WGU D571 Abnormal Psychology (Comer) Chapter 1
Review 2026 | Most Tested Concepts | Graded A+
1. If a new managed care program is implemented that limits access to certain
psychological treatments, what might be a potential consequence for
patients?
Reduced access to necessary psychological treatments.
Enhanced quality of care for all patients.
No change in the types of treatments available.
Increased availability of all psychological services.
2. If a psychologist is working with a client from a different cultural background,
what should they consider regarding the client's cultural context?
The psychologist should only consider the client's language
proficiency.
The psychologist should ignore cultural differences and focus solely
on clinical symptoms.
The psychologist should assume all clients share the same cultural
values.
The psychologist should consider the client's common history,
values, and norms that may influence their mental health and
treatment preferences.
3. If a therapist believes that a patient's anxiety is primarily due to unresolved
psychological conflicts rather than biological factors, which perspective are
they likely adopting?
Somatogenic Perspective
Behavioral Perspective
, Psychogenic Perspective
Cognitive Perspective
4. What is deviance?
Behavior that violates social norms
Behavior stemming from conflicting values
Mental illness
Immoral behavior
5. Describe the significance of community mental health in the context of
abnormal psychology.
Community mental health is concerned only with severe mental
illnesses.
Community mental health focuses solely on medication management
for mental disorders.
Community mental health emphasizes the importance of integrating
individuals with mental disorders into society, promoting support
and care within their own communities.
Community mental health aims to create more psychiatric hospitals.
6. The primary reason for establishing a deinstitutionalization policy was ______ _.
a result of the passing of Fair Labor Acts which prohibited patients
from undertaking any work in the psychiatric hospital
to encourage families to take more responsibility for their mentally ill
family members since mentally ill persons could now be treated with
medications
, due to the fact that patients were actually more likely to behave
violently when housed in institutions
the belief that treating disturbed people outside of large mental
hospitals was considered more humane and likely to prevent
patients from acquiring negative adaptations to hospital
confinement
7. Which of the following statements BEST represents the idea behind
Somatogenic Theory?
The patient's abnormality can always be traced back to gene
mutations in the patient's family.
Regardless of the cause, all patients exhibiting psychological
abnormalities can be helped with medicine.
The patient's abnormality was most likely caused by their environment.
The patient's abnormality was most likely caused by a biological or
physical illness.
Regardless of the cause, all psychological abnormalities are self-
correcting over time.
8. What does the Psychogenic Perspective suggest about the causes of
abnormal psychological functioning?
Environmental causes
Psychological causes
Biological causes
Genetic causes
9. In the context of abnormal psychology, what does the term 'deviance'
specifically describe?
Review 2026 | Most Tested Concepts | Graded A+
1. If a new managed care program is implemented that limits access to certain
psychological treatments, what might be a potential consequence for
patients?
Reduced access to necessary psychological treatments.
Enhanced quality of care for all patients.
No change in the types of treatments available.
Increased availability of all psychological services.
2. If a psychologist is working with a client from a different cultural background,
what should they consider regarding the client's cultural context?
The psychologist should only consider the client's language
proficiency.
The psychologist should ignore cultural differences and focus solely
on clinical symptoms.
The psychologist should assume all clients share the same cultural
values.
The psychologist should consider the client's common history,
values, and norms that may influence their mental health and
treatment preferences.
3. If a therapist believes that a patient's anxiety is primarily due to unresolved
psychological conflicts rather than biological factors, which perspective are
they likely adopting?
Somatogenic Perspective
Behavioral Perspective
, Psychogenic Perspective
Cognitive Perspective
4. What is deviance?
Behavior that violates social norms
Behavior stemming from conflicting values
Mental illness
Immoral behavior
5. Describe the significance of community mental health in the context of
abnormal psychology.
Community mental health is concerned only with severe mental
illnesses.
Community mental health focuses solely on medication management
for mental disorders.
Community mental health emphasizes the importance of integrating
individuals with mental disorders into society, promoting support
and care within their own communities.
Community mental health aims to create more psychiatric hospitals.
6. The primary reason for establishing a deinstitutionalization policy was ______ _.
a result of the passing of Fair Labor Acts which prohibited patients
from undertaking any work in the psychiatric hospital
to encourage families to take more responsibility for their mentally ill
family members since mentally ill persons could now be treated with
medications
, due to the fact that patients were actually more likely to behave
violently when housed in institutions
the belief that treating disturbed people outside of large mental
hospitals was considered more humane and likely to prevent
patients from acquiring negative adaptations to hospital
confinement
7. Which of the following statements BEST represents the idea behind
Somatogenic Theory?
The patient's abnormality can always be traced back to gene
mutations in the patient's family.
Regardless of the cause, all patients exhibiting psychological
abnormalities can be helped with medicine.
The patient's abnormality was most likely caused by their environment.
The patient's abnormality was most likely caused by a biological or
physical illness.
Regardless of the cause, all psychological abnormalities are self-
correcting over time.
8. What does the Psychogenic Perspective suggest about the causes of
abnormal psychological functioning?
Environmental causes
Psychological causes
Biological causes
Genetic causes
9. In the context of abnormal psychology, what does the term 'deviance'
specifically describe?
