1. The most common of all of the psychological disorders is A. bipolar disorder.
B. acute stress disorder.
(C). depression.
D. schizophrenia.
2. In the Freudian psychoanalytic perspective, the id is to the pleasure principle as the ego is to the _______ principle.
A. primary B. impulse (C). reality D. moral
3. The basic reason it's incorrect to apply stereotypical thinking to other people is
(A). assuming that what you've been taught is necessarily true.
B. expecting a category of people to behave the way they "should."
C. applying general beliefs or attitudes to whole categories of people.
D. the tendency to turn the stereotyped group into scapegoats.
4. According to Robert Sternberg, a combination of intimacy and passion is called _______ love. A. companionate
B. consummate
C. fatuous
(D). romantic
5. Jeremy feels that Gloria is far too good looking for him, but he's comfortable dating Jody, since he sees her as about as physically attractive as he is. A psychologist would say Jeremy is illustrating the _______ hypothesis.
A. looking glass B. reciprocity (C). similarity
D. matching

6. In his development of personality types, Hans Eysenck was strongly influenced by both A. Abraham Maslow and Sigmund Freud.
(B). Abraham Maslow and Carl Jung.
C. Hippocrates and Carl Jung.
D. Hippocrates and Sigmund Freud.
7. From the perspective of Hans Eysenck, a person who is restless, impulsive, optimistic, and active fits the _______ personality type.
(A). unstable introvert B. stable extrovert C. unstable extrovert D. stable introvert
8. The humanistic theory of Abraham Maslow emphasizes that (A). esteem needs are filled before we may attain self-actualization.
B. our need for love is more important than our need for safety.
C. maintaining homeostasis depends on conscious decisions.
D. thrill-seeking behavior is consistent with the drive-reduction theory.
9. One of the ways Robert nourishes his aggressive nature is by A. playing violent video games.
B. standing up for his belief in equality.
(C). playing quarterback on the football team.
D. defending his brother against older children.
10. A company supervisor asks for volunteers from the first shift to help assemble a new binding machine that must be on-line within the next 24 hours. Grady lifts his chin and his shoulders, nods, and says, "I can do it." In the social cognitive perspective of Albert Bandura, Grady has appraised a desired outcome through self-evaluated
A. emotions.
B. strategies.
C. competencies. (D). expectancies.
11. If you're an eligible woman in search of Mr. Right, chances are that you're most likely to be impressed by a man's
(A). thrift and money-management skills. B. age—if he's several years your junior. C. record of steady employment.
D. physical appearance.
12. Raymond Cattell's Personality Factor Questionnaire can be used to A. predict an individual's behavior.
B. define a person's heredity.
C. determine how stable a person is. (D). measure a person's behavior.
13. A key ingredient in the existential perspective is A. a personal universe.
(B). free will.
C. regression.
D. the unconscious.
14. George gets heavily into basketball and the debating team during adolescence in order
to deal with some of his unruly hormonal impulses. Freud would say he's employing a defense mechanism called
(A). displacement.
B. projection.
C. reaction formation. D. sublimation.
15. The ancient Greeks determined that there were four kinds of love, using the word _______ to indicate romantic or sexual love.
(A). eros B. philia C. agape D. storge
16. It's quite possible that you'll become ravenously hungry if A. your hypothalamus is removed.
B. the ventromedial nucleus of your hypothalamus is stimulated.
(C). someone stimulates your lateral hypothalamus.
D. your lateral hypothalamus is destroyed.
17. Gloria is a friend of yours. You've noticed that sometimes she seems to be behaving unlike herself. Her voice quality and facial expressions aren't like her usual ones. Also, the way she dresses is very different from day to day. Another friend, a clinical psychologist, tells you that Gloria may be suffering from dissociative
(A). fugue.
B. identity disorder. C. amnesia.
D. depersonalization.
18. The most widely useful indicator of a psychological disorder is A. criminal behavior.
B. unacceptable behavior.
C. typicality.
(D). emotional discomfort.
19. Characteristics of bipolar disorder typically include A. hypochondria.
(B). difficulty concentrating.
C. attacks of amnesia.
D. manipulation of others.
20. Charles washes his hands every time he passes either the bathroom or the kitchen sink. Before he goes to bed at night, he checks several times to make sure that the stove is turned off. According to this information, Charles is probably suffering from
A. GAD.
B. acute stress disorder. C. dissociative fugue. (D). OCD.
3 answers
I agree with 1, 2, 4, and 5 but not 3.
2. C
5. D
6. C
9-is not C
12. A
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. D
19. B
20. D
1 answer