Exam 3: Causal Factors and Viewpoints

Abused infants and toddlers ________

Charlotte suffers from intense anxiety. How would Freud explain this anxiety? In your answer, describe the different parts of the personality from a Freudian perspective, and how these parts of personality interact to produce anxiety.

While having a gene for Parkinson's disease guarantees that Parkinson's disease will develop, this is not the only factor that can lead to Parkinson's disease. In other words, the presence of the gene is a ________, but not a ________.

Distinguish between authoritative and authoritarian parenting.

Biological discoveries ________

Why is it particularly useful to study identical twins who were raised in different environments?

When psychologists say that a person shows resilience, it means ________

A couple is in counseling. She states that she drinks because he rejects her. He states that he rejects her because she drinks. It appears that in this example of bidirectionality

Suppose the reuptake of a specific neurotransmitter were deficient and the deactivation enzymes associated with the neurotransmitter were also deficient. What effect would this have?

The effects of early social deprivation ________

The humanistic perspective focuses primarily upon the capacity of the individual to ________

The site of chemical communication in the brain is the __________ .

Down syndrome has been linked to ________

The loss of a parent may be ________

In psychoanalytic theory, which psychosexual stage centers on castration anxiety?

Freud's view of mental disorders was that they were a result of ________

_____________ are the conditions that guarantee the occurrence of a disorder.

What is a culture-bound disorder?

After being bitten by a dog, Jose finds that he feels afraid whenever he sees a dog. He goes for treatment, where he is gradually exposed to dogs, until he can be in the same room with a dog without feeling any fear. Three weeks later, while walking in his neighborhood, Jose hears a dog barking viciously. For a few weeks after this, his fear returns. This shows ________

It is a hot day and a child sprays you with a garden hose. You might react with amusement (and even thanks!) or considerable anger. The fact that one event can be interpreted in different ways is central to the ________ approach to therapy.