Psych Study Guide Questions

A(n) _______________ is a persistent, unwanted thought.

Select one:
a. obsession
b. compulsion
c. hallucination
d. delusion

13. Match each method or concept with the therapy associated with it: (behavioral, Existential, Humanistic, or Cognitive Therapy)

a. systematic desensitization

b. facing the fear of death

c. reappraisal of thoughts

d. exposure to feared situation

e. unconditional positive regard

f. avoidance of “catastrophizing”

14. Which of the following symptoms of schizophrenia would NOT be relieved by antipsychotic drugs?

Select one:
a. emotional flatness
b. delusions
c. agitation
d. the duration of schizophrenic episodes

15. The _______________ school of therapy has, as one of its primary goals, modification of irrational or invalidated beliefs.

Select one:
a. behavioral
b. humanist
c. cognitive
d. psychoanalytic

16. Since the early 1900s, the mental-health world has alternated between viewing mental disorders as diseases that can be treated medically and as emotional problems that can be treated psychologically

Select one:
True
False

18. Rational-emotive behavior therapy emphasizes the client’s free will to change.

Select one:
True
False

19. If a person is prescribed lithium carbonate, it is most likely that she has been diagnosed as suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Select one:
True
False

20. A psychodynamic therapist would terminate therapy if a client reported that she had fallen in love with him.

Select one:
True
False

21. Sheldon is asked to report what he sees in an ambiguous picture. It is evident that Sheldon is being given:

Select one:
a. the MMPI
b. the Beck Depression Inventory.
c. the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale.
d. the Rorschach Inkblot Test

25. The narcissistic personality disorder received its name due to its similarity to the Greek myth of Narcissus, a young man:

Select one:
a. who trembled with an irrational fear at the sound of thunder
b. who experienced half-insane tempests of emotion.
c. who felt pervasive and irrational jealousy
d. who fell in love with his own reflection

26. Psychologists consider the terms “abnormal behavior” and “mental disorder” to be synonyms.

Select one:
True
False

28. Insanity is a legal term that is used neither by psychologists nor by psychiatrists in research or diagnosis.

Select one:
True
False

29. Episodes of posttraumatic stress disorder may recur for months, years, or even decades.

Select one:
True
False

30. Although panic attacks seem to occur out of nowhere, they in fact usually occur in the aftermath of stress, prolonged emotion, specific worries, or frightening experiences

Select one:
True
False

31. Most suicides occur during an acute crisis, on impulse; after the person gets through the crisis, the desire to live returns.

Select one:
True
False

32. The biological model of drug/alcohol addiction emphasizes that addiction is due primarily to a person’s biochemistry, metabolism, and genetic predisposition.

Select one:
True
False

Imagine that the Point Brewery actually had a person in charge of market research, and you were that person. The brewery is trying something really radical and launching a line of hard (11% alcohol) kombuchas. Describe your plan for using qualitative and quantitative research to determine how successful the launch has been. You must use both methods.

You are in charge of market research for the small, independent cruise line MSC Cruises. Put on your competitive-intelligence hat and give me five pertinent (and real) facts on the cruise industry that would help you determine how big the market is and how big your share might be.

A past study claimed that adults in America spent an average of 18 hours a week on leisure activities. A researcher wanted to test this claim. She took a sample of 10 adults and asked them about the time they spend per week on leisure activities. Their responses (in hours) are as follows. 14.4 15.7 24.6 24.8 23.9 31.7 15 15.3 20.2 20.9 Assume that the times spent on leisure activities by all adults are normally distributed. Using the 5% significance level, can you conclude that the average amount of time spent by American adults on leisure activities has changed? (Hint: First calculate the sample mean and the sample standard deviation for these data. Then make the test of hypothesis about μ . )

"By 1500, Indians in North America had settled the continent, transformed its landscape, and created hundreds of diverse societies capable of adapting to political, social and environmental change." With the advent of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus, this Native American world was severely disrupted and perhaps 80%of the pre-columbian population died through disease and violence.
Your lesson reflection should offer a summary of the above content of the lesson and also offer some personal reflection on what you learned in the completion of this lesson. Your lesson reflection should try to make larger conclusions and judgments about the lesson. They should be more than a simple re-statement of the summary.
Please help me with this assignment.

Class: Econ 1100.016 (micro)

Find an article that relates to U.S. government-imposed price floor, then summarize the article with a 3 to 4 sentence summary of the article.

The article must relate directly to the topic(U.S. government-imposed price floor), and the topic must be he main focus of the article selected (and not just a passing reference to the topic).The article must relate t a U.S. firm or industry, not an international firm or the entire economy as a whole.

No blogs or editorials! Your article must come from one of the following sources’ websites:

(1) The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post , USA Today

(2) Any Texas city newspaper (e.g., The Dallas Morning News, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Houston Chronicle, The Austin American Statesman, The Denton Record-Chronicle, etc.)

(3) The Economist, Bloomberg Businessweek, Newsweek, Time Magazine

Mortgage Loan Analysis: Mr. Davidson plans to buy a new house at Sugar Land in June 2019. The sale price of the house is $500,000. He plans to pay 20% down payments and borrow additional 80% from Bank of America with a 30-year, 3.875% fixed-rate mortgage loan. He is expected to pay an equal MONTHLY payment starting from July 2019 for a total of 30 years.

(1) Calculate the required monthly payment for Mr. Davidson.

(2) Construct 2019~2021 amortization table (30 months) for Mr. Davidson.

1.    Mr. Davidson should prepare his 2019 tax filings in early 2020. Estimate the total mortgage interest payments for his 2019 tax deduction.  

On January 1, 2X16, Manila Co. has 100,000 outstanding ordinary shares. During the year, Manila Co. reported a net income of P5,000,000. The income tax rate is 30%. Besides, Manila Co. has 4,000, 10% convertible bonds with 1,000 face amount. Each bond is convertible into five (5) ordinary shares.

Required: Solve for the following:

1. Determine the amount of basic earnings per share for the year.

2. Determine the amount of diluted earnings per share under each of the following scenarios.

a. Bonds were issued on January 1, 2X16, and there were no conversions made during the year.

b. Bonds were issued on April 1, 2X16, and there were no conversions made during the year.

c. Bonds were issued in the previous year and were converted on October 1, 2X16.

On January 1, 2X16, Manila Co. has 100,000 outstanding ordinary shares. During the year, Manila Co. reported a net income of P5,000,000. The income tax rate is 30%. Besides, Manila Co. has 4,000, 10% convertible bonds with 1,000 face amount. Each bond is convertible into five (5) ordinary shares.

Required: Solve for the following:

1. Determine the amount of basic earnings per share for the year.

2. Determine the amount of diluted earnings per share under each of the following scenarios.

a. Bonds were issued on January 1, 2X16, and there were no conversions made during the year.

b. Bonds were issued on April 1, 2X16, and there were no conversions made during the year.

c. Bonds were issued in the previous year and were converted on October 1, 2X16.

Discuss the basic steps in the recording process, using the transaction of Wong Ltd for the month ended 31 October (attached). Your discussion and presentation should include the following:

a) Analysis each transaction in terms of its effect on the accounts.

b) Recording of each transaction information in a journal.

c) Transferring (posting) the journal information to the appropriate accounts in the ledger.

d) Preparation of a trial balance (from account balances in the general ledger). Wong Pty Ltd The following transactions are for it’s first month of operation, October.

(1) Issues shares for cash. On 1 October Wong Pty Ltd issues shares in exchange for $10 000 cash. (2) Borrows money from a bank. On 1 October Wong Pty Ltd borrows $5000 from the ANZ Bank. (3) Purchase of office equipment for cash. On 2 October Wong Pty Ltd acquires office equipment by paying $5000 cash to Superior Equipment Sales Ltd. (4) Receipt of cash in advance from customer. On 2 October Wong Pty Ltd receives a $1200 cash advance from R. Knox, a client. (5) Renders services for cash. On 3 October Wong Pty Ltd receives $10 000 in cash from Copa & Co. for advertising services performed. (6) Payment of rent in cash. On 3 October Wong Pty Ltd pays its office rent for the month of October in cash, $900. (7) Payment of insurance in cash. On 4 October Wong Pty Ltd pays $600 for a 1-year insurance policy that will expire next year on 30 September. (8) Purchase of supplies on credit. On 5 October Wong Pty Ltd purchases an estimated 3-month supply of advertising materials on account from Aero Supply for $2500. (9) Hiring of new employees. On 9 October Wong Pty Ltd hires four new employees to begin work on 15 October. Each employee is to receive a weekly salary of $500 for a 5-day working week, payable every 2 weeks. Employees are to receive their first pay on 26 October. (11) Payment of cash for employee salaries. Employees have worked 2 weeks, earning $4000 in salaries, which are paid on 26 October