Question: A psychotherapist who believes that deviant behavior can be traced either to genetic anomalies or to problems in the physical structure of the brain most likely subscribes wo which of the following views of abnormality?

a) cognitive

b) behavioral

c) biomedical

d) sociological

e) psychoanalytic

Answer: c) Biomedical

Question: A person with obsessive-compulsive disorder is best described as an individual who experiences

a) memory loss

b) intense mood swings

c) extreme fear of open spaces

d) physical symptoms with no known cause

e) persistent anxiety-provoking thoughts

Answer: e) persistent anxiety-provoking thoughts

Question:

Answer: b) an experiment

Question: The area of the brain stem that is important in controlling breathing is the

a) suprachiasmatic nucleus

b) cerebellum

c) limbic system

d) medulla

e) hippocampus

Answer: d) medulla

Question: Egocentrism, animism, and artificialism are characteristics of which of Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

a) sensorimotor

b) preoperational

c) postformal

d) concrete operations

e) formal operations

Answer: b) preoperational

Question: Which of the following would be an industrial-organizational psychologist be LEAST likely to study?

a) managerial skills

b) employee motivation

c) job satisfaction

d) corporate profitability

e) pay incentive programs

Answer: d) corporate profitability

Question:

Answer: a) a panic disorder

Question:

Answer: d) a generalization about a social group

Question: Rafael has a sleep disorder for which he takes medically prescribed amphetamines. For which of the following sleep disorders is Rafael most likely to be treated?

a) sleep apnea

b) narcolepsy

c) insomnia

d) circadian rhythm sleep disorder

e) somnambulism

Answer: b) narcolepsy

Question: The perceived pitch of a tone is largely determined by its

a) loudness

b) timbre

c) amplitude

d) complexity

e) frequency

Answer: e) frequency