AP - Group Set 6

How is a patient with schizophrenia. Which positive symptom could he show?

• No longer thinking he's president of the United States

• Successfully returning to school

• Hallucinating that he's being stalked by a giant rat

• Flat affect

• A lack of desire to initiate activities

Larry and Pat are both 50. Their children are in college. They are developing a plan to sell their home and go to work with the poor in other countries. Their plan is likely explained by which of the following?

• Erikson's integrity versus despair

• Kohlberg's level II, conventional morality

• Yerkes-Dodson Law

• Erikson's generativity versus stagnation

• Secondary reinforcement

John's parents died in a war shortly after he was born. He was sent to an orphanage, but because of the war it was severely understaffed, and the staff couldn't provide the children with any emotional stimulus or interaction. He spent nearly two years there. Since being adopted, he seems nearly unable to form attachments with his new parents and siblings. John might have which of the following?

• Attachment anxiety

• Reactive attachment disorder

• Object permanence

• Separation anxiety

• Detachment adaptation

Zoe likes to smoke cigarettes occasionally, so she won't eat as much, but she does notice that her heart beats faster when she smokes, too. The latter is most likely due to

• Dopamine

• GABA

• Acetylcholine

• Norepinephrine

• Endorphins

Sophie always has difficulty coming up with ideas for her research papers at the end of the term. Her teacher suggest that she jot down five ideas quickly, without trying to critically assess whether the work or not, as a first step. Her teacher is suggesting what type of thinking?

• Creative

• Inductive

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Fixed

Alexander has developed an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning. Which of the following clinicians most likely believes that his phobia has a biological basis?

• Madison Brown, who encourages him to replace his thought "I'm scared! The lightning is going to strike me" with " I'm perfectly safe; the lightning is actually not near"

• Joshua Smith, who encourages him to remember his dreams

• Kathy Reynolds, who has him listen to recordings of thunder and prescribes him a regular dose of Xanax

• Orella Smith, who stresses his ability to deal with challenges

• Henry Pearson, who encourages him to join group therapy with other phobic people

Sebastian is on his feet screaming "Go! Go! Go!" as his favorite basketball team fights against the clock to win the game. He interprets his screaming and adrenaline as enthusiasm rather than anger or aggression. Which theory of emotion best explains this?

• The Schachter-Singer theory

• The James-Lange theory

• Gestalt theory

• Negative triad theory

• Weber's Law

Complete the following using deductive reasoning. All social media managers who work for company X use Instagram. Some social media managers who use Instagram also use Snapchat. Social media manager who works for company X. It can be there for determined that

• Henry uses both Instagram and Snapchat

• Henry does not use Snapchat

• Henry uses either Instagram or SnapChat

• Henry uses Instagram

• Henry uses Snapchat

Amir is shopping online for textbooks. He finds out that the site won't let him shop for anything unless he rates the product he ordered 3 months ago first. Amir doesn't want to spend his time giving feedback, and is irritable by being forced to respond before he can even look at books for next term. As a result, he switches to a different site entirely. His anger and resistance to the rating request is an example of

• Aggression

• Door in the face phenomenon

• Conflicting motives

• Psychological reactance

• Systematic desensitization

A cognitive therapist would most likely agree with which of the following criticisms of psychoanalytic theory?

• Psychoanalytic therapy often requires years before patients make any breakthroughs that change the way they think

• Psychoanalytic therapy focuses too much on underlying issues and not enough on changing Behavior

• Psychoanalytic therapy is lengthy and creates an undue financial burden on patients

• Psychoanalytic therapy does not focus enough on unconditional acceptance and self-esteem

• Psychoanalytic therapy avoids desensitization techniques and is not suitable for phobic patients