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PSYCHaCOACH Series I:
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

1. Whether caused by naturalistic or demonic forces, if you joined a group of people jumping
and dancing, tearing off clothing, and frolicking in the streets,what form of madness would you
be displaying?
a. Tarantism
b. Dance de Diaboli
c. Folie en masse
d. Lycanthropy

2. Casandra was informed by her mental health professional that her anxiety symptoms were
caused by a disrupted pattern of neurochemical messages thatresulted in excessive motor
activity, hyperalertness, and a sense of apprehension. What is this health professional's model
of abnormality?
a. psychoanalytic
b. cognitive
c. biological
d. Mentalistic

3. A psychological assessment that provides new experiences or information that can

benefit the clients by helping them make positive changes in their own lives.
a. Therapeutic assessment model
b. Informational gathering Model
c. Psychological assessment
d. Biomedical assessment

4. Hypervigilance, emotional numbing, flashbacks, and other characteristics go together under

the label "post traumatic stress disorder". Patterns of characteristics such as this are also
referred to as a(n)
a. symptom constellation.
b. etiology.
c. prognosis
d. Syndrome.

5. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder in which an individual falls asleep without warning, sometimes
during emotionally arousing situations. Which brain structure might be involved in such a
disorder?
a. reticular formation
b. Thalamus
c. cerebrum
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d. occipital lobe

6. Unconscious determinants of both normal and abnormal behaviors are the centralconcern of
a. ego analysts,
b. behavioral theories.
c. cognitive theories,
d. Psychoanalysis.

7. To a psychoanalytic therapist, the best way to treat a psychologically disturbed client

would be to
a. enforce behavior modification techniques;
b. delve into repressed childhood conflicts;
c. use unconditional positive regard;
d. train the client to create useful constructs about himself.

8. A syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognitive,

emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or
developmental process underlying mental functioning.
a. Psychological dysfunction
b. Mental disorder
c. Psychological distress
d. Maladjustment

9. On the television show Saturday Night Live, a chef character is known for his obsessive
cleanliness, orderliness, and perfectionism in the kitchen. In what stage did this character
become fixated?
a. phallic
b. oral
c. genital
d. Anal

10. If you learn an abnormal behavior (e. g., helplessness) by associating your actions with their
environmental consequences (e. g., others take care of your needs for you), what process
accounts for this learning?
a. respondent
b. operant
c. classical
d. Modeling

11. An emphasis on the active information processing of internal and environmental

information is the primary concern of the theories.
a. sociocultural
b. cognitive
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c. behavioral
d. Biological

12. You are a psychologist who conceptualizes depression as the result of frustrated attempts to
achieve one's potential for growth and congruence. What theory guides your thinking?
a. cognitive
b. interpersonal
c. humanistic
d. Sociocultural

13.In the 1920's, had a young woman worn a bikini to a public beach, she might have been
labeled as "disordered". What definition applies in this case?
a. deviation
b. subjective distress
c. dysfunction
d. Disruptive

14. Dolf is a 58-year-old male who just married for the first time and has decided to go to
medical school to become a neurosurgeon. The deviance definition of abnormality would define
Dolf as "disordered". What problem is reflected in his definition?
a. Failure to conform to social norms does not necessarily reflect a mental disorder.
b. It is unclear what level of personal distress Dolf is experiencing.
c. This definition would fit only if Dolf is experiencing difficulty in everyday functioning.
d. There is no evidence that Dolf has sought treatment from a clinician.

15. If you agreed with the most influential classification system of the late 19th
century, you would place all disordered individuals into one of three categories. These did NOT
include
a. organic brain disorders.
b. dementia praecox.
c. manic-depressive psychosis.
d. Melancholia.

16. In terms of lifetime prevalence, which of the following disorders is out of place?
a. panic disorder
b. generalized anxiety disorder
c. schizophrenia
d. obsessive-compulsive disorder

17. Physiological measures of blood pressure, muscle tension, and skin conductance would be
central to the assessment of disorders.
a. anxiety
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b. schizophrenic
c. dissociative
d. depressive

18. Who proposed the first scientific classification system for mental disorders?
a. Kraepelin
b. Griesinger
c. Hippocrates
d. the American Psychiatric Association

19. What we now refer to as schizophrenia was termed by Kraepelin.

a. dementia praecox
b. manic-depressive psychosis
c. involutional organic dementia
d. multiple personality disorder

20. Drug addicts or alcoholics often deny that they have a problem or an employee deny that
the wages he received is not fair
a. Anxiety
b. Frustration
c. Displacement
d. Denial

21. Focus is to study and promote optimal human functioning. Martin E.P. Seligman is a
major advocate. Should promote building positive qualities of people rather than focus on
what’s wrong with people.
a. Behavioral
b. Cognitive
c. Evolutionary
d. Positive

22. Erik is experiencing minor behavioral disturbances following his family's move to a new
state. A counselor diagnosed him with separation anxiety disorder, which was a false positive
diagnosis. If Erik's disturbance worsens as a result of this diagnosis, this would be an example of
a. a stereotype.
b. a polythetic error.
c. overpathologizing.
d. the self-fulfilling prophecy.

23. Anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder, is much more frequently diagnosed in females than in
males. Based on text information, which explanation below might best account for this
difference?
a. gender-related bias in the symptoms comprising the anorexia nervosa
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syndrome
b. an actual gender-related psychosocial or biological difference
c. gender-related diagnostic bias on the part of clinicians
d. b and c

24. In Erikson's theory of the eight stages of human development, at what stage would people
most likely encounter the psychological crisis of initiative vs. guilt?
a. Preschool
b. Elementary
c. Adolescence
d. Young adult

25. Is the unconscious worry that we will lose control of the id's urges, resulting in punishment
for inappropriate behavior.
a. Reality anxiety
b. Neurotic Anxiety
c. Frustration
d. Morality Anxiety

26. Focus on how thinking and behavior change depending on the setting or situation. Behavior
is explained by the influence of other people present
a. Sociocultural
b. Humanitic
c. Medical
d. Cognitive

27. Which of the following characteristics is MOST clearly related to potential for violence?
a. serious mental illness
b. active psychotic symptoms
c. low
d. borderline intellectual functioning

28. If a defendant's mental state is an issue in a court case, it is necessary to first determine
before raising the question of .
a. intelligence; competence
b. competence; insanity
c. the adequacy of the McNaughton mle; the Durham rule
d. wrongfulness; mental defect

29. Each time Sapna's client uses the explanation that she is "supposed" to be a dutiful
daughter, Sapna asks her how she knows what she "should" be doing. Sapna's challenges to her
clients' belief system indicate that she is MOST likely using
therapy.
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a. client-centered
b. interpersonal
c. psychodynamic
d. rational emotive

30. "I'll never find another person to love. No one will ever want me again." Beck
would characterize this depressed client's thought process as
a. negativistic.
b. pessimistic.
c. irrational.
d. Catastrophizing.

31. Veronica has given her client a pack of cigarettes that will give him a mild electric shock each
time he tries to take one out to smoke. Veronica is using
therapy to treat her client.
a. biofeedback
b. aversion
c. response prevention
d. object relations

32. Michael was a 26-year-old, handsome, married with a three year-old daughter. He had
spent about one-quarter of his life in reform schools and in prison. As an adolescent, he had
been a fire-setter. As a young adult, he had begun to expose himself. He came to the clinic
without his wife’s knowledge because he was exposing himself more and more often—up to
three times a day. Michael said he liked sex with his wife, but it wasn’t as exciting as exposing
himself.
a. Sadism
b. Masochism
c. Exhibitionism
d. Fetishism

33. Patient X is suffering from schizophrenia his therapist repeatedly injected him with large
doses of insulin to produce daily comas over several weeks. This therapy is called
________________
a. ECT
b. Neurosurgery
c. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
d. Insulin shock therapy

34.Token economies were first successfully used in the treatment of

a. mental retardation.
b. severe depression.
c. hyperactivity and antisocial behaviors.
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d. Schizophrenia.

35. For which of the following clients would you recommend treatment via
systematic desensitization?
a. Heinz, who has a phobia of elevators
b. Amee, who has panic attacks
c. Boris, who has generalized anxiety
d. Hazel, who has a social phobia

36. According to the psychodynamic view, Panic Disorder symptoms:

a. stems from unsuccessful repression of penis envy

b. is a symbolic representation of repressed oral aggressive impulses
c. . is internalized fear of rejection by the primary caretaker
d. . represents a reoccurrence of earlier separation anxiety

37. In the diathesis-stress model of mental illness:

a. the diathesis is a sufficient condition, and the stress is a necessary condition for the
development
of the disorder.
b. the diathesis and the stress are each a necessary and sufficient condition for the
development of the
disorder.
c. the diathesis and the stress are each a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for the
development of the disorder.
d. None of the above.

38. Which of the following was NOT one of the weaknesses we discussed concerning the use of
a
purely sociocultural criterion to define pathological abnormality
a. There is no agreement even within a culture of what its standards for normal, acceptable
behavior are.
b. If we consider mental illness to be a real problem with the brain or psyche, we cannot have
culturally-relative disorders.
c. Different cultures accept different behaviors.
d. What a culture will accept varies from time to time.

39. It belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. It is characterized by

muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement (bradykinesia), and in extreme cases, a
loss of physical movement (akinesia).
a. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
b. Parkinson’s disease
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c. Huntington’s disease
d. Cardiovascular dementia

40. Have depressive effect on the body, causing relaxation or even unconsciousness. Several
families: barbiturates (downers), tranquilizers (benzodiazepines), alcohol. This is used to
relieve anxiety, create relaxation, for sleep.
a. Sedatives
b. Anti-depressant
c. Tranquilizers
d. Stimulants

41. Intense rage redirected in the form of participation in sports such as boxing or football
a. Sublimation
b. Displacement
c. Intellectualization
d. Identification

42.Systematic desensitization, flooding, and modeling are all therapeutic approaches that have
been used to treat:
a. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
b. Specific Phobias
c. Panic Disorder
d. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

43. According to Freudian theory, which behavior would suggest fixation at the anal stage?
A. Compulsive pursuit of gratification.
B. A drive to "work and love."
C. Hostility and suicidal tendencies.
D. Rigid over-control and hoarding.

44.A woman feels that she must wash her hands for exactly 5
minutes after eating any food. This behavior is called:
A. an obsession.
B. a compulsion.
C. a delusion.
D. a specific phobia

45. A psychological disorder, also known as a mental disorder, is a pattern of behavioral or

psychological symptoms that impact multiple life areas and create distress for the person
experiencing these symptoms.
a. Mental disorder
b. Psychological distress
c. Psychological dysfunction
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d. Maladjustment

46. A type of behavioral therapy based on the principle of classical conditioning. It was
developed by Wolpe during the 1950s. This therapy aims to remove the fear response of a
phobia, and substitute a relaxation response to the conditional stimulus gradually using counter
conditioning.
a. Flooding
b. Systematic desensitization
c. Psychotherapy
d. Reality therapy

47. Deidre has an incapacitating snake phobia. What neurotransmitter may be unusually
low in her brain, leading to excessive limbic system activity?
a. GABA
b. dopamine
Ec. serotonin
d. Diazepine

48. Carlito has been exhibiting inattentiveness and poor concentration, decreased anxiety
and little inhibition of his actions. It is possible that the neurotransmitter
is than usual.
a. serotonin; lower
b. norepinephrine; lower
c. serotonin; higher
d. norepinephrine; higher

49. Schizophrenia usually has an onset

A. in early childhood.
B. at the beginning of puberty,
C. in the early twenties.
D. after age 30.

50. A depressed client being treated with cognitive therapy came to her weekly session. While
discussing her progress in classes that week, she mentioned that she had the highest grade in
the class on the mid-term exam but insisted this was only a "fluke" and that she's really
"incompetent" in the course. Which of the following thinking errors is she exhibiting?
A. minimization
B. personalization
C. arbitrary inference
D. Overgeneralization

51.When a patient no longer has the disorder, an appropriate specifier would be?
A. Full remission
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B. Relapse
C. Recovered
D. Prodromal stage

52.Of the following, which best explains why bipolar disorder may be mistaken for
schizophrenia?
A. Psychotic delusions of grandeur or other delusions can occur in both disorders
B. Both disorders are marked by episodes of major depression.
C. Functioning can become so impaired as to require psychiatric hospitalization
D. Such a mistake is unlikely; the two disorders are clearly different and have virtually no
symptom overlap.

53.Which of the following legal "tests" of insanity is based on the idea that people should not be
judged guilty if a mental disorder prevents them from knowing the difference between right and
wrong?
A. The M'Naghten rule
B. The irresistible impulse test
C. The Durham rule
D. The ALI guidelines

54. Children with _______________ Intellectual Disability have very limited vocabularies, speak
in two- to three-word sentences, and have IQ scores between 20 and 35.
A. mild
B. moderate
C. severe
D. Profound

55.Which of the following conduct disorder children is MOST likely to "grow out" of his disorder
by the end of his teenage years?
A. Billi, with a childhood onset at age 8
B. Jackson, with a childhood onset at age 10
C. Ben, with an adolescent onset at age 12
D. none of the above; this disorder virtually always leads to
adult disorders

56.The clinician's responsibility to notify a potential victim of a client's harmful intent toward
that individual is referred to as:
A. primary prevention.
B. notification of intent.
C. duty to warn.
D. legal commitment

57.A person who is so miserable that he or she can see no reason for living, BEST fits which of
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the following definitions of abnormality?

A. deviance
B. distress
C. dangerousness
D. Dysfunction

58. anxiety disorders Decreased in this neurotransmitter can lead to seizure activity and
anxiety disorders
a. GABA
b. Glutamate
c. Serotonin
d. Neurons

59. Disturbances in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech as well as anxiety about
speaking or limitations in effective communication and socialization.
a. Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)
b. Social communication Disorder
c. Autistic Spectrum Disorder
d. Learning Disabilities

60. Is an organ system containing a network of specialized cells called neurons that coordinate
the actions of an human and transmit signals between different parts of its body.
a. Brain
b. Endocrine system
c. Nervous system
d. Glands

61. Dr. Jenny does not feel that she has the resources necessary to effectively treat Jun’s
condition so she gave Cindy the name and phone number of another clinician. Dr. Jenny
provided Jun with:
A. informed consent.
B. a referral.
C. the right to refuse treatment.
D. a mandated report

62. Proponents of which theoretical model propose that people with bulimia translate society's
attitudes toward thinness into extreme restraints and rigid rules about food?
A. Societal
B. Psychodynamic
C. Family systems
D. Cognitive-behavioral
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63. What is the term used for programs that are intended to minimize the physiological changes
associated with withdrawal from substances?
A. Milieu
B. Therapeutic community
C. Alcoholics Anonymous
D. Detoxification

64. The legal principle that the state has the authority to protect those who are unable to
protect themselves is referred to as:
A. commitment.
B. guardian ad litem.
C. ad hominen.
D. parens patriae

65. When a clinician is called on during court cases to provide specialized information not
commonly known by people outside the mental health profession, he/she is considered to be
a(n):
A. guardian ad litem.
B. expert witness.
C. parens patriae.
D. impartial party.

66. Fetishism appears to develop in a way similar to exhibitionism in that:

A. most people with fetishism were sexually abused as children.
B. early life experiences result in a connection between sexual arousal and the behavior.
C. brain damage early in life appears to cause certain paraphilias.
D. these paraphilias are commonly associated with sexual dysfunction.

67 . Joyce believes that her heart is being eaten away by worms, a delusion that fits into the
category called:
A. somatic.
B. persecutory.
C. insertion.
D. Nihilistic.

68. Which of the following is the key feature of paraphilias?

A. The object of desire must be an inanimate object.
B. They must involve abnormal physiological functioning.
C. They must be short-term conditions.
D. There must be a dependence on the sexual target for arousal.

69. Compared with people with avoidant personality disorder, those with schizoid personality
disorder:
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A. do not wish to have relationships.

B. wish to have relationships.
C. often suffer from a mood disorder.
D. often are diagnosed with an Axis I disorder

70.Researchers studying narcissistic and histrionic personality disorders have reported that:
A. the disorders can be easily differentiated.
B. features of these two disorders overlap.
C. both are genetically determined.
D. they share the feature of hidden paranoia

71. When you get mad at your sister, you break your drinking glass by throwing it against the
wall.
a. Displacement
b. Sublimation
c. Reaction Formation
d. Rationalization

72. AR is a 35 year old electronic salesman. He is unable to become sexually aroused unless he
is causing intense pain, suffering, and humiliation to another person. These acts are not in
anyway playful, and his victims’ lives have at times been in danger. Last year, he was finally
caught and arrested on charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, and rape. His latest victim was
found in AR’s basement, caged like an animal, with evidence of sexual and other physical abuse.
AR has stated that for all of his adult life, he had persistent fantasies about abducting, binding,
cutting, sexually assaulting, and humiliating women. He gave in to his most extreme urges and
now faces life in prison for his crimes.
a. Sadism
b. Masochism
c. Fetishism
d. Pedophilia

73 .Central to early psychodynamic explanations of depression is the notion of:

A. "loss" at an unconscious level.
B. disordered thinking patterns.
C. lack of positive reinforcement.
D. regression to an egoless state.

74.Which theoretical perspective views the causes of phobias to be based on the individual's
faulty inferences and generalizations?
A. Cognitive
B. Humanistic
C. Existential
D. Psychoanalytic
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75.Why is confidentiality important?

A. It is necessary in order for clients to feel comfortable disclosing intimate details about
themselves.
B. It is important for the clients to feel confident about improvement in their condition.
C. It is a courtesy that has been brought about by the traditions of secrecy in the confessional.
D. Most clients are collecting medical benefits and fear that if their bosses find out that they will
lose the money.

76.What type of panic attack is an essential element of the diagnosis of panic disorder?
A. Situationally bound
B. Situationally predisposed
C. Agoraphobic
D. Unexpected

77. Patient Y displayed the following symptoms: Loss of short-term memory (amnesia), which
usually manifests as minor forgetfulness that becomes steadily more pronounced with illness
progression, with relative preservation of older memories. As the disorder progresses, cognitive
(intellectual) impairment extends to the domains of language (aphasia), skilled movements
(apraxia), and recognition (agnosia), and functions such as decision-making and planning
become impaired.
a. Alzheimer’s disease
b. Parkinson’s disease
c. Huntington’s disease
d. Cardiovascular dementia

78 A diagnosis of bipolar disorder requires:

A. the experience of a depressive episode.
B. the experience of a manic episode.
C. a family history of mood disorder.
D. normal premorbid personality.

79.Psychodynamic explanations of paranoid personality disorder see the disorder as rooted in

the defense mechanism of:
A. rationalization.
B. denial.
C. projection.
D. reaction formation.

80. What term is used to describe the factors that play a role in causing a disease?
a. Prevalence
b. Resiliency
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c. Etiology
d. Classification

81.Decades ago, psychiatrists in what was then the Russia announced the discovery of a form of
mental illness whose main symptoms included paranoid distrust of authority, and continuing
criticisms of the government. This case illustrates one problem in using the criterion of
__________ to define mental disorder.
a. personal distress
b. adaptiveness
c. statistical criteria
d. social deviance

82. Which of the following is NOT a major criterion for distinguishing psychopathology from
normalcy?
a. whether or not the individual's behavior is socially undesirable or unacceptable
b. whether or not the individual is disturbed or distressed by his own behavior or
thinking.
c. whether or not the individual deviates from the statistical norm with respect to some
aspect of
d. all of the above are major criteria for psychopathology.\

82.Individuals with anterograde amnesia suffer memory loss:

a. due to a traumatic emotional experience.
b. as a result of epilepsy.
c. for events prior to their amnesia.
d. for new events that take place after the amnesia.

83.Panic disorder in women is associated with what early childhood experience?

a. Parental illness and substance abuse
b. Overachieving school performance
c. Overindulgence by parental figures
d. Supportive family environment

84. Why does it make sense to view addiction as a mental disorder?

a. Because the symptoms are behavioral
b. Because substance abuse often develops as an attempt to self-medicate negative mood states
c. Because the most effective treatments are psychological not medical
d. Because neurochemical imbalances underlie the problem behaviors

85. People with depersonalization disorder:

a. feeling disconnected or estranged from one's self.
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b. feel as though they are not real.

c. forget details about personal identity.
d. fabricate disturbance to get secondary gain.
e.
86. All of the following are groups of deficits in autism except:
a. Activities and interests
b. Social interactions
c. Communication
d. d. Inattention

87.In discussing the psychodynamic model of mental disorder we noted that:

a. the model assumes that the processes that lead to disorder are the same processes
thatcnormally produce or maintain order in our lives.
b. . disorders that the model seems to handle particularly well include the anxiety disorders
and the dissociative disorders.
c. treatments suggested by the model typically involves bringing buried
d. all of the above

88. According to Seligman's learned hopelessness model of depression:

a. the individual sees the cause of negative events as something about themselves that is stable
and
persistent.
b. the individual interprets negative events as being caused by something internal to the person,
rather than being caused by something external about the situation itself.
c. the individual sees the cause of negative events as something about themselves that affects a
wide
range of their lives, rather than being specific to one event.
d. all of the above

89. An individual whose symptoms include both extreme avolition and extreme anhedonia is
most likely to be described as having which general class of disorder?
a. Anxiety Disorders
b. Somatic Disorders
c. Depressive Disorders
d. Schizophrenia

90. According to Freud's psychoanalytic model, Schizophrenia results from:

a. a strong and punishing superego that intrudes its negative commentary into consciousness.
b. an attachment of libido to the ego, causing the individual to confuse internal and external
experiences.
c. a withdrawal of libido into the self, causing the individual to be unable to relate to others.
d. an excess of anticathexes against id impulses, leaving too little libido for the ego to function
effectively.
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91. According to the psychodynamic view, Specific Phobias involve a combination of two
defense mechansims:
a. projection and reaction formation
b. displacement and projection
c. projection and rationalization
d. displacement and reaction formation.

92. The first edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders (DSM) was published in: :
a. 1965
b. 1848
c. 1958
d. 1952

93. practitioners attempt to pinpoint the physical source of dysfunction to determine the
course of treatment:
A. Cognitive
B. Behavioral
C. Biological
D. Psychodynamic

94. Is an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information by electrical and
chemical signaling.
a. Brain
b. Neurons
c. Genes
d. Chromosomes

95 Is fear of real-world events. The cause of this anxiety is usually easily identified. For
example, a person might fear receiving a dog bite when they are near a menacing dog. The most
common way of reducing this anxiety is to avoid the threatening object.
a. Reality anxiety
b. Neurotic Anxiety
c. Frustration
d. Morality Anxiety

96. Involves placing uncomfortable thoughts in relatively inaccessible areas of the

subconscious mind. Thus when things occur that we are unable to cope with now, we push
them away, either planning to deal with them at another time or hoping that they will fade
away on their own accord.
a. Repression
b. Regression
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c. Denial
d. Sublimation

97. Based on this belief that a person’s behavior (whether normal or abnormal) is
determined largely by underlying dynamic psychological forces of which she or he is not aware

A. Biological
B. Psychoanalysis
C. Humanisitic
D. Cognitive

98.It is based on the idea that our normal and abnormal actions are determined largely by our
life experiences
A. Psychodynamic
B. Cognitive
C. Behavioral
D. Biological

99 Maladaptive thinking is the cause of maladaptive behavior. This is based from the notion of:
A. Cognitive
B. Behavioral
C. Psychodynamic
D. Humanistic

100. Psychological dysfunction is caused by self-deception: people hide from life’s

responsibilities and fail to recognize that it is up to them to give meaning to their lives. Therapy
is focused on patient acceptance

A. Humanistic-existential
B. Humanistic
C. Exitential
D. Cognitive

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