Consistent psychological and emotional qualities, perceptions, preferences, inte
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Question
Consistent psychological and emotional qualities, perceptions, preferences, interests, and beliefs that are generally consistent and expressed in one's daily behavior. This description best describes
Select one:
a. the ego
b. the unconscious
c. personality
d. psychological traits
e. B and D
According to the authors, the key criteria for evaluating personality assessments are
Select one:
a. reliability and validity.
c. objectivity and validity.
d. reliability and objectivity.
Research suggests that the Big Five personality traits are
Select one:
b. fairly consistent across many cultures.
c. identical in every culture.
d. useless for cultural evaluation.
The role of one's thinking process in personality development was emphasized by
Select one:
a. classical conditioning theorists.
b. operant conditioning theorists.
c. psychodynamic theorists
e. social learning theorists.
The most frequent type of hallucinations involves
Select one:
a. seeing objects or persons that are not real.
b. hearing voices or sounds that are not real.
c. smelling odors that do not exist.
e. experiencing taste in the absence of the appropriate food.
Which statement best reflects how cognitive therapy and rational-emotive therapy explain the cause of anxiety and mood disorders?
Select one:
a. conditional positive regard
b. maladaptive beliefs
c. maladaptive behaviors
d. unresolved childhood issues
The concerns with using the DSM5 (diagnostic manual) include all of the following, with the exception of:
Select one:
b. It relies on an either "meets" or "does not meet" criteria for determining if a mental disorder is present.
c. Some diagnostic categories are not scientifically valid and were based on subjective decisions.
d. It relies on using a dimensional model for making a diagnosis.
e. Diagnostic labels tend to stigmatize people and often do not provide meaningful, descriptive information about the person.
Match each term with the right situation: Significant Psychosocial Features, Etiology, Diathesis Stress Model
1.) an individual has a strong family history of depression and now shows signs of a depressive illness
2.) a theory that mental disorders are the product of several factors, such as a traumatic event, the individual's risk, their perceptions, and the lasting effects
3.) an individual with depressive symptoms has just lost his job, is going through a divorce, and has had a death in the family
A person has major depression and begins to drink alcohol frequently to relieve his depressed mood. She then develops an alcohol use disorder. As her drinking increases, the symptoms of depression have become worse. This is likely an example of
Select one:
b. Epidemiology
c. Comorbidity
d. Incidence
e. Prevalence
The following example(s) are criteria that can be used to characterize a mental disorder, with the exception of
Select one:
a. repeated troublesome actions and problems with memory, thinking, and explanations
b. the person feels a great deal of distress or inability to function in major areas.
c. the person has problems with ability to control their mood
e. refuses to recognize the IRS as a legitimate government authority
1.) an individual has a strong family history of depression and now shows signs of a depressive illness
1.) Significant Psychosocial Features2.) a theory that mental disorders are the product of several factors, such as a traumatic event, the individual's risk, their perceptions, and the lasting effects
2.) Etiology3.) an individual with depressive symptoms has just lost his job, is going through a divorce, and has had a death in the family
3.) Diathesis Stress Model
A person has major depression and begins to drink alcohol frequently to relieve his depressed mood. She then develops an alcohol use disorder. As her drinking increases, the symptoms of depression have become worse. This is likely an example of
Select one:
a. Etiology
b. Epidemiology
c. Comorbidity
d. Incidence
e. Prevalence
The following example(s) are criteria that can be used to characterize a mental disorder, with the exception of
Select one:
a. repeated troublesome actions and problems with memory, thinking, and explanations
b. the person feels a great deal of distress or inability to function in major areas.
c. the person has problems with ability to control their mood
d. the person's emotional or behavioral reactions are understandable and expected, for example being angry and sad about a divorce.
e. refuses to recognize the IRS as a legitimate government authority
Explanation / Answer
1. Correct Answer- Psychological traits
2. Correct Answer- a- reliability and validity
3. Correct Answer- b- fairly consistent across many cultures.
4. Correct Answer- psychodynamic theorists
5. Correct Answer- b- hearing voices or sounds that are not real.
6. Correct Answer- b- maladaptive beliefs
7. Correct Answer- d- It relies on using a dimensional model for making a diagnosis.
8. Correct Answer-
1. Etiology
2. Significant Psychosocial Features
3. Significant Psychosocial Features
4. Comorbidity
5. refuses to recognize the IRS as a legitimate government authority