Question 1

Which of the following is an interdisciplinary field that integrates and applies behavioral and medical knowledge about health and disease?

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A)  health psychology
B)  behavioral medicine
C)  applied psychology
D)  clinical psychologyE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Mendonca and Brehm (1983) found that overweight children were more likely to lose weight and keep it off after an eight-week program if they

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A)  felt responsible for choosing their weight-loss program.
B)  were regularly monitored and penalized for breaking rules.
C)  were praised and rewarded for even minor weight loss.
D)  had been assigned to their "least preferred" treatment program.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Strack and Coyne (1983) found that depressed people were realistic in thinking that other people

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A)  possessed more accurate self-concepts than they did.
B)  did not appreciate their behavior and pessimism.
C)  would welcome their friendship and trust.
D)  were less influenced by fear of social disapproval than they were.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Larsen and her colleagues (1982) found that when beeped by an electronic pager at various times during a one-week period and asked to record what they were doing and how they felt,_______ were most likely to report feeling lonely when alone.

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A)  adolescents
B)  adults
C)  women
D)  menE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Brodt and Zimbardo (1981) found that shy women who were bombarded with loud noise and told that it would leave them _______ were subsequently _______ when interacting with a handsome male.

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A)  with a pounding heart;no longer so shy
B)  unaffected;no longer so shy
C)  with a pounding heart;even more shy
D)  unaffected;unaffectedE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

College students who have depressed roommates tend to become

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A)  somewhat depressed themselves.
B)  more accepting of people suffering from psychological disorders.
C)  more optimistic about their own lives.
D)  more studious and committed to achieving academic success.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Do depressed moods cause negative thinking,or does negative thinking cause depression?

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Question 8

Prediction is most accurate when

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A)  based on statistics alone.
B)  based on clinical intuition alone.
C)  based on a combination of statistics and clinical intuition.
D)  based on clinical assessments.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Both assertiveness training and rational-emotive therapy are cited in the text as examples of psychotherapeutic techniques that

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A)  utilize social support to change behavior.
B)  utilize the attitudes-follow-behavior principle.
C)  utilize the behaviors-follow-attitudes principle.
D)  use counter-conditioning strategies.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Susan is seeing a therapist to help overcome her recent bout of depression.At the end of each session her therapist gives her a "homework" assignment to talk and act in ways that will help her generate new emotions.Susan is most likely undergoing

Accepted Answer

A)  behavioral therapy.
B)  rational-emotive therapy.
C)  psychoanalysis.
D)  assertiveness training.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Discuss how the hindsight bias and the confirmation bias can lead clinicians to be overconfident in their clinical judgments.

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Question 12

Given its prevalence,_____ is the common cold of psychological disorders and ____ is the headache.

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A)  loneliness;depression
B)  anxiety;shyness
C)  shyness;anxiety
D)  depression;lonelinessE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Discuss the goal of explanatory style therapy for individuals with depression.

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Explanatory style therapy aims to help i...

Question 14

Dr.Jones is a psychologist who specializes in the causes and control of stress.Dr.Jones is most likely a(n) _________ psychologist.

Accepted Answer

A)  consumer
B)  educational
C)  forensic
D)  healthE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Myers suggests that we avoid self-confirming diagnoses by

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A)  looking for illusory correlations.
B)  carefully monitoring the information that is consistent with our ideas.
C)  considering opposing ideas and then testing them.
D)  discarding opposing ideas that have not been testeD.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Julia has been feeling depressed,lonely,and anxious for the last few weeks.Julia would be best served by seeking a

Accepted Answer

A)  social psychologist.
B)  clinical psychologist.
C)  physician.
D)  positive psychologist.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Myers points out that hindsight can

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A)  lead you to feel overconfident.
B)  lead you to judge yourself too harshly for not having foreseen outcomes.
C)  lead to both overconfidence and the tendency to judge yourself too harshly.
D)  be very helpful in developing hypotheses about personality traits.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Who is more likely to exhibit a negative explanatory style?

Accepted Answer

A)  a teenager
B)  a nondepressed person
C)  an elderly person
D)  a depressed personE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

A growing body of evidence reveals that people who undergo highly stressful experiences become

Accepted Answer

A)  more resistant to low-level illnesses like colds and flu.
B)  more vulnerable to disease.
C)  less self-disclosing and more socially isolated.
D)  stronger and more socially skilled than less stressed people.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Following the suicide of a friend or family member,feelings of guilt are often magnified by

Accepted Answer

A)  illusory thinking.
B)  the fundamental attribution error.
C)  hindsight bias.
D)  confirmation bias.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Brodt and Zimbardo (1981) found that shy women who were bombarded with loud noise and told that it would leave them _______ were subsequently _______ when interacting with a handsome male.

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Myers suggests that we avoid self-confirming diagnoses by

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Prediction is most accurate when

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A growing body of evidence reveals that people who undergo highly stressful experiences become

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Larsen and her colleagues (1982) found that when beeped by an electronic pager at various times during a one-week period and asked to record what they were doing and how they felt,_______ were most likely to report feeling lonely when alone.

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