1) floyd has always tended to have love-hate relationships with people who are close to
him. he constantly worries about whether people will leave him so he smothers them
with affection only to feel rejected and disappointed when they back away from this
behavior. he has threatened to commit suicide a number of times and most people view
him as very emotionally unstable. floyd would probably be diagnosed with:
a.narcissistic personality disorder
b.obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
c.bipolar disorder
d.borderline personality disorder
2) if psychotherapy and biological therapy for a given mental disorder are found to be
equally effective and only one therapy can be used:
a.psychotherapy should be used because it has no side effects and has longer-lasting
effects
b.biological therapy should be used because it has longer-lasting effects
c.choice of therapies should be left up to the patient, not the physician or psychiatrist
d.alternative therapies should be investigated
3) self-report questions on which the respondent can generate his or her own responses
are called:
a.observational
b.open-ended
c.operational
d.event-related
4) shariah has noticed that people in her social group have been avoiding her. they no
longer call her or ask her to go out with them. shariah used to have high self-esteem, but
now she is experiencing low self-esteem. what theory would predict this change in her
self-esteem?
a.social conformity theory
b.self-other comparison theory
c.sociometer theory
d.self-appraisal theory
5) lucia has just declared a major in engineering. you could predict that she will now
see other engineering students as _____ and see liberal arts students as _____.
a.unique individuals; very similar to each other
b.very similar to each other; unique individuals
c.unique individuals; unique individuals
d.very similar to each other; very similar to each other
6) which of the following items did gordon allport not emphasize in his definition of
personality?
a.a goal-seeking, adaptive nature
b.a psychophysical basis
c.a coherent organization
d.an id, an ego, and a superego
7) regarding escapist pursuits, which of the following statements is true?
a.escapist activities are associated with flow.
b.escapist activities are almost always harmful.
c.escapist activities are generally beneficial.
d.escapist activities are sometimes harmless, but sometimes detrimental.
8) caroline uses an old grocery cart to collect cans, plastic bags, and newspapers from
the street. she wears multiple layers of clothing even when it is hot outside. she
frequently talks to herself in public. she is:
a.showing what happens when severe bipolar disorder is left untreated
b.showing what happens when severe antisocial personality disorder is left untreated
c.manifesting positive symptoms of schizophrenia
d.manifesting negative symptoms of schizophrenia
9) moral reasoning theories have been criticized for:
a.being overly dependent on the cultural context in which they have been developed
b.ignoring cognitive development
c.not adequately taking emotion into account as a predictor of moral choices
d.placing too much emphasis on the role of parents in moral development
10) winona has a great deal of trouble determining the amount of fear that someone is
experiencing based on his or her facial expressions. it is quite likely that winona has
damage to her:
a.hippocampus
b.prefrontal cortex
c.thalamus
d.amygdala
11) another way to think of agonists and antagonists, with respect to their involvement
in the actions of neurotransmitters, is that agonists _____, whereas antagonists _____
the action of neurotransmitters.
a.help; hinder
b.hinder; help
c.alter; maintain
d.maintain; alter
12) tom is a 32-year-old chemical engineer. he was diagnosed with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (adhd) as a child. compared to his non-adhd-diagnosed friends,
tom is more likely to:
a.also have an axis iii disorder
b.have struggled to be as successful in work
c.have children with a number of different women
d.have problems with depression
13) what is the primary purpose of cells in the olfactory bulb?
a.to receive nerve impulses and pass them through the thalamus
b.to receive nerve impulses and relay the signal to other brain areas
c.to receive odorants and pass them through the thalamus
d.to receive odorants and relay the signal to other brain areas
14) over the course of the last several decades, research on child development has
suggested that:
a.environmental factors are more important than previously thought
b.freud was essentially correct regarding the psychosexual stages
c.biological factors play a less significant role than previously thought
d.children understand more and at an earlier age than psychologists previously thought
15) when someone employs a stereotype, he is judging a person in terms of their:
a.fundamental qualities
b.background
c.group membership
d.personal affiliations
16) what evidence suggests that people who appear to have dissociative identity
disorder may be faking symptoms of the disorder?
a.people started developing the disorder after a highly visible court case in 2001.
b.therapists often encourage patients to report symptoms of dissociative identity
disorder in order to win court cases.
c.the disorder is often diagnosed after someone has been arrested for a crime.
d.most people who report having the disorder had easy and unproblematic childhood
experiences, which makes developing the disorder highly unlikely.