FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY EXAM

PDF Download

FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY EXAM

QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

This Exam contains:

-Guarantee passing score -125 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: The current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual provides the most widely used system for ____ psychological disorders.

Answer:

classifying Question 2: In the elaboration likelihood model, two types of persuasive communications can be used. These are the central route and the ____ route.

Answer:

peripheral Question 3: In what controversial method of biological therapy is an electrical current passed through the temples inducing a seizure?

Answer:

electroconvulsive therapy Question 4: A homeless individual motivated to seek shelter at a church to escape the rain is satisfying ____ according to Maslow's hierarchy.

Answer:

both physiological and safety needs

Question 5: Sheryl is receiving medication for generalized anxiety, which decreases sympathetic activity to reduce her feelings of anxiety and nervousness. She is most likely taking a(n)

Answer:

antianxiety drug.Question 6: Maslow argued that humans differ from other animals in that humans have a self-initiated striving for

Answer:

self-actualization.Question 7: The tendency to assume that others act mainly on the basis of their dispositions (e.g., personality traits) is the

Answer:

fundamental attribution error.Question 8: When we try to persuade others by getting them to think carefully about the evidence, we are using the ____ route to attitude change.

Answer:

central Question 9: Steve has just completed taking a personality assessment in which he was shown a series of cards one at a time and asked to make up stories about them. Which of the following is he most likely to have taken?

Answer:

the Thematic Apperception Test

Question 10: The tendency toward homeostasis would

Answer:

lead a hungry person to eat.

Question 11: ____ is (are) the defining trait of paranoid personality disorder

Answer:

Suspiciousness

Question 12: The Rorschach is ____ test.

Answer:

a projective

Question 13: The metal lithium is a psychoactive drug used to treat symptoms of

Answer:

bipolar disorder.Question 14: Ryan has ADHD. To help Ryan understand more about his ADHD and perhaps learn to control it, he is hooked up to machines that provide him feedback about his bodily functions. In this way, Ryan hopes to learn to recognize his body's signals and gain more co

Answer:

Biofeedback training

Question 15: Diffusion of responsibility contributes to

Answer:

all of these Question 16: Freud proposed the concept of ____ to describe the spilling forth of psychic energy that had been repressed by feelings of guilt.

Answer:

catharsis Question 17: Which psychic structure is motivating behavior when you are on a diet but eat a piece of chocolate cake anyway?

Answer:

id Question 18: The five-factor model includes which five basic personality factors?

Answer:

extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness Question 19: Which of the following utilizes the central route to attitude change?

Answer:

a commercial for a lawnmower emphasizing its power and various cutting abilities

Question 20: Which of the following demonstrates the presence of a refractory period?

Answer:

A man experiences an orgasm and cannot experience another for a period of time Question 21: Cory was driving the car when an accident occurred that killed his best friend who was with him. When Cory woke up the next morning, he couldn't remember where he was or what had happened the night before. He is most likely exhibiting

Answer:

dissociative amnesia Question 22: A doctor enters her office and greets her patient, "Good morning, Ted." The patient answers in an unfamiliar voice, "Ted has gone away." The doctor asks, "Would you like to tell me your name?" "I'm Ernie, and I don't like you!" her patient replies. This p

Answer:

dissociative identity disorder.

Question 23: The direction of one's sexual and romantic interests refers to

Answer:

sexual orientation Question 24: Sarah is very sympathetic towards others, but has few friends because she is so afraid of rejection. She tends to stay at home, unless her family assures her that no one will criticize her. Sarah exhibits ____ personality disorder

Answer:

avoidant Question 25: Your client suffers from claustrophobia and can't get on the elevator at her their place of employment. The therapist helps her construct an approach hierarchy to work towards riding the elevator. The client is trained in relaxation before the approach hi

Answer:

systematic desensitization Question 26: Shauna is a psychotherapist. She assumes that people don social masks and disown parts of themselves that might meet with social disapproval or rejection. She says that the goal of therapy should be to help the clients integrate the conflicting parts of t

Answer:

gestalt therapy