Abnormal Psychology Study Set 1

When you adopt a paradigm to understand the world, you are being completely objective.

The biological paradigm adopts the stance that mental illness is the result of physical illness.

The biological paradigm adopts the stance that mental illness is the result of a disturbance of a biological process.

The phenotype changes over time; the genotype does not.

Dizygotic twins share more genetic material than any other sibling pair, but less than monozygotic twins.

Researchers in the area of molecular genetics often think that disorders are due to gene-environment interactions.

Resilient children often struggle the most with mental illness.

Problems with reuptake explain most neurotransmitter imbalances.

Norepinephrine is implicated in both mania and anxiety.

Because we know so much about mental illness, doctors can easily prescribe the correct medication to treat disorders.

According to the behavioural perspective, mental illness is learned much like any other behaviour.

Classical conditioning offers a good explanation for how fears develop.

Positive reinforcement increases behaviour; negative reinforcement reduces or eliminates behaviour.

Behaviour therapy and behaviour modification are the same thing.

Bandura's most famous research is his work on self-efficacy.

Operant conditioning works well as a treatment for children with depression.

When we are faced with new information, we try to fit into existing schema.

According to Beck, dysfunctional thoughts are the root of depression.

According to Ellis, people should believe that they ought to be loved by everyone.

Both cognitive and behavioural therapists pay attention to thoughts and feelings.