Psychology Quiz: Mental Disorders and Therapies

Psychological Disorders

• People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are bothered by repetitive thoughts and repetitive behaviors.
• Multiple personality disorder is now called dissociative disorder.

Therapies

• SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) are drugs that block the reuptake of serotonin, used in a type of therapy.
• Eclectic therapy involves the use of several different types of therapy approaches rather than sticking with only one.
• Aversive therapy involves the use of positive punishment to reduce the frequency of an undesirable behavior.

Social Psychology

• Conformity occurs when people change their behavior to fit in with others, often because they want to be liked by others.
• The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the role of personal factors when explaining other people's behavior.

Human Development

• Beginning in the ninth week after conception, the embryo becomes a fetus.
• A child with anxious-ambivalent attachment has no consistent way of coping with the stress of a strange situation.

Miscellaneous

• Prejudice refers to thoughts, while discrimination refers to actions based on race, age, etc.
• Self-determination theory (SDT) is related to intrinsic motivation.
• Kinsey believed that sexual orientation exists on a continuum.
• The persona archetype is represented by, for example, a male who uses skincare products and dresses fashionably.
• Children learn gender roles through reinforcement by parents, which is related to the humanistic perspective.
• Reaction formation is a defense mechanism in which an individual denies or represses their true feelings or impulses, often by adopting the opposite behavior.