A researcher using the epidemiological model would be most likely to use which of the
following research techniques?
a. a survey c. a case study
b. the intuitive approach d. an experiment
Question 2Intense, unrealistic fears of being judged negatively by others when in public situations are
called ______.
a. specific phobias c. complex phobias
b. social phobias d. agoraphobia
Question 3Behavioral theorists criticize projective testing techniques and feel that projective tests__________.
a. take too long for clinicians to administer
b. rely too much on the subjective interpretations of the clinician administering the tests
c. are not scored using valid, normative data
d. do not take cultural biases into account when interpreted
Question 4Mood disorders in which the disturbance lies in only one direction are considered ______.
a. unipolar c. monopolar
b. unilinear d. monolinear
Question 5Psychodynamic theorists believe that individuals project ______ needs, drives, and motives
on to an ambiguous stimulus when taking a projective test.
a. sexual c. unconscious
b. aggressive d. suppressed
Question 6A form of dissociative amnesia in which the person forgets everything that occurred from a
particular point in time up to and including the present is ______ amnesia.
a. localized c. generalized
b. selective d. continuous
Question 7Studies which examine the rates of occurrence of abnormal behavior in various settings
and population groups are known as ______ studies.
a. epidemiological c. case
b. quasi-experimental d. psychometric