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Chapter a1: aAbnormal aBehavior
MULTIPLE aCHOICE
1. Which astatement aabout aabnormal apsychology ais aaccurate?
a. Abnormal apsychology aseeks ato adescribe, aexplain, apredict, aand amodify aunusual abehaviors.
b. Although aabnormal apsychology ahas amade aseveral agains ain athe apast a20 ayears, ait ais
anot ayet aaascientific afield a of a study.
c. The asubject amatter aof aabnormal apsychology ais arestricted ato aextremely abizarre abehavior.
d. Most adiagnoses aof aabnormality aare abased aon atwo aor athree abasic abehavioral afactors.
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2. Psychopathology, aor aabnormal abehavior, aresults aprimarily afrom a____.
a. genetic afactors
b. environmental afactors
c. sociocultural a factors
d. an ainteraction aof amany afactors
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3. Dr. aThompson acollects ainformation ain aorder ato adescribe aand adraw ainferences aabout aan
individual'sapsychological adisorder. aDr. aThompson ais aengaged ain a____.
a. therapy
b. predicting a dangerousness
c. psychodiagnosis
d. research
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4. Dr. aKohn ais aa apsychoanalyst, aDr. aEdwards ais aa ahumanistic atherapist, aDr. aPeterson ais aa
acognitive a behavioral atherapist, aand a Dr. aJames ais aa aGestalt atherapist. aEach aof athem a would alikely
ahave a a adifferent
____ afor aa aclient's aabnormality.
a. time aof aonset
b. explanation
c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
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5. A apsychologist asays, a“Juan's aabnormal abehavior ais alikely adue ato aa acombination aof
abiology aandai nadequate ainterpersonal askills.” aThe apsychologist ais .
a. predicting athe afuture asymptoms aof aJuan
b. giving aJuan aa apsychodiagnosis
c. offering aan aexplanation afor aJuan's aproblem
d. describing ahow ato acontrol aJuan's asymptoms
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6. Which astatement aregarding athe aprediction aof aabnormal abehavior ais aaccurate?
a. Even aexperienced aprofessionals atend ato aoverpredict afuture aviolence.
b. Psychologists aare anot ainterested ain apredicting aclients' afuture abehavior.
c. Prediction ais aunrelated ato aunderstanding athe acause aof aabnormality.
d. Psychologists atend ato aunderpredict afuture aviolence.
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7. One aof aSeung-Hui aCho's aprofessors areported aCho's afrightening abehavior ato amany acampus
aauthorities.aW hat a reason a did a those aauthorities a give a her ato aexplain a why athey a could a do a nothing?
a. Cho's atherapist adid anot afeel ahe aposed aa adanger ato aothers.
b. There awas ano aspace ain aany aof athe alocal amental ahealth afacilities ato ahouse ahim.
c. Cho adid anot amake aany aovert athreats aagainst aanyone.
d. When acompared awith athat aof ahis apeer agroup, aCho's abehavior awas anot aconsidered aodd.
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8. When apsychologists atalk aabout amodifying aabnormal abehavior, athey amean athey aare a____.
a. attempting ato aunderstand athe aunderlying acause aof athat abehavior
b. restricting athe afreedom aof adangerous aclients
c. attempting ato aanticipate athe afuture abehaviors aof aclients
d. using atherapy ato aimprove aclient abehavior
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9. Which aof athe afollowing adefines atherapy amost aaccurately?
a. A aprogram aof asystematic aintervention adesigned ato aalter abehavior, aemotion, aor athought
b. The ascientific astudy aof aabnormal abehavior.
c. A asystem aof aobserving aabnormal abehavior ain aan aattempt ato aclassify ait
d. The aapplication aof aa atheoretical amodel ato aexplain athe acause aof aabnormal abehavior
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10. A apsychologist adevelops aseveral aactivities afor aclients aaimed aat ahelping athem abecome amore
self-disciplined aand afeel amore aconfident aabout atrying anew abehaviors. aThis aexample aillustrates a____.
a. how aepidemiological awork ais adone ain athe afield
b. how atherapy amay abe aseen aas aan aattempt ato amodify abehavior
c. the afunction aof aproviding aan aexplanation afor aabnormal abehavior
d. the aessential aneed afor aaccurate apsychodiagnosis
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11. Clinical apsychologists ausually ahave a____ adegrees, aunlike apsychiatrists, awho ahave __ degrees.
a. bachelor's a(B.S.); amedical a(M.D.)
b. medical a(M.D.); adoctorate a(Ph.D.)
c. doctorate a(Ph.D. aor aPsy.D); amedical a(M.D.)
d. master's a(M.S.); adoctorate a(Ph.D.)
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12. Harold ais aa amental ahealth aprofessional awho ahas aa amedical adegree aand aprescribes
aantidepressants aandaa ntipsychotic a medication afor a his a patients. a After a graduating a from a medical
a school, a he acompleted aa a three-year aresidency a in a his afield. aWe a can aguess athat aHarold ais aa _.
a. social aworker
b. psychiatrist
c. clinical apsychologist
d. psychoanalyst
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13. Linda, aJayne, aand aSheryl aall aare acalled a“doctors.” aAll aare amental ahealth aprofessionals. aHowever,
aLindaahas aa a Psy.D., aJayne a has aan a M.D., aand aSheryl ahas aa a D.S.W. aWe acan a predict athat _.
a. Sheryl ais aa apsychiatrist
b. Linda ais aa asocial aworker
c. Linda ais aa aclinical apsychologist
d. Jayne ais aa aclinical apsychologist
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14. Psychiatrists amust ahave aan aM.D.; aclinical apsychologists amust ahave aa aPh.D. aor aPsy.D.
aPsychoanalystsam ust ahave .
a. a amaster's a(M.S.) adegree
b. an aM.D
c. only aa abachelor's a(B.S.) adegree
d. their aown aintensive apersonal aanalysis afrom aan aexperienced aanalyst
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15. Johanna ais aan aM.D. awho areceived aintensive atraining ain athe aideas aof aSigmund aFreud. aShe
aalso a wentat hrough aher aown apsychoanalysis aas apart aof athis atraining. aWe acan aguess athat
aJohanna ais aa .
a. psychoanalyst
b. marriage aand afamily acounselor
c. psychiatric asocial aworker
d. behaviorally a oriented a counseling a psychologist
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