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General Knowledge Grab Bag
100

The view that development is a cumulative process, gradually adding to the same type of skills is known as ________.

a. nature

b. nurture

c. continuous development

d. discontinuous development

c. Continuous development

100

The process of closing large asylums and providing for people to stay in the community to be treated locally is known as ________.

a. deinstitutionalization

b. exorcism

c. deactivation

d. decentralization

a. deinstitutionalization

100

The long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways are known as ________.

a. psychodynamic

b. temperament

c. humors

d. personality

d. personality

100

Archetypes, collective unconscious, and persona are concepts of personality developed by this theorist. 

Carl Jung

100

This specific anxiety disorder involves intense, irrational fear of being in public places or situations where escape might be difficult.

Agoraphobia

100

This disorder is characterized as a neurodevelopmental disorder and affects about 1 in 30 children. 

Autism Spectrum Disorder

100

This woman, honored with a Dec. 1 holiday in Alabama that commemorates the day in 1955 she refused to give up her bus seat.

Rosa Parks

200

Which theorist proposed that moral thinking proceeds through a series of stages?


Lawrence Kohlberg

200

Statistically, ethnic minorities tend to utilize mental health services _______ frequently than White, middle-class Americans.

less

200

The ego defense mechanism in which a person who is confronted with anxiety returns to a more immature behavioral stage is called ________.

a. repression

b. regression

c. reaction formation

d. rationalization

b. regression

200

Jane believes that she got a bad grade on her psychology paper because her professor doesn’t like her. Jane most likely has an _______ locus of control.

  1. internal
  2. external
  3. intrinsic
  4. extrinsic

b. external

200

This theorist suggested that men have womb envy because they cannot give birth.

Karen Horney

200

Bipolar disorder is often characterized by period of ____ followed by severe depression.

Mania

200

In Stranger Things, this is the real name of the character known as Eleven?

Jane

300

According to Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, what is the main task of the adolescent?

a. developing autonomy

b. feeling competent

c. forming an identity

d. forming intimate relationships


c. forming an identity

300

Clay is in a therapy session. The therapist asks him to relax and say whatever comes to his mind at the moment. This therapist is using ________, which is a technique of ________.

a. active listening; client-centered therapy

b. systematic desensitization; behavior therapy

c. transference; psychoanalysis

d. free association; psychoanalysis

d. free association; psychoanalysis

300

Your level of confidence in your own abilities is known as ________.

self-efficacy

300

 The id operates on the ________ principle.

  1. reality
  2. pleasure
  3. instant gratification
  4. guilt

b. pleasure

300

 This actor, who played a pilot with severe OCD in The Aviator, has spoken openly about having the disorder in his own life.

Leonardo DiCaprio

300

Avolition, anhedonia, and flat affect fall under this category of symptoms, often associated with schizophrenia. 

Negative symptoms

300

 In 2016, this team achieved the best regular-season record in NBA history at 73-9.

Golden State Warriors

400

What is the correct order of prenatal development?

zygote, embryo, fetus

400

When an individual has two or more diagnoses, which often includes a substance-related diagnosis and another psychiatric diagnosis, this is known as a ________.


comorbid disorder

400

An early science that tried to correlate personality with measurements of parts of a person’s skull is known as ________.


Phrenology

400

Trust vs. mistrust and Initiative vs. guilt are two stages of development in this person's theory of psychosocial development.

Erik Erikson

400

According to Galen, the ______ person is passionate, ambitious, and bold.

a. choleric

b. melancholic

c. phlegmatic

d. sanguine

choleric

400

This type of dissociative amnesia involves a sudden, unexpected travel away from home with an inability to recall one’s past, sometimes called "amnesia on the run".

Dissociative Fugue

400

Who won the FIFA World Cup in 2018?

France

500

The child uses the parent as a base from which to explore her world in which attachment style?


a. secure

500

A therapist gathers specific information to address the client’s immediate needs such as the presenting problem, the client’s support system, and insurance status. The therapist informs the client about confidentiality, fees, and what to expect in a therapy session. These activities take place in a(n) _________.

Intake

500

Congruence occurs when _____

Our thoughts about our real self and ideal self are very similar.

500

This concept--introduced by Alfred Adler--is when a person’s feelings that they lack worth and don’t measure up to the standards of others or of society.

Inferiority complex

500

This American novelist and poet, known for The Bell Jar and a history of depression, wrote, "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; I am, I am, I am".

Sylvia Plath

500

According to the DSM-5, a diagnosis of major depressive disorder requires symptoms to be present for a minimum of this amount of time.

2 weeks

500

The party tree that grew in this Middle-Earth land was the location of Bilbo's farewell speech.

The Shire

600

What is the order of stages in Kübler-Ross’s five-stage model of grief?


denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

600

To treat OCD, therapists often use this type of behavioral therapy designed to help patients face fears without performing rituals.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

600

The female counterpart to the Oedipus complex is the ____ Complex. 

Electra

600

Both Rogers’s and Maslow’s theories focus on individual choices and do not believe that _____ is deterministic.

biology

600

In 1887, she faked insanity to expose the horrors of the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island.

Nellie Bly

600

This disorder, often explored in true crime, involves a person developing two or more distinct personalities, such as in the case of "Sybil".

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

600

American singer Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is best known by which stagename?

Lady Gaga