Arturo believes that most young women from California are extremely good looking and that extremely good- looking women are usually selfish and egotistical. His beliefs are example of __________?

Related Mcqs:

1. A young man explained that he did poorly on his exam because his eyes hurt the test was unfair, and he did not feel the subject was important anyway. The young man is using what type of defense mechanism?

   A. rationalization
   B. fantasy
   C. projection
   D. displacement

2. Jackson had a huge breakfast this morning and is still feeling stuffed when he arrives at work. However, one of his colleagues has brought some delicious-looking donuts to the morning staff meeting and Jackson just can’t resist. Although he feels full, he eats donuts. His behavior is inconsistent with:

   A. incentive theories of motivation
   B. drive theories of motivation
   C. evolutionary theories of motivation
   D. the Cannon-Bard theory of motivation

3. In the study by Kenrick and Gutierres (1980), exposing male subjects to a TV show dominated by extremely beautiful women:

   A. had no effect on their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date
   B. increased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date
   C. decreased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date
   D. increased their ratings of their own attractiveness

4. Intra- sexual homicide (young men kill young men more than females kill females) would offer support for:

   A. biological basis of aggression
   B. adaptively basis of aggression
   C. homicidal protest
   D. media causes violence hypothesis

5. Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference enhanced the survival of our ancestors genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the _______________ perspective.

   A. Cognitive
   B. behavioral
   C. psychodynamic
   D. evolutionary

6. Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

   A. transference
   B. counterconditioning
   C. unconditional positive regard
   D. the placebo effect

7. Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:

   A. an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
   B. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
   C. a computerized tomography(CT) scan
   D. a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan

8. Jamil is in a constant state of anxiety and also has brief, sudden periods of panic. He also believes these periods of panic will occur when he’s in a public location: therefore, jim is afraid to leave his house.Jim’s diagnosis is:

   A. agoraphobia
   B. panic disorder
   C. panic disorder with agoraphobia
   D. panic disorder without agoraphobia

9. When sadness and despondency are exaggerated or prolonged and an extremely negative self-image prevails, we would suspect a (n):

   A. dissociative reaction
   B. mood disorder
   C. somatoform disorder
   D. anxiety disorder

10. Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an extremely unable self-image, is moody, and does not develop stable relationships?

    A. borderline
    B. histrionic
    C. narcissistic
    D. schizoid