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GABA, dopamine and noradrenaline are all examples of


A) electrical brain waves.
B) neurones.
C) neurotransmitters.
D) areas of the brain.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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The significance of the study conducted by Insel, Scanlan, Champoux and Soumi (1988) in which rhesus monkeys were raised either with a sense of control or without one and later exposed to an anxiety-inducing drug is that chemicals such as neurotransmitters


A) have very direct effects on behaviour.
B) influence behaviour in different ways depending upon the psychological history of the individual.
C) influence individuals in fairly direct and consistent ways regardless of the psychological history of the individual.
D) have few reliable and consistent effects on observed behaviour.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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The most recent research evidence suggests that the relationship between the brain (structure, function, neurotransmitters) and psychosocial factors (socialisation, rearing, life events) is best described as


A) a system where our brains directly influence our behaviour and psychosocial factors but not the other way around.
B) an interaction where the brain affects our psychosocial factors and psychosocial factors impact our brain.
C) a system where our behaviour and psychosocial factors impact our brain but not the other way around.
D) far too complex to ever understand whether one system influences the other.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Research with the elderly has found that depression is more likely in those individuals who


A) have frequent social contacts.
B) live in group settings.
C) have fewer social contacts.
D) receive increased attention from their families when they are sick.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Explain the principle of equifinality and its use in developmental psychopathology.

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Equifinality indicates that a number of ...

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Insel, Scanlan, Champoux and Soumi (1988) raised one group of rhesus monkeys with the ability to control things in their environment and another group of monkeys who had no control of their environment (e.g.when they would receive treats and toys) .When injected with a drug that produces a feeling of severe anxiety, the monkeys


A) who were raised with a sense of control appeared angry and aggressive, while the monkeys raised without a sense of control appeared very anxious.
B) who were raised with a sense of control appeared anxious, while the monkeys raised without a sense of control appeared angry and aggressive.
C) in both groups appeared anxious.
D) in both groups appeared angry and aggressive.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Extremely low levels of GABA are associated with


A) decreased anxiety.
B) increased depression.
C) increased anxiety.
D) decreased depression.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Recent research suggests that learning and experience


A) only change the brain before birth.
B) change the brain through childhood.
C) change the brain through young adulthood.
D) change the brain at any age.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Bullying studies in mice suggest that the functions of the mesolimbic system


A) can be switched from avoidance to reinforcement.
B) can be switched from reinforcement to avoidance.
C) cannot be changed by experience.
D) can only be changed with drugs.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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It is important to understand the process of how learnt helplessness is created in laboratory animals because learnt helplessness in animals resembles the human disorder of


A) panic disorder.
B) depression.
C) mania.
D) schizophrenia.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Studies examining the effects of anger and hostility on the cardiovascular system have demonstrated that anger results in


A) decreased pumping efficiency of the heart.
B) increased pumping efficiency of the heart.
C) heart changes similar to those found when exercising.
D) few if any measurable changes in the heart.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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You and a friend are lost while walking on a street in a foreign city.A stranger approaches, and you are concerned that the stranger may try to mug you.Your friend assumes that the stranger is approaching to give you directions.As the stranger approaches, you experience fear, but your friend experiences relief.Your different emotional reactions can be explained by the __________ theory of emotion.


A) physiological
B) neurological
C) affective
D) cognitive

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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The influences of culture and gender on psychopathology are most clearly evident in the disorder of


A) bulimia nervosa.
B) panic disorder.
C) bipolar disorder.
D) depression.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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A life-span psychologist would point out that the only way to understand a patient's disorder is to understand how the individual


A) developed from childhood to adulthood.
B) developed during the psychosexual stages.
C) resolved conflicts in early life.
D) sees himself/herself as part of a family, a community and a culture.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Candace believes that no matter how hard she studies, she will never succeed in college.This behaviour can best be explained by


A) personality disorder.
B) faulty neurotransmitter circuits.
C) learnt helplessness.
D) internal conflicts.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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The model that describes the development of psychopathology as a combination of an inherited predisposition and the events that have occurred in the individual's life is called


A) diathesis-stress.
B) genetic.
C) bio-behavioural.
D) psychoanalytic.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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The basis of the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology is that each dimension (psychological, biological, emotional, etc.)


A) operates independently.
B) is sufficient to cause pathology.
C) builds on the dimension that precedes it.
D) is influenced by the other dimensions.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Learnt helplessness is demonstrated in laboratory animals by


A) creating aversive stimuli (such as electric shocks to the foot) that the animal can control.
B) creating aversive stimuli (such as electric shocks to the foot) that the animal cannot control.
C) creating pleasant stimuli (such as a food pellet) that the animal cannot control.
D) creating pleasant stimuli (such as a food pellet) that the animal can control.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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According to Seligman, if a person who is faced with considerable stress and difficulty in his/her life displays an optimistic, upbeat attitude, he/she is likely to function better psychologically and physically.He called this


A) learnt optimism
B) learnt helplessness.
C) learnt awareness.
D) learnt predictability.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The neurotransmitter associated with the regulation of mood, behaviour and thought processes is


A) GABA.
B) noraderenaline.
C) serotonin.
D) dopamine.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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