Psychopathology
An Integrative Approach to Understanding,
Assessing, and Treating Psychological Disorders
8th Canadian Edition
David H. Barlow, V. Mark Durand, Stefan G. Hofmann,
Martin L. Lalumière, Samantha J. Dawson
TEST BANK
WHAT'S INCLUDED
✓ 2,303 Questions with Answers
✓ 2,137 Multiple-Choice Questions
✓ 166 Essay / Written-Response Questions
✓ Complete Coverage of 17 Core Chapters
✓ Clinical & Case-Based Questions
✓ Canadian-Focused Psychopathology Content
✓ 512-Page Complete Test Bank
✓ Updated 2026/2027 Content
, Psychopathology - 8th Canadian Edition
TEST BANK - TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context
2. An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
3. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
4. Research Methods
5. Anxiety
6. Preoccupation and Obsession
7. Trauma and Dissociation
8. Mood
9. Eating
10. Sleeping
11. Sex and Gender
12. Substance Use and Impulse Control
13. Personality
14. Psychosis
15. Neurodevelopment
16. Neurocognition and Aging
17. Mental Health and the Law
18. Online Chapter: Stress, Pain, and Health
,Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01 8ce - Barlow
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Popular musician Lady Gaga attended an awards show wearing a dress made completely of meat. Why might
Lady Gaga wearing a meat dress be considered disordered?
a. Her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort.
b. She has an inability to distinguish right from wrong.
c. It is a deviation from what is typical in her society.
d. She shows an inability to function effectively.
ANSWER: c
2. Which of the following is a characteristic of how defence mechanisms affect coping styles?
a. They are dependent upon the age of the person and how they are used.
b. They can be either adaptive or maladaptive.
c. They are self-defeating.
d. They are adaptive.
ANSWER: b
3. In the Middle Ages, one of the chief advisers to France’s King Charles V, Nicholas Oresme, suggested that
which of the following was responsible for bizarre behaviour?
a. the moon
b. religion
c. melancholy
d. greed
ANSWER: c
4. In 14th- and 15th-century Europe, to what was inexplicable behaviour attributed?
a. evil
b. stupidity
c. humors
d. astrology
ANSWER: a
5. The Electra complex is the psychosexual conflict that occurs at the phallic stage of development in girls. How is
this complex characterized?
a. by latency lust
b. by feelings of anger and envy toward the mother
c. by castration anxiety
d. by a desire to replace the mother and possess the father
ANSWER: d
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Chap 01 8ce - Barlow
6. Alonso believes that Hedwig’s behaviour is due to an excess of black bile. Whose ideas does Alonso's belief
best align with?
a. Blueler
b. Aristotle
c. Newton
d. Hippocrates
ANSWER: d
7. After graduation, two of your friends express an interest in psychology careers. Rohan wants to work with
relatively healthy individuals who are experiencing adjustment or vocational difficulties. Anna wants to focus on
the more severe psychological disorders and conduct research into their causes. Because you are studying
psychopathology, they ask you for career advice. What do you tell them?
a. Rohan should study psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should apply to medical school.
b. Rohan should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should study counselling
psychology at the graduate level.
c. Both of them should apply to medical school.
d. Anna should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Rohan should study counselling
psychology at the graduate level.
ANSWER: d
8. According to psychoanalytic theory, what function does a person develop early in life to ensure that they can
adapt to the demands of the real world while still finding ways of meeting their basic needs?
a. id
b. conscience
c. superego
d. ego
ANSWER: d
9. Anton Mesmer, an early 18th-century physician, purported to cure patients by unblocking the flow of a bodily
fluid he called animal magnetism. Benjamin Franklin’s double-blind experiment indicated that any effectiveness
of Mesmer’s methods was actually because of which of the following?
a. undetectable magnetic fields
b. chemically induced humoral balance
c. the power of suggestion
d. mental telepathy
ANSWER: c
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An Integrative Approach to Understanding,
Assessing, and Treating Psychological Disorders
8th Canadian Edition
David H. Barlow, V. Mark Durand, Stefan G. Hofmann,
Martin L. Lalumière, Samantha J. Dawson
TEST BANK
WHAT'S INCLUDED
✓ 2,303 Questions with Answers
✓ 2,137 Multiple-Choice Questions
✓ 166 Essay / Written-Response Questions
✓ Complete Coverage of 17 Core Chapters
✓ Clinical & Case-Based Questions
✓ Canadian-Focused Psychopathology Content
✓ 512-Page Complete Test Bank
✓ Updated 2026/2027 Content
, Psychopathology - 8th Canadian Edition
TEST BANK - TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context
2. An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
3. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
4. Research Methods
5. Anxiety
6. Preoccupation and Obsession
7. Trauma and Dissociation
8. Mood
9. Eating
10. Sleeping
11. Sex and Gender
12. Substance Use and Impulse Control
13. Personality
14. Psychosis
15. Neurodevelopment
16. Neurocognition and Aging
17. Mental Health and the Law
18. Online Chapter: Stress, Pain, and Health
,Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01 8ce - Barlow
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Popular musician Lady Gaga attended an awards show wearing a dress made completely of meat. Why might
Lady Gaga wearing a meat dress be considered disordered?
a. Her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort.
b. She has an inability to distinguish right from wrong.
c. It is a deviation from what is typical in her society.
d. She shows an inability to function effectively.
ANSWER: c
2. Which of the following is a characteristic of how defence mechanisms affect coping styles?
a. They are dependent upon the age of the person and how they are used.
b. They can be either adaptive or maladaptive.
c. They are self-defeating.
d. They are adaptive.
ANSWER: b
3. In the Middle Ages, one of the chief advisers to France’s King Charles V, Nicholas Oresme, suggested that
which of the following was responsible for bizarre behaviour?
a. the moon
b. religion
c. melancholy
d. greed
ANSWER: c
4. In 14th- and 15th-century Europe, to what was inexplicable behaviour attributed?
a. evil
b. stupidity
c. humors
d. astrology
ANSWER: a
5. The Electra complex is the psychosexual conflict that occurs at the phallic stage of development in girls. How is
this complex characterized?
a. by latency lust
b. by feelings of anger and envy toward the mother
c. by castration anxiety
d. by a desire to replace the mother and possess the father
ANSWER: d
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, Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01 8ce - Barlow
6. Alonso believes that Hedwig’s behaviour is due to an excess of black bile. Whose ideas does Alonso's belief
best align with?
a. Blueler
b. Aristotle
c. Newton
d. Hippocrates
ANSWER: d
7. After graduation, two of your friends express an interest in psychology careers. Rohan wants to work with
relatively healthy individuals who are experiencing adjustment or vocational difficulties. Anna wants to focus on
the more severe psychological disorders and conduct research into their causes. Because you are studying
psychopathology, they ask you for career advice. What do you tell them?
a. Rohan should study psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should apply to medical school.
b. Rohan should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should study counselling
psychology at the graduate level.
c. Both of them should apply to medical school.
d. Anna should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Rohan should study counselling
psychology at the graduate level.
ANSWER: d
8. According to psychoanalytic theory, what function does a person develop early in life to ensure that they can
adapt to the demands of the real world while still finding ways of meeting their basic needs?
a. id
b. conscience
c. superego
d. ego
ANSWER: d
9. Anton Mesmer, an early 18th-century physician, purported to cure patients by unblocking the flow of a bodily
fluid he called animal magnetism. Benjamin Franklin’s double-blind experiment indicated that any effectiveness
of Mesmer’s methods was actually because of which of the following?
a. undetectable magnetic fields
b. chemically induced humoral balance
c. the power of suggestion
d. mental telepathy
ANSWER: c
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