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Please help me with the following questions. 1. Two-year old Zack has an inherit

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Please help me with the following questions.

1. Two-year old Zack has an inherited disorder in which his body cannot break down fat. He will probably die by the time he is four. Zack is most likely suffering from:

a. phenylketonuria.

b. sickle-cell anemia.

c. Tay-Sachs disease.

d. Down syndrome.

2.

The first two weeks of a pregnancy, from conception to implantation, are known as the _____ period.

Select one:

a. embryonic

b. germinal

c. fetal

d. critical

3. Which of the following is TRUE of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)?

a. It uses an electrical current.

b. It is still experimental.

c. It is not as popular as it used to be.

d. It does not have any side effects.

4. Drive-reduction approaches to motivation are:

Select one:

a. theories suggesting that a lack of some basic biological need produces a drive to push an organism to satisfy that need.

b. beliefs that we try to maintain certain levels of stimulation and activity.

c. theories suggesting that motivation stems from the desire to obtain valued external goals.

d. theories suggesting that motivation is a product of people's thoughts, expectations, and goal.

5. According to data presented in your text, _____ approaches to psychotherapy tend to be more successful than do _____ approaches.

Select one:

a. psychodynamic and humanistic; behavioral cognitive

b. cognitive behavioral; psychodynamic

c. cognitive and humanistic; behavioral and psychodynamic

d. behavioral and client-centered; cognitive and psychodynamic

6. Neal, an Asian-American student would most likely:

Select one:

a. focus on detail.

b. have a good memory for verbally presented ideas and information.

c. learn materials that have a human, social content.

d. perceive information as part of total picture.

7. The token system is MOST OFTEN used:

Select one:

a. in institutional settings, for individuals with relatively serious problems.

b. as an appraisal technique.

c. by friends in a dorm.

d. as a classroom management technique.

8. Which of the following is true of the need for affiliation?

Select one:

a. People who have higher affiliation needs desire to be alone more of the time than those who have lower affiliation needs.

b. People who have lower affiliation needs desire to be with friends more than those who have higher affiliation needs.

c. Regardless of their affiliative orientation, male students spend significantly more time with their friends.

d. People who have higher affiliation needs are particularly sensitive to relationships with others.

9. Interpersonal therapy derives from _____ approaches to therapy, but it is _____.

Select one:

a. psychodynamic; shorter and more directive

b. psychodynamic; longer and less directive

c. humanistic; shorter and more directive

d. humanistic; longer and less directive

10. The developing fetus reaches the age of viability _____ weeks after conception, during the _____ period.

a. 22; embryonic

b. 22; fetal

c. 28; embryonic

d. 28; fetal

10. Which of the following alternatives CORRECTLY illustrates a term in Ellis's A-B-C model?

Select one:

a. Activating condition—"I must get the top score in the class, a perfect score."

b. Irrational belief—extreme anxiety

c. Emotional consequence—a midterm test is scheduled for next week

d. Irrational belief—"I will never get a good score in my test”

11. Nature is to nurture what _____ is to _____.

Select one:

a. conditioned stimulus; unconditioned stimulus

b. conditioned response; unconditioned response

c. neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus

d. unconditioned response; conditioned response

12. According to the text, the average child in the U.S. has viewed more than _____ murders on network TV by the time he or she graduates from elementary school.

Select one:

a. 12

b. 500

c. 8,000

d. 6,000

13. Two-year old Zack has an inherited disorder in which his body cannot break down fat. He will probably die by the time he is four. Zack is most likely suffering from:

Select one:

a. phenylketonuria.

b. sickle-cell anemia.

c. Tay-Sachs disease.

d. Down syndrome.

Explanation / Answer

Answer 1)

(c)-Tay Sachs disease

Tay Sachs disease is an inherited disorder in which the child cannot break down fat and usually dies at a very early age.

It is an autosomal recessive disorder.

ans 2: B

ans 3: A

ans 4: A