Question 1

In constructing and using a daily schedule to alleviate depression,a person should

Accepted Answer

A)  try not to schedule activities so that they fill up every hour during the day. 
B)  schedule the more difficult tasks first in order to make sure they are completed. 
C)  check off each item as it is completed. 
D)  do all of these regarding the daily schedule. 
A)  try not to schedule activities so that they fill up every hour during the day. 
B)  schedule the more difficult tasks first in order to make sure they are completed. 
C)  check off each item as it is completed. 
D)  do all of these regarding the daily schedule.

Question 2

When Pablo's father died after a long illness,Pablo shielded himself from this emotional pain by thinking about how his father was now out of the pain that he had been in for over two years and how his father had lived such a long and meaningful life.Pablo is using the defense mechanism known as

Accepted Answer

A)  compensation. 
B)  rationalization. 
C)  fantasy. 
D)  intellectualization. 
A)  compensation. 
B)  rationalization. 
C)  fantasy. 
D)  intellectualization.

Question 3

The habitual redirection of aggression to some person or group is called

Accepted Answer

A)  circumvention. 
B)  projection. 
C)  scapegoating. 
D)  sublimation. 
A)  circumvention. 
B)  projection. 
C)  scapegoating. 
D)  sublimation.

Question 4

If your doctor or therapist tells you that you must lower your LCU score,he or she is trying to directly help you with your

Accepted Answer

A)  blood sugar level. 
B)  overactive thyroid. 
C)  parasympathetic overactivity. 
D)  stress levels. 
A)  blood sugar level. 
B)  overactive thyroid. 
C)  parasympathetic overactivity. 
D)  stress levels.

Question 5

Sports may be said to be an institutionalized way of dealing with unacceptable impulses for aggression and intense competition through the defense mechanism of

Accepted Answer

A)  compensation. 
B)  projection. 
C)  sublimation. 
D)  suppression. 
A)  compensation. 
B)  projection. 
C)  sublimation. 
D)  suppression.

Question 6

Any mental process used to avoid,deny,or distort sources of threat or anxiety,including threats to one's self-image,are called

Accepted Answer

A)  delusions. 
B)  fixations. 
C)  defense mechanisms. 
D)  paradoxical intentions. 
A)  delusions. 
B)  fixations. 
C)  defense mechanisms. 
D)  paradoxical intentions.

Question 7

Which of the following suggestions would NOT help you handle conflicts more effectively?

Accepted Answer

A)  Do not be hasty when making important decisions. 
B)  Look for workable compromises. 
C)  Try out important decisions partially when possible. 
D)  Pay careful attention to your initial gut feeling, since it is most likely the correct one. 
A)  Do not be hasty when making important decisions. 
B)  Look for workable compromises. 
C)  Try out important decisions partially when possible. 
D)  Pay careful attention to your initial gut feeling, since it is most likely the correct one.

Question 8

"Helpless" animals display which of the following characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A)  increased activity 
B)  increased aggression 
C)  blunted appetite 
D)  all of these characteristics 
A)  increased activity 
B)  increased aggression 
C)  blunted appetite 
D)  all of these characteristics

Question 9

Elizabeth has a crush on Jason.When her friends tell her that they know she likes Jason,Elizabeth goes overboard telling her friends why she would never like Jason.Which defense mechanism explains Elizabeth's behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  sublimation 
B)  reaction formation 
C)  rationalization 
D)  projection 
A)  sublimation 
B)  reaction formation 
C)  rationalization 
D)  projection

Question 10

Which of the following is POOR advice for a person who wants to handle conflicts more effectively?

Accepted Answer

A)  Take time to collect information. 
B)  Try out decisions partially when possible. 
C)  Look for workable compromises. 
D)  Stick to a decision even when it appears to be wrong. 
A)  Take time to collect information. 
B)  Try out decisions partially when possible. 
C)  Look for workable compromises. 
D)  Stick to a decision even when it appears to be wrong.

Question 11

Persons who are projecting

Accepted Answer

A)  adopt the motives and aspirations of others while denying their own. 
B)  behave in exaggerated ways opposite to their true impulses. 
C)  presume others share their own shortcomings and unacceptable impulses. 
D)  run the risk of developing schizophrenia later in life. 
A)  adopt the motives and aspirations of others while denying their own. 
B)  behave in exaggerated ways opposite to their true impulses. 
C)  presume others share their own shortcomings and unacceptable impulses. 
D)  run the risk of developing schizophrenia later in life.

Question 12

On the SRRS,the impact of life events is measured by

Accepted Answer

A)  counting the number of negative events that occurred in the last year. 
B)  LCUs. 
C)  noting how often the person went into the resistance stage of the G.A.S. 
D)  STDs. 
A)  counting the number of negative events that occurred in the last year. 
B)  LCUs. 
C)  noting how often the person went into the resistance stage of the G.A.S. 
D)  STDs.

Question 13

Positive events are most likely to end depression if you view them as

Accepted Answer

A)  temporary. 
B)  fragile. 
C)  stable. 
D)  surprising. 
A)  temporary. 
B)  fragile. 
C)  stable. 
D)  surprising.

Question 14

A person trapped in a hotel fire 20 stories from the ground has the choice of jumping from the window to a sure death or dashing through the flames and almost surely dying of smoke inhalation and burns.This person

Accepted Answer

A)  is experiencing a traumatic approach-avoidance conflict. 
B)  will most likely freeze, finding it impossible to decide or to take action. 
C)  will most likely deal with this conflict by "leaving the field." 
D)  will most likely cope with this situation using displacement or sublimation. 
A)  is experiencing a traumatic approach-avoidance conflict. 
B)  will most likely freeze, finding it impossible to decide or to take action. 
C)  will most likely deal with this conflict by "leaving the field." 
D)  will most likely cope with this situation using displacement or sublimation.

Question 15

Regarding defense mechanisms,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  People who overuse defense mechanisms become less adaptable. 
B)  Defense mechanisms can provide time for a person to learn to cope in a more effective, problem-focused manner. 
C)  Defense mechanisms keep us from being overwhelmed by immediate threats. 
D)  Defense mechanisms prevent us from creating large blind spots in awareness. 
A)  People who overuse defense mechanisms become less adaptable. 
B)  Defense mechanisms can provide time for a person to learn to cope in a more effective, problem-focused manner. 
C)  Defense mechanisms keep us from being overwhelmed by immediate threats. 
D)  Defense mechanisms prevent us from creating large blind spots in awareness.

Question 16

Sam has a real clunker of a car that has stalled on him numerous times.He tells his friends that he is getting a brand new car,but then he checks out the prices and realizes that he cannot afford a new car.When his friends ask him when he is getting the new car,he responds that he does not know what he was thinking.He could never give up this car."It's a classic." Sam is using the defense mechanism known as

Accepted Answer

A)  displacement. 
B)  rationalization. 
C)  compensation. 
D)  sublimation. 
A)  displacement. 
B)  rationalization. 
C)  compensation. 
D)  sublimation.

Question 17

Which defense mechanism involves fulfilling unmet desires in imagined achievements or activities?

Accepted Answer

A)  compensation 
B)  rationalization 
C)  intellectualization 
D)  fantasy 
A)  compensation 
B)  rationalization 
C)  intellectualization 
D)  fantasy

Question 18

Regarding the relationship between stress and long-term health,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disaster, depression, and sorrow often precede illness. 
B)  Positive life changes have not been shown to make one more susceptible to illnesses or accidents. 
C)  Stressful events can reduce the body's natural defenses against disease. 
D)  Holmes and Rahe developed the first rating scale to estimate the health hazards one faces when stresses add up. 
A)  Disaster, depression, and sorrow often precede illness. 
B)  Positive life changes have not been shown to make one more susceptible to illnesses or accidents. 
C)  Stressful events can reduce the body's natural defenses against disease. 
D)  Holmes and Rahe developed the first rating scale to estimate the health hazards one faces when stresses add up.

Question 19

When aggression is directed at a target other than the source of frustration,which type of aggression is likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  repressed 
B)  dissonant 
C)  displaced 
D)  sublimated 
A)  repressed 
B)  dissonant 
C)  displaced 
D)  sublimated

Question 20

Which defense mechanism involves separating contradictory thoughts or feelings into "logic-tight" mental compartments so that they do not come into conflict?

Accepted Answer

A)  compensation 
B)  isolation 
C)  intellectualization 
D)  identification 
A)  compensation 
B)  isolation 
C)  intellectualization 
D)  identification

Exam 13: B: Health,stress,and Coping

In constructing and using a daily schedule to alleviate depression,a person should

When Pablo's father died after a long illness,Pablo shielded himself from this emotional pain by thinking about how his father was now out of the pain that he had been in for over two years and how his father had lived such a long and meaningful life.Pablo is using the defense mechanism known as

The habitual redirection of aggression to some person or group is called

If your doctor or therapist tells you that you must lower your LCU score,he or she is trying to directly help you with your

Sports may be said to be an institutionalized way of dealing with unacceptable impulses for aggression and intense competition through the defense mechanism of

Any mental process used to avoid,deny,or distort sources of threat or anxiety,including threats to one's self-image,are called

Which of the following suggestions would NOT help you handle conflicts more effectively?

"Helpless" animals display which of the following characteristics?

Elizabeth has a crush on Jason.When her friends tell her that they know she likes Jason,Elizabeth goes overboard telling her friends why she would never like Jason.Which defense mechanism explains Elizabeth's behavior?

Which of the following is POOR advice for a person who wants to handle conflicts more effectively?

Persons who are projecting

On the SRRS,the impact of life events is measured by

Positive events are most likely to end depression if you view them as

A person trapped in a hotel fire 20 stories from the ground has the choice of jumping from the window to a sure death or dashing through the flames and almost surely dying of smoke inhalation and burns.This person

Regarding defense mechanisms,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which defense mechanism involves fulfilling unmet desires in imagined achievements or activities?

Regarding the relationship between stress and long-term health,which of the following statements is FALSE?

When aggression is directed at a target other than the source of frustration,which type of aggression is likely to occur?

Which defense mechanism involves separating contradictory thoughts or feelings into "logic-tight" mental compartments so that they do not come into conflict?

A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

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A: Brain and Behavior

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A: Human Development

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D: Human Development

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