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Abnormal Psych Midterm (Lambert), Exams of Psychology

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Abnormal Psych Midterm (Lambert)
1. What is external validity?
a. The extent to which the findings from a single study are relevant to other populations,
contexts, or times.
b. The extent to which a study is free of confounds, is methodologically sound, and allows
the research to have confidence in the findings
c. The extend to which a study is relevant to only one factor
d. A&B -
a. The extent to which the findings from a single study are relevant to other
populations, contexts, or times.
2. Freud's method used to study and treat patients
a. Psychoanalysis
b. A and C
c. Gestalt psychology
d. Cognitive behavior therapy -
a. Psychoanalysis
3. Which is the correct definition of reliability?
a. The degree to which a measuring device produces the same result each time it is used to
measure the same thing.
b. The degree to which a measuring dvice produces different restults using the same measure
c. Measuring different items and having different results.
d. None of the above -
a. The degree to which a measuring device produces the same result each time it is
used to measure the same thing.
4. What is psychoneuroimmunology?
a. Field in psychology that is concerned with the interactions between the nervous system and
the immune system
b. Psychotic medication
c. A and B
d. A study of the psychology of animals -
a. Field in psychology that is concerned with the interactions between the nervous
system and the immune system
5. Bipolar Disorder is different from unipolar because of what factors/
a. bipolar includes manic and hypomanic epsodes
b. It has no depression episode
c. It includes two manic episodes
d. It isn't different -
a. bipolar includes manic and hypomanic epsodes
6. What is the disorder called where you have no sense of who you are and your sense of
reality is temporarily list?
a. Depersonalization
b. Antisocial
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  1. What is external validity? a. The extent to which the findings from a single study are relevant to other populations, contexts, or times. b. The extent to which a study is free of confounds, is methodologically sound, and allows the research to have confidence in the findings c. The extend to which a study is relevant to only one factor d. A&B - a. The extent to which the findings from a single study are relevant to other populations, contexts, or times.
  2. Freud's method used to study and treat patients a. Psychoanalysis b. A and C c. Gestalt psychology d. Cognitive behavior therapy - a. Psychoanalysis
  3. Which is the correct definition of reliability? a. The degree to which a measuring device produces the same result each time it is used to measure the same thing. b. The degree to which a measuring dvice produces different restults using the same measure c. Measuring different items and having different results. d. None of the above - a. The degree to which a measuring device produces the same result each time it is used to measure the same thing.
  4. What is psychoneuroimmunology? a. Field in psychology that is concerned with the interactions between the nervous system and the immune system b. Psychotic medication c. A and B d. A study of the psychology of animals - a. Field in psychology that is concerned with the interactions between the nervous system and the immune system
  5. Bipolar Disorder is different from unipolar because of what factors/ a. bipolar includes manic and hypomanic epsodes b. It has no depression episode c. It includes two manic episodes d. It isn't different - a. bipolar includes manic and hypomanic epsodes
  6. What is the disorder called where you have no sense of who you are and your sense of reality is temporarily list? a. Depersonalization b. Antisocial

c. Phobia d. Bi polar - a. Depersonalization

  1. Increased levels of body fat leads to a decrease level in ___________________ , which leads to decreased food intake. a. Leptin b. Prozac c. Happiness d. Blood flow - a. Leptin
  2. A person who is chronically tense and on guard and things others are out to get them, would be diagnosed with which personality disorder? a. Paranoid personality disorder b. Avoidant personality disorder c. Antisocial personality disorder d. Obsessive compulsive personality disorder - a. Paranoid personality disorder
  3. The estimated proportion of actual active cases of the disorder in a give population at a given point in time is what? a. 1 year prevalence b. Lifetime prevalence c. Incidence prevalence d. Point prevalence - d. Point prevalence
  4. The id... a. is the outgrowth of internalizing the taboos and moral values of society concerning what is right and wrong. b. mediates between the demands of the ego and the realities of the external world c. is the source of instinctual drives and is the first structure to appear in infancy. d. operates on the reality principle - c. is the source of instinctual drives and is the first structure to appear in infancy.
  5. All of the following are factors for higher levels of a stress which may trigger hypertension among African Americans except? a. Inner-city living b. exposure to violence c. lifestyle d. lack of schooling - d. lack of schooling
  6. Anxiety disorders all have unrealistic irrational fear or anxieties of disabling intensity as their principal and most obvious manifestation. Which of the following are not all anxiety disorders? a. social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulisive disorder b. acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobie c. panic disorder with or without agoraphobis, specific phobia, generalized anxiety disorder

d. A measure of Dr. Lamberts scale of wellness - c. How large the effects of a particular treatment or intervention is with respect to how much meaningful change they provide in a person's level of functioning or well being.

  1. Dissociative Disorder: a. Allows someone to access more clearly what's in the forefront of their consciousness and integrate information from the past. b. Only occur in children under the age of 12 c. Involve disruption in certain aspects of a person's consciousness, memory, identity or perception. d. Are present in people who handle stress, anxiety and life problems well. - c. Involve disruption in certain aspects of a person's consciousness, memory, identity or perception.
  2. Individuals that show an exaggerated sense of self-importance, preoccupation with being admired, lack of empathy and feelings of others may suffer from: a. Narcissistic personality disorder b. Borderline personality disorder c. A large ego d. Histrionic personality disorder - a. Narcissistic personality disorder
  3. __________________________ are chemical messengers secreted by a set of endocrine glands in our bodies. a. Synapse b. Neurotransmitter c. Pituitary gland d. Hormones - d. Hormones
  4. What is not a part of Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory: a. Id b. Ego c. Alter ego d. Super ego - c. Alter ego
  5. What is the degree to which a measuring device produces the same result each time it is used to measure the same thing? a. Validity b. Accuracy c. Reliability d. Consistency - c. Reliability
  6. In the DSM, what area does Axis IV analyze? a. Psychosocial and environmental factors b. Personality disorders c. Medical conditions d. Global assessment -

a. Psychosocial and environmental factors

  1. What psychological issues is associated closely with hypertension? a. Schizophrenia b. Stress c. Substance abuse d. Depression - b. Stress
  2. Anxiety disorder includes all of the following except: a. Social phobia b. Panic disorder with or without agoraphobia c. Schizophrenia d. Posttraumatic stress disorder - c. Schizophrenia
  3. Exposure therapy is the best treatment for what anxiety disorder? a. Specific phobias b. Obsessive-compulsive disorder c. Generalized anxiety disorder d. Acute stress disorder - a. Specific phobias
  4. What is the key difference between depression and bipolar disorder? a. Depressive episodes b. Hypertensive episodes c. Manic episodes d. Stressful episodes - c. Manic episodes
  5. Why are men more likely than women to be successful in their suicide attempts? a. They attempt suicide more b. They choose less lethal methods like injecting drugs c. They experience more depressive episodes than women d. They choose more lethal methods like guns - d. They choose more lethal methods like guns
  6. What is the pattern in which symptoms or deficits affecting sensory or voluntary motor functions lead one to think that a patient has a medical or neurological condition, but thorough medical examination shows that the symptoms cannot be fully explained by any known medical condition? a. Hypochondrias b. Somatoform disorder c. Pain disorder d. Conversion disorder - d. Conversion disorder
  7. Which of the following is true about Deinstitutionalization? a. Deinstitutionalizations I only occurring in the Western United States

b. 60,000 suicides c. 30,000 suicides d. 80,000 suicides - oof sorry it wasn't highlighted (c. 30,000)

  1. A person with Borderline Disorder is characterized by: a. Grandiosity; preoccupation with receiving attention; self-promotion; lack of empathy. b. Lack of moral or ethical development; inability to follow approved models of behavior; deceitfulness; shameless manipulation of others; history of conduct problems as a child. c. Impulsiveness; inappropriate anger, drastic mood shifts; chronic feelings of boredom; attempts of self-mutilation or suicide. d. Excessive concern with order, rules, and trivial details; perfection oriented; lack of expressiveness and warmth; difficulty in relaxing and having fun. - c. Impulsiveness; inappropriate anger, drastic mood shifts; chronic feelings of boredom; attempts of self-mutilation or suicide.
  2. _______________________ founded the mental hygiene movement in the United States, which focused on the physical well-being of mental patients in hospitals: a. Benjamin Rush b. Dorthea Dix c. Johann Weyer d. Robert Burton - b. Dorthea Dix
  3. ______________________ refers to a child's reactivity and characteristic ways of self- regulation. a. Bidirectional influences b. Oral stage c. Pleasure principle d. Temperament - d. Temperament
  4. The major difference between an MRI and a fMIR is the latter can reveal brain activity: a. True b. False - a. True
  5. Cytokines are: a. Small protein molecules that enable the brain and the immune system to communicate with each other. b. Treatment directed toward ridding the body of alcohol or other dugs. c. Neurotransmitter from the catecholamine family. d. Predisposition or vulnerability to developing a given disorder. - a. Small protein molecules that enable the brain and the immune system to communicate with each other.
  6. The nearly constant worries of people with _____________________ leave them continually upset and discouraged. In one study, the most common spheres of worry were found to be family, work, finances, and personal illness. a. Worry wartism

b. Panic disorder c. Obsessive-compulsive disorder d. Generalized anxiety disorder - d. Generalized anxiety disorder

  1. Your best friend has not left her house in over a week, has missed several days of school and is falling behind in her homework. She seems isolated and, and constantly complains about the size of her nose. Whenever you are together, she spends an inordinate amount of time looking at herself in the mirror while pushing her nose with a loss of disgust on her face. You try to reassure her that she is lovely, to no avail. It is likely your friend has: a. A larger than average nose b. Body Dysmorphic disorder - b. Body Dysmorphic disorder
  2. Anorexia nervosa may cause: a. Brittle hair and nails, dry and scaly skin b. Irregular heart rate (heart arrhythmias), kidney failure, low blood pressure c. Death d. All of the above - d. All of the above
  3. Who was the Greek father of modern medicine? a. Hippocrates b. Socrates c. Plato d. Aristotle - a. Hippocrates
  4. Which is not a historical of contemporary view on the causes of abnormal behavior? a. Biological b. Existential c. Supernatural d. Psychological - b. Existential
  5. In the middle ages who treated the mentally ill? a. The pope b. The gods c. The priest d. The bishop - c. The priest
  6. Philip Panel is known for: a. Treating people horribly b. Giving great donations to NAMI c. Having the belief that those with mental illness should be treated with love and compassion d. Advocating for lobotomies on the mentally ill - c. Having the belief that those with mental illness should be treated with love and compassion
  1. Which of the following is not an ethical issue in assessment? a. Potential cultural bias of the instrument or the clinician b. Theoretical orientation of the clinician c. The gender of the clinician d. Insufficient validation - c. The gender of the clinician
  2. Which stress disorder is characterized by a maladaptive response to a stressor? a. Adjustment disorder b. Post traumatic stress disorder c. Acute stress disorder d. None of the above -
  3. Which of the following is not a subtype of specific phobias according to the DSM-IV- TR? a. Animal b. Natural environment c. Fictional d. Situational - c. Fictional
  4. Having at least 2 episodes of depression in the past two years occurring at the same time of the year and full remission must also have occurred at the same time of the year is characteristic of which depression disorder? a. Winter blues b. Up and down disorder c. Seasonal affective disorder d. Sometimes sad disorder - c. Seasonal affective disorder
  5. De-realization is one's sense of the reality of the outside world is temporarily lost and in depersonalization one's sense of one' sown self and one's own reality is temporarily lost. a. True b. False - a. True
  6. Type A behavior patterns is characterized by a. Excessive competitive drive, extreme commitment to work, impatience or time urgency, and hostility. b. Excessive competitive drive, extreme commitment to work, no sense of time urgency, amiable. c. Not very motivated, easy going, indifferent d. Crazy control freak - a. Excessive competitive drive, extreme commitment to work, impatience or time urgency, and hostility.
  7. What is a retrospect research study?

a. Collects information about how the patient behaved early in their lives with the intention of identifying what lead to the disorder. b. Looks ahead of time and tries to identify individuals who have a higher percentage of getting a psychological disorder c. Follows people over time and tries to identify factors that predate the onset of a disorder d. Study not the true item of interest but an approximation to it. - a. Collects information about how the patient behaved early in their lives with the intention of identifying what lead to the disorder.

  1. Who believed that pleasant surroundings considered great therapeutic value: a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Chinese d. Greeks/Romans - d. Greeks/Romans
  2. What is resilience? a. Ability to adapt successfully to even very difficult situations b. Influences that modify a person's response to environmental stressors, making it less likely that the person will experience adverse consequences. c. Some amount of diathesis must be present before stress will affect d. Predisposition toward developing a disorder - a. Ability to adapt successfully to even very difficult situations
  3. What is the mental disorders believed to develop when some kind of stressor operates on a person who has diathesis or vulnerability a. Additive model b. Protective model c. Diathesis-stress model d. Interactive model - c. Diathesis-stress model
  4. What is direct observation? a. Organize information and encourage reliability and objectivity b. Objective reporting of behavior, thoughts, and feelings as they occur in your natural setting. c. Learn more about the person psychological functioning by attending to his or her appearance and behavior in various context. d. Typically subjective and do not follow a predetermined set of questions. -
  5. Phobic anxiety and high risk for sudden cardiac death is classified as? a. Anxiety b. OCD c. Depression d. Manic disorder - a. Anxiety
  6. Panic disorder is defined as? a. Occurrences of panic attacks that are seen as "out of the blue"

a. Acquired tolerance therapy b. Introduction therapy c. Exposure therapy d. Conditioned therapy - c. Exposure therapy

  1. Which of the following are not symptoms of Dysthymic Disorder: a. Low self-esteem b. Low energy or fatigue c. Poor appetite or overeating d. Occasional manic episodes - d. Occasional manic episodes
  2. Which is not one of the four symptom categories in which symptoms must occur before someone can be diagnosed with Somatization disorder: a. Pain symptoms b. Gastrointestinal symptoms c. Cardiovascular symptoms d. Sexual symptoms - c. Cardiovascular symptoms
  3. Obesity is based on: a. Body mass index b. Number of pounds over the standard c. Percentage of fat and muscle d. Socially non-acceptable weight - a. Body mass index
  4. A personality disorder in which someone seeks attention excessively by being sexually provocative and having exaggerated emotions and expression. a. Borderline personality disorder b. Histrionic personality disorder c. Narcissistic personality disorder d. Dependent personality disorder - b. Histrionic personality disorder
  5. What are the characteristics of a psychological disorder? a. Causes an impairment in functioning b. Behavior is not typical or culturally expected c. Causes hallucinations d. Both A and B - d
  6. Which treatment would most likely be used under the supernatural view of abnormal behavior? a. Opium, herbs, and other medicinal substances b. Therapy c. Trephination d. None of the above - c. Trephination
  1. Protective factors_____________________. a. Promote resilience in children b. Must be positive experiences c. Eliminate the possibility of developing a mental disorder d. None of the above - a. Promote resilience in children
  2. Which portion of the DSM-IV-TR deals with personality disorders? a. Axis I b. Axis II c. Axis III d. Axis IV - b. Axis II
  3. How does Cortisol help someone to escape a life-threatening situation? a. It gives you super powers to defeat enemies. b. It allows you to access more of your brain. c. It activates the immune system to repair injuries. d. It hinders the immune system and delays the body's inflammatory response. - d. It hinders the immune system and delays the body's inflammatory response.
  4. ________________ is an instantaneous reaction to an imminent threat; ___________________ is a complex blend of unpleasant emotions that are oriented to the future. a. anger; depression b. anxiety; fear c. fear; anxiety d. Taekwondo; PMS - c. fear; anxiety
  5. Bipolar disorder: a. Is the same as multiple personality disorder b. Is most common among men c. Is always accompanies by suicidal thoughts d. Involves episodes of depression and mania. - d. Involves episodes of depression and mania.
  6. Which statement is true about anorexia and bulimia nervosa? a. Both types of patients are several underweight. b. Anorexia involves cycles of bingeing and purging. c. Bulimia involves starvation d. Both have an intense fear of becoming fat. - d. Both have an intense fear of becoming fat.
  7. People diagnosed with personality disorders typically have at least one other disorder. a. True b. False - a. True

c. Have at least one manic episode or mixed episode

  1. Retrograde amnesia is: a. The partial or total inability to retain new information b. The inability to transfer learned information from one identity to another within the Dissociative Identity Disorder c. When a person remembers nothing that happened during a specific period, most commonly the first few hours or days following some highly traumatic event. d. The partial or total inability to recall or identity previously acquired information or past experiences. - d. The partial or total inability to recall or identity previously acquired information or past experiences.
  2. According to general DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosing a personality disorder, the person's enduring pattern of behavior must be ______________ and ____________, as well as _____________ and of _________________. a. Awkward and disturbing, frequent and long duration b. Pervasive and inflexible, stable and long duration c. Abnormal and unstable, unmanageable and short duration d. Dysfunctional and unbarring, infrequent and short duration - b. Pervasive and inflexible, stable and long duration
  3. What percent of people suffering from borderline personalities will ultimately complete suicide? a. 2-3% b. 8-10% c. 15-18% d. 20-22% - b. 8-10%
    1. A behavioral treatment that combines exposure and response prevention seems be the most effective approach for treating which disorder? a. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder b. Erectile Dysfunction Disorder c. Binge Eating Disorder d. Senioritis - a. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
    1. According to the DSM-IV, in order to be diagnosed with Binge-Eating Disorder a person must show certain actions like eating much more rapidly than normal, eating to the point of feeling uncomfortable and: A. Eating large amounts of food when not hungry. B. Eating alone due to embarrassment of how much one is eating. C. Feelings of disgust, guilt, or depression after over eating. D. All of the above. - D. All of the above.
    1. They found that for males, having one alcoholic parent increased the rate of alcoholism from ___ percent to ___ percent, and having two alcoholic parents increased the rate to ____percent.

a. 4.5, 13.1, 37. b.9.5, 22.1, 39. c. 12.4, 29.5, 41. d. 14.1, 30.8, 46.3 - c. 12.4, 29.5, 41.

  1. For what situation has DID been popularly faked? a. To escape punishment from a crime one committed. b. To receive grace from a significant other who one cheated on. c. To receive housing from a mental institution. d. To avoid speaking to someone that one does not like. - b. To receive grace from a significant other who one cheated on.
  2. Alcohol falls under which classification of a drug? a. Sedative b. Stimulant c. Anti- Anxiety Drug d. Hallucinogen - a. Sedative
  3. The term sexual masochism refers to what? a. The masculinity of a person that refuses to act in a "feminine" manner, including in sex. b. A women who is only attracted to a stereotypical masculine male. c. A person experiences sexual stimulation and gratification from the experience of pain and degradation in relating to a lover. d. A male dominated relationship that will eventually end because of its structure. - c. A person experiences sexual stimulation and gratification from the experience of pain and degradation in relating to a lover.
  4. Statistically, what is the most common relationship between a rape victim and perpetrator? a. Intimate Partner b. Friend/ Acquaintance (pg 442) c. Stranger d. Relative - b. Friend/ Acquaintance (pg 442)
  5. Which one is a symptom of someone suffering from schizophrenia? A. Delusions B. Hallucinations C. Disorganized Speech D. All of the above - D. All of the above
  6. The strength of correlation is measured by the correlation ___________________. a. Variable b. Response c. Effect d. Coefficient - d. Coefficient

d. Electroshock treatment - C. Regularity and kindness

  1. The unique set of strains and behaviors that characterize an individual is called________________________. a. Ego b. Id c. Personality d. Unconscious functioning - c. Personality
  2. Behavior genetics is a field that "focuses on studying the heritability of mental disorders." Which of the following is NOT a method of behavior genetics: a. Twin method b. Family history method c. Adoption method d. Sibling method - d. Sibling method
  3. A reduced latency to enter REM sleep and decreased amount of deep sleep are vulnerability markers for: a. PTSD b. Forms of major depression c. Seasonal affective disorder d. OCD - b. Forms of major depression
  4. From a diagnostic perspective, obesity: a. Is biologically caused b. Will result when too much food is eaten c. Is a form of anorexia nervosa d. Is not an eating disorder - d. Is not an eating disorder
  5. What methods of treatment were used at the earliest attmpts during the Stone Age and who performed them? a. Exorcism; Priests b. Trephining; Shaman/Medicine Man c. Hydrotherapy and massage; Physicians d. Gymnastics and dieting; Shaman - b. Trephining; Shaman/Medicine Man
  6. Through thte use of X-rays, images of parts of the brain that might be diseased are revealed providing rapid access without surgery. a. MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) b. PET scan (positron emission tomography) c. fMRI (functional MRI) d. CAT scan (computerized axial tomography) - d. CAT scan (computerized axial tomography)