devry PSYC-110 Psychology week 6 quiz

(TCO 12) According to your text's complete definition of abnormal behavior, which of the following statistically infrequent behaviors would qualify as most abnormal?

The belief that the CIA is following you

Having your entire body tattooed

INCORRECT Living a completely celibate life

Painting your face for every football game

Question 2. Question :

(TCO 12) According to the behavioral perspective, obsessive-compulsive disorder is a result of _____.

unconscious tensions

blocked personal growth

faulty reasoning

Question 3. Question :

(TCO 12) According to learning theory, the development of an anxiety disorder may be related to _____, while the maintenance of that disorder may be related to _____.

operant conditioning; imitation and modeling

operant conditioning; vicarious learning

classical conditioning; operant conditioning

classical conditioning; imitation and modeling

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Question 4. Question :

(TCO 12) According to the text, the risk for bipolar disorder in the general population is between _____.

: 10 and 20 %

5 and 20 %

.5 and 1.6%

2.5–5%

Question 5. Question :

(TCO 12) A preoccupation with one's own concerns and an insensitivity to the needs of others is defined as _____ in your text.

egocentrism

INCORRECT selfish

self-preoccupation

self-absorption

Question 6. Question :

(TCO 12) According to your text, why does psychoanalysis work?

Once a person understands his or her maladaptive thoughts, new thoughts can be learned.

Once unconscious material gets to the conscious mind, new behavior can be learned.

\ Once a person gains insight, conflicts can be resolved.

Once a person feels unconditional positive regard, he or she can learn to love his or herself.

Question 7. Question :

(TCO 12) Cognitive therapy alters _____, the things people say to themselves when they interpret events.

self-talk

self-analysis

delusional beliefs

incongruent thoughts

Question 8. Question :

(TCO 12) When a therapist attends to body language and listens for cues to help him or her understand the emotional experiences of clients, he or she is using _____.

sympathy

emotional bonding

empathy

unconditional positive regard

Question 9. Question :

(TCO 12) Your text defines family therapy as a psychological treatment that _____.

identifies and treats each member's problems simultaneously

attempts to change maladaptive interaction patterns among family members

treats the identified patient in the family before other members

teaches parents how to apply behavior therapy to increase adaptive behaviors and decrease maladaptive behaviors in their children

Question 10. Question :

(TCO 12) It is important to remember that when tokens are used to shape behavior, they must be _____ to be effective in the long term.

gradually withdrawn

intangible as well as tangible

used only for simple behaviors

given on a fixed interval schedule

Question 11. Question :

(TCO 12) Identify the three components of Freud’s personality structure and explain the interaction among the components.

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