enormous amount of difficulty making his own decisions.

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   Question 8

   10 PointsYoung laboratory monkeys who saw their parents express fear to a live snake later showed fear themselves while viewing a live snake for the first time. This new fear would be the result of

   1. behaviorism.
   2. observational learning.
   3. token economies.
   4. exposure and response prevention.
   5. situationism.

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   Question 9

   10 PointsThe cause of anxiety, according to Carl Rogers, lies in

   1. chemical and structural features of the brain.
   2. a conflict between a desire for a positive self-image and criticism by self and others.
   3. social reinforcements of anxiety-related behaviors.
   4. the inability of ego defense mechanisms to repress unconscious conflicts.
   5. realistic fears regarding the world and local crises.

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    Question 10

    10 PointsThe ________ refers to the notion that genetic factors put a person at risk for schizophrenia but environmental stress factors trigger the disorder itself.

    1. double bind hypothesis
    2. interactionist view
    3. diathesis-stress hypothesis
    4. state-dependent view
    5. environmental anxiety theory

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    Question 11

    10 PointsAlice takes lithium to control symptoms of her mental disorder. Alice is most likely suffering from

    1. major depressive disorder.
    2. generalized anxiety disorder.
    3. social phobia.
    4. bipolar disorder.
    5. schizophrenia.

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    Question 12

    10 PointsA person is highly likely to experience withdrawal symptoms after stopping the chronic abuse of

    1. All of the above are correct.
    2. caffeine.
    3. heroin.
    4. nicotine.
    5. alcohol.

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    Question 13

    10 PointsA person who experiences severe bouts of anxiety would be described as displaying

    1. unpredictability.
    2. maladaptiveness.
    3. unconventionality.
    4. psychosis.
    5. distress.

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    Question 14

    10 PointsSocial psychology is the scientific study of how a person’s behavior, thoughts, and feelings are influenced by

    1. others.
    2. mental processes.
    3. cognition.
    4. neurotransmitters.
    5. psychology.

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    Question 15

    10 PointsA client tells his therapist about a dream of riding on a train with his boss. At the end of the journey, the boss gets off the train at a terminal. The therapist suggests that the “terminal” in the dream indicates an unconscious desire by the client to “terminate” his boss. This desire to terminate the boss, if it exists, would reflect what Freud called the ________ content of the dream.

    1. secondary
    2. latent
    3. tertiary
    4. manifest
    5. primary

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    Question 16

    10 PointsMaslow’s humanistic theory of motivation has difficulty in explaining why

    1. a mother would risk death in order to protect her child.
    2. you go to sleep earlier than usual when you are feeling tired.
    3. a person would ask for dessert after eating a delicious meal.
    4. you study hard to do well on your exams.
    5. two people would fall in love.

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    Question 17

    10 PointsSydney said, “I don’t care much about my grades as long as I’m the most popular girl in the class!” What need is this?

    1. need for power
    2. need for affiliation
    3. need for achievement
    4. need for sex
    5. need for primary reinforcement

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    Question 18

    10 PointsA twenty-year follow-up on the Bennington College study found that

    1. people tend to marry people with opposing political values.
    2. conformity was part of role playing, but it never internalized.
    3. people eventually tend to stick with the same values as their parents.
    4. the conservative family upbringing of the students eventually changed the attitudes of the college.
    5. the attitudes adopted in college lasted for decades.

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    Question 19

    10 PointsPhysicians trained in the medical model of mental disorder are most likely to treat their patients by

    1. exploring the patients’ childhood.
    2. asking about patients’ self-esteem.
    3. teaching about stress reduction.
    4. probing their unconscious.
    5. prescribing medications.

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    Question 20

    10 PointsAttributions are

    1. innate personality traits.
    2. explanations that account for one’s own behaviors and/or the behaviors of others.
    3. physical qualities people have such as attractiveness.
    4. genetic predispositions to behave a certain way.
    5. cognitive generalizations about specific groups of people.

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    Question 21

    10 PointsIn Solomon Asch’s study, which factor increased the rate of conformity?

    1. The task difficulty was decreased.
    2. The participants were given two chances at responding.
    3. The participants gave their answers using “secret ballot.”
    4. The confederates were unanimous in their selection of line size.
    5. The confederates were all adults.

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    Question 22

    10 PointsRats deprived of food and water that are placed in a novel environment may choose to

    1. explore the environment first.
    2. eat and drink first.
    3. defecate first.
    4. show obvious signs of distress.
    5. be too confused to do anything.

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    Question 23

    10 PointsStrenuous physical activity during the day is most likely to increase the amount of

    1. Stage 1 sleep.
    2. Stage 2 sleep spindles.
    3. dream content.
    4. Stage 4 deep sleep.
    5. REM sleep.

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    Question 24

    10 PointsA hospital patient was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia because she was having an impoverished emotional response, and a lack of initiative in taking care of one’s daily affairs. What type of symptoms are these?

    1. negative
    2. atypical
    3. euphoric
    4. a mix of positive and negative
    5. positive

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    Question 25

    10 PointsResearchers have found that paraprofessionals

    1. are more successful than professionals.
    2. have poor ability with behavioral therapies.
    3. are ineffective with insight therapies.
    4. are about as effective as professionals.
    5. are seldom effective.