Abnormal Psychology Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Abnormal Psychology explores the nature, causes, and treatment of psychological disorders and maladaptive behaviors. The course covers a range of topics including the classification and diagnosis of mental disorders, the biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors influencing abnormal behavior, and current approaches to intervention and therapy. Students will analyze case studies and review research findings to develop a comprehensive understanding of conditions such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, personality disorders, and other mental health challenges. Through this course, students gain critical insights into the complexities of mental illness and the ethical considerations involved in assessment and treatment.
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Theories of Personality Understanding Persons 6th Edition by Susan C. Cloninger
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Theory
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Q1) The criterion of verifiability requires that the theorist specify observations which would refute the prediction.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Other things being equal, a long test is usually more reliable than a short test.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) An intensive investigation of a single individual is called a case study.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The study of personality dynamics often focuses on motivation directing behavior. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Freud: Classical Psychoanalysis
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Q1) Hypnosis has been shown to be able to help treat a number of conditions including asthma, warts, psoriasis, and eating disorders.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The purpose of defense mechanisms is to
A) resolve intrapsychic conflict.
B) preserve life.
C) preserve sleep.
D) signal that the id may take over the personality.
Answer: A
Q3) During the Oedipal stage, boys are afraid of A) all women.
B) their mothers.
C) castration.
D) failure in school.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Jung: Analytical Psychology
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Q1) When Jung and Freud first met
A) they argued, and decided they could not be colleagues.
B) they had much to talk about (13 hours worth!).
C) they planned to set up a joint therapy clinic.
D) Jung asked to be Freud's patient.
Answer: B
Q2) Jung felt that men fell in love with women on whom they projected their A) anima.
B) animus.
C) persona.
D) shadow.
Answer: A
Q3) What was Jung's attitude toward scientific methods and language?
A) He praised scientific methods above literary methods.
B) He rejected science, saying it is unsuitable for understanding the psyche.
C) He accepted experimental science, but not survey methods.
D) He agreed with Freud's opinion about science.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Adler: Individual Psychology
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Q1) Which statement most accurately compares "superiority striving" and "perfection striving," as Adler used these terms?
A) Superiority striving is neurotic; perfection striving is healthy.
B) Superiority striving is healthy; perfection striving is neurotic.
C) Superiority striving and perfection striving are similar, and are both neurotic.
D) Superiority striving and perfection striving are similar, and are both healthy.
Q2) Which of the following family situations would Adler not say affects a child's personality development
A) Birth order
B) Spacing between children
C) Number of boys and girls in the family
D) Children with special talents must compete more than those who do not
Q3) Adler can be considered a pioneer in the field of
A) ecology.
B) psychosomatic medicine.
C) gerontology.
D) the heredity of personality.
Q4) Explain how birth order influences personality, according to Adler.
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Chapter 5: Erikson: Psychosocial Development
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Q1) Select one of Erikson's first four stages of development. What crisis occurs at that stage? What ego strength develops? How does culture support that ego strength?
Q2) In old age, people develop the ego strength of A) fidelity.
B) love.
C) wisdom. D) industry.
Q3) Generativity can be expressed through the role of A) Parent
B) Teacher
C) Mentor
D) All the above
Q4) Cultural rituals threaten ego strengths.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Erikson suggested that psychological intimacy requires that individual identity first be established.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Horney and Relational Theory: Interpersonal
Psychoanalytic
Theory
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Q1) The expansive solution is also called the "detached" personality
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is externalized, according to Horney?
A) anger
B) self-contempt
C) oppression
D) all of the above
Q3) The appeal of love is related to
A) The self-effacing solution
B) The expansive solution
C) Resignation (solution)
D) None of the above
Q4) Which interpersonal orientation(s) does a healthy person use, according to Horney?
A) moving toward, but not against or away
B) moving away, but not toward or against
C) moving against, but not toward or away
D) moving toward, against, and away
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Q5) Discuss research on infant attachment from the perspective of relational theory.
Chapter 7: Allport: Personological Trait Theory
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Q1) How did Allport define personality? Explain the significance of this definition.
Q2) Allport's term, proprium, corresponds most closely to which of the following terms?
A) neurosis
B) social influence
C) the self
D) the superego
Q3) Allport's saying, "The same heat that melts the butter hardens the egg" illustrates
A) the danger of drugs.
B) the interaction of personality and situations.
C) genetic influence.
D) determinism.
Q4) Which of the following is not listed by Allport as characteristic of a normal, mature adult?
A) warm human interactions
B) emotional security
C) realistic perceptions
D) financial success
Q5) Summarize Allport's advice about eclecticism.
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Chapter 8: Two Factor Analytic Trait Theories: Cattells 16
Factors and the Big Five
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Q1) The Big Five factors of personality are well-established in adults but not yet demonstrated in children or people in other cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Underlying patterns of personality, which reappear in a variety of populations, are called (by Cattell) __________.
A) complexes
B) sentiments
C) source traits
D) surface traits
Q3) One sentiment that clearly influenced Sonia Sotomayor's life was:
A) Education
B) Loneliness
C) Curiosity
D) Pride
Q4) The Big Five are not robust factors; sometimes researchers can find them, and sometimes not.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Biological Theories: Evolution, Genetics, and Biological
Factor Theories
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Q1) Children who cried and clung to their mothers, in Kagan's studies, were called A) inhibited.
B) neurotic.
C) difficulty children.
D) uninhibited.
Q2) Altruism, according to evolutionary perspectives, is most directly caused by A) reasoning.
B) the emotion of empathy.
C) experience.
D) the emotion of happiness.
Q3) The left frontal lobe of the brain is more active when people are experiencing depression and anxiety, than when they are happy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Traits that are influenced by genetics would be expected to have a high heritability score.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe temperament, and explain how it influences personality.
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Chapter 10: The Challenge of Behaviorism: Dollard and Miller,
Skinner, and Staats
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Q1) Operant responses can be recorded in a Skinner box.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Staats describes basic behavioral repertoires as the highest level of personality development.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An adolescent who has come home later than he should is given the choice between being grounded for a week or having to do extra chores. This choice presents him with a(n) __________ conflict.
A) approach-approach
B) avoidance-avoidance
C) approach-avoidance
D) double approach-avoidance
Q4) The theory of psychological behaviorism explains left-handedness in terms of learning, not brain predisposition.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) How does psychological behaviorism explain adjustment and maladjustment?
Chapter 11: Kelly: Personal Construct Theory
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Q1) The C-P-C Cycle describes A) creativity.
B) biorhythms.
C) effective action.
D) social interactions.
Q2) Compared to threat, fear is concerned with __________ constructs. A) interpersonal B) physical
C) peripheral
D) comprehensive
Q3) Every time she is criticized, Thelma becomes anxious and her blood pressure rises. However, when asked what she is thinking, she honestly says, "Nothing." How can Kelly's cognitive theory explain her experience?
Q4) According to Kelly, we anticipate the future because of what we know about the past.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain Kelly's concept of "constructive alternativism."
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Chapter 12: Mischel: Traits in Cognitive Social Learning Theory
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Q1) Despite numerous physical difficulties, artist Frida Kahlo believed she could be successful in her work. This is called
A) collective efficacy
B) id inflation
C) cognitive bias
D) self-efficacy.
Q2) Mischel's term "cognitive person variables" refers to A) intelligence.
B) several concepts that replace "traits" as theoretical terms.
C) a method for devising personality questionnaires.
D) a statistical technique for data analysis.
Q3) The term consistency paradox refers to the finding from research that people are more consistent than would be expected from personality trait theory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Mischel argued that people are more consistent across situations than other theorists recognized.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Bandura: Performance in Cognitive Social
Learning Theory
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Q1) In his studies of film-mediated aggression, children watched models behave aggressively toward A) other adults.
B) children.
C) animals.
D) a Bobo doll.
Q2) According to the concept of reciprocal determinism, behavior can influence personality, as well as the opposite.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Bandura's research shows that modeling can be an effective therapeutic intervention for phobias.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research finds that in the real world, as well as in the laboratory, aggression is increased by modeling.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Rogers: Person-Centered Theory
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Q1) Rogers thought that education could be improved by
A) trusting students to choose their own directions.
B) more carefully applying learning principles.
C) using team teachers.
D) providing more incentives for learning.
Q2) Which of the following is not a psychological quality required for creativity?
A) openness to experience
B) intelligence
C) an internal locus of evaluation
D) the ability to toy with elements and concepts
Q3) Which of the following was not one of the characteristics of a fully functioning person listed by Rogers?
A) existential living
B) openness to experience
C) social interest
D) creativity
Q4) The real self and the ideal self become more similar after therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain what Rogers meant by the actualizing tendency.
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Chapter 15: Maslow and His Legacy: Need Hierarchy Theory and Positive Psychology
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Q1) Intrinsically motivated people, according to Deci's theory, are independent of other people.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not listed by Maslow as a characteristic of self-actualized people?
A) optimism
B) spontaneity
C) peak experiences
D) humility
Q3) The hierarchy of needs describes five levels of needs, from basic physical needs to self-actualization.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The needs lowest on Maslow's hierarchy are safety needs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How common is self-actualization? What prevents it from being universal?
Q6) What are peak experiences? Discuss the kinds of people who experience them.
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Chapter 16: Buddhist Psychology: Lessons From Eastern Culture
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Q1) Detachment from craving is the Third Noble Truth.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Attending to the first levels in the moments of perception (those things that are below traditional levels of conscious attention) is called _____.
A) pure awareness
B) focused awareness
C) perceptual yearning
D) anatta
Q3) How has meditation been used to improve psychological and physical well-being?
Q4) Research on Buddhist monks has shown that meditation can alter perception.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What does Buddhism say about the connection between the mind and the body?
A) The two are separate.
B) The mind causes problems in the body, but the body does not influence the mind.
C) The two are inseparable.
D) The body causes problems in the mind, but the mind does not influence the body.
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Chapter 17: Conclusion
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Q1) Telling the story of one's life is an example of the narrative metaphor of personality.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain the term "paradigm." How does a paradigm influence research?
Q3) The mechanistic metaphor underlies Freudian and behavioristic theory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Personality theories have proposed various metaphors for people. Which of the following metaphors is not considered by the text?
A) the information processing metaphor
B) the mechanistic metaphor
C) the organic metaphor
D) the political metaphor
Q5) A pluralistic perspective attempts to combine diverse theories into one unified, systematic whole.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List and describe three metaphors that have been applied to personality.
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