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PSY1200 App State Final Exam

_____________ is the number-one reason people seek mental health services and is declared the "top cause of disability in the world today".

A psychological disorder is a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's:

Cognition, Behavior, Emotional regulation

Madea believes that people are constantly laughing at her and that FBI agents are trying to steal her savings. Madea is most clearly suffering from:

During this state of bipolar disorder, one may have little need for sleep, fewer sexual inhibitions, reckless spending, and an abnormal persistence of positivity.

Researchers discovered that untreated syphilis infects the brain and distorts the mind. This discovery triggered an eager search for physical causes of mental disorders and for treatments that would cure them. This best represents the:

A person with schizophrenia who may see, feel, taste, or smell things that are not there is said to be experiencing:

The most common method of suicide attempts for men is ________________.

In class we discussed two psychological disorders that occur worldwide. What are these two disorders?

Depression & schizophrenia

Marcus has unpredictable episodes of anxiety during which he cannot breathe and feels as if he is having a heart attack. Although these feelings are temporary, they fill him with dread and worry. Which disorder might Marcus have?

The following are all characteristics of antisocial personality disorder except:

This disorder is the leading cause of the homeless veteran population in the United States.

Posttraumatic stress disorder

In class we watched a video of a woman with dissociative identity disorder named Jeni Haynes. Who was the personality that took on the responsibility of protecting Jeni?

This is a positive symptom of schizophrenia in which there is a rapid shift from topic to topic in speech with no understandable connection.

A controversial, rare disorder in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings is called _____.

This disorder seems to occur mostly in Westernized cultures.

What is the prevalence rate of schizophrenia?

________ __________ was a French reformer that opposed the brutal treatment of those suffering from mental illness.

When does a fear become a phobia?

When the fear provokes an irrational desire to avoid the object/situation

____________ is the surgical drilling of a hole into the skull to release evil spirits/demons in an attempt to cure mental illness.

This disorder is characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

If an individual already has schizophrenia, which of the following family members has the GREATEST likelihood of also displaying symptoms of schizophrenia?

In class we discussed a series of studies revealing that those with this disorder show little autonomic nervous system arousal while awaiting aversive events such as electric shocks or loud noises.

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Tanya unknowingly switches her thinking and behavior from that of an 18-year-old American female to a 5-year-old Cuban boy. Witnesses claim it is like observing two different people. Which disorder may Tanya have?

Dissociative Identity Disorder

The most common method of suicide attempts for women is ____________.

By which age does the lack of conscious in those with antisocial personality disorder become obvious? By this age, the person may be lying, stealing, fighting, and displaying unrestrained behavior.

This characteristic of generalized anxiety disorder explains why it is hard for people with the disorder to relieve or avoid the stressor(s)/threat(s) that cause the anxiety.

This disorder is characterized by alternations between states of hopelessness/lethargy and states of overexcitation.

In class we watched a video of a woman with dissociative identity disorder named Jeni Haynes. Who was the personality that took on the responsibility of experiencing and dealing with abuse from her father?

_______________ (a positive symptom of schizophrenia) is when a person produces meaningless rhyming in conversation.

This is the feeling of powerlessness and complete resignation following multiple uncontrollable painful events that is associated with major depressive disorder.

Washing one's hands 100 times a day would be an example of a(n) _____________.

This disorder is characterized by excessive, consistent, and exaggerated worry about everyday life events.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

The most common hallucinations experienced in schizophrenia are:

There is diminished brain activity with lessened amounts of serotonin and norepinephrine in those experiencing this disorder.

Major Depressive Disorder

_____________ (a positive symptom of schizophrenia) are made-up words or phrases.

A consistently repetitive concern of contamination through germs, dirt, or toxins would be an example of a(n):

Catatonia (motor behaviors ranging from stupor to compulsive) is a ______________ symptom of schizophrenia.

Professions relying on precision and logic, such as architects, designers, and journalists are less likely to develop bipolar disorder than professions relying on emotional expressions and vivid imagery, such as composers, artists, poets, and entertainers

Women are more likely than men to experience depression.

Men are more likely to attempt suicide, and women are more likely to complete suicide.

Comparing your attractiveness now to when you were in middle school would be an example of:

During a typical morning, Daniel will check the clock more frequently as the time for his regularly scheduled lunch break approaches. In this case, Daniel's clock-checking behavior is reinforced on a ___________ schedule.

Madea's nephew refused to work on his homework and threw his binder across the room. Madea then went into her nephew's room and took his Xbox away so that he couldn't play before bed. This is an example of what?

What is the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response called?

Carl is a professional baseball player. Swinging at a pitched ball is reinforced with a home run on a _________ schedule.

Children oftentimes learn behaviors by following and copying those of their parents. This best illustrates:

The fundamental attribution error is more apparent in ___________ than it is in ___________.

Individualistic; collectivist cultures

You have been working nights and weekends to get a project completed at work. You are successful, and a couple of weeks later when you come into work your boss presents you with a bonus check. This bonus encourages you to work more nights and weekends. Yo

_______________ naturally and automatically triggers a response.

Sam is an animal trainer at an aquarium. He has taught the aquarium seals to repeat certain behaviors, such as slapping and barking, by tossing them a herring. This best illustrates:

People are more likely to change their ___________ when reducing cognitive dissonance.

Other than grabbing attention, ____________ produces no specific response.

Jack finds it extremely difficult to pull himself away from the blackjack table. He keeps thinking he will break even because the next hand will be his winning one, even though the reinforcement occurs unpredictably. This is a ________ schedule.

The Stanford Prison Experiment was originally planned to last two weeks. After how long did Zimbardo stop the study?

We tend to feel discomfort when two of our thoughts are inconsistent, or when our beliefs are inconsistent with our behaviors, so we then act to reduce this discomfort. This is known as:

Cognition dissonance theory

One main difference between punishment and reinforcement is that the goal of reinforcement is to _________ a behavior, while the goal of punishment is to ____________ a behavior.

Walter was bitten by a dog when he was 5 years old. To this day, he will not pet a dog, although he will pet cats. This reaction best illustrates:

John has just learned that his neighbor Mark was involved in an automobile accident at a nearby intersection. The tendency to make the fundamental attribution error may lead John to conclude:

His recklessness has finally gotten him into trouble

Guards" in the Stanford Prison Experiment were given all of the following except:

During the Stanford Prison Experiment, how many "prisoners" were released early due to symptoms of anxiety and depression?

When Jane had leukemia as a child, she had to undergo numerous bouts of chemotherapy. The chemotherapy always made her nauseous. As she went through a year of treatment, the waiting room started to make her nauseous. The waiting room became:

A _______________ is any event or situation that evokes a response.

When Jane had leukemia as a child, she had to undergo numerous bouts of chemotherapy. The chemotherapy always made her nauseous. As she went through a year of treatment, the waiting room started to make her nauseous. The nausea Jane experiences from the w

Comparing your current tennis skills to those of the lowest-performing player on your team would be an example of

Downward social comparison

In the house that Mary grew up in, if the toilet was flushed while someone was showering, the water would become scolding hot. Mary would feel the scolding hot water and immediately jump out of its way. In Mary's new apartment for college, when she hears

Sound of the toilet flushing

Jill has a headache and takes Advil to relieve the pain. Now when Jill gets a headache, she's more likely to take Advil. This is an example of a(n):

Comparing your current basketball skills to those of Michael Jordan would be an example of

____________are feelings that are based on beliefs. They predispose people to react in a particular way to objects, people, and events.

Brenda has learned that a flash of lightning signals an impending crash of thunder based on her direct experiences with previous thunderstorms. This best illustrates:

When Jane had leukemia as a child, she had to undergo numerous bouts of chemotherapy. The chemotherapy always made her nauseous. As she went through a year of treatment, the waiting room started to make her nauseous. The chemotherapy is:

Spanking a child for acting out is an example of a:

Which researcher is most known for "Psychology's most famous research" on classical conditioning?

Madea is having her annual eye exam and blinks in response to a puff of air directed into her eye. This blinking is a(n):

_______________ refers to learning things we have neither experienced nor observed.

Marlee was robbed in a parking garage by a person wearing strong cologne. She now refuses to go through the male fragrance department at the department store and will not park in any kind of parking garage. This classically conditioned response best illus

Pop quizzes and random checks of quality help to produce slow, steady responding and are examples of the ____________ schedule of reinforcement in their respective areas.

Your friend yells at you for being five minutes late for lunch. Rather than believe your friend is a rude jerk, you decide that she may be having difficulties with her partner. Her behavior then is the result of:

A situational attribution

______________ is unlearned and naturally occurs following exposure to some stimulus.

Ratio (specific # of responses) schedules produce ______________ responding, and interval (time elapsed) schedules produce ______________ responding.

___________ explains why you might like a song after hearing it multiple times on the radio. This also explains why political ads are aired over and over again.

When Jane had leukemia as a child she had to undergo?

What is operant conditioning stimulus?

What is an example of a conditioned response?

What was the conditioned response CR in Watson and Rayner's famous Little Albert study?