Question

1. Enrique was already 15 minutes late to a first date with a person he met online. If Enrique’s date assumed that he is probably always late to things, we would describe his date as the:

A) observer making an unstable attribution.

B) observer making a stable attribution.

C) actor making a stable attribution.

D) actor making an unstable attribution.

2. At some time in Jeff’s life, he started brushing his teeth in a very ritualized way. He feels like he has to brush each tooth seven times from the left all the way to the right. If he loses track, he has to start over from the beginning until he gets it right. Jeff’s dentist warned him that he is brushing too much, but Jeff is convinced that if he discontinues the ritual all of his teeth will fall out. Jeff’s condition is known as _____ disorder.

A) social anxiety

B) hypomanic

C) generalized anxiety

D) obsessive-compulsive

3. Which specific trait is CORRECTLY paired with its description in terms of the five-factor model's dimensions?

A) helpful – high extraversion

B) emotional – low conscientiousness

C) calm – high agreeableness

D) imaginative – high openness

4. In the context of the dopamine hypothesis, which statement is true of schizophrenia?

A) The synthesis and release of dopamine are elevated in people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

B) The synthesis of dopamine is elevated, but its release is restricted in people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

C) The concentration of dopamine is low because of its reduced synthesis in people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

D) The concentration of dopamine decreases despite its elevated release in people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Answer 1

Ans 1.(A)

Ans 2.(D)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) refers to a common, chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over such as people feel the need to check things repeatedly, perform certain routines repeatedly or have certain thoughts repeatedly.

Ans 3.(B)

Ans.4 (A)

The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia posits that overactivity of dopamine neurotransmission in the subcortical basal ganglia contributes to positive (not negative) symptoms, and the hypoactivity of prefrontal cortical dopamine neurotransmission contributes to negative symptoms and cognitive abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia.