Psychology Module 7 Quiz

Question

1. In the DSM-IV-TR system, there are five:

a. personality traits.

b. problems.

c. diagnoses.

d. axes.

2. Based on research, one effective technique in coping with stress is stress:

a. removal.

b. redefinition.

c. amplification.

d. reexamination.

3. Why is it so difficult to define abnormal behavior?

a. Psychologists have no standardized diagnostic criteria.

b. Abnormal behaviors are rarely clearly distinguishable.

c. Diagnosis involves subjective judgments.

d. Supernatural components are involved.

4. Which of the following is true about stress reactions?

a. They produce a physiological reaction only.

b. Psychological reactions happen independently of physiological reactions.

c. They produce both a physiological and psychological reactions.

d. Physiological reactions differ depending on the stressor.

5. A stressful event can be perceived as less stressful if you believe you:

a. strongly believe in religion.

b. have a solution to the problem.

c. cannot predict the stress.

d. have control over the stress.

6. The body’s natural disease-fighting system is the ______ system.

a. sympathetic

b. skeletal

c. endocrine

d. immune

7. Which hypothesis states that abnormal behavior is similar to normal behavior but is a more severe and harmful form of it?

a. Continuity hypothesis

b. Psychoanalytic hypothesis

c. Discontinuity hypothesis

d. Medical hypothesis

8. Which of the following is a characteristic of inattention?

a. Rarely forgetful

b. Frequent interruptions

c. Excessive talking

d. Often disorganized

9. Unwanted sexual advances, unwanted sexually suggestive comments, and sexual coercion are all forms of:

a. rape trauma syndrome.

b. sexual harassment.

c. sadomasochism.

d. sexual dysfunction.

10. How does prior experience with stress influence our ability to deal with future stress?

a. Eventually all possible stressful events are experiences, causing no more stress.

b. Each stressful event is handled uniquely, with no influence from past events.

c. The more previous experience with stress, the better future stress is handled.

d. The more stress accumulates overall, the worse the reaction to future stress.

11. Psychologists who believe abnormal behavior is entirely different from normal psychological problems would be advocates of the
________ hypothesis.

a. continuity

b. discontinuity

c. biological

d. progression

12. Upsetting emotions and depression may affect the immune system by:

a. reducing the body’s resistance to disease.

b. increasing the resistance of the autonomic nervous system.

c. reducing the response time of a person’s general adaptation response.

d. increasing tolerance to microstressors.

13. The first step in responding to stress is often the production of hormones and the mobilization of bodily resources. This first stage is
referred to as the:

a. avoidance reaction stage.

b. resistance stage.

c. alarm reaction stage.

d. adjustment phase.

14. In the DSM-IV-TR, personality disorders are known as Axis ______ disorders.

a. II

b. I

c. III

d. IV

15. Actions, thoughts, and feelings that are harmful to yourself or others defines ______ behavior.

a. abnormal

b. violent

c. atypical

d. aberrant

16. Attempts to deal with the source of stress or to control our reactions to it, or both, describe:

a. the alarm reaction.

b. exhaustion.

c. coping.

d. frustration.

17. Compared to others, people with a Type A personality tend to:

a. experience greater physiological arousal in competitive situations.

b. experience less physiological arousal in situations where they must do nothing but sit.

c. have extremely effective coping styles in competitive situations.

d. have depressed nervous activity in response to frustrating failure experiences.

18. High levels of depression are ______ among individuals undergoing stress.

a. uncommon

b. common

c. rare

d. nonexistent

19. In defining hyperactivity-impulsivity, which of the following would qualify as a characteristic of hyperactivity-impulsivity?

a. Often remains seated in times of distraction

b. Rarely talks excessively

c. Knows the answers but never blurts them out

d. Often leaves seat when should remain seated

20. The cognitive view of depression states that it is not that bad things happening to a person causes depression, but:

a. the level of medication consumed determines the severity of the depression.

b. how we interpret those events makes all the difference.

c. the nature and role of childhood experiences explains our reaction to those events.

d. the behavior of the person toward others causes depression.

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