A. Threat perception (how dangerous individual believes the threat to be)
B. Modeling (shaping behaviour due to observation of other actions)
C. Conflict in the psyche (conflict between id, ego and superego)
D. Genetics alone affects the likelihood of an individual developing a phobia
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following statements are true? 1. On a vernier acuity task, humans can discern the direction of very tiny offsets, but performance deteriorates with practice. 2. Different types of visual search have different behavioural characteristics and depend on different brain regions. 3. Walsh et.al. (1998) suggest that the right parietal lobe may be involved in setting up new templates in the conjunctions of, say, colour and form. 4 All of the above.
A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 4 - Phobias can be very debilitating and distressing phenomena. Which, if any, of the following statements are correct in relation to Watson and Rayner’s (1920) research into them?
1:Watson and Rayner speculated that the complexity of emotional responsiveness in adults might be explained by the conditioning of children’s simple emotional reactions when they are exposed to new stimuli
2:Watson and Rayner found evidence for emotional from a test trial in which the rat was accompanied by the noise
3:The fear reaction in Albert could be produced by a loud noise
4:None of the aboveA. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4 - Which of these statements is not true of phobias?
A. a phobia is an irrational fear of an object or a situation
B. It is possible to fear something that poses no real threat to the individual
C. Phobias are a world – wide phenomenon
D. All phobias are untreatable - Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?
A. At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
B. Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
C. At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
D. During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities - Phobias are now sometimes treated with benzodiazepines (rather than barbiturates). Which of the following is not a side – effect of taking benzodiazepines?
A. Ataxia
B. Wakefulness
C. Drowsiness
D. confusion - Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?
A. Behavioural compliance never leads to attitude change
B. The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change
C. The greater the inducement for compliance the more the attitude change
D. Behavioural compliance always leads to attitude change - Maslow’s models fits the person-as- machine metaphor well. Which of the following is false concerning the model?
A. A person will respond to whatever satisfies the lowest level unfulfilled need
B. Workers in the same department are assumed to be the same needs level
C. The behavior of the individual is unconscious and automatic
D. The employer needs to know at what need level a worker is operating - Phobias differ from ordinary fears in that they frequently involve:
A. specific objects or situations
B. bugs and crawling things
C. intense reactions like vomiting or fainting
D. heights and unfamiliar places - Which individual case study did Freud use as an example of the causes of phobias?
A. Little Benjamin
B. Little Hans
C. Little Albert
D. Little Firtz - Obsessive-compulsive behavior, panic, and phobias are formally classified as_____disorders.
A. psychotic
B. manic
C. anxiety
D. mood
