Unit 8: Abnormal Psych

• What term associated with psychological disorders best describes a thought, feeling, or behavior that is atypical or rare?

  Deviant
• Which scenario is most closely related to the results of the 1973 Rosenhan stody?

  After Andy recieved a diagnosis of bullimia nervosa, his family interpreted all of his behaviors as symptoms of his diagnosis

  THE ROSENHAN STUDY ILLUSTRATED THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO INTERPRET BEHAVIOR AS CONFIRMING A DIAGNOSIS
• Bree, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, reamins motionless for hours despite her family's attempts to interact with her. What symptom is Bree demonstrating?

  Cataonia

  Catatonia is associated with remaining motionless for long periods
• Which of the following most likely emphasized listening intently and feeling positively about a client no matter what the client did in therapy?

  Carl Rogers
• Which of the following is consistent with the behavorial therapeutic approach?

  Ralph is misbehaving in school so Dr. Evans creates a token economy to increase Ralph's good behavior
• Paul is seeing a cognitive therapist to treat his depression. What piece of advice is Paul's therapist likely to give him?


  Try to replace your catastrophic thinking with more realistic, positive thoughts
• Scott is undergoing psychoanalysis to try to deal with his severe anxiety. What technique is his therapist likelt to use?

  Free association
• Dr. Jones hypothesizes that antianxiety drugs cause a reduction in central nervous system activity. In order to test the hypothesis, what should her independent variable be?


  Taking xanax versus taking a placebo
• Conversion disorder is best characterized by?

  Functional impairment of a limb or sensory ability with no apparent physical cause
• A child shows difficulty engaging with other children and needs to follow a very strict routine everyday to function properly. If the routine is broken, he cries and has a very difficult time adjusting. These symptims may satisfy what diagnosis?

  Autism spectrum disorder
• Judy has acrophobia, a fear of heights. A behavioral therapist creates a treatment plan to take her to the top of the Empire State Building on the first session, where she will remain until her reaction to the stimulus subsides. This technique is known as?


  Flooding