PS280 Abnormal Psychology Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Course
Abnormal Psychology
Institution
Abnormal Psychology
Definition of abnormal behavior - Answer-- statistically infrequent
- violation of social norms
- causing personal distress
- disabling or dysfunction
- response is not expected for stimuli
Psy. D. Degree - Answer-An advanced degree in psychology that is an alternative to traditional researc...
PS280 Abnormal Psychology Final Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
Definition of abnormal behavior - Answer-- statistically infrequent
- violation of social norms
- causing personal distress
- disabling or dysfunction
- response is not expected for stimuli
Psy. D. Degree - Answer-An advanced degree in psychology that is an alternative to
traditional research-oriented Ph.D. degrees, focusing on clinical training
counseling psychologist - Answer-A psychologist who specializes in the treatment of
emotional and behavioral disturbances. Less research, focus on severe
psychopathology
Pscyhiatrist - Answer-M.D. The one who gives prescriptions
Mental Health Stigma - Answer-developed from earlier conceptions of mental health
issues, still prevalent today
dementia praecox - Answer-an older term for schizophrenia, believed then to be an
incurable and progressive deterioration of mental functioning beginning in adolescence.
by Emil Kraeplin
Norepinephrine - Answer-A neurotransmitter involved in anxiety disorders
Dopamine - Answer-A neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention and
learning and the brain's pleasure and reward system. Schizophrenia
Serotonin - Answer-A neurotransmitter that affects hunger,sleep, arousal, and mood.
Depression
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) - Answer-a neurotransmitter whose low activity has
been linked to generalized anxiety disorder
stages of psychosexual development - Answer-oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage,
latency stage, genital stage
Defence mechanisms - Answer-Unconscious strategies that the ego uses to manage
the conflict between the id and the superego.
client-centered therapy - Answer-a humanistic therapy, developed by Carl Rogers, in
which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine,
, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate clients' growth. (Also called person-
centered therapy.)
classical conditioning - Answer-a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are
repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually
elicited by the first stimulus alone.
operant conditioning - Answer-a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if
followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) - Answer-action therapy in which the goal is to help
clients overcome problems by learning to think more rationally and logically. Beck
projective personality tests - Answer-techniques that use various ambiguous stimuli that
a subject is encouraged to interpret and from which the subject's personality
characteristics can be analyzed
neuroimaging techniques - Answer-Neurological tests that provide images of brain
structure or activity, such as CT scans, PET scans, and MRIs. Also called brain scans.
panic attack - Answer-sudden onset of intense panic in which multiple physical
symptoms of stress occur, often with feelings that one is dying. requires 4 symptoms to
'qualify'
free association - Answer-in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in
which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or
embarrassing
resistances - Answer-in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-
laden material by patients
Transference - Answer-in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of
emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent)
Separation Anxiety Disorder - Answer-a childhood disorder marked by excessive
anxiety, even panic, whenever the child is separated from home or parent. can also
apply to adults, but rather to an important person in their life
Selective Mutism - Answer-developmental disorder characterized by a consistent failure
to speak in specific social situations despite speaking in other situations
Derealization - Answer-situation in which the individual loses a sense of the reality of
the external world
Depersonalization - Answer-feelings of detachment from one's mental processes or
body
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