According to Berkowitz's cognitive-neoassociationistic model, __________ result from aversive events and unpleasant emotional states.

A) anger and aggression
B) altruistic behaviors
C) prosocial behaviors
D) compliance and conformity

Dissociative disorders are most likely to be characterized by

A) disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity.
B) offensive and unwanted thoughts that persistently preoccupy a person.
C) emotionless disengagement.
D) binge eating and purging.

When people are judged mentally unstable at the time of their crimes and therefore innocent of wrongdoing, they are found to be:

A) guilty but insane.
B) not guilty by reason of insanity.
C) incompetent to stand trial.
D) guilty but mentally ill.

The term ________ refers to women who live or work together and report similarly timed menstrual cycles.

A) premenstrual dysphoric disorder
B) menstrual synchrony
C) amenorrhea
D) menorrhagia

To help Adam reduce his fear of dogs,a therapist encourages him to physically relax and then simply imagine that he is walking toward a friendly and harmless little dog. The therapist's technique best illustrates

A) psychodynamic therapy.
B) operant conditioning.
C) stress inoculation training.
D) systematic desensitization.

You've just read about a treatment that has been demonstrated in multiple controlled studies to have absolutely no effect on the disorder in question.Your neighbour swears,however,that the treatment worked for him.If your neighbour is being honest,what best explains his improvement

A)  His expectancies are masking the symptoms. 
B)  He never had a disorder in the first place. 
C)  His improvement happened to coincide with his use of the treatment. 
D)  He is delusional