ASHWORTH CO4 LESSON 6 & 7 EXAM Latest 2018 September Question # 00603467 Subject: Education Due on: 08/06/2019 Posted On: 08/06/2019 11:58 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.9/5

C04V
Introduction to Psychology

LESSON 6
& 7 EXAM

Question 1There are three primary components to the
experiencing of any emotion. They are __________.

Question options:

conventional, preconventional, and postconventional
components

physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and cognitive
experience

conscious, preconscious, and unconscious components

alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

Question 2Thirteen-year-old Debbie is attempting to jump off
of the high diving board for the very first time. Though she does not have a
pathological fear of heights, the concept of jumping off of a ten-meter board
is very stressful for her. As she walks to the edge of the board, her heart
begins to pound and she gets goose bumps on her skin. These responses refer to
the __________ component of an emotion.

Question options:

expressive behavior

affective relay

cognitive experience

physiological arousal

Question 3Which of the following has been found by research
into having a social support system and physical health?

Question options:

Women who have social support systems are more likely to get
breast cancer screenings.

Men who do not have social support systems are more likely
to suffer from alcoholism.

Adolescent girls with social support systems are paradoxically
more likely to develop an eating disorder.

Adolescents who have social support systems are less likely
to engage in risky behavior, including drugs and unprotected sex.

Question 4Despite the fact that a prefrontal lobotomy can,
in fact, help to reduce the intensity of emotions, it also has the side effect
of __________.

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causing severe long-term memory loss

interrupting motor skills in the legs and feet

causing the hallucinations and delusions often associated
with schizophrenia

impairing a person’s ability to plan or manage their life

Question 5Which of the following can cause a genetic male to
develop female external genitalia?

Question options:

Klinefelter syndrome

androgen insensitivity syndrome

Wolffian androgynous syndrome

Müllerian atrophication syndrome

Question 6In the culture of India, a __________ refers to an
individual who occupies the “third gender,” and is neither a man nor a woman.

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kathoey

hijra

winkte

koro

Question 7Jason’s wife, Mitzi, told him, “I think you should
know that I’m pregnant!” After he regained consciousness and got some of the
color back in his face, Jason started thinking about what life would be like as
a father, imagining all of the joys and struggles that would be involved.
Jason’s process of imagining how he would feel about something that might
happen in the future is called affective __________.

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fantasizing

broadcasting

mulling

forecasting

Question 8 “Turn that frown upside down, mister!” Maybe you
heard this line from a grandparent at some point in your life. Okay, if you are
a girl, maybe it was “missy,” but you get the point! According to the
__________ hypothesis, smiling can, in fact, cause you to become happier!

Question options:

myographic stimulation

facial feedback

positive muscular

masking

Question 9Given recent advances in our understanding of the
complexities of gender, which of the following courses of action are doctors
more willing to consider when dealing with an intersex baby?

Question options:

Doctors are more willing to let parents decide which gender
they want their child to be, and then take the medical steps necessary to make
those changes occur.

Doctors are more willing to use hormones prior to birth to
allow intersex babies to develop normal genitalia on their own.

Doctors are more willing to use plastic surgery to adjust
intersex individuals’ genitalia shortly after birth.

Doctors are more willing to leave intersex individuals’
genitalia intact and unaltered.

Question 10What is the relationship between the terms “mood”
and “emotion?”

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A mood is part of an emotion, but an emotion is not part of
a mood.

An emotion is a response to a specific stimulus, while a
mood is a more general free-floating feeling that does not relate directly to a
stimulus.

An emotion is part of a mood, but a mood is not a part of an
emotion.

A mood has an affective component, while an emotion has an
expressive and a physiological component.

Question 11People with gender __________ disorder feel that
they were born into the body of the wrong sex and have a strong identification
with the opposite gender.

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development

identity

establishment

androgyny

Question 12Which of the following statements has research
found with regard to androgynous people?

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They have a greater likelihood of having a non-heterosexual
orientation.

They are highly functioning and effective because they do
not limit themselves to one set of gender rules.

They have greater difficulties in adolescence as a result of
peer teasing.

They are socially inept because they cannot relate
effectively to people of their own or the opposite sex.

Question 13Ross has been outside for the past four hours
mowing the lawn and doing yard work on a ninety degree day. He comes inside and
immediately begins downing glasses of water. After he’s had three or four
glasses, he stops drinking so quickly and calms down a bit. Ross’s motivation
to drink water is best explained by Clark Hull’s __________ theory.

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extrinsic satisfaction

hedonic principle

drive-reduction

altruistic drive

Question 14Sarah runs track for her high school, and
generally runs the longer distances. She notices that even though she
experiences pain as the race continues, she can count on eventually
experiencing a brief break from the pain, called the “runner’s high.” This is
caused by the release of __________, neurotransmitters that inhibit pain and
stimulate the immediate pleasure of rewards.

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gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA.

dopamine

endorphins

ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA.

Question 15The __________ system is to boys as the
__________ system is to girls.

Question options:

Wolffian; Müllerian

Stausberg; Flynn

Müllerian; Wolffian

Flynn; Stausberg

Question 16Chastity and Shane are fraternal twins, born
seventeen minutes apart. They go through many of life’s trials and tribulations
together, but if their developmental schedules hold true to average, Chastity
will start going through her pubescent development approximately ___________
her brother.

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the same time as

five years earlier than

three years later than

two years earlier than

Question 17The __________ law states that in general people
perform at their best when they experience a moderate level of arousal; too
little arousal will not motivate their best effort, and too much arousal will
interfere with their performance.

Question options:

Yerkes-Dodson

Wertheimer-Werth

Berman-Silverman

Shneidman-Farberow

Question 18The theorist who suggested that prior experiences
of a stimulus can cause an exposure effect that primes us to react in a certain
way to that stimulus in the future was __________.

Question options:

Stanley Schachter

Robert Plutchik

Jerome Singer

Robert Zajonc

Question 19When a child is conceived and has an XY
chromosome type, that child is genetically a boy. Which of the following
statements best reflects where his chromosomes came from?

Question options:

He got his X chromosome from Mom and his Y chromosome from
Dad.

He got his Y chromosome from Mom and the X chromosome from
Dad.

He got his XX chromosomes from Mom, but the XY chromosomes
he got from Dad were genetically dominant, and that is why he is going to be a
boy.

It is impossible to know which chromosome came from which
parent.

Question 20In most cases, what is the relationship between
gender and biological sex?

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In most cases, gender and biological sex are in vast
opposition.

Gender is only aligned with biological sex in cases of severe
psychological disorders.

Gender is only aligned with biological sex when a person is
homosexual.

In most cases, gender is aligned with biological sex.

Question 21The intense fear of having a panic attack in a
public setting or situation may lead to fear of crowds, unfamiliar places, or
situations from where escape may be difficult. This condition, which often
accompanies panic disorder, is called __________.

Question options:

avoidant personality disorder

social anxiety disorder

agoraphobia

social phobia

Question 22The major precept of catharsis theory, the idea
that venting our emotions helps to deflate them, has found what response in the
research community?

Question options:

Research has not supported the idea that venting can
decrease rage, and in fact has found that venting can cause rage to increase.

Research has found that catharsis is only useful for men,
since they get angry much more often than women.

Research has found that catharsis is only useful for
children, since they don’t have the vocabulary to express their anger in other
ways.

Research has found that catharsis is only useful for people
who live in individualistic cultures, and not those who live in collectivist
cultures.

Question 23 __________-focused
coping is a coping strategy that involves a person attempting to alleviate
stress directly, either by eliminating the source of a stressor or by changing
the way he or she behaves in stressful situations.

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Behavior

Emotion

Adaption

Problem

Question 24 Gene
is being trained in the ability to give a psychological __________, which means
to assign a label for a person’s mental disorder assigned by identifying and classifying
patterns of behavior.

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evaluation

prognosis

diagnosis

assessment

Question 25__________ coping is a coping strategy that
involves maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint and trying not to think
about a stressor.

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Repressive

Reframed

Anticipatory

Defensive

Question 26Angela has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She
is in her late teens, is experiencing her first psychotic episode, and has been
hospitalized. Her parents have given consent for treatment with medications and
intend to follow up with carefully trained physicians and therapists to get
psychotherapy, education, and medication. If they are very conscientious about
her care, and if Angela is an active and willing participant in her own
treatment, she should be able to manage her illness and lead a productive and
happy life. This anticipated outcome of an illness is called a __________.

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prediction

prognosis

concordance plan

treatment plan

Question 27Despite popular misconception, stress can
actually be good for you and serve positive functions. The stress that we
experience in response to positive events is called __________.

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adaptive stress

distress

eustress

positive stress

Question 28The mental and physical responses that we
experience when exposed to threatening or challenging events is called
__________.

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panic

stress

anxiety

terror

Question 29Aliya has been suffering from changes in her mood
recently. She goes from a “normal” mood state to a mildly elevated mood where
she seems to be more creative and energetic. She is still able to function when
these elevations in mood occur, but they do seem odd given her history of being
a very even and level person. Aliya is experiencing bouts of __________.

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mania

rapid cycling

dysthymia

hypomania

Question 30 Compared
to other alternative medicine techniques like acupuncture and meditation, how
effective is biofeedback at helping to reduce stress?

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Biofeedback is far more effective than meditation, but less
effective than acupuncture.

Biofeedback is not significantly more effective, and it requires
expensive equipment.

Biofeedback, acupuncture, and meditation are all rather
ineffective.

Biofeedback is far less effective than meditation and
acupuncture.

Question 31What is the relationship between perceived control
and the experience of stress?

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Research has not revealed any relationship between stress
and perceived control.

Stress and control are directly related, meaning that the
more control we perceive we have, the more stress we tend to experience.

The perception that one has control over a situation helps
reduce the stress caused by that situation.

Experiencing stress in a given situation lowers our
perception of the control we have over that stressor.

Question 32A sense of powerlessness underlies the theory of
learned helplessness and its contribution to the symptoms of depression. This
theory was researched and explained by __________.

Question options:

Martin Seligman

Aaron Beck

Paul Glasser

Fritz Perls

Question 33Almost __________% of Americans report
experiencing frequent stress, with the same number reporting occasional stress
in their live

Question options:

95

70

55

40

Question 34Which of the following is one of the criteria for
defining a mental disorder as spelled out in the DSM-IV-TR?

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The disturbances involve short-term, acute distress.

The disturbances are best explained by poverty, prejudice,
or other social forces.

The disturbances are viewed by mental health professionals
as harmful, deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional.

The disturbances have a rapid onset and are a marked change
from recent functioning.

Question 35Which of the following areas of the brain have
not been shown to have unusually high activity in people who suffer from
obsessive-compulsive disorder?

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the basal ganglia

the striate nuclei

parts of the limbic system

the frontal lobe

Question 36__________ coping is a coping strategy that
involves facing a stressor directly and working to overcome it.

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Reactive

Emotion-focused

Problem-focused

Rational

Question 37Steve is constantly nervous and worried. He
cannot identify what it is that makes him upset, and he has difficulty sleeping
and occasional stomach problems. The best diagnosis for Steve would be
__________.

Question options:

generalized anxiety disorder

obsessive-compulsive disorder

phobic disorder

panic disorder

Question 38Louanne has been having difficulties with stress
lately, so she goes to a therapist who talks her through the process of
alternately tensing and relaxing different muscle groups in her body. Then they
work on proper breathing technique. The goal of these exercises, which are
collectively called __________ therapy, is to help relieve tension and stress.

Question options:

relaxation

dynamic muscle

peace induction

biofeedback

Question 39Which of the following is not a type of strategy
for alleviating the effects of stressors?

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emotional approaches

cognitive approaches

social approaches

behavioral approaches

Question 40Jennifer has learned that her boss is very
unhappy with her performance on a recent project. She also knows that the
company has been in trouble lately, and that people are in danger of losing
their jobs. Which of the following would be the best example of a rational
coping response from Jennifer?

Question options:

Jennifer goes to her boss, discusses the deficits in her
performance, and gets feedback on how to improve.

Jennifer makes sure to avoid seeing her boss, because if she
cannot be found than she cannot be fired.

Jennifer scrambles to get coworkers who are friends to agree
to “share” the blame for the deficient work, so that everyone can’t be fired at
once.

Jennifer takes a day off, works on the project at home to
try to improve it, and then hopes to submit it without her boss realizing that
she redid the work.