Exam 3: Causal Factors and Viewpoints

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.

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Freud suggests that behavior results from interaction of three subsystems in personality: id, ego, and superego. Inner (intrapsychic) conflicts arise when these three make incompatible demands on the individual. Freud suggests three types of anxiety: reality, neurotic, and moral anxiety. Reality anxiety arises from external threats, neurotic anxiety from the threat of the id's unconscious impulses breaking through ego controls, and moral anxiety from action in conflict with the superego. The ego handles anxiety either rationally or with ego-defense mechanisms.

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

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The disorders first recognized as having biological bases are best characterized as disorders that

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If fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are more likely to be concordant for a trait than other siblings, can it be concluded that the higher concordance rate is due to the greater degree of genetic relatedness?

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After being bitten by a dog, Jose finds that he feels afraid whenever he sees a dog. In classical conditioning terms, the dog can be described as a(n)

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Which of the following is a criticism of traditional psychoanalytic theory?

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Which parental style is characterized by warmth, control, and communication?

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The behavioral perspective has been criticized for

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What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of abnormal behavior?

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Question 9

The effects of early social deprivation

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Question 10

A predisposition toward developing a disorder is termed a __________ .

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Question 11

Which of the following statements is true?

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Question 12

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?

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Question 13

Which period of psychosexual development occurs when a child becomes preoccupied with the development of skills and activities?

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Question 14

Which of the following most accurately describes the notion of different viewpoints of abnormal behavior?

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Question 15

Dr. Simon, a psychiatrist, takes a biopsychosocial viewpoint of psychopathology. Which of the following treatments is he most likely to suggest for Julia's current state of depression?

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Freud's psychosexual stage that occurs between the ages of 3 and 5 and includes the Oedipal period is the __________ stage.

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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.

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In the diathesis-stress model, a diathesis is

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Question 19

Suppose that low self-esteem is a diathesis for developing depression later in life. This means that

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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.

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

The disorders first recognized as having biological bases are best characterized as disorders that

If fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are more likely to be concordant for a trait than other siblings, can it be concluded that the higher concordance rate is due to the greater degree of genetic relatedness?

After being bitten by a dog, Jose finds that he feels afraid whenever he sees a dog. In classical conditioning terms, the dog can be described as a(n)

Which of the following is a criticism of traditional psychoanalytic theory?

Which parental style is characterized by warmth, control, and communication?

The behavioral perspective has been criticized for

What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of abnormal behavior?

The effects of early social deprivation

A predisposition toward developing a disorder is termed a __________ .

Which of the following statements is true?

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?

Which period of psychosexual development occurs when a child becomes preoccupied with the development of skills and activities?

Which of the following most accurately describes the notion of different viewpoints of abnormal behavior?

Dr. Simon, a psychiatrist, takes a biopsychosocial viewpoint of psychopathology. Which of the following treatments is he most likely to suggest for Julia's current state of depression?

Freud's psychosexual stage that occurs between the ages of 3 and 5 and includes the Oedipal period is the __________ stage.

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.

In the diathesis-stress model, a diathesis is

Suppose that low self-esteem is a diathesis for developing depression later in life. This means that

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