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16. In contrast to Freud, the Humacistic psychologists the need to gratify sexual Buch as the need to and Rogeet the desire to fulfill aggressive drives p d. the desire to sarvive and successfully our taman potential and pursue the wctualizing tendency 17. In class we discussed the criteria used in making diagnoses of mental illness. Wh conclusions may be drawn from this discussion a. most often the criteria used in distinguishing normal from shoormal behavier ia objective and straightforward the diagnoses of mental disonders is often subjective and b. involves social and culnural b. İs focused on relationship problems rather than w alerts people to realistic problems that need to be d. is intense but typically short-lived, o often lasting less than an hour In contrast to normal anxiety, individuals suffering froem generalized anxiety disonrder experience fres floating anxiety. This means that the episodes of ansiety are intense but typically hon-lived, ofen lasing less than an the anxiety is focused on relatioeship problems rather than work or academic the anxiety is adaptive and alerts people to realistic problems that seed to be addressed or solved when one source of anxiety is removed, another source quickly takes its place c. d. 20. A student has an exaggerated fear of spiders. As a result, he refuses to enter his bedroom at night until it has been thoroughly checked for spiders. Even a picture of a spider areates extreme fear and anxiety. Most likely, this student is suffering from depressive disorder b. bipolar disorder c. specific phobia d. obsessive-compulsive disorder 21. According to the biological preparedness perspective, people are more likely to develop phobias toward objects or situations that a. were threats to our survival during our evolutionary history b. are inherently dangerous to our survival in the modern world, like Bying and driving c. are acquired through classical and operant conditioning during childhood d. remind us of psychosexual conflicts from our childhood of heights is the result a childhood playground accident in which he fell off a wing. The therapists suggestion indicates that he believes the student's fear results from 22. A student suffers from acrophobia, a fear of high places. His therapist saggests that his fear a. classical conditioning b. observational learning c. genetic influences d. biological preparedness

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16. The correct answer is C.

Humanistic psychology is a branch of psychology which has beliefs in human potential and free will to achieve self-actualization. Maslow and Rogers were humanistic psychologists.

17. The correct answer is B.

The DSM handbook on psychological disorders which actually classify and categorize psychological disorders is subjective in nature.

18. The correct answer is A.

Anxiety is a reaction to the environment which is experienced by everyone, but when it becomes irrational, uncontrollable, and disruptive, then it is considered pathological anxiety.

19. The correct answer is D.

Free-floating anxiety is a type of anxiety in which the source of anxiety cannot be identified as it keeps changing its source.

20. The correct answer is C.

21. The correct answer is C.

22. The correct answer is A.