FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

TEST 2 EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -62 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: The most lethal dimension of Type A behavior pattern seems to be ________.

Answer:

hostility Question 2: One of the primary characteristics of autism spectrum disorder is ________.

Answer:

difficulty relating to others

Question 3: Antisocial personality disorder is associated with ________.

Answer:

emotional deficits

Question 4: Which of the following would constitute a safety behavior?

Answer:

avoiding eye contact

Question 5: Dr. Anastasia believes that major depressive disorder is caused by an over-secretion of cortisol. His vie

Answer:

biological Question 6: . Which of the following is not one of the presumed components of happiness?

Answer:

learning new skills

Question 7: Dissociative identity disorder mainly involves ________.

Answer:

different personalities Question 8: Suicide rates are ________ among men than among women, and they are ________ during the winter holiday season than during the spring months.

Answer:

higher; lower

Question 9: The ________ gland secretes epinephrine.

Answer:

adrenal Question 10: ________ refers to a person's genetic makeup, while ________ refers to a person's physical characteristics.

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Genotype; phenotype Question 11: Common symptoms of major depressive disorder include all of the following except ________.

Answer:

periods of extreme elation and euphoria

Question 12: Which of the following is not a dimension of job burnout?

Answer:

hostility

Question 13: Humans have ________ pairs of chromosomes.

Answer:

23

Question 14: Which of the following elevates the risk for developing PTSD?

Answer:

severity of the trauma

Question 15: Symptoms of PTSD include all of the following except ________.

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physical complaints that cannot be explained medically Question 16: At which stage of Selye's general adaptation syndrome is a person especially vulnerable to illness?

Answer:

exhaustion

Question 17: . People with borderline personality disorder often ________.

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are impulsive and unpredictable Question 18: Our ability to make our legs move as we walk across the room is controlled by the ________ nervous system.

Answer:

somatic

Question 19: If your ________ is activated, you will feel relatively at ease.

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parasympathetic nervous system Question 20: Relative to those with low levels of social support, individuals with high levels of social support ________.

Answer:

tend to tolerate stress well

Question 21: When he's writing, Carson becomes extremely focused on his work; in fact, he becomes so absorbed that that he often loses track of time, often staying up well past 3 a.m.Carson's experience best illustrates the concept of ________.

Answer:

flow

Question 22: A(n) ________ is a sudden, permanent change in a sequence of DNA.

Answer:

mutation Question 23: Studies of British civil servants have found that those in the lowest status jobs are much more likely to develop heart disease than those who have high status jobs. These findings attest to the importance of ________ in dealing with stress.

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perceived control Question 24: What is one of the major criticisms of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale?

Answer:

It does not take into consideration how a person appraises an event.

Question 25: Dissociative amnesia involves ________.

Answer:

memory loss following stress

Question 26: Which of the following statements pertaining to asthma is false?

Answer:

Rates of asthma have decreased considerably since 2000.

Question 27: Research indicates that the symptoms of OCD ________.

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are related to hyperactivity in the orbitofrontal cortex Question 28: The diathesis-stress model presumes that psychopathology results from

________.

Answer:

vulnerability and adverse experiences