Unit 12 example #28676

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Alexis is socially withdrawn and has few close friends. This behavior is most likely to be diagnosed as a symptom of psychological disorder if it is
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preventing her from functioning effectively.
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Freud suggested that for those suffering a generalized anxiety disorder, the anxiety is
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free-floating
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Most political dissidents who survive dozens of episodes of torture do not later exhibit PTSD. This best illustrates survivor
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resiliency
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After watching her sister's fearful response to the sight of a spider, Kerri became intensely fearful of spiders. This best illustrates that a specific phobia can be learned through
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observational learning
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Experiencing physical symptoms, such as blindness or paralysis, that make no physiological sense is indicative of
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conversion disorder
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Researchers have suggested that the role-playing of fantasy-prone patients in response to the leading questions of therapists has often contributed to
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dissociative identity disorder.
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Psychoanalytic perspective
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Perspective based on Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
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Noah's therapist suggests that Noah developed a dissociative identity disorder in order to misbehave without feeling a strong sense of personal shame. The therapist's suggestion most directly reflects a ________ perspective.
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Psychoanalytic perspective
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The experience of depression ________ risk taking and ________ aggression.
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inhibits; inhibits
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Gender differences in depression are LEAST noticeable among
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preschool children
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Social-cultural influences
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roles, expectations, definitions of normality and disorder
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psychological influences
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stress, trauma, learned helplessness, mood-related perceptions and memories
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According to the psychoanalytic perspective, depression results from
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the internalization of anger
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A therapist suggests that Margaret is depressed because she attributes her failures to her own incompetence instead of blaming her parents and teachers for the unreasonable demands they place on her. The therapist's interpretation most clearly reflects a ________ perspective.
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social-cognitive
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Which perspective suggests that explaining our own failures in terms that are global, stable, and internal contributes to depression?
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social-cognitive
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People who suffer chronic depression are at high risk for experiencing
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social rejection
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An abnormal shrinkage of cerebral tissue is most likely to be associated with
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schizophrenia.
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A schizoid personality disorder is most likely to be characterized by
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a detachment from social relationships.