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Question 1
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Which of the following is not a part of the therapeutic community approach?
Your Answer: Democratisation
Correct Answer: Dependency
Explanation:The Henderson hospital model exemplifies the four principles that underlie the therapeutic community, which include communalism, permissiveness, democratisation, and reality confrontation. These principles are reflected in the way staff and inmates interact, with a focus on mutual support and learning, tolerance of unpredictable behavior, shared decision-making, and open and honest communication about distortions from reality.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 2
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Who was the first theorist to describe imprinting?
Your Answer: Westermarck
Correct Answer: Spalding
Explanation:The idea of filial imprinting was initially observed in domestic chickens by Douglas Spalding in the 1800s, and later discussed by Heinroth before being made well-known by Lorenz. Additionally, Immelmann discussed sexual imprinting, while Westermarck introduced the concept of reverse sexual imprinting, which suggests that individuals who spend their early years in close proximity are less likely to be sexually attracted to each other later in life.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 3
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A 35-year-old habitual smoker was admitted to the hospital due to a decline in his mental health. The nurse on duty suggested a smoking cessation program to him. He informed the nurse that he was seriously contemplating quitting smoking in the next six months and was planning to quit within the next 30 days. According to Prochaska and DiClemente's transtheoretical model of change, what stage of quitting is he in?
Your Answer: Contemplation
Correct Answer: Preparation
Explanation:This individual is currently in the preparation phase of quitting smoking. According to Prochaska et al.’s stages of change model, this means they are currently smoking but have a strong intention to quit within the next 30 days and have been seriously considering quitting for the past six months. The stages of change are a spiral, meaning individuals may move back and forth between stages and even experience relapses. The other stages include precontemplation (not considering quitting within the next six months), contemplation (seriously considering quitting within the next six months but not within the next 30 days), action (currently not smoking and quit within the last six months), and maintenance (currently not smoking and quit more than six months ago).
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 4
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Which individual discussed objects that provide comfort during times of transition of stress?
Your Answer: Winnicott
Explanation:Transitional objects were conceptualized by Winnicott as items that infants between 4-18 months of age select to aid in their separation and individuation process. These objects, such as a soft toy of blanket, serve as a source of comfort and help reduce anxiety. Object relations theory was also supported by Balint and Fairbairn. Meanwhile, Kleinian theory placed significant emphasis on the interpretation of play.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 5
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At what age and in what form does the earliest developmental fear typically manifest?
Your Answer: Strangers
Explanation:The fear of new things, such as unfamiliar people, can be observed in infants as young as 6 months old. Children between the ages of 3-5 years may develop fears of animals, monsters, and the dark. Around 6-11 years old, children may start to fear social embarrassment. Adolescents may begin to experience fear of death.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 6
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A psychology graduate student is interested in studying the psychosocial factors related to alcohol misuse. They decide to use the health belief model as a framework for their research. One of the constructs of the health belief model pertains to the severity of the illness and its outcomes. How can this construct be applied to the study of alcohol abuse?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Perceived severity
Explanation:The health belief model is a social cognition model that aims to predict and understand health-related behaviors. It consists of four main constructs: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers. Perceived severity refers to an individual’s understanding of the seriousness of a disease. Perceived susceptibility, also known as perceived vulnerability, refers to an individual’s perception of their risk of contracting the disease if they continue with their current behavior. Perceived benefits refer to an individual’s perception of the advantages of adopting a different course of action, including the extent to which it reduces the risk of the disease of its severity. Perceived barriers refer to an individual’s perception of the disadvantages of adopting the recommended action, as well as any obstacles that may hinder its successful implementation.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 7
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The theorist who proposed the existence of the language acquisition device (LAD) in humans is:
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Chomsky
Explanation:Chomsky is known for his nativist theory and introduction of the language acquisition device (LAD) in the 1960s. Empiricism theory is often attributed to Locke, while parsing was described by Saffran. Skinner is associated with behaviourism, and Werker studied how infants distinguish between phonemes.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 8
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A 45-year-old man, currently unemployed, has been experiencing frequent panic attacks over the past few months. These attacks seem to be triggered by social situations and he has become increasingly isolated as a result. He has a history of childhood trauma and has never sought help for it before.
He begins a form of therapy that involves individual sessions with a therapist, group therapy, and access to crisis support via phone. The therapy focuses on identifying and managing his emotions, improving his social skills in the group setting, and developing healthy coping mechanisms for times of stress.
What type of therapy is being described in this scenario?Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Dialectical behaviour therapy
Explanation:The therapy being discussed is dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), which was created by Marsha Linehan, who had a personality disorder diagnosis and multiple hospital admissions. DBT involves mindfulness practice and the development of interpersonal skills through individual and group therapy sessions. All of the therapies mentioned are recognized treatments for personality disorders. Cognitive analytic therapy focuses on past relationships and object relations, while mentalisation-based therapy aims to improve mentalisation capacity through individual and group therapy. Schema-focused therapy builds on CBT to challenge cognitive coping strategies, and transference-focused therapy uses the therapist-client relationship to assess internal representations of past relational experiences.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 9
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Which attachment theorist differentiated between deprivation and privation, but with a different phrasing and age group?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Rutter
Explanation:René Spitz’s Study on Anaclitic Depression in Children
René Spitz conducted a study on children who were deprived of their primary caregiver and found that they experienced a type of depression known as anaclitic depression. This type of depression is characterized by a lack of interest in the environment, a decrease in physical activity, and a failure to thrive. Spitz’s study highlights the importance of a primary caregiver in a child’s development and the negative effects of deprivation on their emotional and physical well-being. The study emphasizes the need for children to form secure attachments with their caregivers to promote healthy development.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 10
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If there is no plasma assay available for the drug, measuring prolactin levels may be helpful in verifying adherence to which of the following?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Risperidone
Explanation:Elevated serum prolactin levels are a known side effect of Risperidone. Similarly, Amisulpride, Haloperidol, Paliperidone, and Sulpiride are also antipsychotics that can cause increased prolactin levels. However, Aripiprazole, Clozapine, Olanzapine, and Quetiapine are typically not associated with elevated prolactin levels.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 11
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Who initially coined the term 'expressed emotion' (EE) in relation to schizophrenia?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Brown
Explanation:Expressed emotion (EE) in schizophrenia was first introduced by Brown et al., which refers to the emotions exhibited by family members towards their loved one with the illness. The James-Lange theory is one of two fundamental theories of emotions, alongside the Cannon-Bard theory. Fromm-Reichmann coined the term ‘schizophrenogenic mother.’ Harris proposed a model of emotional development consisting of five stages. Plutchik identified eight primary emotions.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 12
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Who first introduced the idea of the 'schizophrenogenic parent'?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Fromm-Reichmann
Explanation:The term ‘schizophrenogenic mother’ was proposed by Fromm-Reichmann, a contemporary of Freud, who believed that defective parenting caused the disorder. However, this concept has since been proven to be unfounded. Lidz later examined the impact of parents’ socialization on a child’s psychological health, further exploring this concept. Bleuler is credited with coining the term ‘schizophrenia’, while Kraepelin had previously described ‘dementia praecox’.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 13
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Whose studies on attachment with primates showed that comfort and affection were prioritized over nourishment and sustenance?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Harlow
Explanation:Harry Harlow conducted controversial experiments with rhesus macaque monkeys and surrogate ‘mothers’ made of inanimate objects, revealing that the infants preferred comfort and warmth over food.
Mary Ainsworth created the Strange Situation classification to categorize infants’ attachment behaviors.
John Bowlby coined the term ‘attachment’ to describe a child’s bond with their mother.
Konrad Lorenz studied imprinting in geese that were hatched in incubators.
Mary Main played a role in the development of the Adult Attachment Interview, which evaluates an individual’s early attachment experiences. -
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Question 14
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Which of the following describes separation anxiety among toddlers when temporarily separated from their primary caregiver?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Spitz
Explanation:René Spitz coined the term anaclitic depression to describe the negative impact on children who are separated from their primary caregiver, such as during a hospital stay. In extreme cases, this can lead to hospitalism. Although this type of depression can hinder a child’s development, recovery is likely if the separation from the mother does not exceed three months. Ainsworth is known for her work on the strange situation procedure, while Bowlby focused on attachment and maternal deprivation. Main is associated with the adult attachment interview, and Rutter distinguished between privation and deprivation, with the former referring to a failure to form attachments.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 15
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A 30-year-old smoker successfully quit smoking by acknowledging the harm it was causing to their health, considering the benefits of quitting, setting a quit date, and gradually reducing their nicotine intake until they were able to quit completely. This behaviour change is an example of which of the following theories?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Stage model
Explanation:Behaviour change theories can be categorized into two main groups: social cognition models and stage models. Stage models involve progression through specific stages, while social cognition models focus on beliefs and attitudes as drivers of behaviour change. Examples of social cognition models include the health belief model, protection motivation theory, and self-efficacy theory.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 16
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What is a crucial component of the brain's 'reward pathway'?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Nucleus accumbens
Explanation:Brain Regions and Functions
The brain is a complex organ with various regions that perform different functions. One of the key regions involved in the reward system is the nucleus accumbens (NA). This region receives input from the ventral tegmental area, which uses dopamine as a neurotransmitter. The NA is responsible for processing reward-related information and is often referred to as the pleasure center of the brain.
The limbic cortex, on the other hand, is not part of the reward circuit. It is involved in emotion, memory, and motivation.
Another important gland in the brain is the pituitary gland. This endocrine gland secretes nine hormones that are involved in maintaining homeostasis in the body.
The substantia nigra is part of the basal ganglia and is involved in movement, learning, and addiction. Although it has a role in reward-seeking, it is not considered to be part of the classic reward pathway.
Finally, the tegmentum is a region of the brainstem that contains several cranial nerve nuclei. It is involved in various functions such as movement, sensation, and autonomic control.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 17
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What is accurate about the WISC-V (Wechsler intelligence scale for children)?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: It yields separate performance and verbal IQs
Explanation:The WAIS-III provides results for verbal IQ, performance IQ, and full scale IQ, which are compared to the average scores of the population. The average IQ for adults is 100, with a standard deviation of 15 points. However, the Wisconsin card sorting test, which is used to evaluate frontal lobe impairment, is not included in the WAIS-III.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 18
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What is the term that describes the process when a teenager strongly holds onto their own beliefs and adopts few of their parents' values and practices?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Separation
Explanation:Assimilation refers to the process in which immigrants adopt the practices and values of their new culture while abandoning their own cultural heritage. Marginalization, on the other hand, occurs when immigrants neither adopt the new culture nor retain their own cultural values, resulting in social exclusion and isolation. These two outcomes are on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of the degree of adoption and retention of cultural values.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 19
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A 25-year-old female with bipolar affective disorder fails to follow her doctor's advice and uses her mothers antidepressant to manage her chronic headaches. What is the term used to describe this type of medication non-compliance?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Errors of purpose
Explanation:Schwartz et al. identified five types of errors in drug adherence. These include errors of omission, errors of purpose, errors of dosage, errors of timing and sequence, and taking additional medication not prescribed by the doctor. An example of errors of purpose is when a patient takes medication for the wrong reason. Other types of errors include not taking the medication, taking the wrong dosage, and taking medications at the wrong time and sequence.
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- Advanced Psychological Processes And Treatments
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Question 20
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Which of the following long-acting antipsychotic injections (depots) require administration every two weeks?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Risperidone
Explanation:Fortnightly injections are required for Risperidone depot antipsychotic. Flupenthixol decanoate injections can be given every two to four weeks. Fluphenazine decanoate injections can be given every 14-35 days. Olanzapine embonate and paliperidone injections are given every four weeks.
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