general business data bank

26. An operational definition:

a. Tells the meaning of a term in scientific language

b. Tells how something is to be observed and measured

c. Tells what is expected to result from manipulated of a variable

d. Tells the meaning of a term in lay language

27. A disorder characterized by amenorrhea (loss of the menstrual cycle) in women is

the syndrome termed:

a. Generalized anxiety disorder

b. Bipolar disorder

c. Anorexia nervosa

d. Bulimia nervosa

28. Delusion and hallucinations are likely to characterize:

a. Major depressive disorder

b. Hypochondriasis

c. Phobias

d. Schizophrenia

29. The standard deviation is:

a. The variance squared

b. More difficult to interpret than the variance

c. the difference between the largest and smallest score

d. none of the above

30. Empiricism is the belief that knowledge comes through:

a. The study of the unconscious

b. Introspection and self- report

c. Contemplation

d. Observation and experience

31. The most vivid dreams generally occur during

a. REM sleep

b. NREM sleep

c. The early hours of sleep

d. When alpha brain waves are present

32. Ralph cleans and scrubs the cupboards in his house seven times each day. Which

anxiety disorder does this describe?

a. Generalized anxiety disorder

b. Phobic disorder

c. Obsessive- compulsive disorder

d. Panic disorder

33. Schizophrenic disorder refers to:

a. A person who has a split personality

b. A disorder that does not influence patients’ life or shorten life expectancy

c. A disorder that include irrational thought, delusions, deterioration of adaptive

behavior, distorted perception, hallucinations, and disturbed emotion

d. All of the above

34. The four basic skin sensations are:

a. Pressure, pain, warmth and touch

b. Touch, warmth, cold and plain

c. Touch, temperature, pain and burning

d. Pain, pressure, warmth and touch

35. Which of the following therapy techniques would most likely be used to treat a

fear of flying?

a. Systematic desensitization

b. Aversive conditioning

c. Modeling

d. Biofeedback

36. Which of the following explanations of the relation between social class and

schizophrenia may be true?

a. Schizophrenia occurs much more frequently among people from middle to higher

socioeconomic classes than in those from lower socioeconomic classes

b. The stress of being a member of the middle to higher socioeconomic classes may

be a factor in the development of schizophrenia

c. There is no clear relation between socioeconomic status and schizophrenia

d. It may be that people who have schizophrenia drift to a lower socioeconomic

status as a result of their symptoms

37. After undergoing psychoanalysis for several months. Karen has suddenly started

“forgetting” to attend her therapy sessions. Karen’s behavior is most likely a form

of:

a. Resistance

b. Transference

c. Insight

d. Catharsis

38. Seamus is having difficulty organizing the sounds he hears and so he cocks his

head. Seamus is actively trying to determine:

a. The direction from which a sound is coming

b. Which voice is figure and which is ground

c. How far away the source of the sound is

d. Whether a low frequency is within his range

39. Freud believed that most personality disturbances are due to:

a. The failure of parents to reinforce healthy behavior

b. A poor self- concept resulting from excessive parental demands

c. Unconscious and unresolved sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experiences

d. The exposure of children to unhealthy role models

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40. Which part of the neuron contains the biochemical machinery for keeping the

cell alive?

a. Glia

b. Dendrite

c. Cell body

d. Axon

41. Sleep deprivation can result in all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Decline of hormones necessary for proper immune system

b. Decline in mental flexibility, attention and creativity

c. Occurrence of hallucinations and delusions

d. Increased muscle pain and lack of coordination

42. “People are in general not candid over sexual matters. They were a heavy

overcoat woven of a tissue of lies, as though the weather were bad in the world

of sexuality.” This was most likely said by:

a. Albert Bandura

b. Sigmund Freud

c. Walter Mischel

d. Abraham Maslow

43. Matthew hates Peter so much; but he thinks he actually likes Peter. And he

always thinks that Peter is the one who hates him and trying to hurt him. This is a

_______ defence mechanism?

a. Repression

b. Displacement

c. Projection

d. Rationalization

44. Whenever you have a cold, you rest in bed, take Aspirin and drink plenty of fluids.

You can’t determine which remedy is the most effective because of which of the

following problem?

a. Sampling bias

b. Distorted self- report data

c. Confounding of variables

d. Experimenter bias

45. When a patient has somatization disorder:

a. He thinks that he has the symptoms when he doesn’t

b. He lost his physical functioning with no organic basis

c. He actually has some symptoms, such as backaches or headaches

d. None of the above

46. Neurons convey information about the strength of stimuli by varying:

a. The size o their action potentials

b. The velocity of their action potentials

c. The rate at which they fire action potentials

d. All of the above

47. _______ is a sleep disorder involving sudden and unpredictable daytime attacks

of sleepiness or lapses into REM sleep.

a. Sleep apnea

b. Narcolepsy

c. Non- REM sleep

d. Insomnia

48. Two sets of observations assessing height and weight are compared. Which of

the following is the most likely outcome?

a. The first variable causes the second variable

b. The two variables will be negatively correlated

c. The two variables will be uncorrelated

d. The two variables will be positively correlated

49. A concordance rate indicates:

a. The percentage of relatives who exhibit the same disorder

b. The percentage of people with a given disorder who are currently receiving

treatment

c. The prevalence of a given disorder in the general population

d. The rate of cure for a given disorder

50. The input and output for brain is handled by:

a. The central nervous system

b. The spinal column

c. The peripheral nervous system

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