Psychology for Health Professions
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Psychology for Health Professions introduces students to foundational psychological concepts and their practical applications within healthcare settings. The course explores topics such as human development, behavioral change, stress and coping mechanisms, mental health disorders, patient-provider communication, and the psychological aspects of illness and recovery. Emphasis is placed on understanding how psychological principles inform compassionate, effective care and improve patient outcomes. Through case studies and discussions, students learn to appreciate cultural, ethical, and individual differences in health behaviors, paving the way for more holistic, patient-centered practice in their future health professions.
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Psychology From Inquiry to Understanding 3rd Edition by Scott O. Lilienfeld
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Chapter 1: Psychology and Scientific Thinking
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Q1) Nico is meeting with his academic advisor.He wishes to pursue a career where he'll work to diagnose and treat mental disorders.Nico aspires to be a(n)
A)clinical psychologist.
B)experimental psychologist.
C)forensic psychologist.
D)school psychologist.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following psychologists would be most likely to argue that free will is something that does not truly exist,and that we are simply unaware of the environmental influences that affect our behaviors at any given moment?
A)B)F.Skinner
B)Sigmund Freud
C)Wilhelm Wundt
D)Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Answer: A
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Chapter 1: Exsetntion: Psychology and Scientific Thinking
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Q1) A psychologist is often skeptical of claims suggesting that A)people are influenced by others' thoughts and behaviors.
B)a particular behavior is the result of a single causal variable.
C)a person's culture is a strong influence on his or her everyday thoughts and behaviors.
D)a person's future behavior is often difficult to predict accurately.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following ideas is the most compelling evidence against the idea of free will?
A)Most of people's behavior is deliberate and controlled.
B)People often lack direct access to the causes of their behavior.
C)Recent brain imaging studies have shown that readiness potential and conscious intention to behave co-occur .
D)We select when,where,and how to assert our option to engage in one behavior rather than in another.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Research Methods
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Q1) In which situation would presenting the mean as one's measure of central tendency be least accurate?
A)When the distribution is normally distributed
B)When the distribution is negatively skewed
C)When the distribution is bimodal
D)When there are many scores in the data set
Answer: B
Q2) Dr.Johansen randomly assigned subjects to three different groups during her last experiment.She then proceeded to give all the participants in the experiment a new study technique designed to enhance their learning for the upcoming test.What critical error did she make during her experiment?
A)She failed to identify the independent variable.
B)She failed to identify the dependent variable.
C)She failed to include an experimental group.
D)She failed to include a control group.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Exsetntion: Research Methods
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Q1) A therapist wishes to show that his new therapy is a marked improvement over the current best available therapy.To do so,he examines the number of participants who improved with each.A total of 125 participants received his treatment (and 100 of them improved).A total of 80 participants received the alternative treatment (and 64 of them improved).What should the therapist conclude?
A)His treatment is superior to the alternative because 100 is greater than 64.
B)His treatment is no better than the alternative because the percentages are the same.
C)His treatment is inferior because the percentages are the same.
D)His treatment is superior because it included 125 people as opposed to 80.
Q2) A mechanism by which experts in a field carefully screen the work of their colleagues is known as
A)experimental validity.
B)experimenter bias effect.
C)peer review.
D)peer assessment.
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Chapter 3: Biological Psychology
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Q1) When a neuron fires,it fires in a(n)_____ fashion,as there is no such thing as "partial" firing.
A)all-or-none
B)rapid fire
C)accidental patterned
D)quick succession
Q2) The _____ is sometimes called the emergency center of the body.
A)pineal gland
B)pituitary gland
C)thyroid gland
D)adrenal gland
Q3) Andy has decided to seek medical help for mood disturbances and appetite problems.Which neurotransmitter is most likely involved in the problems Andy is experiencing?
A)GABA
B)Dopamine
C)Serotonin
D)Acetycholine
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Chapter 3: Exsetntion: Biological Psychology
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Q1) During an action potential,the electrical charge inside the neuron is _____ the electrical charge outside the neuron.
A)positive compared to B)larger than
C)negative compared to D)smaller than
Q2) Your teacher asks you to describe the sequence of parts of a neuron that the impulse travels during neural conduction.Which of the following sequences will you offer?
A)dendrites,axon,soma,synaptic knob
B)terminal buttons,axon,soma dendrite
C)axon,soma,dendrites,synaptic knob
D)dendrites,soma,axon,axon terminal
Q3) Ali is in the hospital about to undergo a brain-imaging process that involves taking many X-rays from different angles.What type of imaging technique is being used?
A)electroencephalography (EEG)
B)magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
C)positron-emission tomography (PET)
D)computed tomography (CT)
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) When light enters the eye,it first passes through what structure?
A)Cornea
B)Lens
C)Pupil
D)Sclera
Q2) Which of the following sensory difficulties is likely to be the most dangerous?
A)Blindness
B)Deafness
C)Loss of smell
D)Pain insensitivity
Q3) The somatosensory system responds to sensory information about
A)body position and equilibrium.
B)temperature,touch and pain.
C)taste and smell.
D)sound and vision.
Q4) Attending to many modalities simultaneously is a phenomenon called
A)bottom-up processing.
B)top-down processing.
C)parallel processing.
D)selective attention.
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Chapter 4: Exsetntion: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Brightness refers to the intensity of light.The corresponding term when discussing sound is
A)hue.
B)loudness.
C)pitch.
D)timbre.
Q2) Which of the following most closely mimics the process of transduction?
A)Betty mixes eggs,flour,and sugar together to make a cake.
B)While painting,Stan combines the colors red and blue to make purple.
C)Gas companies convert crude oil into a fuel that car engines can run on.
D)Nike changes its logo from a "swoosh" to a "panther."
Q3) A disorder of the inner ear would be most likely to impact our A)equilibrium.
B)hearing.
C)sense of pain.
D)sense of smell.
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Chapter 5: Consciousness
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Q1) Which of the following statements might help you determine if an individual has narcolepsy?
A)"I sometimes fall into a deep sleep in the middle of a conversation."
B)"I don't have an adverse reaction to sleeping pills."
C)"I have difficulty getting to sleep."
D)"When I get up in the morning,I have the feeling that I had really bad nightmares."
Q2) Which of the following pairs belong together?
A)Marijuana; tetrahydrocannabinol
B)Marijuana; psilocybin
C)Marijuana; acetylcholine
D)MDMA; acetylcholine
Q3) Enrico claims that déjà vu is evidence of a memory from one's past life.This claim violates which principle of critical thinking?
A)Falsifiability
B)Parsimony
C)Replicability
D)Ruling out rival hypotheses
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Chapter 5: Exsetntion: Consciousness
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Q1) Which theorist,attempting to explain what dreams are all about,suggested that there are two levels of content to each dream-the manifest content and the latent content.
A)Freud
B)Cartwright
C)Domhoff
D)Van de Castle
Q2) We spend the greatest amount of time engaged in what altered state of consciousness?
A)Dreaming
B)Under the influence of drugs
C)Out-of-body experiences
D)Sleeping
Q3) Although he knows that it is wrong,Sean has a crush on his new stepmom.He dreams of the two of them running away together and living happily ever after.What aspect of dreaming does this represent?
A)Activation-synthesis
B)Repressed desires
C)Wish fulfillment
D)Dream-work
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Q1) Which of the following represents the findings of David Premack?
A)Disallowing a child to have ice cream because he/she did not eat his/her vegetables
B)Allowing a child to have ice cream only if he/she eats his/her vegetables
C)Allowing a child to have ice cream even if he/she does not eat their vegetables
D)Allowing the child to have an extra ice cream cone if he/she dislikes the first cone
Q2) The kind of learning that applies to voluntary behavior is called _____.
A)operant conditioning
B)classical conditioning
C)effective based learning
D)discovery learning
Q3) Whenever five-year-old Claire goes to the dentist,she becomes anxious and cries.Since she was not afraid of the dentist on her first visit,her fear was a learned behavior.The UCS in this case was probably
A)the dentist's beard.
B)sweet toothpaste.
C)the pain associated with teeth cleaning.
D)the sound of the music in the dentist's waiting room.
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Chapter 6: Exsetntion: Learning
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Q1) The situation of a student's final grade improving one letter grade for every three books read represents which schedule of reinforcement?
A)Fixed interval
B)Fixed ratio
C)Variable interval
D)Variable ratio
Q2) Which of the following is true concerning the treatment of phobias using classical conditioning?
A)Persons fearful of flying will need to avoid flying as a way to reduce this fear.
B)Persons fearful of flying will need to associate flying with something pleasurable to reduce this fear.
C)Persons fearful of flying will first need to address the unresolved conflicts in their lives that are contributing to this phobia in order to eliminate the fear of flying.
D)Persons fearful of flying will first need to address their childhood conflicts that are contributing this phobia in order to eliminate this fear of flying.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) "You should have seen it! First the car flipped over and then it exploded! I will never forget it!" What type of memory may have just formed in this eyewitness?
A)Flashbulb
B)Implicit
C)Semantic
D)Procedural
Q2) Although you have never taken a class with Dr.Hua,you walk into class,sit down,open your notebook,and wait for the professor to begin his lecture.What concept is being illustrated?
A)Schema
B)Storage
C)Priming
D)Primacy effect
Q3) With regard to the idea of patients' memories being shaped by suggestive psychotherapy techniques,psychologists
A)are in agreement that this frequently happens.
B)are in agreement that this rarely happens.
C)are divided about whether such memories are real or false memories.
D)need more evidence to demonstrate that false memories can be implanted.
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Chapter 7: Exsetntion: Memory
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Q1) For students to show the best performance on their exams,they are advised to engage in
A)delayed practice.
B)distributed practice.
C)massed practice.
D)processed practice.
Q2) It is believed the _____ memory system may handle automatic remembering,while the _____ memory system requires conscious effort.
A)depth; elaborative
B)prospective; retrospective
C)primacy; recency
D)implicit; explicit
Q3) Eyewitness testimony has been found to be most accurate when
A)the witness has ample time to observe the person under good viewing conditions.
B)the witness is presented a simultaneous,as opposed to a sequential,lineup.
C)a weapon is used in the commission of a crime.
D)the witness is distracted or must fill in gaps in their memory with stereotyped information.
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Chapter 8: Thinking, Reasoning, and Language
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Q1) People with cancer tend to be more optimistic if their doctor says "You are 90% certain to survive" as opposed to "There is a 1 in 10 chance you will die." This is an example of
A)poor bedside manners.
B)a heuristic.
C)framing information.
D)developing a healthful concept.
Q2) Much of our language use serves non-informational purposes,such as
A)establishing or maintaining social relationships.
B)telling the barista that we want a skim latte.
C)advising a friend what time to show up at a party.
D)providing directions to an event.
Q3) Even those who are well-skilled at reading lips can only pick up about _____ percent of what is being said because most of our verbal expression is done inside of the mouth.
A)5-10
B)10-20
C)20-30
D)30-35
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Chapter 8: Exsetntion: Thinking, Reasoning, and Language
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Q1) Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding sign language and talking?
A)Learning sign language speeds up the process of learning to talk.
B)Deaf children who rely on sign language rarely acquire any true vocal skills.
C)Children who are partially deaf and who use sign language have the worst chance of learning to talk because they use sign language as a "crutch."
D)Research has found that only deaf children who get cochlear implants ever truly learn to talk effectively.
Q2) Young Jonah is learning to read,and his father writes MOMMY on a card and asks him to read it.When Jonah struggles,his father says,"Sound it out one letter at a time!" As Jonah does this,he eventually puts the sounds together and triumphantly shouts the correct word.What method has Jonah used to read this word?
A)Phonetic decomposition
B)Pragmatic delineation
C)Semantic structuring
D)Whole-word recognition
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Chapter 9: Intelligence and IQ Testing
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Q1) Research involving family and adoption studies have demonstrated that A)the higher the percentage of shared genes between people,the higher their IQ correlations will be.
B)siblings reared together and cousins reared together have similar IQ correlations.
C)the correlations between the IQ scores of cousins reared together are very strong.
D)the correlations between the IQ scores of cousins reared together are negative.
Q2) Kenneth is especially skilled when it comes to chart reading,map reading,and graph reading tasks.According to Gardner,Kenneth's skills reflect _____ intelligence.
A)spatial
B)linguistic
C)logic-mathematical
D)naturalistic
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Chapter 9: Exsetntion: Intelligence and IQ Testing
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Q1) A person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas or possibilities based on that point.The person is engaging in _____.
A)functional thinking
B)circular thinking
C)convergent thinking
D)divergent thinking
Q2) Which movement was Hitler's rise to power and his quest to produce the master race analogous to?
A)Ebonics
B)Darwinism
C)Genocide
D)Eugenics
Q3) Culture-fair tests attempt to measure _____.
A)the intelligence of people coming from inside the culture in which the test was devised
B)cultural background
C)the effects of culture on people's intellectual and creative skills
D)the intelligence of people coming from outside the culture in which the test was devised
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Chapter 10: Human Development
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Q1) Young Eli,only a bit over 18 months of age,has been fooled by his parents.In order to get him to willingly take a children's chewable vitamin every day,his parents have taught him that it is a "candy." Now,whenever Eli sees any product that is small and brightly colored,he says "Candy! YUMMM!" and tries to put it into his mouth.Eli's attempt to make new stimuli consistent with his existing mental structures is an example of _____.
A)centration
B)egocentrism
C)accommodation
D)assimilation
Q2) Which of the following physical changes is associated with aging in men?
A)A loss of ability to hear low-pitched sounds
B)A reduction in testosterone levels
C)A reduction in interest in his career
D)An increase in the speed at which a man gets an erection
Q3) During menarche,teenagers experience
A)the start of menstruation.
B)the first ejaculation.
C)voice changes.
D)the end of menstruation.
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Chapter 10: Exsetntion: Human Development
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Q1) During the _____ stage of development,a child will not have developed object permanence.
A)preoperational
B)sensorimotor
C)concrete operational
D)formal operational
Q2) Gail has just turned 53 and is beginning menopause.Gail is likely to begin experiencing
A)a significant loss of appetite.
B)a significant loss of physical energy.
C)depression.
D)hot flashes.
Q3) 16-year old Brenda's parents are political conservatives,while she identifies more with liberal political views.When asked her political orientation,Brenda seems uncertain and does not respond.Brenda is dealing with the _____ crisis.
A)industry versus inferiority
B)autonomy versus shame and doubt
C)ego integrity versus despair
D)identity versus role confusion
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Chapter 11: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) Before entering first grade,little Mina used to love to read books.Once school started,her teacher began a program to motivate her students to read.She began to give stars to those children who finished a new book.As a result,Mina no longer reads while she is at home.What has likely occurred?
A)Mina's intrinsic motivation decreased.
B)Mina's extrinsic motivation decreased.
C)Mina's intrinsic motivation was unchanged.
D)Mina's intrinsic motivation was increased.
Q2) Who proposed the triangular theory of love?
A)Robert Sternberg
B)Soloman Asch
C)Stanley Milgram
D)Philip Zimbardo
Q3) Which best characterizes the correlation between income and subjective feelings of happiness?
A)Negative,but weak
B)Positive and strong
C)Negligible
D)Positive,but modest
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Chapter 11: Exsetntion: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) "Look at those two,they can't keep their hands off of each other! They've only been on two dates,and they barely know each other!" What type of love is being depicted?
A)Companionate
B)Infatuation
C)Committed
D)Intimate
Q2) Val has a crush on Ilene.What is one thing he might do to make himself more desirable?
A)Bring her flowers
B)Stop by every day to say hello
C)Compliment her on her hair
D)Tell her she has nice shoes
Q3) Little Denny is listening to Grandpa Joe talk about the "good old days." How is Grandpa Joe likely to be feeling?
A)Tired
B)Sad
C)Happy
D)Nostalgic
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Chapter 12: Stress, Coping, and Health
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Q1) _____ is the mental shortcut we use to judge the likelihood of an event and the ease with which it comes to mind.
A)Representativeness heuristic
B)Availability heuristic
C)Automatic process
D)Rumination
Q2) Joanna has a type-A personality.Which of the following traits are descriptive of her personality?
A)Competitive and driven
B)Negative and distressed
C)Relaxed and easygoing
D)Obsessive and neat
Q3) Research has found that the body's immune system can attack your own body parts,leading to all but which of the following conditions?
A)Arthritis
B)AIDS
C)Multiple sclerosis
D)Diabetes
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Q1) "Like cures like" is the foundation of
A)alternative medicine.
B)homeopathy.
C)complementary medicine.
D)traditional medicine.
Q2) Tad seems to thrive when faced with difficult challenges and usually feels in control of his life.He would probably be labeled a _____ personality.
A)stressed
B)Type B
C)Type C
D)hardy
Q3) The purpose of the _____ is to protect the body against the invasion of bacteria,viruses,fungi,or other illness-producing organisms.
A)antigens
B)lymphocytes
C)phagocytes
D)immune system
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Chapter 13: Social Psychology
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Q1) Marika was confronted by the jealous girlfriend of a guy that Marika had dated.She backed down from the confrontation and fled the scene.Later,she asked several others what they would have done in that type of a situation,and they agreed that they would have done the same thing.Marika felt better.This is an example of
A)fundamental attribution theory.
B)social comparison theory.
C)collective delusions.
D)mass hysteria.
Q2) What is the moral or take-home message of Solomon Asch's series of experiments in which participants were asked to judge the lengths of lines?
A)People will go to great lengths to please people on whom they depend.
B)People will go to great lengths to fit in with others.
C)People will go to great lengths to assert their independence.
D)People will go to great lengths to convince others of their points of view.
Q3) Who is least likely to be aggressive?
A)Cody,a Southerner who has just been insulted by a neighbor
B)Juan,who just watched a daylong marathon of slasher movies
C)Jeff,who has been drinking heavily at a bar
D)Shoshone,who lives in Anchorage,Alaska
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Chapter 13: Exsetntion: Social Psychology
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Q1) When half of his class earned D's and F's on the midterm exam,Professor Bush came back to the next class and delivered a stern lecture about their effort.He admonished the class for failing to meet their obligations,for being lazy,and for not taking their studies seriously.These attributions,which were all _____ attributions,did not really give any consideration to the fact that the students may have had other reasons for failing the exam that were beyond their immediate control.
A)cooperative
B)dispositional
C)accusatory
D)situational
Q2) Devin holds the viewpoint that a female physician will not be as effective as a male physician because females are too emotional in nature.Devin's way of thinking about this situation can best be described as A)prejudiced.
B)ethnoracial.
C)an example of poor cognition.
D)discriminatory.
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Q1) The main conflict of the anal stage comes from
A)the Oedipal complex.
B)toilet training.
C)sexual repression.
D)weaning off the breast or bottle.
Q2) Cailee and Rick's parents take them to church every week.What type of influence on personality is being exhibited?
A)Genetic
B)Nonshared environmental
C)Shared environmental
D)Sociological
Q3) The neo-Freudian,Carl Jung,suggested the existence of a collective unconscious that contains images shared by all people,called _____.
A)schemas
B)archetypes
C)prototypes
D)instincts
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Chapter 14: Exsetntion: Personality
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Q1) Research suggests that the Big Five personality traits are
A)unique to each culture.
B)identical in every culture.
C)fairly consistent across many cultures.
D)useless for cultural evaluation.
Q2) William's father wants him to join the army.William has no desire to join.What personality test could William fool the easiest into believing he had a psychological disorder that might keep him out of the army?
A)MMPI-2
B)Rorschach
C)CPI
D)MBQ
Q3) A key criticism of the trait perspective on personality development is that it
A)fails to explain the cause of the differences in the various trait dimensions.
B)focuses too much on the role of unconscious forces in personality development.
C)ignores the evil and selfishness that humans are capable of.
D)lacks supportive evidence for the existence of multiple trait dimensions.
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Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) After being passed up for a promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son,a man disappears.He shows up two weeks later in another town with no memory of who he is or how he got there.He appears to be suffering from _____.
A)schizophrenia
B)a somatoform disorder
C)a dissociative disorder
D)factitious disorder
Q2) Any behavior that does not allow a person to function within or adapt to the stresses and everyday demands of life is considered abnormal because it creates _____.
A)deviance
B)distress
C)disapproval
D)impairment
Q3) According to the data,the single best predictor of suicide is A)loss of a loved one.
B)depression.
C)a previous attempt.
D)unemployment.
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Chapter 15: Exsetntion: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Although their intent was noble,there was a major problem with the asylums that existed to help the mentally ill in the 15<sup>th</sup> century.What was that problem?
A)a lack of "customers" caused by the massive drop in mental illness
B)the use of barbaric treatments that were little better than those of the demonic era
C)too many physicians trying to implement their own views on the best ways to provide treatment
D)no religious guidance to help the patients find a spiritual center
Q2) The diathesis-stress model suggests that schizophrenia develops from
A)genetic influences entirely.
B)environmental influences entirely.
C)exposure to stress.
D)a combination of a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia and exposure to significant stressors in their life.
Q3) Which of the following statements is true regarding suicide?
A)More men than women attempt suicide.
B)More women than men attempt suicide.
C)Depression is a better predictor of suicide than are feelings of hopelessness.
D)There is no relationship between age and attempting suicide.
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Chapter 16: Psychological and Biological Treatments
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Q1) Rico suffers from bipolar disorder.His psychiatrist will most likely prescribe
A)Lithium.
B)Prozac.
C)Ritalin.
D)Thorazine.
Q2) _____ practitioners teach clients that negative thoughts such as "I'm worthless" are merely thoughts,not facts,while encouraging them to accept and tolerate the full range of their feelings,and act in keeping with their goals and values.
A)Avoidance and commitment therapy
B)Acceptance and commitment therapy
C)Dissonance and commitment therapy
D)Dialectical and behavioral therapy
Q3) George begins to project his anxieties and unresolved feelings about his mother onto his therapist.This is what Sigmund Freud would have called A)free association.
B)resistance.
C)transference.
D)working through.
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Chapter 16: Exsetntion: Psychological and Biological Treatments
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Q1) Psychologists find group therapy to be an effective approach to treatment because A)it is more effective at producing lasting changes than the individual treatments.
B)it allows participants to practice new skills in a safe environment.
C)they interact less with each individual patient.
D)they can make more money.
Q2) In what brand of psychotherapy would a clinical psychologist attempt to uncover the underlying unconscious conflicts and impulses that are the cause of one's psychological difficulties?
A)Behavioral
B)Cognitive-behavioral
C)Humanistic
D)Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic
Q3) Psychotherapy is an intervention designed to help people to deal with and manage
A)legal problems.
B)financial problems.
C)interpersonal problems only.
D)behavioral,emotional,and interpersonal problems.
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