General Psychology Questions (Experts I NEED your help!)?

1. A soldier who survived a bloody battle finds that she has recurrent nightmares, avoids her military friends, and jumps when she hears a loud noise. Of what disorder are these symptoms characteristic?

a. major depressive disorder

b. generalized anxiety disorder

c. bipolar disorder

d. post-traumatic stress disorder

2. A person who believes that the television news anchor is talking to him is suffering from

a. delusions of grandeur.

b. delusions of reference.

c. undifferentiated schizophrenia.

d. catatonic schizophrenia.

3. A person who is hearing voices that are not there is experiencing

a. delusions.

b. hallucinations.

c. mood disorder.

d. schizophrenia.

4. Depression can be caused by people having unrealistic views of themselves and the world. This explanation of depression is consistent with which theory?

a. psychodynamic theory

b. cognitive theory

c. biological theory

d. behavioral theory

5. How are generalized anxiety disorder and phobic disorder different?

a. Generalized anxiety disorder is more severe than phobic disorder.

b. Generalized anxiety disorder involves avoidance of specific situations, whereas phobic disorder does not.

c. Generalized anxiety disorder involves anxiety about a large variety of things, whereas phobic disorder involves anxiety about a specific thing.

d. Generalized anxiety involves fear of other people, whereas phobic disorder involves fear of dangerous places or objects.
6. Which of the following statements is most correct?

a. The biggest risk factor for depression is genetics.

b. All areas of the brain of depressed persons are under-active.

c. Depression is related to neurotransmitter deregulation, genetics, and cognitive processes.

d. Women experience depression because estrogen, by its nature, is a depressant.

7. Which of the following is not an anxiety disorder?

a. panic disorder

b. obsessive-compulsive disorder

c. bipolar disorder

d. post-traumatic stress disorder

8. Which of the following statements is most consistent with the biopsychosocial model?

a. Mental illness is caused by brain abnormalities, neurochemical abnormalities, and genetic influences.

b. Societal forces such as oppression and poverty drive the development of mental illness.

c. Genetic heritage causes a predisposition to mental illness, but environmental and cognitive/emotional factors must be present for mental illness to develop.

d. Mental illness does not exist, but is rather a normal reaction to an abnormal situation.

9. Which of the following would be classified as a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

a. visual hallucinations

b. flat affect

c. delusions

d. loose associations

10. Which of the following is a personality disorder?

a. schizophrenia

b. schizotypal

c. schizoaffective

d. Type A personality

11. Which part of the dream is remembered by the dreamer?

a. latent content

b. transference content

c. manifest content

d. resistance content

12. Which of the following therapies is most focused on unconscious thought processes?

a. psychodynamic therapy

b. cognitive therapy

c. humanistic therapy

d. psychoanalytic therapy

13. _____ is a short-term therapy that focuses on encouraging client’s strengths.

a. Cognitive-behavioral therapy

b. Integrative therapy

c. Common-factors therapy

d. Well-being therapy

14. A person who is afraid of snakes is taken to a zoo by his therapist and made to sit in a room with dozens of snakes. This is an example of

a. classical conditioning.

b. flooding.

c. aversive conditioning.

d. cognitive restructuring.

15. Research has demonstrated that improvements from psychotherapy are most apparent during the first

a. two sessions of therapy.

b. two months of therapy.

c. six months of therapy.

d. three years of therapy.

16. A person with a phobia of horses would likely benefit most from which type of therapy?

a. systematic desensitization

b. group therapy

c. psychoanalysis

d. family therapy

17. Which of the following techniques is most associated with humanistic therapy?

a. challenging distorted thinking

b. exploring unconscious motives

c. unconditional positive regard

d. focusing on parent-child dynamics

18. Which therapy would be least focused on emotions?

a. behavioral therapy

b. humanistic therapy

c. Gestalt therapy

d. psychodynamic therapy

19. Psychodynamic therapy developed out of the work of which theorist?

a. Sigmund Freud

b. Carl Rogers

c. Aaron Beck

d. Fritz Perls

20. Which of the following is an example of resistance?

a. saying whatever comes to mind, in a stream-of-consciousness manner

b. experiencing emotional release by revisiting painful memories

c. showing up late to therapy appointments

d. discussing childhood embarrassments

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