PSY 105 Quiz 4

PSY 105 Quiz 4 Recent

• Question 1

 

Research indicates that __________ levels of __________ is associated with greater likelihood of adhering to a treatment regimen.

• Question 2

 

The field that combines behavioral and biomedical knowledge for the prevention and treatment of medical disorders is

• Question 3

 

The alarm, resistance, and exhaustion stages in reaction to stress make up what is called the

• Question 4

 

A major feature of stress is that

• Question 5

 

Carcinogens are

• Question 6

 

Growing evidence suggests that in order to be effective in reducing the spread of AIDS, educational programs must provide not only information but also

• Question 7

 

Which of the following is most likely to have contributed to recent changes in the leading causes of death?

• Question 8

 

One of the reasons that even mild stress could interfere with task performance is that such stress could

• Question 9

 

As a result of continued stress, you seem to catch every flu bug that comes around. Which stage of the general adaptation syndrome are you most likely to be experiencing?

• Question 10

 

Studies of the role of television in promoting healthy lifestyles indicates that

• Question 11

 

Recent research suggests that __________ play(s) a role in excessive drinking of alcohol.

• Question 12

 

The role of parents and peers in influencing the tendency of an adolescent’s to smoke is an example of a

• Question 13

 

People who have AIDS eventually die from

• Question 14

 

Research indicates that most people who undergo sex change operations

• Question 15

 

A pattern of grandiosity in fantasy or behavior (plus lack of empathy) characterizes __________ disorder.

• Question 16

 

A disorder that involves alternating episodes of binge eating followed by various forms of compensatory behavior designed to avoid weight gain is called

• Question 17

 

Disturbances of an individual’s behavioral or psychological functioning that are not culturally expected and that lead to psychological distress, behavioral disability, and/or impaired overall functioning are known as

• Question 18

 

The risk of suicide is greatest for individuals with the mental disorder of

• Question 19

 

The most common perceptual distortions experienced by schizophrenics are __________ hallucinations.

• Question 20

 

A child with __________ will have difficulty paying attention to stimuli, may show hyperactivity or impulsivity, or both.

• Question 21

 

A major type of schizophrenia characterized by an absence of affect, poorly developed delusions and verbal incoherence is known as __________ schizophrenia.

• Question 22

 

In the DSM-IV, symptoms that must be present before an individual is diagnosed as suffering from a particular problem are called

• Question 23

 

Lisa adopts ritualistic behaviors to help reduce anxiety that occurs when unwanted thoughts intrude into her awareness. This is an example of

• Question 24

 

When a person experiences intense anxiety, considerably greater than justified by reality, triggered by the presence of some particular object, the person is suffering from a

• Question 25

 

A disorder involving the sudden inability to recall large amounts of personally important information, usually triggered by a traumatic experience is

• Question 26

 

One goal of the DSM-IV is to

• Question 27

 

The defense mechanism of rationalization involves

• Question 28

 

With regard to the relative effectiveness of various types of psychotherapy, research has generally determined that

• Question 29

 

Having children who show high levels of aggressive behavior watch films of children behaving in a nonaggressive manner is an attempt to change their behavior through

• Question 30

 

A defense mechanism that channels unacceptable impulses into a socially acceptable action is called

• Question 31

 

Lithium is used to treat

• Question 32

 

According to Freud, mental disorders stem from conflicts between

• Question 33

 

Problems of __________ are the number one cause of difficulties in marriages.

• Question 34

 

One possible side effect of the extended use of antipsychotic drugs is __________, the loss of motor control, especially in the face.

• Question 35

 

Drugs that are prescribed for the purpose of treating schizophrenia are called

• Question 36

 

Recent findings (Hooley, 2004) indicate that patients who return to families with high levels of expressed emotion are __________ times as likely to suffer relapses than families where expressed emotion levels are low.

• Question 37

 

Which of the following is most often associated with client-centered therapy?

• Question 38

 

Modeling, a behavior therapy technique, has been shown to be especially effective in the treatment of __________.

• Question 39

 

Which of these is a belief common to all humanistic therapies?