Test
Bank
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1 – Multiple Choice
1. A person who systematically gathers information so as to describe, predict, and explain psychopathology is called
a clinical:
a. mentalist.
b. legalist.
c. scientist.
d. practitioner.
ANSWER: c
2. If a person wants a career focused on detecting, assessing, and treating pathological patterns of functioning, that
person should look into becoming a clinical:
a. practitioner.
b. researcher.
c. historian.
d. statistician.
ANSWER: a
3. Which statement MOST accurately describes the current understanding of psychopathology?
a. We have not advanced much beyond the demonology era.
b. Although pathology is a well-defined concept, no consensus about treatment exists.
c. The nature of pathology is still debated, despite consensus on effective treatments.
d. Both the definition of psychopathology and the best forms of treatment are still being debated.
ANSWER: d
4. Commonly accepted features of psychopathology include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and:
a. danger.
b. docility.
c. delusions.
d. deference.
ANSWER: a
5. Clinical psychologists generally:
a. accept one definition of psychopathology and practice one form of treatment.
b. do not accept one definition of psychopathology but practice one form of treatment.
c. accept one definition of psychopathology but practice more than one form of treatment.
d. do not accept one definition of psychopathology and practice more than one form of treatment.
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1 – Multiple Choice
6. The term has long been used to describe psychopathology. In its earliest usage, it dates back to the
1400s.
a. imbalance
b. instability
c. madness
d. deviancy
ANSWER: c
7. Which is NOT one of the four Ds of psychopathology?
a. deviance
b. danger
c. dread
d. dysfunction
ANSWER: c
8. Which term has been MOST recently introduced to describe a person with a psychopathology?
a. dysfunctional
b. disturbed
c. imbalanced
d. unwell
ANSWER: a
9. Which is NOT a role of a clinical practitioner in the field of psychopathology?
a. research
b. detect
c. assess
d. treat
ANSWER: a
10. Which term was the earliest used to describe people with mental illness?
a. crazy
b. unbalanced
c. mad
d. unstable
ANSWER: d
, Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1 – Multiple Choice
11. Which statement is TRUE about the four Ds of patterns in psychopathology?
a. Most clinicians agree on what qualifies under each of the four Ds.
b. Every culture has generally identical criteria for what constitutes pathology.
c. An individual can be diagnosed with a mental illness only if all four Ds are present.
d. None of the four Ds is, by itself, an adequate gauge of psychopathology.
ANSWER: d
12. Which term BEST completes this statement: Judgments of deviance depend on as well as on cultural
norms.
a. geography
b. specific circumstances
c. politics
d. our health care system
ANSWER: b
13. Tyrone is so frequently and intensely anxious that the anxiety itself causes them psychological pressure. The
psychological strain of their anxiety exemplifies the feature of psychopathology called:
a. distress.
b. danger.
c. deviance.
d. dysfunction.
ANSWER: a
14. Angeliqua is so fearful of the prospect of causing an accident while driving that they sometimes unwilling to drive
to work. They also mistrust taxi drivers and bus drivers. This condition exhibits the feature of psychopathology
called:
a. deviance.
b. dysfunction.
c. danger.
d. distress.
ANSWER: b
Bank
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1 – Multiple Choice
1. A person who systematically gathers information so as to describe, predict, and explain psychopathology is called
a clinical:
a. mentalist.
b. legalist.
c. scientist.
d. practitioner.
ANSWER: c
2. If a person wants a career focused on detecting, assessing, and treating pathological patterns of functioning, that
person should look into becoming a clinical:
a. practitioner.
b. researcher.
c. historian.
d. statistician.
ANSWER: a
3. Which statement MOST accurately describes the current understanding of psychopathology?
a. We have not advanced much beyond the demonology era.
b. Although pathology is a well-defined concept, no consensus about treatment exists.
c. The nature of pathology is still debated, despite consensus on effective treatments.
d. Both the definition of psychopathology and the best forms of treatment are still being debated.
ANSWER: d
4. Commonly accepted features of psychopathology include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and:
a. danger.
b. docility.
c. delusions.
d. deference.
ANSWER: a
5. Clinical psychologists generally:
a. accept one definition of psychopathology and practice one form of treatment.
b. do not accept one definition of psychopathology but practice one form of treatment.
c. accept one definition of psychopathology but practice more than one form of treatment.
d. do not accept one definition of psychopathology and practice more than one form of treatment.
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1 – Multiple Choice
6. The term has long been used to describe psychopathology. In its earliest usage, it dates back to the
1400s.
a. imbalance
b. instability
c. madness
d. deviancy
ANSWER: c
7. Which is NOT one of the four Ds of psychopathology?
a. deviance
b. danger
c. dread
d. dysfunction
ANSWER: c
8. Which term has been MOST recently introduced to describe a person with a psychopathology?
a. dysfunctional
b. disturbed
c. imbalanced
d. unwell
ANSWER: a
9. Which is NOT a role of a clinical practitioner in the field of psychopathology?
a. research
b. detect
c. assess
d. treat
ANSWER: a
10. Which term was the earliest used to describe people with mental illness?
a. crazy
b. unbalanced
c. mad
d. unstable
ANSWER: d
, Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1 – Multiple Choice
11. Which statement is TRUE about the four Ds of patterns in psychopathology?
a. Most clinicians agree on what qualifies under each of the four Ds.
b. Every culture has generally identical criteria for what constitutes pathology.
c. An individual can be diagnosed with a mental illness only if all four Ds are present.
d. None of the four Ds is, by itself, an adequate gauge of psychopathology.
ANSWER: d
12. Which term BEST completes this statement: Judgments of deviance depend on as well as on cultural
norms.
a. geography
b. specific circumstances
c. politics
d. our health care system
ANSWER: b
13. Tyrone is so frequently and intensely anxious that the anxiety itself causes them psychological pressure. The
psychological strain of their anxiety exemplifies the feature of psychopathology called:
a. distress.
b. danger.
c. deviance.
d. dysfunction.
ANSWER: a
14. Angeliqua is so fearful of the prospect of causing an accident while driving that they sometimes unwilling to drive
to work. They also mistrust taxi drivers and bus drivers. This condition exhibits the feature of psychopathology
called:
a. deviance.
b. dysfunction.
c. danger.
d. distress.
ANSWER: b
