Abnormal Psychology (CH.2 - Question
Bank) 2022
Leia, who has been constantly harassed and bullied by her brother Luke for as long
as she can remember, believes that she will never feel happy and free to enjoy life
...
Abnormal Psychology (CH.2 - Question
Bank) 2022
Leia, who has been constantly harassed and bullied by her brother Luke for as long
as she can remember, believes that she will never feel happy and free to enjoy life
no matter how hard she tries. Her belief is best explained by:
A. personality disorder.
B. faulty neurotransmitter circuits.
C. learned helplessness.
D. internal conflicts. - ANS-C
The conscious subjective aspect of an emotion that accompanies an action at a
given time is known as _____.
A. mood
B. affect
C. flight
D. emotion - ANS-?
Most automatic functions such as breathing, sleeping, and motor coordination are
controlled by the part of the brain called the:
A. brain stem.
B. forebrain.
C. cortex.
D. midbrain - ANS-A
The most accurate way to think of genes is that they:
A. provide some boundaries for our development.
B. determine both our physical and psychological characteristics.
C. determine physical but not psychological characteristics.
D. actually have very little to do with any of the characteristics that we display. -
ANS-A
What are the parts of the brain that are involved broadly with regulating behavior and
emotion?
A. Left and right hemisphere
B. Midbrain and brain stem
C. Medulla and pons
D. Thalamus and hypothalamus - ANS-D
The part of the brain most associated with higher cognitive functions such as thinking
and reasoning, planning for the future, and long-term memory is the:
A. occipital lobe.
B. brain stem.
C. left parietal lobe.
D. frontal lobe. - ANS-D
Emotional experiences, expressions, impulse control, and basic drives such as
aggression, sex, hunger, and thirst are the function of the:
A. endocrine system.
B. sympathetic system.
C. limbic system.
D. autonomic system - ANS-C
If Jean suffers severe damage to her somatic nervous system, she is most likely to
have impairment in:
A. moving her muscles.
B. thinking conceptually.
C. seeing in full colors.
D. remembering her past. - ANS-A
The neurotransmitter thought to regulate or moderate certain behavioral tendencies
rather than directly influencing specific patterns of behavior or psychological
disorders is:
A. norepinephrine.
B. GABA.
C. dopamine.
D. serotonin. - ANS-A
The information transmitted within each neuron through electrical impulses travelling
along the axon of a neuron is known as _______.
A. action potentials
B. terminal button
C. inhibitory
D. excitatory - ANS-A
An example of the relationship between emotion and health is demonstrated by the
finding that:
A. panic is related to poor concentration.
B. people with chronic diseases are often angry about their care.
C. those in poor physical health almost always develop psychological disorders.
D. anger increases the risk of heart disease. - ANS-D
A lifespan psychologist would point out that the only way to understand a patient's
disorder is to understand how the individual:
A. developed and changed throughout his or her life.
B. developed during the psychosexual stages of his or her life.
C. resolved conflicts in early life.
D. sees himself or herself as part of a family, a community, and a culture. - ANS-A
The study of twins has shown us that:
A. The influence of genes can be dramatically affected by various environmental
factors.
B. The influence of genes is almost entirely overridden by biological environmental
factors like nutrition.
C. The influence of genes is almost entirely overridden by social environmental
factors like parenting.
D. The influence of genes cannot be changed by environmental factors. - ANS-A
The neurotransmitter associated with the inhibition of anxiety is:
A. norepinephrine.
B. dopamine.
C. serotonin.
D. GABA. - ANS-D
According to Seligman, if a person who is faced with considerable stress and
difficulty in his or her life displays an optimistic, upbeat attitude, he or she is likely to
function better psychologically and physically. He called this:
A. learned optimism.
B. learned helplessness.
C. learned awareness.
D. learned predictability. - ANS-A
It is important to understand the process of how learned helplessness is created in
laboratory animals because learned helplessness in animals resembles the human
disorder of:
A. panic disorder.
B. depression.
C. mania.
D. schizophrenia. - ANS-B
In an experiment by Kolb, Gibb, and Gorny (2003), animals of varying ages were
placed in complex environments. Their findings suggest that:
A. the impact of the environment on the brain is different at varying stages of life.
B. the impact of the environment on the brain is significant but uniform throughout
the lifespan.
C. environments that are beneficial to the aged may be harmful to the young.
D. the environment has little effect on the brain throughout the lifespan. - ANS-A
The neurotransmitter associated with the regulation of mood, behavior, and thought
processes is:
A. GABA.
B. norepinephrine.
C. serotonin.
D. dopamine. - ANS-C...
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