Mental & Physical Health unit test
A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.
Generalized anxiety disorder
Psychoanalysis
Personality disorders
Client-centered therapy
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
Criteria for abnormality
Stress and the general adaptation syndrome
Major depressive disorder
Systematic desensitization
Social support and health
Dissociative disorders
Short answer 1. Define or explain: Post-traumatic stress disorder
3 ptsShort answer 2. Define or explain: Problem-focused vs emotion-focused coping
3 ptsShort answer 3. Define or explain: Token economy
3 ptsShort answer 4. Define or explain: Diathesis-stress model
3 ptsFree response
7 ptsARTICLE ANALYSIS QUESTION (AAQ). Using the source provided, respond to all parts of the question. Write the response to each part in complete sentences, using appropriate psychological terminology. THE SOURCE (summarized from Mannion & Nolan, 2020, Cogent Psychology): Introduction. The researchers examined whether the absence of cell phones contributes to anxiety in college students. FOMO — "fear of missing out" — is the fear of not being included in an interesting activity in which others are participating. Participants. 128 students in a psychology course at a midsize private U.S. university: 93 women (72.7%) and 35 men (27.3%); 39.1% first-years, 44.5% second-years, 9.4% third-years, 7.0% fourth-years; 52.3% White, 13.3% Asian, 13.3% Hispanic/Latino, 11.7% African American, 9.4% multiple races or other. Method. Before the study began, a committee affiliated with the university but independent of the researcher evaluated the protocol to confirm participants' rights and safety were protected. On arrival, participants were told the study's purpose and procedures, agreed to take part knowing what was involved, and were told they could withdraw at any time without consequence. Each participant spent five minutes writing about a personal flaw. A researcher collected the writing and said they needed about 10 minutes to evaluate it before an interview. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups for that waiting period: • PHONE PRESENT: the phone lay on the table beside them, not to be used. Researchers made it ring, loudly, two minutes into the wait; participants could see it but were not to answer. • PHONE ABSENT: the phone was locked in a nearby box. It also rang two minutes into the wait — audible, but inaccessible. After the 10-minute wait, participants rated a 20-question anxiety survey ("I am tense", "I am worried") on a 4-point Likert scale, higher meaning more anxious. Afterward the researcher returned the paragraph and disclosed that no one had evaluated it, explaining why the deception was necessary. Results. The Phone Absent group reported significantly higher mean anxiety (41.39) than the Phone Present group (31.00); no other measured difference was significant. The researchers noted the difference may reflect the physical restriction of access to the device — attachment — rather than the missed call itself, but also suggested that being unable to check or respond to a missed call may trigger FOMO, as participants anticipate missing an important communication.
A. Identify the research method used in the study.
B. State the operational definition of anxiety.
C. Describe what the statistically significant difference in the mean anxiety scores indicates for the Phone Absent group as compared to the Phone Present group.
D. Identify one ethical guideline described in the study, and describe one way the researchers applied it.
E. Explain the extent to which the research findings may or may not be generalizable using specific and relevant evidence from the study.
F. Explain how at least one of the research findings supports or refutes the idea that the “fear of missing out” (FOMO) causes anxiety.