People’s temple cult leader, Reverend Jim Jones persuaded his followers to feed a poison- laced drink to their children and than drink it themselves, and nearly 1,000 people died. This is an example of the negative influence of:

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1. 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

2. Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. with heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight of the body’s fight-or-flight response, which is controlled by the:

   A. empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system
   B. parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
   C. somatic division of the peripheral nervous system
   D. sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

3. Najib recently lost his job and has a great debt accumulated from gambling. He also has been feeling extreme pressure about not being able to take care of his eight children. After having too much to drink, Najib ran over a child crossing the street. Immediately following this episode, Najib could not remember who he was. This example illustrates:

   A. dissociative amnesia
   B. dissociative fugue
   C. dissociative identity disorder
   D. multiple personality disorder

4. Max Weber’s term for power made legitimate by a leader’s exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers:

   A. Causal logic
   B. Charismatic authority
   C. Cohabitation
   D. Closed system

5. Just the sight of Mary’s sexy nightgown makes Jim aroused. Mary’s nightgown serves as(n):

   A. Unconditioned response
   B. Conditioned response
   C. Conditioned stimulus
   D. Unconditioned stimulus

6. Nolan used to love tequila. However, a few weeks ago he drank way too much tequila and became very, very sick. His tendency to drink tequila has since declined dramatically. In operant terms, this sequence of events represents:

   A. generalization
   B. negative reinforcement
   C. higher-order conditioning
   D. punishment

7. When do people with BIID typically report that they first started perceiving themselves as amputees?

   A. In early childhood
   B. At puberty
   C. After a head injury
   D. During adolescence

8. 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

9. 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

10. Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.

    A. heredity; the environment
    B. the environment; heredity
    C. the environment; the environment
    D. heredity; heredity