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PSY 103 Quiz #4 Social, Health, Disorders and Treatent
__________ 1. It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception experiment. You
join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a 10-inch test line and must
choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines. The
experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying ________.
a. bystander apathy
b. social loafing
c. groupthink
d. conformity
__________ 2. Each day, while Sid is sitting at his desk at work, he continually thinks about
germs. Each time this occurs, he washes his hands. Sid probably suffers
from ________.
a. agoraphobia
b. panic disorder
c. generalized anxiety disorder
d. obsessive-compulsive disorder
__________ 3. What term do psychologists use for the phenomenon that occurs when people
are less likely to aid a person in trouble if there are other people around who
are also potential helpers?
a. bystander effect
b. sole-witness effect
c. subtle aggressive effect
d. antisocial behavior effect
__________ 4. Which of the following is the term used to describe a sudden onset of extreme
panic with various symptoms including racing heart, rapid breathing, and
sweating?
a. phobia
b. compulsion
c. panic attack
d. affective disorder
__________ 5. Which of the following is one definition of abnormal behavior?
a. behavior that is rare
b. behavior that is consistent with the norms of society
c. behavior that does not create distress
d. behavior that is adaptive
__________ 6. Events that cause a stress reaction are referred to as ________.
a. hassles
b. catastrophes
c. eustresses
d. stressors
__________ 7. Luis picks up a pack of cigarettes and reads, "Cigarette smoking is harmful to
your health." Which one of the following statements leads one to believe Luis
is actually having cognitive dissonance?
a. "I've been smoking my whole life and I don't have health problems."
b. "No one I know who smokes is sick."
c. "I know these cigarettes are killing me but I just can't stop."
d. "That is not true. Cigarettes are not that harmful."

PSY 103 Quiz #4 Social, Health, Disorders and Treatent
__________ 8. Excessive or unrealistic fearfulness and worry are characteristic of ________.
a. mood disorders
b. dissociative neurosis
c. anxiety disorders
d. amnesia
__________ 9. Nick is admitted to a mental institution because he hears voices talking to him
that no one else can hear, and he sees demons attacking him, though no one
else could see anything near him. Nick's symptoms are known as ________.
a. delusions
b. hallucinations
c. obsessions
d. compulsions
__________ 10. A person who is ambitious, time conscious, extremely hardworking, easily
annoyed, and tends to have high levels of hostility and anger is said to be
exhibiting a ________ personality.
a. Type A
b. Type S
c. Type B
d. Type C
__________ 11. Imagine 100 individuals are asked to take part in a replication of Milgram's
famous study on obedience. How are these 100 people likely to respond?
a. The majority would administer 450 volts as instructed.
b. The majority would immediately realize the use of deception and leave.
c. Most of the women would refuse to obey, whereas almost all of the men would
obey.
d. Most of the participants would work together to force the experimenter to end the
experiment.
__________ 12. A person who suffers from bipolar disorder alternates between ________.
a. anxiety and mania
b. depression and manic episodes
c. mania and schizophrenia
d. depression and schizophrenia
__________ 13. Dave believes all college professors are irritable, impatient, and uninterested in
whether students learn. His belief is an example of ________.
a. consensus
b. impressions
c. an attitude
d. a stereotype
__________ 14. What is the the primacy effect, as it relates to impression formation, more
commonly known as?
a. first impression
b. negative attribution
c. situational bias
d. altruism
__________ 15. Therapy that depends on identifying and changing distorted thinking and
unrealistic beliefs is ________ therapy.
a. cognitive
b. psychoanalytic
c. behavior
d. person-centered

PSY 103 Quiz #4 Social, Health, Disorders and Treatent
__________ 16. Psychoanalysis was a therapy technique designed by __________.
a. Fritz Perls
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Carl Rogers
d. Alfred Adler
__________ 17. In Zimbardo's prison study, male college students agreed to participate in a twoweek
experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the roles
of prisoners and guards. After the prisoners staged a revolt, the researchers
found that ________.
a. the guards became more aggressive
b. all of the guards decided to quit the experiment
c. the guards tried to be "tough but fair"
d. the experimenters had everyone switch roles
__________ 18. Major depression, dysthymia, and bipolar disorder are all examples of ________
disorders.
a. neurotic
b. somatoform
c. psychotic
d. mood
__________ 19. The primary purpose of the DSM-IV-TR is to ________.
a. help psychologists assess only normal behavior
b. keep the number of diagnostic categories of mental disorders to a minimum
c. help psychological professionals diagnose psychological disorders
d. describe the causes of common physiological disorders
__________ 20. Manny has such an intense fear of flying insects that he hardly ever goes
outside his house during the summer months. He is probably suffering from a
________.
a. somatoform disorder
b. conversion reaction
c. personality disorder
d. phobic disorder

PSY 103 Quiz #4 Social, Health, Disorders and Treatent
Test Name: Quiz #4 Disorders and Social
1. d. conformity
2. d. obsessive-compulsive disorder
3. a. bystander effect
4. c. panic attack
5. a. behavior that is rare
6. d. stressors
7. c. "I know these cigarettes are killing me but I just can't stop."
8. c. anxiety disorders
9. b. hallucinations
10. a. Type A
11. a. The majority would administer 450 volts as instructed.
12. b. depression and manic episodes
13. d. a stereotype
14. a. first impression
15. a. cognitive
16. b. Sigmund Freud
17. a. the guards became more aggressive
18. d. mood
19. c. help psychological professionals diagnose psychological disorders
20. d. phobic disorder