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Psychology 2080 - Abnormal Psychology » Summer 2021 » Midterm Exam

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Question #1

The BEST way to select a random sample of 10 students from a class would be to:

A. choose the first 10 who enter the classroom.

B. choose the last 10 who leave the classroom.

C. write each student's name on a piece of paper, put the papers in a pile, close eyes, and pick 10 papers.

D. ask students their ethnicity, grade point average, and academic major, and then be sure the sample reflects all of these student characteristics.

Question #2

One who believes that the multicultural perspective is the correct way to think about abnormality comes from which of the following paradigms?

A. psychocultural

B. sociocultural

C. biocultural

D. cognitive-cultural

Question #3

If you close your eyes and imagine biting into a big, sour lemon, you are likely to salivate. Salivating to this imagery is an example of a(n):

A. conditioned stimulus.

B. unconditioned response.

C. unconditioned stimulus.

D. conditioned response.

Question #4

One who systematically gathers information in order to describe, predict, and explain abnormality is a clinical:

A. practitioner.

B. scientist.

C. legalist.

D. mentalist.

Question #5

The “moral treatment” movement rapidly declined in the late nineteenth century because:

A. prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

B. all patients needing treatment had to be helped.

C. hospitals became underfunded and overcrowded.

D. fewer and fewer immigrants were being sent to mental hospitals.

Question #6

The model that proposes that humans strive to self-actualize is the ______ model

A. behavioral

B. humanistic-existential

C. psychodynamic

D. cognitive

Question #7

A person seeking help for a psychological abnormality is made to drink bitter herbal potions and then submit to a beating, in the hope that “evil spirits” will be driven from the person's body. This form of “therapy” is called:

A. exorcism.

B. trephination.

C. couvade.

D. shaman.

Question #8

If a person had his brain waves recorded to measure electrical activity, he MOST likely had a(n):

A. CAT scan.

B. EEG.

C. MRI.

D. PET scan.

Question #9

Which statement about the use of projective techniques by today's clinicians is true?

A. Projective tests are mainly used to gain "supplementary" information these days.

B. Projective tests are not used anymore.

C. Projective tests have a more prominent place in the clinician's repertoire than they did 50 years ago.

D. Current clinicians rely on projective tests as a primary source of insight about their patients.

Question #10

If a patient chooses a dynamic focus for therapy, the patient would MOST likely be receiving:

A. relational psychoanalytic therapy.

B. traditional psychoanalysis.

C. short-term psychodynamic therapy.

D. extended psychoanalytic therapy.

Question #11

Which tool is designed to disclose a patient's thoughts and assumptions?

A. a cognitive inventory

B. the MMPI-2

C. an affective inventory

D. the Rorschach

Question #12

The group of participants that is NOT exposed to the independent variable under investigation (in an experiment) is called the _____ group.

A. confound

B. experimental

C. control

D. dependent

Question #13

Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of __________ therapy.

A. behavioral

B. moral

C. somatogenic

D. outpatient

Question #14

Mark's mother is suffering from depression and needs therapy. Mark tells her "all therapies are pretty much the same." Mark is demonstrating which of the following?

A. rapprochement movement

B. evidence-based treatment preference

C. empirically supported treatment preference

D. uniformity myth

Question #15

A person taking a polygraph test is suspected of lying when measures of physiological variables such as heart rate and perspiration are:

A. evenly high for test and control questions.

B. higher for control than test questions.

C. higher for test than control questions.

D. unchanging for test and control questions.

Question #16

Which of the following is NOT a reason why a person suffering from depression would take nutraceuticals?

A. They prefer more natural treatments.

B. They are not helped by conventional treatments.

C. They developed major side effects to antidepressant drugs.

D. They can easily afford conventional treatments.

Question #17

An important factor to consider in using drugs for the treatment of abnormality would be that:

A. drugs cannot be combined with other forms of treatment.

B. drugs should not be used unless surgery has been unsuccessful.

C. some people do not benefit from drug treatments.

D. drugs are not very effective in the treatment of psychological disorders.

Question #18

Which differentiates the DSM-5 from earlier versions of the DSM?

A. The DSM-5 requires both dimensional and categorical information.

B. Psychiatrists, not psychologists, are primarily responsible for the DSM-5.

C. The DSM-5 does not require both dimensional and categorical information.

D. Psychologists, not psychiatrists, are primarily responsible for the DSM-5.

Question #19

Jena is experiencing sadness, lack of energy, and low self-worth. The condition is chronic and severe. If her psychiatrist prescribed medication, it would likely be a(n) __________ drug.

A. antipsychotic

B. stimulant

C. antidepressant

D. antianxiety

Question #20

Johann Weyer, considered to be the founder of the modern study of psychopathology, was a physician in the:

A. 1800s.

B. 1500s.

C. 1200s.

D. 1700s.

Question #21

Factors other than the independent variable may also act on the dependent variable. If these factors vary systematically with the independent variable, they are called _____.

A. controlled variables

B. confounds

C. irrelevant variables

D. blind methods

Question #22

Behavior therapy:

A. can be tested in the lab.

B. does not have associated therapeutic techniques.

C. cannot explain the origin of abnormal behavior.

D. is not based on research.

Question #23

Those MOST often in charge of treating abnormality in the Middle Ages in Europe were:

A. clergy.

B. physicians.

C. nobility.

D. peasants.

Question #24

To study some gender differences, a researcher selected a group of 10 men and 10 women and treated all participants exactly the same. Each participant was given a test of psychological function. This study is an example of a(n):

A. analogue study.

B. correlational study.

C. quasi-experimental study.

D. experiment.

Question #25

If you are being encouraged to see the link between the way you interpret your experiences and the way you feel and to question the accuracy of your interpretations, you are probably receiving:

A. psychoanalytic therapy.

B. cognitive therapy.

C. behavioral therapy.

D. humanistic therapy.

Question #26

One limitation of the sociocultural approach to understanding generalized anxiety disorders is that it cannot explain:

A. the paradox that as poverty gets worse, generalized anxiety declines.

B. the differences in generalized anxiety in countries around the world.

C. the relationship between race, poverty, and job opportunity.

D. why everyone who experiences danger doesn't experience generalized anxiety.

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