Personality
____ theories view personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences.
a. Humanistic
b. Behaviorist
c. Psychodynamic
d. Social-cognitive
c. Psychodynamic
When analyzing others’ behavior, this tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition is called:
a. cognitive dissonance
b. attitudinal effect
c. fundamental attribution error
d. prejudice
c. fundamental attribution error
Abnormal behavior is:
a. behavior that is unobservable.
b. behavior that is adaptive.
c. behavior that is statistically significant.
d. behavior that is deviant.
d. behavior that is deviant.
Which of the following is NOT a biological therapy approach?
a. talk therapy
b. drug therapy
b. electroconvulsive therapy
d. psychosurgery
a. talk therapy
According to Jung's analytic theory, the _____ allows you to keep some secret part of yourself hidden from others.
a. anima
b. id
c. animus
d. persona
d. persona
The ______ refers to the tendency to help less when other people are present during an emergency than when the observer is alone.
a. Flynn effect
b. bystander effect
c. group effect
d. ambiguity effect
b. bystander effect
DAILY DOUBLE
In the context of schizophrenia symptoms, which is true of catatonia?
a. It means ascribing personal meaning to completely random events.
b. It is a prolonged state of immobility and unresponsiveness.
c. It refers to false, unusual, and sometimes magical beliefs that are not part of one's culture.
d. It means blaming yourself for negative events and expecting the negative events to reoccur.
b. It is a prolonged state of immobility and unresponsiveness.
Of the behavior therapies listed below, which involves a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli?
a. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
b. Systematic desensitization
c. Counterconditioning
d. Aversive conditioning
b. Systematic desensitization
Which term did Carl Rogers assign to a caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude, which helps people develop self-awareness and self-acceptance?
a. conditional positive regard
b. conditional negative regard
c. unconditional positive regard
d. unconditional negative regard
c. unconditional positive regard
DAILY DOUBLE
After agreeing to pick up her coffee order, Pam asked Jim to also run some errands at the store for her. He agrees. This illustrates:
a. the foot-in-the door phenomenon
b. cognitive dissonance theory
c. central route persuasion
d. peripheral route persuasion
a. the foot-in-the door phenomenon
Which term describes the euphoric, overly talkative, wildly energetic, and excessively optimistic state of people with bipolar disorder?
a. mania
b. hypomania
c. widespread mania
d. uncontrollable mania
a. mania
Individuals who have experienced domestic violence often have trouble opening up to others. Which of the following could provide support from people who have experienced the same thing?
a. individual psychotherapy
b. family therapy
c. couples therapy
d. self-help support groups
d. self-help support groups
In Gray's reinforcement sensitivity theory, the behavioral activation system:
a. underlies the trait of extraversion.
b. underlies the trait of introversion.
c. is involved in avoidance learning.
d predisposes a person to feelings of fear.
a. underlies the trait of extraversion.
A group of friends are talking about the origin country of arepas. Most of the group agrees that it is a Colombian dish, but one friend believes it is a Venezuelan dish. Since everyone agrees that it originated in Colombia, the one friend goes along with the rest of the group. This is called:
a. obedience
b. social identity
c. conformity
d. deindividuation
c. conformity
Jet is a displaced refugee who has recurring, vivid, distressing memories of his experiences, and he also has trouble sleeping. Symptoms of which disorder is Jet displaying?
a. specific phobia
b. obsessive-compulsive disorder
c. generalized anxiety disorder
d. posttraumatic stress disorder
d. posttraumatic stress disorder
A client starts to treat their therapist like they treat their dad. What is this client engaging in?
a. countertransference
b. free association
c. transference
d. dream analysis
c. transference
Aang refrains from watching the leaked Avatar movie online because he believes it is immoral to pirate movies. According to Freud's theory of personality, Aang is most likely acting according to the demands of the:
a. id.
b. ego.
c. superego.
d. libido.
c. superego.
Zuko returned home after being away for 3 years. When he saw his father, who he thought he hated, he hugged him and cried. Based on this new behavior, he decided that he must like and respect his fatherlord. This is most consistent with the ______ of attitudes.
a. evolutionary theory
b. social learning theory
c. self-perception theory
d. cognitive dissonance theory
c. self-perception theory
Korra has unpredictable episodes of anxiety during which she cannot breathe and feels as if she is having a heart attack. Although these feelings are temporary, they fill her with dread and worry. Which disorder might Korra have?
a. generalized anxiety disorder
b. phobia
c. panic disorder
d. posttraumatic stress disorder
c. panic disorder
Neil and his therapist, Dr. Astarion, have built a bond of trust and mutual understanding between themselves, and they work together constructively to overcome Neil’s psychological problem.
a. Therapeutic partnership
b. Therapeutic alliance
c. Therapeutic agreement
d. Therapeutic bargaining
b. Therapeutic alliance