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1. Abnormal Behavior. %
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2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders. %
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3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
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4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
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5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
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6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
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7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
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8. Depressiveand BipolarDisorders.
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9. Suicide.
10. Eating Disorders.
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11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders. r% r% r% r%
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. r% r%
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders. r% r% %
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14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
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15. Personality Psychopathology. r%
16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
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17. Lawand Ethicsin Abnormal Psychology.
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,Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate?
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a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors.
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b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet
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a scientific field of study.
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c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
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d. Most diagnoses of abnormality are based on two or three basic behavioral factors.
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ANS: r % A REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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MSC:
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2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from r% r% r% r% r% r% .
a. genetic factors jc
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c. sociocultural factors r%
d. an interaction of many factors
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ANS: r % D REF: Introduction MSC: r % Factual
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3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an
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individual's psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in r% . r% r% r% r% r% r%
a. therapy
b. predicting dangerousness
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c. psychodiagnosis
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d. research
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OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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MSC:
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4. Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive be
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havioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a different
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for a client's abnormality. r% r% r%
a. time of onset
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b. explanation
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c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
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OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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MSC:
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5. A psychologist says, “Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology an
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d inadequate interpersonal skills.” The psychologist is .
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a. predicting the future symptoms of Juan r% r% r% r% r%
b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis r% r% r%
c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem r% r% r% r% r%
d. describing how to control Juan's symptoms r% r% r% r% r%
ANS: r % C REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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MSC:
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, 6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurate?
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a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
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b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior. r% r% r% r% r% jc r% r%
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
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d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence. r% r% r% r% r%
ANS: r % A REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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7. One of Seung-
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Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities. What reason
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did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
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a. Cho's therapist did not feel he posed a danger to others.
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b. There was no space in any of the local mental health facilities to house him.
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c. Cho did not make any overt threats against anyone.
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d. When compared with that of his peer group, Cho's behavior was not considered odd.
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ANS: r % C REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology r% jc r% r%
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8. When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they mean they are
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a. attempting to understand the underlying cause of that behavior r% r% r% r% r% r% r% r%
b. restricting the freedom of dangerous clients r% r% r% r% r%
c. attempting to anticipate the future behaviors of clients r% r% r% r% r% r% r%
d. using therapy to improve client behavior
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ANS: r % D REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology r% jc r% r%
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9. Which of the following defines therapy most accurately?
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a. A program of systematic intervention designed to alter behavior, emotion, or thought
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b. The scientific study of abnormal behavior.
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c. A system of observing abnormal behavior in an attempt to classify it
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d. The application of a theoretical model to explain the cause of abnormal behavior
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ANS: r % A REF: 1 OBJ:
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10. A psychologist develops several activities for clients aimed at helping them become more
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self-disciplined and feel more confident about trying new behaviors. This example illustrates
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a. how epidemiological work is done in the field
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b. how therapy may be seen as an attempt to modify behavior
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c. the function of providing an explanation for abnormal behavior
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d. the essential need for accurate psychodiagnosis
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ANS: r % B REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology r% jc r% r%
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1. Abnormal Behavior. %
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2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders. %
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3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
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5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
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7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
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8. Depressiveand BipolarDisorders.
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16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
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17. Lawand Ethicsin Abnormal Psychology.
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,Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate?
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a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors.
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b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet
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a scientific field of study.
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c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
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d. Most diagnoses of abnormality are based on two or three basic behavioral factors.
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ANS: r % A REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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MSC:
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2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from r% r% r% r% r% r% .
a. genetic factors jc
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d. an interaction of many factors
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ANS: r % D REF: Introduction MSC: r % Factual
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3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an
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individual's psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in r% . r% r% r% r% r% r%
a. therapy
b. predicting dangerousness
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c. psychodiagnosis
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d. research
ANS: r % C REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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MSC:
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4. Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive be
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havioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a different
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for a client's abnormality. r% r% r%
a. time of onset
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b. explanation
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c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
ANS: r % B REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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MSC:
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5. A psychologist says, “Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology an
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d inadequate interpersonal skills.” The psychologist is .
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a. predicting the future symptoms of Juan r% r% r% r% r%
b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis r% r% r%
c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem r% r% r% r% r%
d. describing how to control Juan's symptoms r% r% r% r% r%
ANS: r % C REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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MSC:
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, 6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurate?
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a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
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b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior. r% r% r% r% r% jc r% r%
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
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d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence. r% r% r% r% r%
ANS: r % A REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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7. One of Seung-
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Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities. What reason
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did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
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a. Cho's therapist did not feel he posed a danger to others.
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b. There was no space in any of the local mental health facilities to house him.
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c. Cho did not make any overt threats against anyone.
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d. When compared with that of his peer group, Cho's behavior was not considered odd.
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ANS: r % C REF:
OBJ: 1 The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology r% jc r% r%
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8. When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they mean they are
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a. attempting to understand the underlying cause of that behavior r% r% r% r% r% r% r% r%
b. restricting the freedom of dangerous clients r% r% r% r% r%
c. attempting to anticipate the future behaviors of clients r% r% r% r% r% r% r%
d. using therapy to improve client behavior
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ANS: r % D REF:
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9. Which of the following defines therapy most accurately?
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a. A program of systematic intervention designed to alter behavior, emotion, or thought
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b. The scientific study of abnormal behavior.
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c. A system of observing abnormal behavior in an attempt to classify it
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d. The application of a theoretical model to explain the cause of abnormal behavior
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ANS: r % A REF: 1 OBJ:
The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology MSC:
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10. A psychologist develops several activities for clients aimed at helping them become more
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self-disciplined and feel more confident about trying new behaviors. This example illustrates
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a. how epidemiological work is done in the field
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b. how therapy may be seen as an attempt to modify behavior
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c. the function of providing an explanation for abnormal behavior
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d. the essential need for accurate psychodiagnosis
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ANS: r % B REF:
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