Psych 111 Final Exam

Front 1

One of the most common causes of murder is what?

Back 1

Sexual Jealousy

Front 2

Which of the following is a necessary for a diagnosis of PTSD?

Back 2

Tramatic event, persons reaction (horror fear, helplessness)

Front 3

Who is one of the primary developers of positive psychology?

Back 3

Martin Seligman

Front 4

Which of the following isn’t a characteristic of an overly aggressice individual?

Back 4

Characteristics: Has a past, difficulty finding other solution, underestimate their response (not that bad)

Front 5

Who of the following is most likely to commit rape?

Back 5

Men, history of hostility, anger and abuse

Front 6

What is true about social support and stress?

Back 6

Religious and connections with others help reduce stress and increase health

Front 7

Which of the following isn’t one of selye body responses to stress?

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Alarm-(high arousal SNS, resistance-moderate arousal, prolonged) exhaustion-(long lasting stress, fatigue, weakness, increased illness

Front 8

What does predictability do for stress?

Back 8

(Slide 100) predictions makes stress level fall

Front 9

What is the fundamental attribution error?

Back 9

We make dispositional attributions for a persons behavior despite the presence of possible external influences (SLIDE 33)

Front 10

Who is associated with moral reasoning and moral development?

Back 10

Lawerence Kohlberg

Front 11

Reciprocal all truism and tracting who we should cooperate with is also known as what?

Back 11

Tit for tat we will help them and we understand that they will help us

Front 12

When may we see the opposite of the actor-observe effect?

Back 12

When people are depressed (see slide 34)

Front 13

Which of the following is a reason for by standard helpfulness or apathy?

Back 13

Someone else will help, fear, and Pluralistic ignorance, Diffusion of Responsibility

Front 14

Who argued that moral development models may discriminate against women and proposed an alternative model to account for it?

Back 14

Carol Gillgan

Front 15

Freuds 5 stages of physio sexual in order are what?

Back 15

The oral stage (1st year) The anal stage (1 to 3 yrs) Phallic (3 to 6 yrs) Latent (6 to 12 yrs) Genital (12 - ) slide 26

Front 16

What did Freud suggest that an excessive anxiety in people might be due to?

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Lack of sexual gratification, masturbation, tramatic sexual experience

Front 17

An important aspect of personality as discussed in lecture is what?

Back 17

Personality: consistent way of acting

Front 18

Which of the following isn’t a Freudian defense mechanism?

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Rationalization (making excuses) Repression (motivated forgetting) Regression (return to juvenile behavior) Denial, Displacement (diversion of an unacceptable thought) Reaction Formation (involves presentation of one’s thoughts or feelings as the extreme opposite of what they are) Sublimination(the transformation of sexual or aggressive energies into acceptable and pro-social behaviors) Projection (see our own undesirable characteristics)

Front 19

According to Freud physco sexual energy which influence and develops personality is known as what?

Back 19

Libido

Front 20

Know the Id, ego and super ego.

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ID (biological drives that needs gratification) Ego (Rational, negotiating, decision making component) Super Ego (Internalized values and rules we receive from our parents and society)

Front 21

In what field of mental health does Dr.Livingston suggest Freud is alive and well?

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Psychiatry

Front 22

What is the file drawer effect?

Back 22

studies that only get published are those that find significance and are successful

Front 23

How many stages of psychodynamics therapy are there?

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4, Free association, Resistance, Catharsis, Transfer

Front 24

What is Dr. Livingston acronym for helping people change in psycho therapy?

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MAP (Motivation, Awareness, Practice)

Front 25

Which therapy doesn’t interpret the client’s thoughts, feelings or provides advice?

Back 25

Humanistic Therapy, Positive-Centered Therapy

Front 26

Which psycho therapy appears to be the most effective?

Back 26

All equally effective

Front 27

Which form of therapy espouses a ABC model?

Back 27

Rational-Emotive therapy A-activate event B-Belief C- Component Feeling

Front 28

Which of the following is not true about insanity?

Back 28

Definition is judicial more than scientific, bizarre crimes don’t mean insanity, rare in court cases

Front 29

Because of deinstitutionalization where are many former mental hospital patients?

Back 29

Homeless, nursing homes, imprisoned and dead

Front 30

In order to commit a mentally ill person to an institution involuntarily what is generally needed?

Back 30

Opinion of one or more professionals and court action must be obtained

Front 31

Which of the following is not something a community psychologist would focus one?

Back 31

Focuses are: Needs of groups rather than individuals; look at various routes to circumventing mental illness or lessening its damaging effects

Front 32

An obsession is defined as what? While a compulsion is what?

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Obsession: repetitive, unwelcome streams of thoughts Compulsions: repetitive, almost irresistible actions

Front 33

A big difference between type I and type II alcoholism is what?

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Type I develops gradually over time, equal in men and women, less severe Type II early onset, prevalent in men, genetic link (SEE SLIDE 30 Table 16.3)

Front 34

When is anxiety considered pathological?

Back 34

When it interferes with daily functioning

Front 35

What percentage of the population is experiencing a phobia at any given time?

Back 35

5-6%

Front 36

The two primary symptoms in diagnosing substance dependency are what?

Back 36

Tolerance: Decreased effects of a given dose (Using more) Withdrawal: unpleasant sensations when the drug is not used

Front 37

According to D. Livingston what is the most salient (Important) feature of GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)?

Back 37

The ability to control the worry

Front 38

Which of the following is a sex difference between men and women with depression?

Back 38

Women are twice as much likely to experience depression after adolescences, Women experience more rapid hormonal change yet are the same level as non-depressed women, men try to distract from depression and women dwell on feelings

Front 39

A useful treatment for seasonal affective disorder is what?

Back 39

Disorder that affects people at specific times of years, usually dealing with light. Light therapy, people sitting in front of a light for a few hours a day

Front 40

What are the three main aspects of depression?

Back 40

Problems are GLOBAL (things are bad all around), PERSONAL (they attribute it to themselves) and PERVASIVE (every aspect of my life)

Front 41

The most important criteria for diagnosing bi-polar disorder is what?

Back 41

The presence of a manic episode and usually followed by a depression. MANIC: 5-7 days of reckless behavior, racing thoughts, productivity, and thinks highly of themselves.

Front 42

Which of the following is not a person likely to commit suicide?

Back 42

Depression, bio-polar, drug or alcohol abuser, childhood problems, family history, suffering from some sort of lose

Front 43

Which of the following is a positive symptom for schizophrenia?

Back 43

Behaviors that are notable because of their presence (hallucinations and delusion, disorder thinking) Negative symptoms are those that are not there

Front 44

Tremors and involuntary movement resulting in taking anti-psychotic medication is known as what?

Back 44

Tardive dyskinesia

Front 45

Which type of schizophrenia may be associated with rigid inactivity?

Back 45

Catatonic

Front 46

Types of Schizophrenia:

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Undifferentiated, Catatonic: Rigid inactivity, Disorganized: Incoherent speech, odd behavior, Paranoid: A lot of hallucinations and delusion.

Front 47

One significant problem with the use of lie detector test is what?

Back 47

People can fake the results

Front 48

What is the difference between a dushean smile and a voluntary one?

Back 48

Muscles in the eye are used

Front 49

What is the relationship between violence and self esteem?

Back 49

There is no relationship

Front 50

Unintentionally discriminating against some groups while expressing that all people are the same is known as what?

Back 50

Adverse Racism

Front 51

Who conducted the Stanford prison experiment?

Back 51

Zimbardo

Front 52

Which of the following is not a way that we choose our friends (in lecture)

Back 52

Proximity and most exposure, similarity, equity

Front 53

-What is the difference between the central route to persuasion and the peripheral route?

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Persuasion: central route-serious decision, very logical important peripheral-when decision is unimportant, people pay attention to more superficial aspects (such as speakers appearance

Front 54

Under what conditions is group think likely?

Back 54

With a cohesive group with a strong leader when people are afraid to voice opinion

Front 55

When studying normal vs. abnormal behavior what important thing should also be considered?

Back 55

Context

Front 56

The DSM-4 uses what model of psych-pathology?

Back 56

Categorical

Front 57

A very specific question bio-psycho-social law (biological psychological or social)

Back 57

Bio-genetics, injury, disease processes resulting in abnormal brain development
Psycho-individuals life, history and experience
Social- how have people acted towards them, how has been there friend

Front 58

A state of reaching ones full potential is known as what?

Back 58

Self Actualization

Front 59

The most widely used personality test currently being used is what?

Back 59

Minnesota Multiphyasic Personality inventory 2

Front 60

Who developed a hierarchy of motivating needs culminating in reaching ones full potential?

Back 60

Abraham Maslow

Front 61

According to Livingstone what is the pony in the poop for Rorsonach?

Back 61

Good for detecting psycho’s

Front 62

The MMPI2 has how many questions?

Back 62

567

Front 63

Two questions on breach of confidentiality?

Back 63

suicidal, court appeals, homicidal, Death, abuse

Front 64

The big 5 personality traits are what?

Back 64

Neuroticism (the tendency to experience unpleasant emotions very easily), extraversion (tendency to seek stimulation and enjoy the company of other people), agreeableness (tendency to be compassionate rather than antagonistic towards others), conscientiousness (tendency to show self-discipline, to be reliable, and to strive for competence and achievement), openness to new experience (Openness to Experience refers to a tendency to enjoy new experiences and new ideas)

Front 65

Methods of persuasion (know them)

Back 65

The sleeper effect-delayed persuasion by initially rejected message
Minority Influence-those holding unpopular opinions eventually change the attitudes of the majority
Forewarning effect-telling them will increase the likelihood that they’ll reject the argument
Inoculation effect-weak argument followed by a stronger one
Foot-in-door: modest request followed by a larger
Foot in face-Ask the outrageous request first, followed by a smaller one
Bait and switch- additional demands after initial commitment
That’s not all- keep giving stuff

Front 66

- 2 questions about the 5 accesses diagnostic process’ (matching)

Back 66

5-Axis
1-clinical disorder
2- personality disorders & mental retardation
3-general medical conditions
4-Psychosocial
5-global assessment of functioning

Front 67

Who developed the theory of archetypes?

Back 67

Carol jung

Front 68

Match a characteristic with a theory of emotion?

Back 68

1. Opponent-Process Theory
Sympathetic→parasympathetic (opposites)
See a bear: excitement→runaway, calm
2. James-Lange Theory
Person’s interpretation of stimulus evokes the autonomic change directly
Physiology first then emotion
3. Schachter-Singer Theory
Intensity of physiological reaction depends on intensity of emotion.
Same event, different reaction possible

Front 69

One significant problem with the Rorsonach test is what?

Back 69

interpretive, wrongly diagnosed, cross-culturaly limited,