“I believed Ahmad’s anxiety and defensiveness are the result of an unrealistic self-image and an inability to take responsibility for her feelings.” This statement would most likely have been made by a:

Related Mcqs:

1. When Saleem returned from combat in the Kargil War, he began experiencing high anxiety that has persisted without any improvement. This example illustrates which anxiety related disorder?

   A. panic
   B. post – traumatic stress
   C. phobia
   D. obsessive – compulsive

2. In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a “masking” stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effect of:

   A. Tinnitus
   B. Accommodation
   C. Blindsight
   D. Priming

3. Our inability to remember information presented in the seconds just before we fell asleep is most likely due to ____________________?

   A. encoding failure
   B. the misinformation effect
   C. retroactive interference
   D. motivated forgetting

4. Unrealistic optimism could best be describes as a (n):

   A. self-serving bias
   B. reaction formation
   C. an external locus of control
   D. fixation

5. A man who has numerous reasons to hate his mother instead lavishes her with unrealistic amounts of attention and love. He is probably exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

   A. regression
   B. identification
   C. projection
   D. reaction formation

6. 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

7. 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

8. Dr. Roberts engages in basic research involving the construction and validation of tests designed to assess individual differences in traits such as anxiety and self-esteem, which specialty area does her research best represent?

   A. developmental psychology
   B. personality psychology
   C. biological psychology
   D. social psychology

9. Apraxia is characterized by an inability to _______________?

   A. organize movements in terms of purpose
   B. do something when instructed verbally
   C. make movements
   D. both a and b

10. You have a pair of pilers and a bag of nuts in the shell. You are lamenting the fact that you can’t shell the nuts because you do not have a nutcracker. Your inability to perceive the pilers as a makeshift nutcracker demonstrates_______on your part.

    A. functional fixedness
    B. inductive reasoning
    C. heuristic reasoning
    D. insight insufficiency