Abnormal Psy Midterm Review

The Yerkes-Dodson Law, from the basic tenets of the therapy process, states that

What is the purpose of a safety contract?

Which of the 3 features of a disorder focuses on the proportion of people with the disorder?

Who introduced the principle of unconditional positive regard?

In the absense of strong evidence for treatment of dissociative identity disorder, the goal of treatment should be to

The study of how the environment can alter gene expression or function is called

These are avoidance behaviors done to protect from feared consequences

Which disorder is characterized by a preoccupation with imagined flaws in one's appearance?

What are the two predictors of mania?

Which neurobiological factor is most related to causing fear in those with anxiety?

How much more likely is it for a woman to have an anxiety disorder?

What mood disorder is considering strongly heritable?

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a psychological disorder?

What is the genetic contribution to OCD?

What is the directionality problem?

Avoilition and alogia are ___ symptoms of schizophrenia

If you examine whether the scale is measuring what it is supposed to measure, you are examining

If a patient believes that he can change the stoplight if he closes his eye, what type of delusion is this?

Of the following, which is not a part of gottmans 4 horsemen of the apocolypse?

Among those who meet criteria for a disorder, __% meet criteria for at least one more psychological diagnosis?

which of the following is in the DSM-5 criteria for hoarding disorder?

For a study to have high internal validity, the researchers must include at least one

____ validity asseses whether test scoares are correlated with scores on other tests designed to assess the same thing

in which of the following would a person have actual neurological symptoms that are not being feared or faked?

During a manic episode with Bipolar I, symptoms last:

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy can be defined as

How can the family affect recovery efforts of someone dealing with schizophrenia?

A tendency to repetitively dwell on sad experiences and thoughts is

How heritable is schizophrenia?

What are the key aspects that define a disorder?

Which is not one of the 6 core processes of ACT

People with this disorder are chronically depressed more than half of the time for a period of at least 2 years

What is a case study?

Which interview is used to shape the clinical process with their patients?

Bipolar II disorder is defined by at least ____ hypomanic episodes and at least _____ depressive episodes

Major depressive disorder is diagnosed based on at least ___ symtpms lasting at least ___ weeks

Out of the subcortical structures of the brain, which of the following is the rewards mechanism and deals with addiction

Which of the following is NOT a reason why some people think the DSM should lump diagnoses

What is the study of the degree to which genes and enviornmental factors influence behavior?

Which describes the type of validity that refers to accurately measuring the cause and effect of a relationship

What are the defining symptoms of schizophrenia?

Information from the DSM-S-TR provides all except

Obsessive compulsive disorder is characterized by repetitive ___ and ____

Which of the following symptoms is not associated with obssessive compulsive disorder?

What does stigma refer to?

A hypomanic episode lasts

Clinical high risk studies identify people who show

What disorder is defined by eccentric behavior, odd beliefs, and unusual perceptions?

How long does PTSD last after being diagnosed and treated?

What is the main symptom of trichotillomania?

What type of research method would study people people with above average risk of developing schizophrenia?

Which cognitive factor is not common in anxiety disorders?

Which of the following is NOT a neurotransmitter thats been implicated in psychopathology?

What would be the diagnosis for someone who attaches sentimental value to objects in excess?

In which type of psychological assessment are the questions set out in a prescribed fashion for the interviewer?

What is a major feature of bipolar I disorder?

PTSD involves a very specific set of symptoms. These include all of the following EXCEPT

somatic symptom disorder is excessive anxiety, energy or behavior focused on somatic symptoms that persists for at least

What is the name of the process through which unused synaptic connections are eliminated?

What is neuroticism?

What are Gottman's "Four horsemen of the apocolypse?"

Which of the following is not an appropriate treatment for depression?

What are some of the necessary requirements to diagnose schizophrenia?

Which of the following is not a function of an MRI?

Studies on the epidemiology of suiciality suggest that worldwide, men are ___ times more likely than women to complete

Which of the following is not a main reason why hoarders hang on to objects?

____, a neurotransmitter associated with heightened arousal, enhances memory consolidation and retrieval

Which of the following is true about the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3)

When a third factor not in the model may produce a correlation/explain the model, that is referred to as

What is unconditional positive regard?

What factors affect psychopathology? Select the best answer

What type research method has the collection of detailed biographical information?