Exam 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

Freud noted that slips of the tongue and ordinary forgetfulness can represent hidden motives that are kept out of consciousness by ______.

Which of the following theorists developed the concept of four basic cognitive distortions that create? emotional distress ?

A stimulus or event that increases the frequency of the response that it follows is called ______.

Both Adler and Jung equated psychological health with successfully compensating for feelings of inferiority.

The channeling of unacceptable impulses into positive, constructive pursuits is called ______.

The diathesis-stress model was originally developed as an explanatory framework for understanding the development of ______.

Which Freudian construct endeavors to satisfy cravings without offending moral standards?

Axons can extend as long as several __________.

Neurons are ______cells.

Amy sees her rejection from one job interview as proof that she will never be successful. According to Beck, which cognitive error is Amy making?

Lithium carbonate has proven to be effective in managing the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia.

For monozygotic (identical) twins, if one twin develops schizophrenia, the odds that the other twin will also develop schizophrenia are about ______ percent.

Psychiatric drugs, including drugs used to treat anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia, work by affecting? the availability of hormones in the brain.

Genetic factors create a certainty that certain behaviors or disorders will develop.

People who regularly use antianxiety drugs report that anxiety or insomnia returns in a more severe form once they discontinue the drugs. This phenomenon is called_____________.

Whereas Freud's stages of development end with early adolescence, Erikson's stages explain development throughout adulthood and old age.

____________ was a surgical procedure used to treat psychological disorders by surgically severing nerve pathways linking the thalamus to the prefrontal lobes of the brain.

Sue (2010) argues that subtle forms of discrimination can be even more damaging to minority clients ? because__________.

The use of justifications, or excuses, for unacceptable behavior is a form of self-deception that is called ______.

The sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions are part of the ______ nervous system.