The fact that people acquire phobias of ancient sources of threat (such as snakes) much more readily than modern sources of threat (such as electrical outlets) can best be explained by:

Related Mcqs:

1. Symptoms of major depressive disorder might include:
   1: Specific phobias.
   2: Losing interest or pleasure in things that you usually enjoy.
   3: Changes in appetite.
   4: An excessively euphoric mood.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 1 & 4

2. According to the behavioral perspective, phobias are maintained due to __________?

   A. Modeling
   B. Classical conditioning
   C. Anxiety reduction
   D. Social learning

3. Which of the following could be explained by regression toward the mean?

   A. You get an average bowling score in one game and a superb score in the next game.
   B. You get an average bowling score in one game and a very low score in the next game.
   C. You get an average bowling score in one game and another average score in the next game.
   D. You get a terrible bowling score in one game and an average score in the next game.

4. Many people repeatedly go in and out of mental hospitals. Typically such people are released readmitted because________

   A. they have been stabilized through drug therapy; their condition deteriorates once again because of inadequate out patient care
   B. they run out of funds to pay for hospitalization, they once again can afford it
   C. they have been cured of their disorder, they develop another disorder
   D. they no longer want to be hospitalized; they voluntarily re-commit themselves

5. Modern Psychotherapy:

   A. was spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being.
   B. embrances universal cultural values.
   C. has been successfully exported to many non-Western cultures.
   D. involves both b and c.

6. Which of the following is a characteristic of people with social phobia?

   A. Only very rarely does their condition lead to significant social isolation.
   B. Their condition can range from relatively mild to extremely perasive.
   C. They are afraid to other people
   D. They are afraid of social situations.

7. Which models explains that psychological disorders develop when people with some vulnerability to mental illness experience proximal stressors?

   A. Diathesis-stress model
   B. Attachment model
   C. Psychodynamic model
   D. Cognitive-behavioral model

8. People with unipolar disorders experience________people with bipolar disorders are vulnerable to:

   A. alternating periods of depression and mania; mania only
   B. depression only; alternating periods of depression and mania
   C. mania only; alternating periods of depression and mania
   D. alternating periods of depression and mania; depression and mania simultaneously

9. People who consistently exhibit_________thinking are more vulnerable to depression than others.

   A. overly optimistic
   B. negative, pressmistic
   C. delusional
   D. dysthymic

10. The technique reduces people to puppets controlled by therapists! It doesn’t respect human freedom.” This criticism is most likely to be directed at:

    A. systematic desensitization.
    B. psychoanalysis.
    C. EMDR.
    D. a token economy