Question 1

1-75.After cheating on her husband and feeling ashamed,Julia accused her husband of feeling ashamed.Such behavior is explained by which of the following defense mechanism?

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A) Sublimation 
B) Displacement 
C) Projection 
D) Rationalization

Question 2

Distinguish between necessary,sufficient,and contributory causes of abnormal behavior.

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Question 3

1-66.Which period of psychosexual development occurs when a child becomes preoccupied with the development of skills and activities?

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A) Genital 
B) Phallic 
C) Latency 
D) Pubertal

Question 4

1-43.Genes

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A) determine how a person will behave. 
B) cause people to develop mental disorders. 
C) determine what characteristics a person will have. 
D) determine the range of characteristics a person has.

Question 5

1-108.A lack of social skills,poor school performance,and moodiness have all been associated with which of the following parenting styles?

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A) Authoritarian 
B) Permissive/indulgent 
C) Authoritative 
D) Neglectful-uninvolved

Question 6

1-104.Infant characteristics

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A) do not affect parental behavior. 
B) only affect parental behavior when psychopathology is present. 
C) are not influenced by biological factors. 
D) can influence the quality of attachment relationships.

Question 7

1-81.Which of the following is a criticism of traditional psychoanalytic theory?

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A) Underemphasis on the sex drive 
B) Overly positive view of women 
C) Lack of scientific evidence 
D) Too much focus on symptoms and not enough on underlying causes

Question 8

1-60.A child consistently identified as behaviorally inhibited is most likely to

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A) be an outgoing adult. 
B) develop conduct disorder. 
C) be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in adulthood. 
D) have been born prematurely.

Question 9

In order to develop chicken pox,one must be exposed to the virus that causes chicken pox.Note,however,that not everyone who is exposed to the virus is affected.In other words,the virus is a

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A) risk factor. 
B) necessary cause. 
C) sufficient cause. 
D) contributory cause.

Question 10

1-67.One important contribution of Freud's theory was that

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A) he truly understood the role of women in society. 
B) he heavily utilized experimental evidence to support his theories. 
C) he applied the same principles to normal and abnormal behavior. 
D) he increased the focus on positive growth for individuals.

Question 11

1-111.A major factor associated with a child's rejection by peers is

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A) overly aggressive behavior. 
B) being too intelligent. 
C) socioeconomic background. 
D) a lack of empathy.

Question 12

Dr.Fox studies the causes of depression.In other words,she looks at factors that play a role in the ________ of depression.

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A) etiology 
B) epidemiology 
C) prevalence 
D) resiliency

Question 13

What is object-relations theory?

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Question 14

1-32.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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A) There would be more of the neurotransmitter in the synapse. 
B) There would be less of the neurotransmitter in the synapse. 
C) Since the two deficiencies would balance each other out,there would be no change in the levels of the neurotransmitter. 
D) The neurons would become especially sensitive to the neurotransmitter.

Question 15

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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Question 16

1-12.A predisposition toward developing a disorder

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A) necessarily is biological. 
B) is called a diathesis. 
C) increases the likelihood of developing any given disorder by 50%. 
D) necessarily is a psycho-social stressor.

Question 17

What are protective factors? Give an example.How can protective factors impact a person's later functioning?

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Question 18

1-10.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

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A) the drinking is probably the actual predisposing cause for the problems in this marriage. 
B) the rejection is probably the actual predisposing cause for the problems in this marriage. 
C) the drinking and rejection influence and maintain each other. 
D) the drinking and rejection are caused by another third variable unknown to the couple.

Question 19

1-18.A protective factor is

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A) an influence that modifies a person's response to environmental stressors. 
B) an influence that modifies a person's response to genetic problems. 
C) a distal causal factor for a mental disorder. 
D) a biological makeup that makes people more resistant to stress.

Question 20

1-53.George and Logan are brothers.They live in a small apartment in the city with some other relatives.Their family is extremely poor.Their father is hardest on George,the eldest,and sometimes physically abuses him.Which environmental factor is likely to be more important in the later adjustment of George and Logan?

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A) Their poverty. 
B) The overcrowding of their living situation. 
C) The physical abuse. 
D) The fact that they live with other family members.

Exam 3: Causal Factors and Viewpoints