Quiz 4

A  antianxiety drugs

B  rational emotive therapy

C  biofeedback

D  relaxation training

A  the ability to escape threatening events

B  the awareness that something has been forgotten

C  the awareness to know why you forget

D  the inability to forget

A  neurological studies.

B  clinical interviews.

C  drug studies.

D  family pedigree studies.

A  control subjects who were asked to pretend they had different personalities were able to create different brain response patterns for each subpersonality.

B  no differences were found in brain activity between controls and individuals with dissociative identity disorder.

C  people with dissociative identity disorder did not show different brain response patterns for subpersonalities.

D  different subpersonalities have shown different brain response patterns.

A  obsessive-compulsive response.

B  panic attack.

C  phobia.

D  posttraumatic disorder.

A  The hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary to produce a stress hormone that causes the adrenal gland to release corticosteroids.

B  The hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary to produce a stress hormone that causes the adrenal gland to release hypothalamic hormone in a feedback loop.

C  The hypothalamus produces corticosteroids, which stimulate the pituitary to produce a stress hormone that causes the adrenal gland to release adrenocorticotropic hormone.

D  The hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary to produce corticosteroids that cause the adrenal gland to release adrenocorticotropic hormone.

A  Two subpersonalities rapidly changed back and forth several times.

B  The person has changed from one personality to another.

C  The host personality has put in a relatively rare appearance.

D  The person has faked a change in personality.

A  a specific fear response.

B  a hormonal imbalance.

C  no specific problem; she just likes to worry.

D  a generalized anxiety disorder.

A  lasts between one and three weeks.

B  doesn’t begin until years after the traumatic event.

C  lasts longer than a month.

D  begins immediately after the stress occurs.

A  unconditional positive regard.

B  conditions of worth.

C  moral anxiety.

D  empathy.

A  misinterpret bodily sensations.

B  have relatives who are atypically anxious.

C  are prone to allergies and have immune deficiencies.

D  experience more stress than average.

A  what the cause of the anxiety-linked symptoms was.

B  how intense the anxiety-linked symptoms are.

C  what sort of treatment is contemplated for the anxiety-linked symptoms.

D  how long the anxiety symptoms last.

A  anxious, and think they can control negative things that happen to them.

B  anxious, and think they cannot control negative things that happen to them.

C  not anxious, and think they cannot control negative things that happen to them.

D  not anxious, and think they can control negative things that happen to them.

A  Obsessions are not related to compulsions.

B  Compulsions are a way to prevent obsessions from occurring.

C  Compulsions help people control their obsessions.

D  Obsessions generally lead to violent or immoral compulsions.

A  déjà vu.

B  absentmindedness.

C  the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

D  jamais vu.

A  amnestic fugue.

B  body dysmorphic disorder.

C  multiple personalities.

D  depersonalization.

A  both medications and cognitive-behavioral therapies.

B  the associated reduction in serotonin levels in the brain.

C  one’s initial level of caudate nuclei activity—those with high levels maintain them.

D  an artifact in the research protocol related to the length of time the person has had the diagnosis.

A  legs

B  abdomen

C  face

D  arms

A  Only those with traumatic backgrounds produce evoked potentials.

B  Nonpatients are able to fake results just like those diagnosed with multiple personalities.

C  Evoked potentials can be elicited iatrogenically by therapists.

D  Different subpersonalities have been found to show different brain wave patterns.

A  1 in 2

B  1 in 8

C  1 in 4

D  1 in 6