Psychological Disorders Quiz

What is characterized by deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors?

• Medical model

• Psychological model

• Sociocultural model

• Biopsychosocial model

Which of the following is a type of anxiety disorder?

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Bipolar Disorder

• Schizophrenia

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Fill in the blank: The __________ model emphasizes the role of social and cultural factors in mental health.

• Biopsychosocial

• Psychodynamic

• Cognitive-behavioral

• Humanistic

What is the theory that explains someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition?

• Fundamental attribution error

• Central route persuasion

• Attribution theory

• Cognitive dissonance theory

Which term describes the tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the impact of personal disposition?

• Attribution theory

• Fundamental attribution error

• Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

• Cognitive dissonance theory

What phenomenon describes the tendency for people who have agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request?

• Cognitive dissonance theory

• Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

• Central route persuasion

• Fundamental attribution error

Which theory suggests that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent?

• Attribution theory

• Central route persuasion

• Cognitive dissonance theory

• Fundamental attribution error

What is the term for explaining behavior by crediting the situation or disposition?

• Central route persuasion

• Attribution theory

• Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

• Cognitive dissonance theory

Which error involves underestimating situational impacts and overestimating personal disposition impacts?

• Fundamental attribution error

• Attribution theory

• Cognitive dissonance theory

• Central route persuasion

What describes a path of attitude change focusing on arguments?

• Cognitive dissonance theory

• Central route persuasion

• Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

• Attribution theory