A. culturally absolute
B. learned
C. maladaptive
D. dependent on age
Related Mcqs:
- In treating abnormal behavior, the main concern of a psychoanalyst would be to discover the:
A. childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior
B. repressed that instigate aggressive behavior
C. inappropriate thought patterns that underlie the behavior
D. ways in which the behavior keeps the client from becoming self – actualized - Clinicians attempting to systematically assess the abnormal behavior of a client will frequently _____________?
A. Rely primarily on personality tests
B. Employ a battery of tests
C. Rely primarily on projective tests
D. Rely primarily on neuropsychological tests
E. None of these - Statistical approaches to abnormality define as “abnormal” those who:
A. show evidence of loss of control with reality
B. are unhappy, with drawn, and depressed
C. deviate from typical or average patterns of behavior
D. are disabled by anxiety - Nami’s actions resemble movie stereotype of “crazy” behavior. Her personality disintegration is extreme. She engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behavior. Her diagnosis is probably:
A. paranoid schizophrenia
B. borderline schizophrenia
C. catatonic schizophrenia
D. disorganized schizophrenia - Abnormal Psychology is concerned with _________?
A. Developmental stages of individual
B. Diagnosis of abnormal behaviour
C. Abnormal behaviour and its causes
D. Treatment of abnormal behaviour - If psychology can be defined as the science of behavior and the mind, why are the data in psychology always drawn from behavior?
A. behavior can be influenced by physiology and the mind cannot
B. behavior can be influenced by the environment and the mind cannot
C. behavior can be observed and the mind cannot
D. All of above - Watson argued that all behavior is composed of reflexive responses to stimuli, but Skinner later argued that behavior is determined ____________?
A. patterns
B. consequences of responses
C. predictability of responses
D. strength of responses - Josh starts smoking in order to experience the pleasurable feedings associated with nicotine. This behavior is best explained by the_______theory of motivation. Eventually, however josh becomes physically addicted to nicotine and now he needs the drug to reduce the cravings he feels. Josh’s behavior is now best explained by______theory.
A. arousal; Incentive
B. drive reduction; arousal
C. drive; reduction; incentive
D. incentive; drive; reduction - Josh starts smoking in order to experience the pleasurable feelings associated with nicotine. This behavior is best explained by the______-theory of motivation. Eventually, however, josh becomes physically addicted to nicotine and now the needs the drug to reduce the cravings he feels. Josh’s behavior is now best explained by______theory.
A. arousal; incentive
B. drive reduction; arousal
C. drive reduction; incentive
D. incentive; drive reduction - All of the following are elements of core evaluations except:
A. Locus of control
B. Self- efficacy
C. Stimuli observation
D. Absence of neuroticism
