Applied Psychology
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Course Introduction
Applied Psychology explores the practical implementation of psychological theories, principles, and research methods to solve real-world problems in various settings such as education, health, business, and social services. The course examines how psychological insights can inform practices like assessment, intervention, and evaluation, while addressing topics such as motivation, decision-making, mental health, learning, and human behavior in the workplace. Students will develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to apply psychological frameworks ethically and effectively across diverse populations and professional contexts.
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Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World 9th Edition by Jeffrey S. Nevid
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods of Research
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Q1) Torture, starvation, and beatings were among the ______.
A) methods of persuasions used by exorcists
B) methods of treatment used in medieval psychotherapy for depression
C) threats made to hospitalized mental patients until electroshock therapy was developed
D) forms of punishment used in the Renaissance by parents of rebellious male teenagers
Answer: A
Q2) Research has found that _______________ have a greater frequency of suicide and of states of emotional distress, especially anxiety and depression, compared to heterosexual men and women.
A) bisexual men
B) homosexual men
C) lesbian women
D) homosexual men and lesbian women
Answer: D
Q3) Anxiety and depression are always abnormal responses to one's situation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) The area of the cortex most involved in memory, speech, language, and the controlling of voluntary muscle response is the ______ lobe.
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) temporal
D) occipital
Answer: A
Q2) As the debate on epigenetics continues, the authors of your textbook offer a few key points to consider. Which of the following is one of those key points?
A) Genes dictate behavioral outcomes.
B) Genetic factors make it a certainty that certain behaviors or disorders will develop.
C) Multigenetic determinism affects psychological disorders.
D) Genetic factors and environmental influence do not interact with each other in determining our vulnerability to a range of psychological disorders.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) Psychodynamic theorists believe that individuals project ______ needs, drives, and motives on to an ambiguous stimulus when taking a projective test.
A) sexual
B) aggressive
C) unconscious
D) suppressed
Answer: C
Q2) The MMPI consists of ______ major clinical scales.
A) 4
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10
Answer: D
Q3) The DSM system is explanatory, not descriptive.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Stress-Related Disorders
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Q1) The endocrine glands release ______ directly into the bloodstream.
A) acetylcholine
B) antibodies
C) antigens
D) hormones
Q2) A psychologist who is studying the effects of stress on physical health is most likely a ______.
A) health psychologist
B) evolutionary psychologist
C) positive psychologist
D) psychiatrist
Q3) Although most people exposed to traumatic events do not develop PTSD, many do experience symptoms associated with the disorder, such as difficulties concentrating and high levels of arousal.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the factors that could contribute to an individual having an increased vulnerability to PTSD.
Q5) Discuss the similarities and differences between Acute Stress disorder and PTSD.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders
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Q1) Describe the differences between hoarding disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Q2) One reason panic attacks can be so frightening is that they often mimic the symptoms of ______.
A) heart attacks
B) epileptic seizures
C) strokes
D) meningitis
Q3) People with generalized anxiety disorder tend to be chronic, lifelong worriers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain what phobias are, describing their common features. Also, define and describe specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia.
Q5) Many compulsives show deficits in memory tasks. A)True
B)False
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Q6) The term "neurosis" has been in all five editions of the DSM. A)True
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6: Dissociative Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, and Psychological Factors Affecting
Physical Health
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Q1) Transcendental Meditation was brought to the U.S. by Herbert Benson.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The term ______ is now used to describe what used to be called multiple personality disorder.
A) schizotypal personality disorder
B) depersonalization disorder
C) dissociative identity disorder
D) schizoid personality disorder
Q3) Consciously raising the temperature of the finger can help people to cope with ______.
A) panic attacks
B) back pain
C) migraine headaches
D) ulcers
Q4) It is currently believed that ulcers are caused mainly by ______.
A) stress
B) diet
C) chronic anger
D) a bacterium Page 9
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) To meet the DSM criteria for a diagnosis of cyclothymic disorder, disturbances of mood in adults must persist for at least ______.
A) 1 year
B) 2 years
C) 3 years
D) 4 years
Q2) Which of the following is an emotional symptom of depression?
A) loss of enjoyment in pleasurable activities
B) depressed mood
C) reduced interest in sex
D) lack of interest in social activities
Q3) Cognitive psychologists focus on helping depressed patients ______.
A) change their dysfunctional thinking patterns
B) develop a positive sense of self-worth through new goals and relationships
C) expand their awareness of their authentic feelings
D) modify behaviors that contribute to depression
Q4) Discuss cognitive perspectives on depression, focusing on Beck's cognitive theory and the reformulated helplessness (attributional) theory.
Q5) Discuss the prevalence of and risk factors for major depression.
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Chapter 8: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
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Q1) The relapse prevention model focuses on ______.
A) underlying psychological conflicts which create the need to use drugs
B) total abstinence from drug use
C) identifying high-risk situations and learning effective coping skills
D) modification of social support systems
Q2) Many drugs of abuse produce pleasurable effects by increasing the availability of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Many Native Americans believe _______________is largely responsible for their high rates of drinking-related problems.
A) discrimination and prejudice from more dominant racial groups
B) loss of their traditional culture
C) lack of access to stimulating activities on reservations
D) poverty and lack of access to good health care
Q4) In the DSM-5, tolerance and withdrawal syndromes are associated with ______
A) substance addiction disorders.
B) substance dependence disorders.
C) substance use disorders.
D) substance misuse disorders.
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Chapter 9: Eating Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) Drugs used to treat depression may help curb bulimic binges.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which person is most likely to develop an eating disorder?
A) a 28-year-old female corporate attorney
B) a 16-year-old high school male cheerleader
C) an 18-year-old female who just entered college
D) a 21-year-old male member of a heavy metal band
Q3) Which of the following people is at highest risk of being obese?
A) a wealthy African American male
B) a poor Native American female
C) a poor non-Hispanic White male
D) a wealthy Hispanic female
Q4) The addition of body fat associated with puberty is natural in early adolescence.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the features of the major types of parasomnias: nightmare disorder, sleep terror disorder, and sleepwalking disorder.
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Chapter 10: Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) Researchers have found subtle differences in the brains of transgender people but do not yet know the implications of those differences.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Eric Rimm's (2000) study found erectile dysfunction to be linked to which of the following?
A) having a large waist
B) excessive, overly strenuous exercise
C) a vitamin B deficiency
D) eating fast food
Q3) In the case of Pete and Paula in the text, the sexual disorder was ______.
A) Pete's erectile dysfunction
B) Paula's sexual aversion disorder
C) Paula's hypoactive sexual desire disorder
D) Pete's vaginismus
Q4) Until the research of the sex researchers Masters and Johnson in the 1960s, there was no effective treatment for most sexual dysfunctions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) People with schizophrenia are noted to have a(n) ____ where their eyes do not steadily track a target but instead fall back and then catch up in a kind of jerky movement.
A) eye movement dysfunction
B) visual movement disorder
C) sensory perception dysfunction
D) lethargy transduction
Q2) Keith suffers from schizophrenia. One of his symptoms is that he constantly makes up new words that have little or no meaning to his listeners. When he does this he is engaging in ______.
A) blocking
B) clanging
C) neologisms
D) perseveration
Q3) The DSM-5 now recognizes catatonic schizophrenia as a new subtype of schizophrenia.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What has been revealed about through the research on evoked rate potentials (ERPs) and schizophrenia?
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders
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Q1) According to Millon, excessive parental discipline may lead to ______ behaviors.
A) paranoid
B) histrionic
C) obsessive-compulsive
D) avoidant
Q2) What is purpose of self-mutilation with the person with borderline personality disorder?
Q3) The concept "splitting" is central to ______ psychodynamic theory of borderline personality.
A) Kohut's
B) Kernberg's
C) Mahler's
D) Millon's
Q4) Which of the following diagnoses is assigned to people whose behavior is characterized as overly dramatic, emotional, or erratic?
A) schizoid
B) passive-aggressive
C) sociophobic
D) narcissistic
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Chapter 13: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Investigators have linked an increased risk of both autism and schizophrenia in children with __________.
A) older fathers
B) older mothers
C) younger fathers
D) younger mothers
Q2) Psychodynamic theorists look at oppositional defiant disorder as a sign of fixation at the ______ stage of development.
A) oral
B) anal
C) phallic
D) genital
Q3) About ______ percent of adolescents who attempt suicide have done so previously.
A) 10
B) 25
C) 50
D) 75
Q4) How does oppositional defiant disorder differ from conduct disorder? How do family factors contribute to the presence of this disorder?
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Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging
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Q1) The majority of Parkinson's patients treated with L-dopa show ______.
A) steady improvement and eventual recovery
B) stabilization of functioning with few further declines
C) temporary improvement followed by gradual deterioration
D) temporary improvement followed by rapid deterioration
Q2) Women have been found to be at higher risk than men for Alzheimer's disease. As your authors point it this may be because ______.
A) of the effects of estrogen
B) the older generation of women have not exercised their brains at work as much as men
C) they live longer than men
D) they have not exercised as much as men
Q3) What distinguishes the decline in intellectual functioning in dementia from the decline in normal aging?
A) Victims of dementia have difficulty chiefly with long term memory.
B) People with dementia have almost always suffered a stroke.
C) The normal elderly show no memory loss.
D) The decline in dementia victims is much more rapid and severe.
Q4) Discuss the findings with regard to the genetic link to Alzheimer's disease.
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Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology and the Law
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Q1) People who are placed in psychiatric institutions because they were acquitted of a crime by reason of insanity are committed through a process of _______ commitment.
A) voluntary
B) institutional
C) criminal
D) civil
Q2) Which of the following is a factor cited to account for the inability of professionals to predict dangerousness?
A) Recognizing violent tendencies after a violent incident is easier than predicting it beforehand.
B) Violent acts like murder and assault are so common that it is difficult to sort out who will and who won't commit such acts.
C) There is consistency among experts for defining the criteria for violent or dangerous behavior.
D) Generalized perceptions of violent tendencies often predict specific acts of violence.
Q3) Discuss Thomas Szasz's assertion that the insanity plea is degrading to the defendant.
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