psychological

___ is a disorder that is an extremely distressing reaction to a traumatic even resulting in a very high and persistent level of anxiety and fear. The person suffering from this disirder also will re-repeatedly have intrusive recollections (such as re-experiencing) of the event which occurred

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

• Phobias

The___ school of psychology would be more interested in researching what motivates a person to seek experiences or engage in behaviors that make them feel good about themselves

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Psychoanalytic

A psychological disorder encompasses all of the behaviors below except

• impairment of a person's normal functioning

• Dysfunctional pattern of thought, emotion, and behavior that causes signigicant distress

• Behavior is considered deviant in that person's culture or society

• Culturally appropriate behavior that doesn't cause distress or impair normal functioning

One which of the following tasks would the presence of others be most likely to lead to improved performance?

• Ranking up fallen leaves

• Reciting the months of the year in alphabetical order

• Learning foreign language words

• Solving a crossword puzzle

Stereotype are:

• Special types of schmas that are part of people's shared cultural background

• Widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group

• Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

The reason that people tend to have phobias about things like heights and the dark suggests a(n) ___ explanation of anxiety

• Evolutionary

• Neurotransmitter

• Classical Conditioning

___ refers to disgrace or defect that indicates that person belongs to a culturally devalued social group?

• Prejudice

• Stereotype

• Stigma

• Label

Which of the following is NOT included in the DSM-5?

• Diagnostic criteria

• Prevalence information

• Causes of disorders

• Risk factors associated with disorders

A father suggests that his son's low mark in school are due to the child's laziness. The father has made a(n) ___ attribution

• External

• Internal

• Situation

• High consensus

A classmate tells you, "Genetic influences on how intelligent you are can't be changed." Your classmate's viewpoint reflects which question that psychologists attempt to answer?

• Nature versus nurture

• Mind versus body

• Differences versus similatities