Abnormal PSYC Exam 1

(Q) Case studies are useful for. . .

Studying unusual problems

(Q) A research procedure in which a variable is manipulated and the manipulation effect on another variable is observed is known as a(n). . .

Experiment

(Q) If stress and physical health are negatively correlated, the researcher can conclude that. . .

As stress increases, health decreases

(Q) A “fake” pill used as the control condition in a drug study is a. . .

Placebo

(Q) The number of new cases of disorder in a population that emerge in a particular time interval is called the. . .

Incidence

(Q) Deviant behavior is behavior that. . .

Violates the society’s norms

(Q) When behavior prevents a person from participating in ordinary social interactions, that behavior is said to be. . .

Dysfunctional

(Q) In the Middle Ages, the model of mental illness that MOST people believed in was the. . .

Demonology model

(Q) The basis for moral treatment of asylum patients was the belief that. . .

Mental illness should be treated humanely and with respect

(Q) Using the four Ds to define pathological behavior. . .

is still often vague and subjective

(Q) In the 1992 studies conducted by Baxter et al., people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) were provided with cognitive-behavioral therapy (exposure and response prevention) but not medication. What did subsequent brain imaging show?

The neurotransmitter circuits of the brain involved in OCD had been normalized

(Q) The multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology is based on which of the following?

Biological and psychological dimensions, as well as emotional and developmental influences

(Q) What is the area called between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron?

Synaptic cleft

(Q) In the diathesis-stress model, “diathesis” refers to which of the following?

An inherited tendency or condition that makes a person susceptible to developing a disorder

(Q) In the Stroop color-named paradigm, how would an individual with a blood phobia be expected to name the color of the printed word “wound”?

More slowly than a neutral word

(Q) Dr. Abebe is conducting a mental status exam and assessing the personal sensorium. What question is Dr. Abebe likely to ask?

What is today’s date?

(Q) Odette reports often feeling so anxious she thinks she might die. Her therapist asks her to keep track of the circumstances under which she becomes anxious, what she thinks, and how the situation resolves. What is the therapist asking Odette to do?

Self-monitoring

(Q) What term do psychometricians use for a measurement that is consistent

Reliable

(Q) Neuropsychological tests are used on assess whether an individual might have which of the following?

Brain dysfunction

(Q) Clinical interviews are best described as which of the following

Broad in coverage