PSY 304 Abnormal Psychology - Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
What is abnormal psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The scientific
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study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain,
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and change abnormal patterns of functioning.
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What are "The Four D's"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Deviance, Distress,
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Dysfunction, Danger. |
What is deviance? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Different, extreme, unusual,
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perhaps even bizarre to self and others. Going against social norms.
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What is distress? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Unpleasant and unsetting to
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the person. Distress has to happen before something can be labeled as
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abnormal.
What is dysfunction? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Interfering with the
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person's ability to conduct daily activities in a constructive way.
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Abnormal behavior tends to be dysfunctional, BUT dysfunction alone
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does not indicate a psychological abnormality.
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, What is danger? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Abnormal behavior may
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become dangerous to oneself or others. Dangerousness is the exception
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rather than the rule.
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What is treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A procedure designed to
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change abnormal behavior into more normal behavior.
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What led to deinstitutionalizing in the 1950s? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Discovery of new psychotropic medications such as antipsychotic,
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antidepressant, and antianxiety drugs. | | |
What are today's leading theories? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Psychoanalytic, biological, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic-existential,
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and sociocultural.
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What are today's leading professions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clinical
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scientists and practitioners.
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What is the most dominant perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-None.
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Are people with psychotic disorders more violent than those without? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No. |
Questions With Correct Answers
What is abnormal psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The scientific
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study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain,
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and change abnormal patterns of functioning.
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What are "The Four D's"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Deviance, Distress,
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Dysfunction, Danger. |
What is deviance? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Different, extreme, unusual,
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perhaps even bizarre to self and others. Going against social norms.
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What is distress? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Unpleasant and unsetting to
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the person. Distress has to happen before something can be labeled as
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abnormal.
What is dysfunction? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Interfering with the
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person's ability to conduct daily activities in a constructive way.
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Abnormal behavior tends to be dysfunctional, BUT dysfunction alone
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does not indicate a psychological abnormality.
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, What is danger? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Abnormal behavior may
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become dangerous to oneself or others. Dangerousness is the exception
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rather than the rule.
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What is treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A procedure designed to
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change abnormal behavior into more normal behavior.
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What led to deinstitutionalizing in the 1950s? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Discovery of new psychotropic medications such as antipsychotic,
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antidepressant, and antianxiety drugs. | | |
What are today's leading theories? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Psychoanalytic, biological, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic-existential,
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and sociocultural.
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What are today's leading professions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clinical
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scientists and practitioners.
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What is the most dominant perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-None.
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Are people with psychotic disorders more violent than those without? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No. |
