A woman in therapy complains, “If it were not for other people, I would be perfectly alright!” This statement provides evidence that the symptoms of her personality disorder are _______.
a. egosyntonic
b. egodystonic
c. egoless
d. psychosomatic
a. egosyntonic
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A report in a research journal describes the symptoms of a mental disorder along with information on its etiology, including a heritability of 50 percent. How should this finding be interpreted?
a. Genetic factors and the environment contribute about equally to this disorder. b. Half of the people who suffer from the disorder have a genetically caused disorder. c. Half of the children of carriers of this disorder will actually develop the disorder. d. Geneticists have identified half of the genes thought to be responsible for this disorder.
In a study reported in the text, African-American children were told stories in which light- and dark-complexioned African-American characters were associated with either positive or negative attributes. When the children were asked to recall the stories, what happened?
a. The children remembered more stories in which the light-complexioned characters had positive attributes and the dark-complexioned characters had negative attributes. b. The children remembered more stories in which the light-complexioned characters had negative attributes and the dark-complexioned characters had positive attributes. c. The children preferred stories in which the light-complexioned characters had positive attributes and the dark-complexioned characters had negative attributes. d. The children preferred stories in which the light-complexioned characters had negative attributes and the dark-complexioned characters had positive attributes. e. The children were able to remember all stories equally well, regardless of the attributes assigned to the characters.
A neuropsychologist may perform a lesion analysis to determine what brain functions have been damaged. More specifically, the neuropsychologist will attempt to discover what abilities in a complex mental task have become ____
a. ?reversed b. ?dissociated c. ?internalized d. ?externalized
What was the basis of Jack Rachman’s research on courage?
A. courageous acts always take place in public B. courage is the mirror image of fear C. courageous acts require a certain level of physical danger D. courage increases as people get older