ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY ACTUAL Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Phobia
Answer: a psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation
Question 2: Abnormal Behavior
Answer: 1) psychological dysfunction 2) personal distress 3) atypical or not culturally expected
Question 3: Prevalence
Answer: Number of people displaying a disorder in the total population at any given time
Question 4: Incidence
Answer: Number of new cases of a disorder appearing during a specific period
Question 5: Course
Answer: Pattern of development and change of a disorder over time
Question 6: Supernatural tradition
Answer: Physical and mental disorders were considered the work of the devil
Question 7: Biological tradition
Answer: Caused by brain pathology or head trauma and could be influenced by genetics
Question 8: Psychological tradition
Answer: Approaches to the causation of psychopathology, which focus not only on psychological factors
but on social and cultural ones as well
Question 9: Humanistic theory
Answer: Setting goals, looking toward the future, and realizing one's fullest potential
Question 10: Behavioral model
Answer: Brought the systematic development of a more scientific approach to psychological aspects of
psychopathology
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, Question 11: The Present: scientific method and an integrative approach
Answer: Our behavior is a product of a continual interaction of psychological, biological, and social
influences
Question 12: Id
Answer: The unconscious psychical entity present at birth representing basic drives
Question 13: Ego
Answer: The psychical entity responsible for finding realistic and practical ways to satisfy id drives
Question 14: Superego
Answer: The psychical entity representing the internalized moral standards of parents and society
Question 15: Multidimensional Integrative Approach
Answer: Asserts that no single influence operates in iaolation
Question 16: Diathesis-stress Model
Answer: Both an inherited tendency and specific stressful conditions are required to produce a disorder
Question 17: Reciprocal gene-environment model
Answer: People with a genetic predisposition for a disorder may also have a genetic tendency to create
environment risk factors that promote the disorder
Question 18: Epigenetics
Answer: The study of factors other than inherited DNA sequence that alter the phenotypic expression of
genes
Question 19: Serotonin
Answer: Regulates behavior, moods, and thought processes (happiness)
Question 20: Controls heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration, among other functions
Answer: Norepinephrine
Question 21: Dopamine
Answer: To activate other neurotransmitters and to aid in exploratory and pleasure-seeking behaviors
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Phobia
Answer: a psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation
Question 2: Abnormal Behavior
Answer: 1) psychological dysfunction 2) personal distress 3) atypical or not culturally expected
Question 3: Prevalence
Answer: Number of people displaying a disorder in the total population at any given time
Question 4: Incidence
Answer: Number of new cases of a disorder appearing during a specific period
Question 5: Course
Answer: Pattern of development and change of a disorder over time
Question 6: Supernatural tradition
Answer: Physical and mental disorders were considered the work of the devil
Question 7: Biological tradition
Answer: Caused by brain pathology or head trauma and could be influenced by genetics
Question 8: Psychological tradition
Answer: Approaches to the causation of psychopathology, which focus not only on psychological factors
but on social and cultural ones as well
Question 9: Humanistic theory
Answer: Setting goals, looking toward the future, and realizing one's fullest potential
Question 10: Behavioral model
Answer: Brought the systematic development of a more scientific approach to psychological aspects of
psychopathology
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, Question 11: The Present: scientific method and an integrative approach
Answer: Our behavior is a product of a continual interaction of psychological, biological, and social
influences
Question 12: Id
Answer: The unconscious psychical entity present at birth representing basic drives
Question 13: Ego
Answer: The psychical entity responsible for finding realistic and practical ways to satisfy id drives
Question 14: Superego
Answer: The psychical entity representing the internalized moral standards of parents and society
Question 15: Multidimensional Integrative Approach
Answer: Asserts that no single influence operates in iaolation
Question 16: Diathesis-stress Model
Answer: Both an inherited tendency and specific stressful conditions are required to produce a disorder
Question 17: Reciprocal gene-environment model
Answer: People with a genetic predisposition for a disorder may also have a genetic tendency to create
environment risk factors that promote the disorder
Question 18: Epigenetics
Answer: The study of factors other than inherited DNA sequence that alter the phenotypic expression of
genes
Question 19: Serotonin
Answer: Regulates behavior, moods, and thought processes (happiness)
Question 20: Controls heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration, among other functions
Answer: Norepinephrine
Question 21: Dopamine
Answer: To activate other neurotransmitters and to aid in exploratory and pleasure-seeking behaviors
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