Psychology Chapter 6 1 The Peoples Temple Associated With Which Religious Cult Leader 16 Ramzi Yousef

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QUESTIONS

1. This type of terrorist seek the complete abolition of a political system and its replacement

with new structures

a. revolutionary

b. separatist

c. extorting

d. disillusioned

2. The Italian Red Brigades, the German Red Army Faction, and the Irish Republican Army,

are examples of this type of terrorist group

a. disillusioned

b. separatist

c. idealistic

d. revolutionary

3. This type of terrorism is environmentally-oriented and uses violence aimed at an audience

beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature

a. exploitative

b. Ecoterrorism

c. naturalistic

d. anarchist

4. The Phineas Priesthood, Montana Freemen, The Order, and the Arizona Patriots, are all

examples of extremist groups known as

a. Anglo-Israelism

b. Christian Identity

c. Lost Tribes

d. Hittites

5. The _______________ is a racist, anti-Semitic movement with a commitment to use

violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation and white supremacy

a. Ku Klux Klan

b. Klavern Klan

c. Montana Freemen

d. Separatist Klan

6. This black nationalism group was formed by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland,

California, in 1966

a. Black Self-Defense Party

b. Black Militia Party

c. Black Panther Party

d. Marxist Panther Party

7. In 1995, this Japanese doomsday cult released nerve gas into a Tokyo subway

a. AUM Shinrikyo

b. Japanese Red Army

c. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

d. AUM FALN

8. “The unlawful attack or threat of attack against computers, computer networks, or

information stored on computers, with the intent to intimidate or coerce in order to

achieve political or social objectives” is called

a. hacktivism

b. Cyberterrorism

c. ISP terror

d. network terror

9. This word, meaning literally “hashish-eater,” comes from Muslim a sect who, between

1090 and 1272 CE, fought the Christian crusaders attempting to conquer present-day

Syria and Iran.

a. zealot

b. thug

c. crusader

d. assassin

10. Some theorists hold that terrorism is a form of _______________ or an intense overreaction

to not being able to acquire or maintain power or control by intimidation, thus resulting

in shame

a. narcissistic rage

b. mental illness

c. bipolar disorder

d. dehumanization

11. The psychological literature suggests that many terrorists suffer from

a. schizophrenia

b. bipolar disorder

c. affective disorder

d. none of the above

12. The psychological literature suggests that the personality disorder terrorists are most

likely to exhibit, if at all, is

a. schizoid personality disorder

b. narcissistic personality disorder

c. antisocial personality disorder

d. borderline personality disorder

13. Individuals with a damaged self-concept may utilize the primitive defense of __________

to blame an outside enemy for their own inadequacies and weaknesses

a. frustration-aggression

b. splitting

c. externalization

d. either b or c

14. “Dichotomous thinking” is where

a. people are seen as either totally good or totally bad

b. only one side of an argument is believed

c. voices are heard

d. thinking abruptly shifts from rational to irrational

15. The People’s Temple is associated with which religious cult leader?

a. Ramzi Yousef

b. Jim Jones

c. Eric Robert Rudolph

d. Paul Hill

16. Beck (2002) regards many terrorists as becoming so engaged in their mission that their

thinking and actions focus exclusively on the destruction of the target. He terms this

a. overgeneralization

b. depluralization

c. tunnel vision

d. deindividuation

17. The process the process whereby terrorist recruits give up all their former ties and

affiliations is called

a. moral disengagement

b. deindividuation

c. depluralization

d. diffusion of responsibility

18. The process by which people feel less culpable when, either in the presence of, or on

behalf of a group, they engage in harmful or even heinous behavior, is called

a. dehumanization

b. deindividuation

c. diffusion of responsibility

d. tunnel vision

19. The process by which terror group members are asked to take on a new personal identity

both internally (such as values and beliefs) and externally (such as manner of dress), is

called

a. dehumanization

b. demonization

c. cognitive restructuring

d. self-deindividuation

20. The social psychological conditioning process whereby group members become convinced

that the enemy is in league with the devil or represent some kind of cosmic evil, is called

a. demonization

b. dehumanization

c. obedience

d. Satanism

21. In Milgram’s 1963 study of obedience, how many subjects continued to the highest

shock level despite the cries of the victim?

a. 20 out of 40

b. 33 out of 40

c. 37 out of 40

d. 40 out of 40

22. An aversion to differences in people, a desire for conformity to prevailing social norms

and authority, strict morality, political and social intolerance, an aversion to ambiguity,

and a desire for clear and unambiguous authority, are all part of the _______________

personality

a. fanatic

b. authoritarian

c. terrorist

d. fundamentalist

23. Flashbacks, nightmares, loss of emotions, detachment, difficulty sleeping, and feeling

irritable and on edge, are all symptoms of

a. posttraumatic stress disorder

b. stress-induced depersonalization disorder

c. agoraphobia

d. pan-phobic stress disorder

24. This type of therapy helps patients identify their trauma-related negative beliefs and

to change them to reduce distress

a. systematic desensitization

b. psychoanalytic therapy

c. self-calming therapy

d. cognitive-behavioral therapy

25. This type of therapy uses a combination of imagined “reliving” of traumatic events,

and “in vivo” confrontation of traumatic triggers in the outside world

a. stress-inoculation therapy

b. exposure therapy

c. cognitive-behavioral therapy

d. systematic desensitization

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