5 Written Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the four critical situations that Dollard and Miller believed to be capable of leaving a lasting imprint on personality?
2. An obsession is an unwanted ____, while a compulsion is an unwanted ____.
3. a. Adjustment disorders come the closest to the informal term of "nervous breakdown."
   b. The outward symptoms of anxiety disorders and adjustment disorders are similar.
   c. Adjustment disorders disappear when a person's life circumstances improve.
4. According to Allport, ____ traits tell us how people from a particular nation or culture are similar, or which traits a culture emphasizes.
5. Three to four times a year, Maria has a panic attack. What additional information would suggest that Maria has panic disorder without agoraphobia?

5 Matching Questions

1. Koro, Susto, and Zar
2. dissociative disorder
3. an adjustment disorder
4. sensory adaptation
5. Sigmund Freud

1. a The story of Sybil, a woman who had 16 separate personalities, illustrates multiple personality, which is a rare form of
2. b folk names for afflictions seen in other cultures.
3. c The decrease in sensory response to an unchanging stimulus is known as
4. d Compared to anxiety disorders, __________ is a temporary pattern associated with stress.
5. e Which dream theorist believed that dreams are based on wish fulfillment with these unconscious desires and conflicts being disguised as dream symbols?

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ____ system is the emergency system and is also known as the "fight or flight" system because of its importance in responding to emotional events.
   1. hypochondriasis
   2. Alcoholics Anonymous
   3. sympathetic nervous
   4. somatoform disorders
2. -are events that seem to defy accepted scientific laws.
   - include clairvoyance, telepathy, and precognition.
   -are the subject matter of parapsychology.
   1. Psychology
   2. shy people
   3. Psi phenomena
   4. insomnia
3. a. the tip of the iceberg.
   b. the area of the mind that lies outside of personal awareness.
   c. those things we choose to forget.
   1. According to Freud, defense mechanisms consist of
   2. an adjustment disorder
   3. sympathetic nervous
   4. As used by Freud, the unconscious refers to
4. covers the axon of the neuron?
   1. MDMA
   2. Myelin
   3. NO
   4. valid
5. a. have higher self-esteem than shy persons.
   b. recognize that social failures are often due to circumstances.
   c. give themselves credit for social successes.
   1. non-shy persons exhibit all of these characteristics.
   2. conditions of worth; fixations
   3. Persons with paranoid psychosis
   4. can be swayed by preconceptions.

5 True/False Questions

1. synapse → is NOT a part of a neuron?

   True        False

2. Stage 4 of NREM → As a sleep researcher is monitoring you, he notices that your brain waves are showing almost all delta waves. He awakens you at this point, and you awaken in a complete state of confusion. You are most likely in which stage of sleep?

   True        False

3. behavioristic → In the ____ view of development, the core of personality is shaped by early learning experiences and by social reinforcement.

   True        False

4. avoidance learning → ____ is achieved by watching and imitating the actions of another person or by noting the consequences of the person's actions.

   True        False

5. 0.90 (closest to pos. 1.) → The unconditioned stimulus by definition, leads to a(n)

   True        False