Exam 2 abnormal psych. i need this in an hour!

A. structured interviews generally require a great deal of skill and expertise to administer.

B. structured interviews can be objectively scored.

C. the administration of structured interviews requires extensive training.

D. administration of structured interviews varies significantly from clinician to clinician.

A. Behavior

B. Content of thought

C. Socioeconomic status

D. Motivation

A. thoughts are being removed from one’s head.

B. one is to blame for terrible things happening in the world.

C. one’s lover is being unfaithful.

D. thoughts are being transmitted to others.

A. Sense of self/motivation

B. Insight/judgment

C. Affect/mood

D. Thinking style/language

A. mental age compared to chronological age.

B. socioeconomic status compared to educational level.

C. emotional maturity compared to chronological age.

D. mental age compared to cognitive development.

A. need for achievement

B. attention span

C. level of self esteem

D. level of anxiety

A. overt behavior.

B. faulty cognitions.

C. unconscious determinants of behavior.

D. humanistic issues.

A. keep a running log of behaviors for a week.

B. draw a picture of his or her family engaging in some everyday activity.

C. answer several fill-in-the-blank questions.

D. tell a story about the scene shown on the card.

A. analog

B. self-report

C. electrodermal

D. in vivo

A. Theories are critical for proper diagnosis and assessment of psychological conditions.

B. The majority of DSM-IV-TR is based on concepts implicit in psychodynamic theory.

C. Theories offer perspectives on the possible causes of abnormal psychological functioning.

D. Theories are crucial for adequate placement of individuals suffering from psychological conditions.

A. provide a therapeutic atmosphere of genuineness.

B. resolve psychosocial crises.

C. develop new ways of dealing with problematic thinking patterns.

D. bring repressed unconscious material into conscious awareness.

A. reverse the destructive processes of early relationships by providing a new relationship for the client.

B. demonstrate the incongruence between real and ideal self that leads to psychological disturbance.

C. discover unconscious conflicts which are at the heart of the client’s psychological disorder.

D. help the client develop better defense mechanisms in order to cope with unconscious impulses.

A. Psychological needs must be met before physical needs.

B. Lower order needs on the hierarchy must be fulfilled before higher needs.

C. Lower order needs can only be met if a person is in a state of congruence.

D. Self-actualization can occur without fulfillment of deficit needs.

A. pattern of communications among family members.

B. feelings of the identified client.

C. amount of positive regard that is demonstrated in a family.

D. roles of the parents and children and the boundaries between generations.

A. unconditioned response.

B. conditioned response.

C. conditioned stimulus.

D. unconditioned stimulus.

A. Individuals can learn maladaptive behavior patterns through vicarious reinforcement.

B. People can model appropriate behaviors for individuals who suffer from psychological disorders.

C. Shaping maladaptive behaviors is more difficult through modeling.

D. Unconscious conflicts are modeled through television and the media.

A. hierarchy of needs.

B. conditioned stimulus.

C. negative reinforcement.

D. token economy.

A. Serotonin

B. Dopamine

C. GABA

D. Norepinephrine

A. There is a current shift toward the utilization of humanistic approaches to the understanding and treatment of all psychological disorders.

B. Most therapists currently adhere to one particular theoretical model to understand and treat psychological disorders.

C. There has been a shift on the part of individual therapists towards integrating different theoretical models to treat disorders.

D. Different therapists rely on different theoretical models, but currently no one utilizes psychodynamic principles in the treatment of disorders.