Psychology 2 Name ______________________________ Fall 1994 Section A /40 Version A Section B /60 -------------- /100 Final Exam--Chapters 13-18--Dworetzky (5th edition) Section A. Multiple choice. Choose the best answer. (2 points each). 1. Your best friend has suffered a major psychotic mental disorder (schizophrenia) and is now doing quite well since being given medication. You are not sure what the psychiatrist described, but you are quite certain it is NOT: a. an antipsychotic drug. b. a major tranquilizer. c. a phenothiazine. d. lithium carbonate. 2. In which of the following situations would the results of a modern intelligence test probably be LEAST useful? a. clinically assessing an individual with a suspected neurological deficiency. b. predicting the likelihood of a person being creative. c. predicting whether someone will be successful in school. d. predicting whether someone would be a good stockbroker. 3. Which of the following is a plausible reason for why the bogus pipeline technique is effective? Because: a. of new computer microchip technology. b. it is used extensively on those subjects who have scored high on the personality characteristics known as ethnocentrism. c. a well-dressed, dignified authority figure delivers the experimental instructions. d. the subjects believe the machine is capable of detecting a person's true feelings. 4. Obsessions are to ___________________ as compulsions are to __________________. a. thoughts; acts. b. acts; thoughts. c. hearing voices; seeing visions. d. seeing visions; hearing voices. Psychology 2 Name ______________________________ 5. Which of the following clients or patients is LESS likely to improve as a result of experiencing psychotherapy? a. the one who is least maladjusted as opposed to the one who is more maladjusted. b. the one who is more motivated to change his behavior as opposed to the one who is less motivated to change his behavior. c. the one who is from the lower class as opposed to the one who is from the upper class. d. the one who had a short history of symptoms when therapy began as opposed to the one who had a long history of symptoms when therapy began. 6. Which of the following is an example of a type theory of personality? a. Jung's introvert/extrovert. b. Allport's cardinal/central/secondary. c. Cattell's surface/source. d. Freudian psychoanalytic theory. 7. Evidence from Milgram's studies and the Jonestown and Waco tragedies suggest that: a. obedience to authority is more socially ingrained in women than it is in men. b. obedience to authority is more socially ingrained in men than it is in women. c. internal personal values and beliefs are stronger than social forces in determining behavior. d. social forces are often stronger than internal personal values and beliefs in determining behavior. 8. Your bowling partner told you her psychiatrist diagnosed her as having hypochondriasis. You decided to dazzle her with your vast knowledge by saying that hypochondriasis is classified in the DSM-IV as one of the ____________________. a. anxiety disorders. b. dissociative disorders. c. mood disorders. d. somatoform disorders. 9. The MMPI-2; a. was validated using mostly white, male, Minnesotan farmers. b. is an updated, revised version of the MMPI. c. is a test of intelligence. d. has little or no value in identifying abnormal personality. Psychology 2 Name ______________________________ 10. Due to the rapid growth of neuroscience and the resulting expansion of knowledge of the brain and neurochemistry, which model of psychopathology is becoming one of the most popular? a. the biological model. b. the medical model. c. the neurological model. d. the physiological model. 11. Which of the following was the original purpose of the IQ test, as designed by Binet? To identify: a. immigrants who were not as intelligent as native-born Americans. b. which racial and ethnic groups had the most natural intelligence. c. school children who would benefit from special education. d. criminals who had inherited tendencies for violent behavior. 12. Which of the following is TRUE about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)? a. Most clinicians think it is harmful and not beneficial. b. About 2-3 percent of hospitalized psychiatric patients are treated with it. c. It is the first treatment of choice for major depression. d. It is the first treatment of choice for schizophrenia. 13. Advocates of which insight therapy argue that humans can live fulfilling lives and emphasize fulfilling one's potential, becoming self-actualized, and developing a sense of belonging? a. humanistic-existential therapy. b. behavioral therapy. c. psychoanalytic therapy. d. cognitive behavior modification. 14. Terman's longitudinal study of people with above-average IQ scores showed: a. that these people tended to be less happy during middle-age than the average-IQ person. b. no relationship between early IQ scores and later IQ scores. c. IQ is the key to happiness in life. d. that people with above-average IQ scores to be happier and healthier than those with average IQ scores. Psychology 2 Name ______________________________ 15. Why do people often choose to conform to social expectations? It is because they: a. are often confronted with the "conformity crisis". b. are often reinforced for conformity. c. want to avoid deindividuation. d. want to avoid cognitive dissonance. 16. _________________ theory of personality explains personality development as a result of the conflict between the id, ego, and superego. a. Psychoanalytic b. Behavioristic c. Social learning d. Humanistic 17. Joan walked out of her office, drove her car 500 miles, and settled into a new life as a waitress in a new city. A year later she suddenly remembered her old life and returned home. She had probably been suffering from: a. wanderlust. b. schizotypal personality disorder. c. multiple personality. d. psychogenic fugue. 18. In ___________________ people are much LESS likely to help others than in _______________. a. governmental offices; shopping malls. b. ambiguous situations; obvious emergencies. c. adolescence; middle adulthood. d. the Eastern United States; the Western United States. 19. In relation to identifying intelligence, a lumper believes that intelligence is: a. due to genetics entirely. b. due to environmental factors entirely. c. one general type of ability. d. divided into many different abilities. 20. Which of the following is an example of a humanistic personality assessment? a. the TAT. b. the Q-sort. c. the Rorschach test. d. the Sheldon-Cattell test of personality. Psychology 2 Name ______________________________ Section B. Short essay. Use complete sentences. (6 points each). 1. What is the self-serving bias? 2. Briefly describe one of the subtypes of schizophrenia? 3. How do people become fixated, according to Freudian psychoanalytic theory? 4. How does aversive conditioning change maladaptive behavior? 5. What is the purpose of mainstreaming? Has it been successful? Support your answer. 6. What is the dopamine hypothesis? Has it been supported? Support your answer. Psychology 2 Name ______________________________ 7. Why should you run as fast as possible if you doctor suggests that a "little trephining will do you a world of good"? 8. Why does someone change her attitude, according to cognitive dissonance theory? 9. What is one criticism of projective tests of personality? 10. What did Jane Elliott show about prejudice and discrimination in her classroom exercise with the blue- and brown-eyed children? 11. What is Arthur Jensen's view of race and IQ? What evidence did he have for this view? 12. What is the difference between endogenous and non-endogenous depression? How can a researcher determine whether a patient's depression is endogenous or non-endogenous?