Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: Overview and
Research Approaches
პატარა მთის სოფელში ცხოვრობდა ირაკლი, რომელიც ხელით ამზადებდა ხის
MULTIPLE CHOICE ჩარჩოებს სურათებისთვის. მისი სახელოსნო სავსე იყო ხის ნაფოტებით და თბილ
მზის სხივებით, რომლებიც ფანჯრიდან შემოდიოდა.
1. Which of the following individuals would most likely be a subject of specialists in abnormal
psychology? ერთ დღეს ახალგაზრდა წყვილმა სთხოვა განსაკუთრებული ჩარჩოს გაკეთება მათ
a. Stacy, ქორწილის ფოტოსთვის.
a college student ირაკლიმ
who is consistently ყურადღებით
15 minutes მოუსმინა მათ სურვილებს და
late to class
b. Jason,აირჩია მტკიცე, ლამაზი ხე.
a stock trader who rarely leaves his house
c. Misha, a lab assistant who translates the vocal sounds of dolphins
d. Tyree,რამდენიმე დღის
an athlete who seeksშემდეგ ჩარჩო
to use visual მზადtoიყო.
imagery როდესაც
improve წყვილმა
his rowing ფოტო ჩასვა და
technique
Answer: b კედელზე დაკიდა, ოთახი უფრო მყუდრო გახდა.
Learning Objective: None
Topic: Introduction
ირაკლიმ გაიაზრა, რომ მისი ნამუშევარი არა მხოლოდ ხის ნაჭერი იყო, არამედ
Difficulty Level:მოგონებების
Moderate დაცვა.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
თბილისის
2. Which of the following ერთ
is an წყნარ
example of უბანში ცხოვრობდა სალომე, რომელიც ხელნაკეთ სანიშნეე
family aggregation?
ამზადებდა
a. Both Jane წიგნებისთვის.
and her husband მის პატარა სამუშაო მაგიდაზე ფერადი ქაღალდები დ
are alcoholics.
ძაფები იყო მიმოფანტული.
b. Jim and John, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenics.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother have all been diagnosed with generalized
ერთ
anxiety დღეს ადგილობრივმა წიგნის მაღაზიამ სთხოვა, სპეციალური სანიშნეები
disorder.
შეექმნა ახალი
d. Kim committed suicide,კოლექციისთვის. სალომემ
apparently in reaction თითოეულზე
to her mother’s abuse. მოკლე, შთამაგონებელი
Answer: c სიტყვები დაწერა და ნაზი ილუსტრაციები დაამატა.
Learning Objective: None
როდესაც სანიშნეები მაღაზიაში გამოჩნდა, მკითხველები სიამოვნებით არჩევდნე
Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level:მათ. ბევრმა თქვა, რომ პატარა დეტალი კითხვის გამოცდილებას უფრო
Moderate
განსაკუთრებულს
Skill Level: Apply What You Know ხდიდა.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology. სალომემ მიხვდა, რომ მისი შემოქმედება პატარა იყო ზომით, მაგრამ დიდი
მნიშვნელობით.
3. What does Monique’s case, outlined in the textbook, best illustrate?
a. Abnormal behavior usually produces more distress in others than in the person who
engages in the abnormal behavior.
b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.
c. Most people who suffer from abnormal behavior are quickly identified as deviant by
other people.
d. When people suffer from mental disorders, they are unable to work or live
independently.
Answer: b
Learning Objective: None
Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
4. What does the case of Scott, outlined in the textbook, best illustrate?
a. The problems associated with higher education in America today
b. That homelessness often causes psychopathology
c. That some psychological conditions are “late onset”—that is, initially occurring in
adolescence or young adulthood
d. That lower socioeconomic status is a causal factor of psychosis
Answer: c
Learning Objective: None
Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
5. What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can’t be accurately described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time, so we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
6. Which of the following statements accurately describes a characteristic indicator of
abnormality?
a. Subjective distress must be present in order for a behavior, emotion, or thought to be
deemed abnormal.
b. A behavior, emotion, or thought that is statistically rare and desirable is considered
abnormal.
c. Violating the standards of society, particularly when statistically rare, is abnormal.
d. Engaging in highly dangerous activities on a regular basis reflects abnormal behavior.
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
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7. The fact that tattoos are commonplace today, while they were once viewed as abnormal,
illustrates that __________.
a. modern society is unlikely to change
b. what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different
c. American culture values independence
d. the values of a society may change over time
Answer: d
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
8. Brandon consistently drinks a fifth of vodka at least five times per week. This has greatly
increased his chance of serious liver damage and premature death. Because he drinks at home,
the behavior harms no one else. According to the DSM-5, is Brett’s behavior consistent with the
definition of a mental disorder?
a. Yes, because many people in society engage in this behavior
b. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that is harmful and dangerous
c. No, because his behavior must also harm the well-being of others in the community
d. No, because there is no evidence that his actions are out of his own control
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
9. In the field of abnormal psychology, what does DSM stand for?
a. Disorders, Science, and the Mind
b. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
c. Descriptors for the Science of the Mind
d. Diagnostic Science of the Mind
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: The DSM-5 and the Definition of Mental Disorder
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
10. The current version of the DSM—the DSM-5—is __________, and it contains a total of
__________ diagnostic categories.
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