Exam 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

Greenough, Withers, and Wallace (1990) compared the brains of rats raised in a rich environment requiring lots of learning and motor behaviour with the brains of rats raised as "couch potatoes."What did the researchers find regarding the cerebellums of the more active rats?

Which model is characterized by the idea that our inherited tendencies influence the probability that we will encounter anxious life events?

Which two neurotransmitters are referred to as the "chemical brothers"?

Who speculated that the process of learning affects more than behaviour and suggested that the genetic structure of cells may change as the result of learning?

What is emotion generally thought to comprise?

Which of the following controls the endocrine system?

Describe the concept of equifinality.What does this concept say regarding the causes of psychopathology?

Janice is having difficulty maintaining her balance and coordinating her muscle movements.Assuming her problems result from a brain injury, which of the following would you first examine?

What does the peripheral nervous system include?

Which of the following is an example of the unconscious as it is conceptualized by cognitive science?

Which of the following has been implicated in intergenerational trauma experienced by some Indigenous groups?

In the 1992 studies conducted by Baxter and colleagues, patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were provided with cognitive-behavioural therapy but no drugs.What important result did the brain imaging show?

Why is it unlikely that damage in specific structures of the brain itself causes a psychological disorder?

Which of the following occupations is an analogy for the main function of neurotransmitters?

What is one reason why men are less likely than women to experience depression in response to stress?

In their research exposing subjects to the virus that causes the common cold, what did Cohen and colleagues (1997) demonstrate?

According to the textbook, which of the following was discussed as a biological influence for Jody's blood-injury-injection phobia?

Which term refers to the process by which genes are turned on or off by cellular material?

Dr.Clark prescribes his patient a drug that will produce effects opposite to dopamine.Which type of drug did he prescribe?

If you had to choose one brain area to protect so that you could stay alive, which would it be?