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What evidence is there that the legal definition of alcohol intoxication (a blood alcohol content of 0.08)
  should be changed?
 
  A) Few people show any impairment at this blood alcohol level.
  B) Judgment becomes impaired long before this blood alcohol level is reached.
  C) Most alcohol-related accidents occur at much higher blood alcohol levels.
  D) Most alcohol-related accidents occurs at much lower blood alcohol levels.

Question 2

Elena binges on high calorie foods and then makes herself throw up. She feels terribly ashamed and
  horrified by what she does. You would predict
 
  A) she will not stop because her vomiting is reinforced by anxiety reduction.
  B) she will stop because her vomiting is being punished by the feelings of disgust and shame.
  C) she will stop making herself throw up because she is ashamed and distressed.
  D) she will not stop because she has become physiologically addicted to vomiting.

Question 3

What is are the three components of fear?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

What is aversion therapy? Explain and provide an example of how it might be used. ______
 
  Fill in the blanks with correct word

Question 5

The effects of early social deprivation
 
  A) are explained differently by the various psychosocial perspectives.
  B) can't be explained by psychosocial theories.
  C) are not seen when physical needs are adequately met.
  D) have not been well-established.

Question 6

Anxiety disorders
 
  A) exist only in technologically advanced cultures.
  B) are especially prevalent in Japan, where strong pressures exist to compete and succeed.
  C) involve different causal factors in different cultures.
  D) probably exist in all societies, but take different forms in different cultures.

Question 7

Someone who binges and purges and is severely underweight is diagnosed as anorexic, not bulimic. This is
  because
 
  A) bingeing and purging are not considered very important symptoms.
  B) they will eventually stop bingeing and purging and start fasting.
  C) anorexia is considered the more reliable diagnosis.
  D) anorexia has a much higher death rate than bulimia.

Question 8

What is tardive dyskinesia? ______
 
  Fill in the blanks with correct word
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Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal Psychology


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6 years ago
Answer to #1

B

Answer to #2

A

Answer to #3

Modern definitions of fear define fear as a basic emotion, characterized by physiological,
cognitive, and behavioral components. The sympathetic nervous system is activated by a
fear-producing stimulus, a feeling of fear is experienced, and there is some appropriate
behavioral response, such as running away.

Answer to #4

Aversion therapy is a form of therapy that is used to reduce a behavior through associating
it with punishment. In other words, operant conditioning is used to decrease the frequency
of an undesirable behavior by following it with unpleasant consequences. Aversion
therapy can be used in the treatment of alcoholism. The alcoholic is treated with a drug
that makes it such that they will get sick if they drink. If they drink while on the drug they
get ill, thus drinking will come to be associated with the nausea and vomiting that occurs.

Answer to #5

A

Answer to #6

D

Answer to #7

D

Answer to #8

Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder that can develop with use of conventional
antipsychotic medications.
ananız Author
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6 years ago
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